PLUNKETT’S 2009 CHEMICAL, COATINGS & PLASTICS INDUSTRY ALMANAC IS NOW AVAILABLE!!

HOUSTON, TX, Sept. 16 -- Plunkett’s 2009 Chemicals, Coatings & Plastics Industry Almanac is available now in print and online through Plunkett Research, Ltd. The forth edition of this fact filled guide is structured to be a foundational resource for researchers of all types. The information detailed in this edition covers a broad range of topics including, but not limited to, various types of businesses involved in the chemicals, coatings, and plastics business, to emerging technologies impacting the chemicals industry, to a comprehensive examination of the top 400 corporations in the industry.

The 2009 Chemicals, Coatings & Plastics Industry Almanac is designed to be a source for researchers. It is especially intended to assist with market research, strategic planning, employment searches, contact or prospect list creation, financial research, as well as a data resource for executives and students of all types.

An added feature of the almanac, and a must have for any serious researcher, is the complimentary CD-ROM which is made available to all buyers. The CD-ROM offers export capabilities and assists readers by allowing them to refine their searches by various categories. Publisher Jack Plunkett proclaims, “The CD-ROM alone is a critical resource for serious job seekers and researchers alike.”

No other source provides this book’s easy-to-understand comparisons of growth, expenditures, technologies, corporations and many other items of great importance to people of all types who may be studying this, one of the most important basic industries in the world today.

The businesses of chemicals, coatings and plastics are closely linked, and those sectors, in turn, are closely linked with the oil and gas industry. The U.S. chemicals, coatings and plastics sectors combined will see about $980 billion in revenues in 2008. Primary sectors include basic chemicals, specialty chemicals, consumer products (largely plastics) and life sciences chemicals (pharmaceuticals). About 862,900 people are employed in the American chemicals manufacturing sector, 754,000 in the plastics and rubber manufacturing sector and 65,100 in the coatings manufacturing sector.

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