SIC Industry Description

Industry: 2821—Plastics Materials, Synthetic Resins, and Nonvulcanizable Elastomers
Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing synthetic resins, plastics materials, and nonvulcanizable elastomers. Important products of this industry include: cellulose plastics materials; phenolic and other tar acid resins; urea and melamine resins; vinyl resins; styrene resins; alkyd resins; acrylic resins; polyethylene resins; polypropylene resins; rosin modified resins; coumarone-indene and petroleum polymer resins; miscellaneous resins, including polyamide resins, silicones, polyisobutylenes, polyesters, polycarbonate resins, acetal resins, and fluorohydrocarbon resins; and casein plastics. Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing fabricated plastics products or plastics film, sheet, rod, non-textile monofilaments and regenerated cellulose products, and vulcanized fiber are classified in Industry Group 308, whether from purchased resins or from resins produced in the same plant. Establishments primarily engaged in compounding purchased resins are classified in Industry 3087. Establishments primarily manufacturing adhesives are classified in Industry 2891.

Acetal resinsMolding compounds, plastics
Acetate cellulose (plastics)Nitrocellulose plastics (pyroxylin)
Acrylic resinsNylon resins
Acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene resinsPetroleum polymer resins
Alcohol resins, polyvinylPhenol-furfural resins
Alkyd resinsPhenolic resins
Allyl resinsPhenoxy resins
Butadiene copolymers, containing less than 50 percent butadienePhthalic alkyd resins
Carbohydrate plasticsPhthalic anhydride resins
Casein plasticsPolyacrylonitrile resins
Cellulose nitrate resinsPolyamide resins
Cellulose propionate (plastics)Polycarbonate resins
Coal tar resinsPolyesters
Condensation plasticsPolyethylene resins
Coumarone-indene resinsPolyhexamethylenediamine adipamide resins
Cresol resinsPolyisobutylenes
Cresol-furfural resinsPolymerization plastics, except fibers
Dicyandiamine resinsPolypropylene resins
Diisocyanate resinsPolystyrene resins
Elastomers, nonvulcanizable (plastics)Polyurethane resins
Epichlorohydrin bisphenolPolyvinyl chloride resins
Epichlorohydrin diphenolPolyvinyl halide resins
Epoxy resinsPolyvinyl resins
Ester gumProtein plastics
Ethyl cellulose plasticsPyroxylin
Ethylene-vinyl acetate resinsResins, synthetic
Fluorohydrocarbon resinsRosin modified resins
Ion exchange resinsSilicone fluid solution (fluid for sonar transducers)
Ionomer resinsSilicone resins
Isobutylene polymersSoybean plastics
Lignin plasticsStyrene resins
Melamine resinsStyrene-acrylonitrile resins
Methyl acrylate resinsTar acid resins
Methyl cellulose plasticsUrea resins
Methyl methacrylate resinsVinyl resins
Codes TitlesTotal Marketable US Businesses
2821Plastics Materials and Resins3,257
282100Plastics materials and resins2,242
28210000Plastics materials and resins2,242
282101Thermosetting materials224
28210100Thermosetting materials31
28210101Epoxy resins66
28210102Ester gum1
28210103Melamine resins, melamine-formaldehyde11
28210104Polyesters39
28210105Polyimides (skybond, kaplon)3
28210106Polyurethane resins58
28210107Silicone resins15
28210108Urea resins0
282102Thermoplastic materials551
28210200Thermoplastic materials150
28210201Acrylic resins54
28210202Acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene resins, ABS resins2
28210203Elastomers, nonvulcanizable (plastics)15
28210204Ethylene glycol terephthalic acid, mylar2
28210205Nylon resins11
28210206Polycarbonate resins13
28210207Polyethylene resins59
28210208Polymethyl methacrylate resins, plexiglass21
28210209Polyoxymethylene resins2
28210210Polypropylene resins34
28210211Polystyrene resins49
28210212Polysulfones0
28210213Polytetrafluoroethylene resins, teflon25
28210214Polyvinyl butyral resins3
28210215Polyvinyl chloride resins, PVC76
28210216Polyvinylidene chloride resins4
28210217Styrene resins, nec3
28210219Vinyl resins, nec28
282103Cellulose derivative materials16
28210300Cellulose derivative materials10
28210301Cellulose acetate (plastics)6
28210302Cellulose nitrate0
28210303Nitrocellulose plastics, pyroxylin0
282104Plasticizer/additive based plastic materials56
28210400Plasticizer/additive based plastic materials42
28210401Carbohydrate plastics4
28210402Casein plastics2
28210403Coal tar resins4
28210404Cresol resins1
28210405Phthalic anhydride resins0
28210406Protein plastics1
28210407Soybean plastics2
282199Plastics materials and resins, nec168
28219901Molding compounds, plastics168