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  2. Polyvinyl chloride - Wikipedia

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    Roughly half of the world's PVC resin manufactured annually is used for producing pipes for municipal and industrial applications. [36] In the private homeowner market, it accounts for 66% of the household market in the US, and in household sanitary sewer pipe applications, it accounts for 75%.

  3. Westlake looks to housing market for rebound - AOL

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    PEM posted a loss from operations of $41 million in the fourth quarter, weighed down by lower pricing for key materials like chlorine, PVC resin, and polyethylene. But Gilson sees a rebound ahead.

  4. Commodity plastics - Wikipedia

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    Demand for plastic resins in Europe during 2017 as a percentage of total plastic demand. [1] A comparison of standard plastics, engineering plastics, and high-performance plastics

  5. Vinyl chloride - Wikipedia

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    The mercury-based technology is the main production method in China due to low price on coal from which acetylene is produced, [3] [2] with over 80% of national capacity as of 2018, even though the resulting PVC contains residues and is only suitable for low-end products like pipes. [15]

  6. 12 Most Expensive Things You Can Buy on Etsy - AOL

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    Beanie Baby Original Princess PVC Indonesia. ... Made of resin, composite material and acrylic, ... If you think the asking price is high, consider that this item costs an additional $10,213.35 to ...

  7. Axiall - Wikipedia

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    The Axiall Corporation is a manufacturer and marketer of chlorovinyls (caustic soda, chlorine, VCM, EDC, PVC resins, PVC rigid and flexible compounds) and aromatics (acetone, cumene, phenol). [1] With the acquisition of Royal Group Technologies the company is now also a major producer of building materials ranging from piping and siding to ...

  8. Vinyl siding - Wikipedia

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    It is an engineered product, manufactured primarily from polyvinyl chloride (PVC) resin. In the UK and New Zealand a similar material is known as uPVC weatherboarding. Approximately 80 percent of its weight is PVC resin, with the remaining 20 percent being ingredients that impart color, opacity, gloss, impact resistance, flexibility, and ...

  9. Polymer clay - Wikipedia

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    Polymer clay is a type of hardenable modeling clay based on the polymer polyvinyl chloride (PVC). It typically contains no clay minerals, but like mineral clay a liquid is added to dry particles until it achieves gel-like working properties. Similarly, the part is put into an oven to harden, hence its colloquial designation as clay. [1]