Decorativelaminates are laminated products primarily used as furniture surface materials orwall paneling. It can be manufactured as either high- or low-pressure laminate,with the two processes not much different from each other except for thepressure applied in the pressing process.Decorative plastic laminate is adurable flat sheeting material used in home and industrial furnishings. Decorativelaminate is commonly used to surface kitchen counters, table tops, andcabinetry because of its resistance to stains, scratches, and heat.
Sunmica is oneof the foremost brands in the Indian Laminate Industry that has become ahousehold name and has the highest brand recall amongst Indian customers. Infact when most Indians say 'Sunmica' what they mean to say is 'Laminates'. Thetwo words have become so synonymous with each other in India.
In India threetypes of decorative and industrial laminated sheets are being manufacturedusually being phenol formaldehyde or melamine formaldehyde or other phenolicresins as binding materials for the core and the surface papers. The decorativepaper for lamination is imported.
Today, laminatedsheets are becoming very popular particularly plastics and paper laminatedsheets. Glass laminated sheets are used by and large in aircraft and certainscientific plans. Plastic laminates are highly popular.
Laminations areused for industrial purposes as well as decorative purposes. Industriallamination is used mainly for packaging materials. To looking its uses we cansay that there is a good scope for any new entrants.
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