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".
[citation needed] Coroplast is produced with Cartonplast technology developed by Covema in 1974.
[1] Coroplast operates plants in Granby, Quebec; Dallas, Texas; and Vanceburg, Kentucky.
[3] Coroplast, also called pp plate sheet ("Fluted Polypropylene Sheet"), is lightweight (hollow structure), non-toxic, waterproof, shockproof, long-lasting material that resists corrosion.
It is also used by hobbyists in do it yourself projects such as constructing cages for small animals or model aircraft.