Plastic Consumer Product Manufacturers / Suppliers

The plasticsportal lists companies that manufacture and distribute plastic products locally in South Africa and export or seek to export their products into Africa, and internationally, these products are categorised on our plastic and polyurethane product listing page as plastic packacging products, plastic printed and plain bags, plastic buckets, plastic bottles, plastic components for the automotive industry, furniture and food industry, plastic sheeting both rigid sheeting and flexible films, filmic materials, Plastic containers such as vitamin bottles and jars used for cosmetics, pharmaceutical, large plastic containers - such as collapsible containers, returnable packaging, plastic pallets, engineering plastic components for electrical and engineering uses, lighting products ; plastic valves, plastic swimming pool parts, bulk chemical plastic containers security.

Plastic Machines
Companies listed under plastic machines are suppliers of plastic machines such as injection moulding machines, plastic blow moulding machines, plastic extrusion lines, plastic recycling equipment, plastic bag making machines,film blowing machines, labelling machines, vacuum forming machines and ancillary equipment such as granulators, blenders, mould components, hot runners and controllers, dehumidifying dryers, loaders, electronics for machines, packaging machines, .

Plastic Raw Materials
Companies listed under plastic raw materials distribute and manufacture plastic raw materials including polymers, plastic/ polymer additives, masterbatch and pigments, mould release agents, engineering plastics / polymers, polyolefins, polyurethane foams, rigid foams, and composites.

Plastic Converters
are listed under the plastic manufacturers pages, that list converters according the their processing of plastics, plastic injection moulding, plastic extrusion, blow moulding, blow moulders, injection moulders, roto moulders, vertical injection moulders, rotomoulding, molding. These companies manufacture semi finished and finished plastic products to industries including packaging, plastic packaging, plastic products.

Injection Moulding:
Injection molding (British variant spelling: moulding) is a manufacturing technique for making parts from both thermoplastic and thermosetting plastic materials in production. Molten plastic is injected at high pressure into a mold (British variant spelling: mould), which is the inverse of the product's shape. After a product is designed by an Industrial Designer or an Engineer, molds are made by a moldmaker (or toolmaker) from metal, usually either steel or aluminium, and precision-machined to form the features of the desired part. Injection molding is widely used for manufacturing a variety of parts, from the smallest component to entire body panels of cars. Injection molding is the most common method of production, with some commonly made items including bottle caps and outdoor furniture.

Materials Used:
The most commonly used thermoplastic materials are polystyrene (low cost, lacking the strength and longevity of other materials), ABS or acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (a co-polymer or mixture of compounds used for everything from Lego parts to electronics housings), nylon (chemically resistant, heat resistant, tough and flexible - used for combs), polypropylene (tough and flexible - used for containers), polyethylene, and polyvinyl chloride or PVC (more common in extrusions as used for pipes, window frames, or as the insulation on wiring where it is rendered flexible by the inclusion of a high proportion of plasticiser).

Injection molding can also be used to manufacture parts from aluminium or brass. The melting points of these metals are much higher than those of plastics; this makes for substantially shorter mold lifetimes despite the use of specialized steels. Nonetheless, the costs compare quite favorably to sand casting, particularly for smaller parts.

Plastic Design ad Prototyping
Listing companies that offer design and prototyping for plastic manufacturers, using the latest software and computer technologies they offer product desgn, automotive design, product engineering and development.

Tool and Plastic Mould Makers
The portal lists tool makers and mould makers that manufacture and design plastic injection moulds used by the plastic converters in the production of plastics products.
Plastic injection moulds, vacuum forming moulds, blow moulds.

Services to the plastics industry
We list companies that offer various services o the plastics industry. The service, repair and rebuilding of plastic machines; technical services regards raw materials such as mold flow analysis, and assistance with polymers, tool sourcing assistance.