# Plastic and rubber products and Rubber chemicals

Plastic and rubber products depends on rubber chemicals.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/plastic-and-rubber-products-and-rubber-chemicals/

[Plastic and rubber products](https://www.materialinsights.org/industries/plastic_rubber/) (industry) and [Rubber chemicals](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/rubber_chemicals/) (chemical): 1 relationship.

## How they are linked

### 1. Industry input

*Physical flow · Criticality 3 of 5 · Rubber chemicals → Plastic and rubber products*

3 of the enterprise types in Plastic and rubber products depend on rubber chemicals; for the most dependent, it rates 3 out of 5 on criticality.

- **3** enterprise types depend on it
- **3 of 5** highest criticality

Enterprise types that depend on it:

- Synthetic rubber, carbon black and rubber-chemical makers: accelerators and antioxidants (criticality 3 of 5)
- Tyre manufacturers: accelerators and antioxidants (criticality 3 of 5)
- Technical rubber-goods makers: curing systems (criticality 3 of 5)

Built from the site data on production routes, energy flows, industry value chains, input-output tables and prices.