Coroplast is a

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corrugated plastic Corrugated plastic or corriboard – also known under the trade names of Correx, Biplex, Cartonplast, Polyflute, Coroplast, FlutePlast, IntePro, Proplex, Twinplast, Corriflute and Corflute – refers to a wide range of extruded twin-wall plast ...

and a registered trademark of Coroplast, LLC, a member of the Inteplast Group of companies. Because of the success of this brand, it has become a generically used tradename and many people in North America today refer to all corrugated plastic as "coroplast". Coroplast is produced with Cartonplast technology developed by

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in 1974. Coroplast operates plants in

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, Texas; and

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. On August 15, 2014, Inteplast Group, the company's major competitor, acquired majority of its assets with an undisclosed amount. Coroplast, also called pp plate sheet ("Fluted

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Sheet"), is lightweight (hollow structure), non-toxic, waterproof, shockproof, long-lasting material that resists corrosion. Compared with cardboard, Coroplast has the advantages of being waterproof and colorfast. Corrugated plastic is widely used for signage,

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s, and

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. It is also used by hobbyists in

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projects such as constructing cages for small animals or

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