Mike Kmetz
IDES President

We now have over two million pounds of spot market resins listed in The Plastics Marketplace™!

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Warmest wishes,

Mike Kmetz, IDES President

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With an annual growth rate of more than three times that of the United States’ Gross Domestic Product, Long Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastics (LFT) are moving from an emerging market to a maturing sector with plenty of growth potential left to realize. The projected LFT global growth rate is 12 percent annually for 2006-2011. By 2011, at today’s average LFT selling prices, more than $400 million in new revenue will be created in the global market.

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