The death of compact discs is nigh. UK sales of CDs slumped 27% in Q4 compared with 2007, and retailers have gone or are going out of business, according to this article. CDs are being killed off by the i-Pod and assorted MP3 players. Optical media like CDs and DVDs represent around 20% of polycarbonate demand, not to mention all those fragile CD boxes made of general purpose polystyrene, so this is not good news for petchem demand.Death of CDs spells doom for polycarbonate
The death of compact discs is nigh. UK sales of CDs slumped 27% in Q4 compared with 2007, and retailers have gone or are going out of business, according to this article. CDs are being killed off by the i-Pod and assorted MP3 players. Optical media like CDs and DVDs represent around 20% of polycarbonate demand, not to mention all those fragile CD boxes made of general purpose polystyrene, so this is not good news for petchem demand.No TrackBacks
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