It is still dominated by materials which have been in use for decades, such as carbon black (mainly used in tyres) or synthetic amorphous silica (used in a wide variety of applications including tyres, as polymer filler but also in toothpaste or as anticoagulant in food powders).
Sektoris on juhtival kohal materjalid, mida on kasutatud juba aastakümneid, nt süsiniktahm (kasutatakse peamiselt rehvides) või tehislik amorfne ränidioksiid (kasutatakse nii rehvides polümeerse täitematerjalina kui ka hambapastades ja toidupulbrites antikoagulandina).