SSIC 20132—Manufacture of derivatives and intermediates produced from basic building blocks

Where 20132 sits

1. C Manufacturing
2. 20 Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products
3. 201 Manufacture of basic chemicals, fertilisers and nitrogen compounds, plastics and synthetic rubber in primary forms
4. 2013 Manufacture of Petrochemicals; Plastic and Synthetic Rubber in Primary Forms
5. 20132 Manufacture of derivatives and intermediates produced from basic building blocks

What 20132 includes

• This sub-class includes the manufacture of derivatives and/or intermediates produced from basic building blocks, for instance:
• Manufacture of synthetic resins, plastic materials and/or non-vulcanisable elastomers in the form of moulding and/or extrusion compound, solid and/or liquid resins, sheets, rods, tubes, granules and/or powders
• Manufacture of plastics in primary forms: polymers, including those of ethylene, propylene, styrene, vinyl chloride, vinyl acetate and/or acrylics, polyamides, phenolic and/or epoxide resins and/or polyurethanes, alkyd and/or polyester resins and/or polyethers, silicones, ion-exchangers based on polymers
• Acetyls, oxochemicals and/or its derivatives
• Cellulose and/or its chemical derivatives
• Manufacture of plastics powders, granules or flakes by compounding or reformulating plastics resins from recovered plastic waste
• Manufacture of recycled plastic by flaking and/or pelletising pre-treated plastic waste following material recovery operations
• Remelting of plastics to produce granulates or compounds

What 20132 excludes

• Manufacture of plastic adhesives, see 20296
• Processing of purchased resins or plastic materials to produce plastics products, film and sheets, see 2221
• Processing of shredding, cleaning, melting, grinding of plastic waste, see 38309
• Pelleting of plastic to produce secondary raw materials for tubes, flower pots, pallets and the like, see 38309

20132 in other systems