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Laminated Plastics Manufacturing in the US - Market Research Report (2014-2029)

Caleb Clark Caleb Clark New York, United States Last Updated: March 2024 NAICS 32613

Revenue

$4.7bn

2024

$4.7bn

Past 5-Year Growth

Profit

$XXX.Xm

Employees

11,467

Businesses

200

Wages

$XXX.Xm

Laminated Plastics Manufacturing in the US industry analysis

Laminated plastics manufacturers produce thermoplastic, thermosetting and other types of plastic sheets, shapes, plates and rods that are sold to multiple manufacturing sectors. Various downstream manufacturing and construction industries use these products, so the industry is sensitive to changes in macroeconomic drivers, such as construction activity and consumer spending. Since much of the economy was completely shut down during the COVID-19 pandemic, demand from downstream markets cratered, causing revenue to plunge.

Trends and Insights

  • Laminated plastics manufacturers have displayed declining revenue. The COVID-19 pandemic caused the need from downstream markets to crater, high input prices reduced profitability and high interest rates inhibited construction.
  • Spending on thermoplastic laminates has increased while spending on thermosetting laminates has fallen. Many auto parts require thermosetting laminates, so spending on them has fallen as new car sales have declined.
  • The Great Lakes region is home to many of the nation's manufacturers and large automakers. Since downstream manufacturing and auto parts are buyers of laminated plastics, the industry has a significant presence in the region.
  • Localization is significant in this industry, as small manufacturers have established niche markets in specific regions. Regionalization has caused small manufacturers to gain loyalty among local customers, preventing consolidation.

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Industry Statistics and Trends

Market size and recent performance (2014-2029)

Industry revenue has declined at a CAGR of 1.3 % over the past five years, to reach an estimated $4.7bn in 2024.

Trends and Insights

The COVID-19 pandemic caused demand from key downstream markets to sink

  • When the COVID-19 pandemic first hit in 2020, state and local governments shut down businesses and enforced quarantines. Since manufacturers' downstream industries performed poorly, the industry also faced declining revenue and profit.
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Laminated Plastics Manufacturing in the US
Revenue (2014-2029)
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Industry outlook (2024-2029)

Market size is projected to grow over the next five years.

Trends and Insights

Demand from downstream markets will likely pick up as the economy recovers

  • The economy is expected to continue expanding at a modest and steady pace through the end of 2029 despite challenges from high inflation, rising interest rates and lingering recessionary fears.

Biggest companies in the Laminated Plastics Manufacturing in the US

Company
Market Share (%)
2024
Revenue ($m)
2024
Profit ($m)
2024
Profit Margin (%)
2024
Spartech LLC
305.4
7.0
2.3

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Products & Services Segmentation

Laminated Plastics Manufacturing in the US
Products & Services
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Industry revenue is measured across several distinct product and services lines, including Thermoplastic laminates, Thermosetting laminates and Other plastic laminates. Thermoplastic laminates is the largest segment of the Laminated Plastics Manufacturing in the US.

Trends and Insights

Demand for thermoplastic laminates soars as the economy recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic

  • Thermoplastic laminates don't undergo a chemical reaction when they're heated, so they can be molded into different shapes after the first time they're molded.
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Table of Contents

About this industry

Industry definition

Companies in this industry manufacture a range of laminated plastic shapes, plates and sheets. The lamination process involves bonding or impregnating profiles with plastics resins and compressing them under heat. Laminated plastic products are used for interior and exterior motor vehicle parts, consumer appliances and construction projects.

What's included in this industry?

Thermoplastic laminationThermosetting laminationLaminated plastic sheet (except flexible packaging) manufacturing

Companies

Spartech LLC

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Related Terms

LAMINATED PLASTICRESINPOLYVINYL CHLORIDE

Industry Code

NAICS 2017

NAICS 32613 - Laminated Plastics Manufacturing in the US

Performance

Get an indication of the industry's health through historical, current and forward-looking trends in the performance indicators that make or break businesses.

Analyst insights

Laminated plastics manufacturers have displayed declining revenue. The COVID-19 pandemic caused the need from downstream markets to crater, high input prices reduced profitab...

In this chapter (4)

  • Current Performance
  • Outlook
  • Volatility
  • Life Cycle

Key metrics

  • Annual Revenue, Recent Growth, Forecast, Revenue Volatility
  • Number of Employees, Recent Growth, Forecast, Employees per Business, Revenue per Employee
  • Number of Businesses, Recent Growth, Forecast, Employees per Business, Revenue per Business
  • Total Profit, Profit Margin, Profit per Business

Charts

  • Revenue, including historical (2014-2023) and forecast (2024-2029)
  • Employees, including historical (2014-2023) and forecast (2024-2029)
  • Businesses, including historical (2014-2023) and forecast (2024-2029)
  • Profit, including historical (2014-2024)
  • Industry Volatility vs. Revenue Growth
  • Industry Life Cycle

Detailed analysis

  • Trends in supply, demand and current events that are driving current industry performance
  • Expected trends, economic factors and ongoing events that drive the industry's outlook
  • Key success factors for businesses to overcome volatility
  • How contribution to GDP, industry saturation, innovation, consolidation, and technology and systems influence the industry's life cycle phase.

