Propex (Furnishing Solutions)
HQ US35% share
Maker of ActionBac woven-polypropylene secondary carpet backing (industry standard 50+ years), Polybac and recycled-PET Eos backings.
manufactured · input
Carpet Secondary Backing & Adhesive
Secondary backing and latex/adhesive for tufted carpet.
12
Source countries
3
Companies
1
Goods affected
0
Claims on record
What depends on it
Goods that need this input
1 essential American goods rely on carpet secondary backing & adhesive somewhere upstream in their supply chain.
Where it comes from
Source countries
Share of global supply, by country.
| Country | Share of supply |
|---|---|
| INIndia | 47% |
| TRTurkey | 9% |
| VNVietnam | 9% |
| SASaudi Arabia | 9% |
| NLNetherlands | 6% |
| CNChina | 4% |
| KRSouth Korea (Republic of Korea) | 3% |
| THThailand | 2% |
| JPJapan | 2% |
| GRGreece | 1% |
| BEBelgium | 1% |
| AEUnited Arab Emirates | 1% |
Who makes it
Supplier companies
3 companies produce carpet secondary backing & adhesive.
Synthomer plc
HQ GB
Major NBL maker (with Malaysian plants beside glove factories); Kumho + Synthomer ~60% of global NBL.
Trinseo PLC(TSE)
HQ US
Leading styrene-butadiene (SB) latex maker (ex-Dow) — carpet binder/adhesive latex.