PVC, polyvinyl chloride

PVC is the second most used plastic right after polyethylene. PVC is easy to glue and self-extinguishing. There's a lot of versions of PVC starting from foamed plastic to transparent PVC-GLAS and hard PVC. That's why PVC's operating sector is one of the biggest in plastics - starting from leatherette and window frames all the way to plumbing systems and wallpapers.