Insights into the current and future position of the masterbatch (thermoplastic concentrates) industry were shared by Hanne Jones, Senior Consultant at AMI, at the North American edition of the Compounding World Expo in Cleveland, US, in November. In a keynote speech at the exhibition organised by Compounding World’s publisher AMI, she noted that globally the approximately 16bn lb demand for concentrates is split nearly evenly between additive, colour, black, and white concentrates. With packaging accounting for nearly half of global demand for concentrates, the pressure to reduce packaging waste plays a significant role.

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