Despite accounting for less than 5% of the total production of polyurethane products, TPUs represent one of the fastest growing and most highly versatile parts of the industry. TPUs are supplied as a fully reacted material that is processed in two main ways (injection and extrusion) to manufacture a huge range of products for many industries. 
Global production of TPU is expected to increase by 5.6% per year between 2010 and 2015. 
IAL Consultants has recently published a volume entitled "A global overview of the thermoplastic polyurethane market" describing latest trends of the TPU market.