Tony McNally, Petra Pötschke (eds.), Woodhead Publishing, Cambridge, 2011, 824 p., hardcover, EUR 215.00, ISBN 978-1-84569-761-7

Jiri George Drobny, John Wiley & Sons Ltd., 2012, 332 p., hardcover, EUR 109.00, ISBN 978-047045-553-1, also available as e-book

El-Sombati, A.Z. (Ed.), InTech, Rijeka, Croatia, 2012, 416 p., ISBN 978-953-51-0346-2 A free online edition of this book is available at www.intechopen.com. Additional hard copies can be obtained from orders@intechopen.com

Azra Seidel (Executive Editor), John Wiley & Sons Ltd., Hoboken NJ, USA, 2011, 2 vol. set, 1590 p., hardcover, EUR 430.00, ISBN 978-0-470-59670-8

William M. Haynes (ed.), 92nd edition, 2011-2012, CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group, Boca Raton, FL, 2011, 2656 p., hardcover, ca. EUR 113.00, ISBN 978-1-43985-511-9

From Patrick Ellis comes a new edition of his European TPE market study. According to Ellis the European market for thermoplastic elastomers has been 649,000 tonnes in 2010. It is believed to have grown by 2.6% in 2011, to reach 666,100 tonnes and if no major catastrophe occurs, will reach 687,700 tonnes in 2012, a growth rate of 3.2%. The global market for thermoplastic elastomers is claimed to grow from between 5 and 6% over the next few years, but this growth includes the Asian companies who are now seriously dominating this market. However, the lower TPE market growth that Europe is set to experience is still far ahead of the GNP growth predicted for any European country. To maintain even this modest growth, all participants in this market must be prepared to go the extra mile to achieve their goals, says the author.

Ceresana Research, Konstanz, Germany, 2011, 1,028 p., two volumes, from EUR 1,895

Christopher C. Ibeh, CRC Press, Boca Raton, USA, 2011, hardcover, 640 p., ISBN 978-1-4200-9383-4, ca. EUR 110.00

Cristina Prisacariu, Springer Verlag, Wien, 2011, 255 p., hardcover, EUR 106.95, ISBN 978-3-7091-0513-9

Marifaith Hackett, SRI Consulting, IHS Inc., Menlo Park, CA, USA, 2011, PDF file, 160 p., USD 15,000.00