E-Commerce Resources

allplastx.comType: Resin procurement consortium for European processors Services: Once developed to be an independent plastics marketplace for Europe, this site has refocused on obtaining Asian resin for European processors at competitive prices. Language: EnglishStarted: 1999

apexq.comType: Resin exchange Services: Database service for buyers and sellers of secondary plastics; includes material from both postindustrial and postconsumer markets. Prime resin portal.Language: EnglishStarted: 1994; 1999 opened prime market exchange

apps4biz.comType: Application service provider Services: Provider of management, inventory control, purchasing, financials, and other services; offers e-commerce enabling software; focuses on small businesses (less than $50 million).Language: English, German, French, ItalianStarted: 1999

buyplastics.com(see conferos.com)

chematch.comType: B2B exchange and reverse auctionServices: Exchange and information resource for buying and selling bulk commodity chemicals, plastics, and fuel products. Primary focus is on chemicals and commodity plastics, including wide-spec materials.Language: EnglishStarted: February 1999

chemconnect.comType: Chemical and plastics exchangeServices: Connects buyers and sellers in real-time transactions; bills itself as a neutral marketplace and the world's largest chemical and plastics exchange.Language: EnglishStarted: 1995

commerx.comType: Supply chain managementServices: Integrated suite of procurement, fulfillment, and collaborative supply chain applications with secure document transformation, transmission, auditing, and tracking with subscription-based pricing.Language: EnglishStarted: 1995 with PlasticsNet (now part of VerticalNet); procurement solutions started in 1999

conferos.comType: B2B collaborative product developmentServices: Comprehensive Web-based infrastructure designed to bring products to market faster; focuses on design and project management. Moldfilling simulation, file conversions, part cost estimating, material database, processor database, document management.Language: EnglishStarted: February 2000

elastomersolutions.comType: Elastomer marketplaceServices: Supplier consortium for supply chain management, transactions, and collaboration; business centers.Language: EnglishStarted: February 2000

freemarkets.comType: Reverse auctionServices: Provides a way for OEMs to locate new vendors and suppliers for current products or for new programs; offers real-time bidding on molds and molded parts.Language: EnglishStarted: 1998 

getplastic.comType: B2B plastics e-marketplace exchangeServices: Vendor-neutral procurement marketplace designed for engineers and purchasing professionals who locate and buy raw materials for plastic products; purchasing, transaction support, fulfillment, and distribution services for small and medium-sized plastics processors. Language: EnglishStarted: 1999

ides.comType: Materials databaseServices: Prospector database of plastics material properties; single datasheets are free; high-level search and comparison functions are subscription based.Language: EnglishStarted: 1996

justforplastics.comType: B2B e-commerceServices: RFQs, quotes, and bidding for plastics parts, services, tooling, and equipment. Language: EnglishStarted: 2000

machinepoint.comType: B2B e-commerce exchangeServices: Used plastics machinery purchases and sales.Language: English, SpanishStarted: 2000

matweb.comType: Materials databaseServices: Database of thermoplastics, thermosets, polymers, metals, semiconductors, fibers, and other engineering materials; includes data sheets and spec sheets.Language: EnglishStarted: September 1997

omnexus.comType: Supplier consortium marketplaceServices: Online order placement and tracking for resins from most major resin suppliers. Future RFQs, equipment, tooling, supplies. Language: EnglishStarted: November 2000

planetcad.comType: Application service providerServices: Data management for OEM designers and engineers; cost estimating models, RFQs, file exchange and translation.Language: EnglishStarted: January 2000

plasticscommerce.comType: Portal for purchasing servicesServices: Database service for buyers and sellers of raw materials, equipment, semifinished and finished products, molds, and processing services. File exchange and CAD conversion services.Language: English, ChineseStarted: October 1999

plasticsnet.comType: Information resource and industry forumsServices: Once an online marketplace connecting buyers and sellers, the site has been sold to VerticalNet, without the purchasing functions. It has returned to its roots as an online community, with forums, supplier directories, and other resources. Language: EnglishStarted: 1995 

polymerplace.comType: PortalServices: Provides technical information on plastics to product designers to help translate ideas into actual plastic parts; some portions are still in development.Language: EnglishStarted: 2000

polymersite.comType: B2B plastics e-commerce exchangeServices: Buy/sell exchange for resins, primarily off-spec; site uses a sealed bid process and acts as a price matchmaker between the buyer and seller; actual transaction takes place offline.Language: EnglishStarted: April 2000

polysort.comType: Information resources and industry forumsServices: Database of suppliers, news, resin group purchasing, site hosting.Language: EnglishStarted: September 1997

processzone.comType: B2B plastics industry search engineServices: Features industry news, job listings, RFI/RFQs, calendar, industry links, discussion forum, classified ads, and a tech center. Offers links to processors' websites and listings.Language: EnglishStarted: June 2000

qplastics.comType: Portal servicesServices: Offers free e-mail; resin pricing information; industry news; reference desk; education site for schools; articles; books; professional societies. Includes a forum for bidding jobs, free classified ads, and job listings. Language: EnglishStarted: 2000

suppliermarket.comType: B2B e-commerceServices: Marketplace for industrial manufactured products; offers line-item bidding for multilined RFQs.Language: EnglishStarted: October 1999

supplierone.comType: B2B e-commerceServices: Marketplace for made-to-order parts and services, including molded plastic parts and prototypes.Language: EnglishStarted: March 2000

supplybase.comType: Supply chain managementServices: Specializes in entrepreneurial software that focuses on supply chain management including distribution and manufacturing management for the custom parts supplier.Language: EnglishStarted: August 1999

theplasticsexchange.comType: B2B e-commerceServices: First real-time bid/ask exchange for trading prime resins; cash and delivery commodity exchange modeled after the Chicago Commodities Exchange to facilitate trading in 27 standard contracts of PE, PP, and PS.Language: EnglishStarted: June 2000