This study is part of an overall study, carried out at the Neaman Institute, on the Future Alternatives of the Plastics and Polymers in Israel.
The objectives of the present study are:
1. To review the status of the monomer and polymer manufacturing industries in Israel at the beginning of the 1990s; their interrelation with the plastics manufacturing industry. To present an analysis of the potential of this industrial sector.
2. To review the monomer and polymer manufacturing industries in the world, at the beginning of the 1990s. To discuss global trends of the industry and to present forecasts of supply and demand of polymers in the various geographical regions over the next decade.
3. To discuss products innovation stemming from changes in polymer and polymer characteristics. Technological changes that are taking place in the worldwide polymer industry.
4. To evaluate how will the existing/potentially expanded Israeli monomer/polymer industries influence plastics manufacturing.
5. To analyze the present direction and interrelation of the petrochemical industry in Israel with respect to the local plastics industry; consequently to propose directional change if necessary.
