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    Demand for PP compounds is stagnant, and the European market is greatly impacted by the automotive market

    • Last Update: 2022-08-21
    • Source: Internet
    • Author: User
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    According to a newly released report by AMI, European demand for polypropylene compounds has been stagnant since mid-2018 due to growing problems in the automotive industry


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    Tighter legislation on fuel efficiency and emissions has increased challenges for auto brands and suppliers, the report said


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    Automotive is the largest application market for polypropylene compounds, and as vehicles face the transition from internal combustion engines to broadly defined eco-sustainability goals (such as VW's July 2019 'Go-To- Zero Mission Statement') shift, the car is facing unprecedented changes


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    Fundamental design differences between electric vehicles (EVs) and hybrid electric vehicles (HEV) influence the use of plastics


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    Polypropylene composites are bringing substantial performance developments to the market, not only enabling higher performance, but also replacing higher cost, higher density engineering plastics and metals


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    It is worth mentioning that the rapid growth of glass fiber reinforced polypropylene, it has two forms of long glass fiber and short glass fiber


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    In addition, demand for PP has been growing rapidly in Central and Eastern Europe due to increased production of automobiles and appliances, and the region is now larger than Germany


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