CZECH REPUBLIC / SLOVAC REPUBLIC
Plastics industry an important sector / Growth in the heart of Europe / 600 plastics processors
After nearly 10 years of post-communist economical revival, the plastics industries of the now separate Czech and Slovak Republics are continuing to experience growth and envisage good prospects for the year 2000. There are now approximately 500 plastics processors in the Czech Republic and 100 in the Slovak Republic, with well over half of these having been founded since 1990. Applied Market Information Ltd (AMI, GB-Bristol BS1 3QP) has just published a new directory which details the activities of these processors in the Czech and Slovak Republics.
In 1997, polymer production in the Czech Republic reached 491,000 t and consumption was 425,00 t. Polymer demand has increased by nearly 35% over the past two years, illustrating the buoyant market for plastics products in the country. Injection moulding is predominant with 57% of firms carrying out this process. A further 7.3% extrude pipes, 6% profiles and 6% film. In terms of polymer demand, the automotive and packaging industries are the largest end-users accounting for 52% of the total market.
The Slovak Republic is less industrialised than its Czech neighbour, hence the plastics industry is not large, but it has been showing 9% year-on-year-growth. The polymer production figures in the Slovak plastics industry are largely made up by Slovnaft´s output. In 1997, Slovnaft produced 170,000 t of LDPE and 70,000 of PP. The 1997 polymer consumption is estimated to have reached 185,000 t.
The Slovak plastics processing industry is characterised by a particularly strong fibre sector, although it involves only a relatively small number of companies. In terms of the number of plastics processors fibre production accounts for 7% of the total market, but it consumes 20% of the total Slovak polymer demand.
The plastics processing industry in the Slovak Republic is also far more concentrated than in the Czech Republic: the top 10 companies consumed approximately 110,000 t of polymers in 1998 which is nearly 60% of the total Slovak market for plastics materials.
Both industries are being stimulated by inward foreign investment as a number of German, Austrian, French, US and Italian companies continue to set up their operations in this promising region. Leading foreign players in the Czech Republic are Alpla-Werke, Rehau, Siemens, Peguform, Sommer Allibert, Valeo, Neyr Plastique Holding, Bernhard Rustige, Ford Motor Company and Hella, while in the Slovak Republic the most significant investments have been by Rhodia and Scame Mastaf.
READER SERVICE: “AMI´s directory of Plastics Processing in the Czech and Slovak Republics” (English), 1999, 195 pages, A4 format, paperback, price: DEM 515,- + postage / VAT: PIE-No. B 43526.
In 1997, polymer production in the Czech Republic reached 491,000 t and consumption was 425,00 t. Polymer demand has increased by nearly 35% over the past two years, illustrating the buoyant market for plastics products in the country. Injection moulding is predominant with 57% of firms carrying out this process. A further 7.3% extrude pipes, 6% profiles and 6% film. In terms of polymer demand, the automotive and packaging industries are the largest end-users accounting for 52% of the total market.
The Slovak Republic is less industrialised than its Czech neighbour, hence the plastics industry is not large, but it has been showing 9% year-on-year-growth. The polymer production figures in the Slovak plastics industry are largely made up by Slovnaft´s output. In 1997, Slovnaft produced 170,000 t of LDPE and 70,000 of PP. The 1997 polymer consumption is estimated to have reached 185,000 t.
The Slovak plastics processing industry is characterised by a particularly strong fibre sector, although it involves only a relatively small number of companies. In terms of the number of plastics processors fibre production accounts for 7% of the total market, but it consumes 20% of the total Slovak polymer demand.
The plastics processing industry in the Slovak Republic is also far more concentrated than in the Czech Republic: the top 10 companies consumed approximately 110,000 t of polymers in 1998 which is nearly 60% of the total Slovak market for plastics materials.
Both industries are being stimulated by inward foreign investment as a number of German, Austrian, French, US and Italian companies continue to set up their operations in this promising region. Leading foreign players in the Czech Republic are Alpla-Werke, Rehau, Siemens, Peguform, Sommer Allibert, Valeo, Neyr Plastique Holding, Bernhard Rustige, Ford Motor Company and Hella, while in the Slovak Republic the most significant investments have been by Rhodia and Scame Mastaf.
READER SERVICE: “AMI´s directory of Plastics Processing in the Czech and Slovak Republics” (English), 1999, 195 pages, A4 format, paperback, price: DEM 515,- + postage / VAT: PIE-No. B 43526.
15.06.1999 Plasteurope.com [17993]
Published on 15.06.1999