Latin America | markets feature
Market structure AMI estimates there are close to 26,000 plastics processing sites operating across South & Central America. This fi gure includes both custom and in-house processors, but not converters of semi-fi nished plastics or thermoforming operations. Although in general polymer processing is regarded
as a fragmented business, in most countries the industry structure is one in which there are a handful of larger groups – often operating multiple processes – which account for a signifi cant proportion of local polymer demand. A large number of much smaller players that may be operating just one or two machines in an intermittent fashion make up the rest of the industry. Their polymer purchasing is typically very small.
This particularly applies to the injection moulding
sector, where AMI estimates there to be around 17,000 sites. While more than 3m tonnes of polymer is used in injection moulding across South and Central America, because of the large number of businesses operating the process the average site throughput is only around 350 tonnes.
AMI’s Directory
INJECTION MOULDERS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
LOCATION AND PRODUCTION DETAILS OF 950 INJECTION MOULDERS Addresses & contacts Polymers processed
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Other South America 7%
Venezuela 4%
Guatemala 2% El Salvador 2%
Other Central America 4%
Argentina 12%
Peru 7%
Colombia 9%
Chile 6%
Brazil 48%
Source: Applied Market Information 2015
For more information:
AMI Consulting’s Polymer Demand in South and Central America data report provides detailed statistical data on the demand and end uses for all major thermoplastic materials on a country by country basis. To fi nd out more, contact Cristina de Santos (
cds@amiplastics.com) on +44 (0)117924 9442.
2015 EDITION
Polymer Demand in South and Central America in 2015 (%)
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