Products and Markets

Learn about an industry's products and services, markets and trends in international trade.

Analyst insight

Spending on thermoplastic laminates has increased while spending on thermosetting laminates has fallen. Many auto parts require thermosetting laminates, so spending on them h...

In this chapter

  • Products & Services
  • Major Markets
  • International Trade

Key metrics

  • Largest market segment and value in 2024
  • Product innovation level
  • Total imports, level and trend
  • Total exports, level and trend
  • Trade Balance

Charts

  • Products & services segmentation in 2024
  • Major market segmentation in 2024
  • International trade, including imports by country and exports by country

Detailed analysis

  • Trends impacting the recent performance of the industry's various segments
  • Innovations in the industry's product or service offering, specialization or delivery method
  • Key factors that successful businesses consider in their offerings
  • Buying segments and key trends influencing demand for industry products and services
  • Recent trends in import and export volumes, country of origin or destination, and expected future trends

Geographic Breakdown

Discover where business activity is most concentrated in an industry and the factors driving these trends to find opportunities and conduct regional benchmarking.

Analyst insights

The Great Lakes region is home to many of the nation's manufacturers and large automakers. Since downstream manufacturing and auto parts are buyers of laminated plastics, the...

In this chapter (1)

  • Business Locations

Charts

  • Share of revenue, establishment, wages and employment in each state
  • Share of population compared to establishments in each region in 2024

Tables

  • Number and share of establishments in each state in 2024
  • Number and share of revenue each state accounts for in 2024
  • Number and share of wages each state accounts for in 2024
  • Number and share of employees in each state in 2024

Detailed analysis

  • Geographic spread of the industry across North America, and trends associated with changes in the business landscape
  • Key success factors for businesses to use location to their advantage

Competitive Forces

Get data and insights on what's driving competition in an industry and the challenges industry operators and new entrants may face, with analysis built around Porter's Five Forces framework.

Analyst insights

Localization is significant in this industry, as small manufacturers have established niche markets in specific regions. Regionalization has caused small manufacturers to gai...

In this chapter (4)

  • Concentration
  • Barriers to Entry
  • Substitutes
  • Buyer & Supplier Analysis

Key metrics

  • Industry concentration level
  • Industry competition level and trend
  • Barriers to entry level and trend
  • Substitutes level and trend
  • Buyer power level and trend
  • Supplier power level and trend

Charts

  • Market share concentration among the top 4 suppliers from 2019-2024
  • Supply chain including upstream supplying industries and downstream buying industries, flow chart

Detailed analysis

  • Factors impacting the industry’s level of concentration, such as business distribution, new entrants, or merger and acquisition activity.
  • Key success factors for businesses to manage the competitive environment of the industry.
  • Challenges that potential industry entrants face such as legal, start-up costs, differentiation, labor/capital intensity and capital expenses.
  • Key success factors for potential entrants to overcome barriers to entry.
  • Competitive threats from potential substitutes for the industry’s own products and services.
  • Key success factors for how successful businesses can compete with substitutes.
  • Advantages that buyers have to keep favorable purchasing conditions.
  • Advantages that suppliers have to maintain favorable selling conditions.
  • Key success factors for how businesses can navigate buyer and supplier power.

Companies

Learn about the performance of the top companies in the industry.

Analyst insights

The largest operator in the industry, Spartech LLC, comprises only 7.0% of revenue for laminated plastics manufacturers. Localization, moderate barriers to entry and the prev...

In this chapter

  • Market Share Concentration
  • Companies
  • Company Spotlights

Charts

  • Industry market share by company in 2020 through 2024
  • Major companies in the industry, including market share, revenue, profit and profit margin in 2024
  • Overview of Spartech LLC's performance by revenue, market share and profit margin from 2018 through 2024

Detailed analysis

  • Description and key data for Spartech LLC, and factors influencing its performance in the industry

External Environment

Understand the demographic, economic and regulatory factors that shape how businesses in an industry perform.   

Analyst insights

Laminated plastics manufacturers are regulated on the state, local and federal levels. The EPA regulates emissions and chemical use, while state governments set recycling rul...

