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With its 50 injection moulding units, Mah Sing Plastics in Malaysia is one of the largest high-tech plastic manufac turers in Southeast Asia, producing a wide range of plastic products includ ing industrial containers, furniture,
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motorcycle helmets, pallets and the ubiquitous lightweight stackable resin chair. Right: Polypropylene, the world’s second most widely produced synthetic plastic, is used to make resin chairs as well
as hundreds of other products—bags, fabrics, packaging and utensils. The chairs are manufactured by heating the granules to about 200°C (392°F), and injecting the liquid plastic into a mould. All photos by Rahman Roslan.
THE CHAIR THAT’S EVERYWHERE
