Good qualities:
Hard and rigid, easy to color, transparent, available in varying qualities

Limitations:
Brittle, low softening temperature, low UV and chemical resistance

Areas of use:
Packaging, disposable items, household items, cellular plastic

Good qualities:
High impact strength, surface hardness and surface finish, chrome and plating available

Limitations:
Low chemical resistance to solvents, limited weather resistance

Areas of use:
Kitchen appliances, dashboards, toys, furniture, office machines, industrial parts

Good qualities:
Hard and rigid, transparent, better thermal, chemical and outdoor resistance than PS

Limitations:
Yellows in heat and UV, low resistance to some solvents

Areas of use:
Household items, refrigerator parts, toothbrush handles, cups, trays

Good qualities:
High impact strength, surface hardness and surface finish, good color and outdoor resistance

Limitations:
Low chemical resistance to solvents, lower impact strength in cold than ABS

Areas of use:
Tough outdoor details, furniture, covers

Good qualities:
Transparent, high gloss and hardness, very good outdoor resistance

Limitations:
Attacked by strong acids, alcohols and hydrogen chloride

Areas of use:
Lantern glass and fixtures, protective glass and window glass, lenses, signs

Good qualities:
Very good impact strength over a wide temperature range, chemical resistance and good electrical properties

Limitations:
High shrinkage, scratch sensitive, fire sensitive, greasy surface that makes printing and gluing difficult

Areas of use:
Household items, toys, bottles and tubes, buckets, packaging (film and bags)

Good qualities:
Low density, good chemical resistance and better properties at higher temperatures than PE

Limitations:
Becomes brittle below -20 C, poor UV resistance

Areas of use:
Bottles, containers, pipes, electrical insulation parts, dashboards, kitchenware, toys

Good qualities:
Good friction and wear properties. Excellent combination of toughness, stiffness, fatigue strength and creep resistance (spring material)

Limitations:
Difficult to glue, sensitive to acids

Areas of use:
Snaps, impellers, gears, sliding bearings, handles, fine mechanical details

Good qualities:
Good combination of mechanical and chemical properties, good temperature resistance

Limitations:
High moisture absorption, sensitive to acids

Areas of use:
Gear, screw, covers, cable insulation, shaft

Good qualities:
High stiffness and hardness, high chemical and abrasion resistance, good transparency, temperature resistance (modified)

Limitations:
Electrostatic, susceptible to hydrolysis, prone to warping

Areas of use:
Covers, household products, bottles

Good qualities:
High stiffness and hardness, high chemical and abrasion resistance, good transparency, temperature resistance (modified)

Limitations:
Electrostatic, susceptible to hydrolysis, prone to warping

Areas of use:
Covers, household products, bottles

Good qualities:
Extremely high impact strength, dimensionally stable, good outdoor resistance, transparency

Limitations:
Susceptible to fracture directions and microcracks, low acid resistance

Areas of use:
Safety helmets, lens, windshields, fixtures, lenses, covers

Good qualities:
Temperature resistant, even at very low temperatures, radiation resistant and dimensionally stable

Limitations:
Stress cracking is caused by organic solvents

Areas of use:
Medical equipment, household goods for micro, engine room parts

Good qualities:
Temperature resistant, even at very low temperatures, radiation resistant and dimensionally stable

Limitations:
Stress cracking is caused by organic solvents

Areas of use:
Medical equipment, household goods for micro, engine room parts

Good qualities:
Stiff and hard, high temperature and chemical resistance, flame resistant with good fatigue strength

Limitations:
Low impact toughness, attacked by oxidizing acids

Areas of use:
Faucets, pipes, car accessories, electrical components

Good qualities:
Can be adapted to different softnesses, replaces rubber material

Limitations:
Not as high temperature resistance as silicone

Areas of use:
Gaskets, rubber parts (replaces natural rubber), handle parts

Good qualities:
Polymerization of biomaterials from, for example, corn starch or cane sugar

Limitations:
Brittle, low softening temperature, low UV and chemical resistance

Areas of use:
Kitchen products, mobile phone cases, packaging

Good qualities:
Very high temperature resistance, strength and stiffness, low flammability and excellent hydrolysis resistance

Limitations:
Demanding in processing, high form shrinkage

Areas of use:
Engine parts, electronic components