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The plastics industry is one of the largest manufacturing industries in the United States, accounting for more than $379 billion dollars in annual shipments. The industry directly employs 1.1 million people. Plastics play an indispensable role in a wide variety of markets, ranging from packaging and building/construction to transportation; consumer and institutional products; furniture and furnishings; electrical/electronic components; adhesives, inks and coatings and others.


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