SIC 2821—Plastics Materials and Resins

Where 2821 sits

1. D Manufacturing
2. 28 Chemicals and Allied Products
3. 282 Plastics Materials and Synthetic Resins, Synthetic
4. 2821 Plastics Materials and Resins

Description

Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing synthetic resins, plastics materials, and nonvulcanizable elastomers. Important products of this industry include: cellulose plastics materials; phenolic and other tar acid resins; urea and melamine resins; vinyl resins; styrene resins; alkyd resins; acrylic resins; polyethylene resins; polypropylene resins; rosin modified resins; coumarone-indene and petroleum polymer resins; miscellaneous resins, including polyamide resins, silicones, polyisobutylenes, polyesters, polycarbonate resins, acetal resins, and fluorohydrocarbon resins; and casein plastics.

What 2821 includes

6-digit codes

• 282100 — Plastics Materials and Resins
• 282101 — Thermosetting Materials
• 282102 — Thermoplastic Materials
• 282103 — Cellulose Derivative Materials
• 282104 — Plasticizer/Additive Based Plastic Materials
• 282199 — Plastics Materials and Resins, NEC

8-digit codes

• 28210000 — Plastics materials and resins
• 28210100 — Thermosetting materials
• 28210101 — Epoxy resins
• 28210102 — Ester gum
• 28210103 — Melamine resins, melamine-formaldehyde
• 28210104 — Polyesters
• 28210105 — Polyimides (skybond, kaplon)
• 28210106 — Polyurethane resins
• 28210107 — Silicone resins
• 28210108 — Urea resins
• 28210200 — Thermoplastic materials
• 28210201 — Acrylic resins
• 28210202 — Acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene resins, ABS resins
• 28210203 — Elastomers, nonvulcanizable (plastics)
• 28210204 — Ethylene glycol terephthalic acid, mylar
• 28210205 — Nylon resins
• 28210206 — Polycarbonate resins
• 28210207 — Polyethylene resins
• 28210208 — Polymethyl methacrylate resins, plexiglass
• 28210209 — Polyoxymethylene resins
• 28210210 — Polypropylene resins
• 28210211 — Polystyrene resins
• 28210212 — Polysulfones
• 28210213 — Polytetrafluoroethylene resins, teflon
• 28210214 — Polyvinyl butyral resins
• 28210215 — Polyvinyl chloride resins, PVC
• 28210216 — Polyvinylidene chloride resins
• 28210217 — Styrene resins, nec
• 28210218 — Styrene-acrylonitile resins
• 28210219 — Vinyl resins, nec
• 28210300 — Cellulose derivative materials
• 28210301 — Cellulose acetate (plastics)
• 28210302 — Cellulose nitrate
• 28210303 — Nitrocellulose plastics, pyroxylin
• 28210400 — Plasticizer/additive based plastic materials
• 28210401 — Carbohydrate plastics
• 28210402 — Casein plastics
• 28210403 — Coal tar resins
• 28210404 — Cresol resins
• 28210405 — Phthalic anhydride resins
• 28210406 — Protein plastics
• 28210407 — Soybean plastics
• 28219900 — Plastics materials and resins, nec
• 28219901 — Molding compounds, plastics

Example activities

• acetal resins
• acetate cellulose (plastics)
• acrylic resins
• acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene resins
• alcohol resins, polyvinyl
• alkyd resins
• allyl resins
• butadiene copolymers, containing less than 50 percent butadiene
• carbohydrate plastics
• casein plastics
• cellulose nitrate resins
• cellulose propionate (plastics)
• coal tar resins
• condensation plastics
• coumarone-indene resins
• cresol resins
• cresol-furfural resins
• dicyandiamine resins
• diisocyanate resins
• elastomers, nonvulcanizable (plastics)
• epichlorohydrin bisphenol
• epichlorohydrin diphenol
• epoxy resins
• ester gum

Cross-references for 2821

• Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing fabricated plastics products or plastics film, sheet, rod, non-textile monofilaments and regenerated cellulose products, and vulcanized fiber are classified in Industry Group 308, whether from purchased resins or from resins produced in the same plant.
• Establishments primarily engaged in compounding purchased resins are classified in Industry 3087.
• Establishments primarily manufacturing adhesives are classified in Industry 2891.

2821 in other systems