In this chapter

  • External Drivers
  • Regulation & Policy
  • Assistance

Key metrics

  • Regulation & policy level and trend
  • Assistance level and trend

Charts

  • Regulation & Policy historical data and forecast (2014-2029) 
  • Assistance historical data and forecast (2014-2029) 

Detailed analysis

  • Demographic and macroeconomic factors influencing the industry, including Regulation & Policy and Assistance
  • Major types of regulations, regulatory bodies, industry standards or specific regulations impacting requirements for industry operators
  • Key governmental and non-governmental groups or policies that may provide some relief for industry operators.

Financial Benchmarks

View average costs for industry operators and compare financial data against an industry's financial benchmarks over time. 

Analyst insights

Profit has recovered from its nadir during the COVID-19 pandemic. Still, high inflation, poor supply chains and elevated interest rates have inhibited the industry's performa...

In this chapter

  • Cost Structure
  • Financial Ratios
  • Key Ratios

Key metrics

  • Profit margin, and how it compares to the sector-wide margin
  • Average wages, and how it compares to the sector-wide average wage
  • Largest cost component as a percentage of revenue
  • Industry average ratios for days' receivables, industry coverage and debt-to-net-worth ratio

Charts

  • Average industry operating costs as a share of revenue, including purchases, wages, depreciation, utilities, rent, other costs and profit in 2024
  • Average sector operating costs as a share of revenue, including purchases, wages, depreciation, utilities, rent, other costs and profit in 2024
  • Investment vs. share of economy

Data tables

  • Industry Multiples (2017-2022)
  • Industry Tax Structure (2017-2022)
  • Income Statement (2017-2022)
  • Balance Sheet (2017-2022)
  • Liquidity Ratios (2017-2022)
  • Coverage Ratios (2017-2022)
  • Leverage Ratios  (2017-2022)
  • Operating Ratios (2017-2022)
  • Cash Flow & Debt Service Ratios (2014-2029)
  • Revenue per Employee (2014-2029)
  • Revenue per Enterprise (2014-2029)
  • Employees per Establishment (2014-2029)
  • Employees per Enterprise (2014-2029)
  • Average Wage (2014-2029)
  • Wages/Revenue (2014-2029)
  • Establishments per Enterprise (2014-2029)
  • IVA/Revenue (2014-2029)
  • Imports/Demand (2014-2029)
  • Exports/Revenue (2014-2029)

Detailed analysis

  • Trends in the cost component for industry operators and their impact on industry costs and profitability 

Key Statistics

Industry Data

Data Tables

Including values and annual change:

  • Revenue (2014-2029)
  • IVA (2014-2029)
  • Establishments (2014-2029)
  • Enterprises (2014-2029)
  • Employment (2014-2029)
  • Exports (2014-2029)
  • Imports (2014-2029)
  • Wages (2014-2029)

Top Questions Answered

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What is the market size of the Laminated Plastics Manufacturing in the US industry in United States in 2024?

The market size of the Laminated Plastics Manufacturing in the US industry in United States is $4.7bn in 2024.

How many businesses are there in the Laminated Plastics Manufacturing in the US industry in 2024?

There are 200 businesses in the Laminated Plastics Manufacturing in the US industry in United States, which has declined at a CAGR of 1.3 % between 2019 and 2024.

Has the Laminated Plastics Manufacturing in the US industry in United States grown or declined over the past 5 years?

The market size of the Laminated Plastics Manufacturing in the US industry in United States has been declining at a CAGR of 1.3 % between 2019 and 2024.

What is the forecast growth of the Laminated Plastics Manufacturing in the US industry in United States over the next 5 years?

Over the next five years, the Laminated Plastics Manufacturing in the US industry in United States is expected to grow.

What are the biggest companies in the Laminated Plastics Manufacturing in the US market in United States?

The biggest company operating in the Laminated Plastics Manufacturing market in United States is Spartech LLC

What does the Laminated Plastics Manufacturing in the US in United States include?

Thermoplastic lamination and Thermosetting lamination are part of the Laminated Plastics Manufacturing in the US industry.

Which companies have the highest market share in the Laminated Plastics Manufacturing in the US in United States?

The company holding the most market share in United States is Spartech LLC.

How competitive is the Laminated Plastics Manufacturing in the US industry in United States?

The level of competition is moderate and steady in the Laminated Plastics Manufacturing in the US industry in United States.

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Competitors

  • Coated & Laminated Paper Manufacturing in the US
  • Hose & Belt Manufacturing in the US
  • Rubber Product Manufacturing in the US

Complementors

  • Plastic & Resin Manufacturing in the US
  • Plastic Film, Sheet & Bag Manufacturing in the US
  • Plastic Pipe & Parts Manufacturing in the US

International industries

  • Global Plastic Product & Packaging Manufacturing
  • Plastic Film, Sheet & Bag Manufacturing in Canada
  • Plastic Bag and Film Manufacturing in Australia
  • Polymer Film and Sheet Packaging Material Manufacturing in New Zealand
  • Plastic Board, Pipe & Sheet Manufacturing in China

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