塑料薄膜和床单已被商业化，并用于包装食品，药品和医疗产品，消费产品和工业产品。电影和床单也用于农业，建筑，医疗保健等非包装目的。根据市场和市场，到2018年，塑料薄膜和床单市场估计将达到70.9万吨。在中国，印度，土耳其，波兰，巴西和墨西哥等不断发展的经济体中，对包装食品和药品的需求不断增长，正在推动全球塑料膜和床单市场。食品行业是包装领域中最大的塑料薄膜和床单消费者，其次是制药和医疗包装。但是，预计药品和医疗包装应用程序将在未来五年内提供最高的增长。由于其在农业行业中的用途增加，对塑料膜和床单的需求正在增加。全球塑料薄膜和床单市场是分散的，北美和欧洲等地区处于成熟阶段。但是，亚太市场在这个市场上具有巨大的增长潜力。预计未来十年中，印度和中国中产阶级的可支配收入不断上升。 The top companies in the plastic films and sheets business include AEP Industries (U.S.), Amcor Ltd. (Australia), Bemis Company (U.S.), DuPont Teijin Films (U.S.), Jindal Poly Films (India), and Sealed Air Corporation (U.S.). This industry is going through consolidation activities and inorganic expansion was the preferred growth strategy adopted by the leading players. Polyethylene is identified as the key material for flexible plastic films and sheets production. However, biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) is gaining popularity as raw material. Materials such as EVOH, PLA, PVDC, PHOV and Polyamide are used to manufacture specialty films. In matured markets such as North America and Europe, specialty plastic films demand is growing at a faster rate than conventional resin-based films. With rising global population and disposable income, plastic films and sheets are finding increasing applications in packaging. The plastic films and sheets market consumption will grow from an estimated 59.9 mln MT in 2013 to 70.9 mln MT by 2018, with a CAGR of 3.4% from 2013 to 2018. Asia-Pacific is the key market for plastic films and sheets with more than 30% of global market share. Rising middle class in China and India is the major driving force for the industry. However, developed regions such as North America and Europe are experiencing slow growth in the sector.

根据研究和市场，到2018年，全球粮食和饮料塑料包装行业预计将达到149.8美元。由于固定成本高，出口障碍和中等的行业增长率，该行业的竞争竞争似乎是中等的。环境法规，树脂成本波动以及能源和运输费用都会影响该行业。食品包装是塑料膜和食品包装市场销售的关键应用领域，预计从2013年到2018年增长5.2％。2012年，全球市场估计为112.4美元的BLN，预计将在以上增长从2013年到2018年为4.4％。

农业电影是保护性薄膜，这些薄膜被放置在土壤上，包裹在饲料周围或覆盖在温室中。农业薄膜提供了几种优势，例如减少土壤压实和侵蚀，升高土壤温度，提供养分，抑制杂草的生长，支撑种子发芽并保护紫外线。农业电影可以根据其应用为：温室电影，覆盖膜和青贮片电影。它们通常是使用聚乙烯（PE），聚氯乙烯（PVC）和乙烯基醇聚合物（EVOH）以及其他材料以及其他材料制造的。线性低密度聚乙烯（LLDPE）和低密度聚乙烯（LDPE）主导了整个农业膜市场。由于中东和亚太地区PE的能力增加，这些电影的价格相对降低。从2013年到2019年，线性低密度聚乙烯（LLDPE）预计将是增长最快的薄膜类型，生长CAGR的复合年增长率为5.9％。LLDPE和LDPE共同占2012年总需求的78％以上。LDPE膜预计将有望到2019年，由于环境法规有关塑料的使用，收回的电影可在发达国家广泛使用。预计到2019年，收回电影的消费量预计将达到近315,000吨。其他电影类型（例如PVC，EVOH等）有望在2013年至2019年之间以5.5％的复合年增长率增长。以其僵化的特征而闻名，占2012年总市场的7％以上。农业电影主要用于温室和覆盖应用。 Greenhouse and mulching applications together accounted for more than 85% of the overall market in 2012. Greenhouse application is expected to reach more than 2768,000 tons by 2019. Mulching and silage application is expected to grow at a CAGR of 5.7% and 5.4% respectively, from 2013 to 2019. The growing demand for vegetables and fruits such as tomatoes, cucumbers, strawberries, etc. is expected to drive the market for greenhouse films especially in Asia Pacific. It is expected to be fastest growing application during the forecast period, expected to reach US$4145 mln by 2019. In terms of revenue, silage films are expected to grow at an estimated CAGR of 7.9% between 2013 and 2019. The consumption of agricultural film in North America was nearly 196,000 tons in 2012. The European market is highly saturated due to decreasing arable land and shift towards organic farming, with demand expected to reach 826,000 tons by 2019. China is expected to be fastest growing market growing at an estimated CAGR of 6% from 2013 to 2019.