Plunkett's Chemicals, Coatings & Plastics Industry Trends & Statistics 2013: A Summary Version of Plunkett's Chemicals, Coatings & Plastics Industry Almanac 2013

• Publication date: July 2012
• Report size: 48 pages

Key Features: -Industry trends analysis, market data and competitive intelligence -Market forecasts and Industry Statistics -Buyer may register for access to search and export data at Plunkett Research Online Pages: 48 Statistical Tables Provided: 15 Geographic Focus: Global A condensed market research report excerpted from Plunkett’s Chemicals, Coatings & Plastics Industry Almanac 2013, including forecas...

Key Features:

-Industry trends analysis, market data and competitive intelligence
-Market forecasts and Industry Statistics
-Buyer may register for access to search and export data at Plunkett Research Online

Pages: 48
Statistical Tables Provided: 15
Geographic Focus: Global

A condensed market research report excerpted from Plunkett’s Chemicals, Coatings & Plastics Industry Almanac 2013, including forecasts and market estimates, technologies analysis and vital statistical tables. You will gain significant insights that can help you shape your own strategy for business development, product development and investments.
-How is the industry evolving?
-How is the industry being shaped by new technologies?
-How is demand growing in emerging markets and mature economies?
-What is the size of the market now and in the future?

Contents, Statistics, Forecasts and Analysis Include:
Major Trends Affecting the Chemicals, Coatings & Plastics Industry
1) Introduction to the Chemicals, Coatings and Plastics Industry
2) Plastic Processing Technologies Have Evolved According to Specialized Needs
3) Global Demand for Plastics Will Soar Over the Long Term
4) China’s Plastics Market to Grow/China is a Major Chemicals Import Market
5) Petrochemicals Plant Construction in the Middle East Slows
6) India’s Plastics and Chemicals Sectors Grow/India is Home to Massive Petrochemicals Plants
7) New Display Technologies with PLEDs
8) Chemical Plants on the Rise in North America/New Plants Are Underway in the Middle East and the Pacific Rim
9) New Refineries and Petrochemicals Plants Add to Capacity/Take Advantage of Cheap Natural Gas on the Gulf Coast
10) Chemical Plants Increase Security Measures
11) Environmentalists Campaign for Chemical Industry Reform
12) Bio-plastics Become a Reality/Plastic Packaging Made from Corn and Soy
13) Nanotechnology Sees Applications in Fuel Cells and Solar Power/Micro Fuel Cells to Power Mobile Devices
14) Nanochemicals Hold Promise for Advanced Coatings and Specialty Chemicals
15) Self-Assembly and Fabrication on the Atomic Level Enable Nanomanipulation
16) Ethanol Production Soared, But a Market Glut May Slow Expansion
17) Packaging and Consumer Products Forge Ahead for Sustainability/Wal-Mart and Coca-Cola Improve Packaging Sustainability
18) Manufacturers Focus on High Performance Plastics and Specialty Chemicals



Chemicals, Coatings & Plastics Industry Statistics
1) Chemicals, Coatings & Plastics Industry Overview
2) Employment in Chemicals Industry Occupations, U.S.: May 2011
3) Chemicals & Plastics Industry Employment, U.S.: 2005-2011
4) U.S. Exports & Imports of Chemicals: 2007-1st Quarter 2012
5) U.S. Exports & Imports of Organic Chemicals: 2007-1st Quarter 2012
6) U.S. Exports & Imports of Inorganic Chemicals: 2007-1st Quarter 2012
7) Summary of U.S. Production of Principal Inorganic Chemicals: 2004-2nd Quarter 2011
8) U.S. Exports & Imports of Plastics & Plastics Products: 2007-1st Quarter 2012
9) U.S. Exports & Imports of Rubber & Rubber Products: 2007-1st Quarter 2012
10) U.S. Exports & Imports of Explosives & Pyrotechnic Products: 2007-1st Quarter 2012
11) U.S. Exports & Imports of Fertilizers: 2007-1st Quarter 2012
12) Summary of U.S. Production of Principal Fertilizers & Related Chemicals: 2004-2nd Quarter 2011
13) U.S. Exports & Imports of Pharmaceutical Products: 2007-1st Quarter 2012
14) Estimated Quantity & Value of U.S. Shipments of Paint & Allied Products: 1999-2nd Quarter 2011
15) U.S. Shipments, Exports, Imports & Apparent Consumption of Paint, Varnish & Lacquer: 1998-2nd Quarter 2011

Paint And Coating Industry in the United States

Table of Contents
PLUNKETT'S
CHEMICALS, COATINGS & PLASTICS
INDUSTRY TRENDS & STATISTICS 2013
CONTENTS
Chapter 1: Major Trends in the Chemicals, Coatings & Plastics Industry 1
1) Introduction to the Chemicals, Coatings and Plastics Industry 2
2) Plastic Processing Technologies Have Evolved According to Specialized Needs 4
3) Global Demand for Plastics Will Soar Over the Long Term 5
4) China’s Plastics Market to Grow/China is a Major Chemicals Import Market 5
5) Petrochemicals Plant Construction in the Middle East Slows 6
6) India’s Plastics and Chemicals Sectors Grow/India is Home to Massive Petrochemicals
Plants 7
7) New Display Technologies with PLEDs 8
8) Chemical Plants on the Rise in North America/New Plants Are Underway in the Middle
East and the Pacific Rim 9
9) New Refineries and Petrochemicals Plants Add to Capacity/Take Advantage of Cheap
Natural Gas on the Gulf Coast 10
10) Chemical Plants Increase Security Measures 11
11) Environmentalists Campaign for Chemical Industry Reform 12
12) Bio-plastics Become a Reality/Plastic Packaging Made from Corn and Soy 13
13) Nanotechnology Sees Applications in Fuel Cells and Solar Power/Micro Fuel Cells to4
Power Mobile Devices 14
14) Nanochemicals Hold Promise for Advanced Coatings and Specialty Chemicals 15
15) Self-Assembly and Fabrication on the Atomic Level Enable Nanomanipulation 16
16) Ethanol Production Soared, But a Market Glut May Slow Expansion 17
17) Packaging and Consumer Products Forge Ahead for Sustainability/Wal-Mart and Coca-
Cola Improve Packaging Sustainability 20
18) Manufacturers Focus on High Performance Plastics and Specialty Chemicals 22
Chapter 2: Chemicals, Coatings & Plastics Industry Statistics 24
Chemicals, Coatings & Plastics Industry Overview 25
Employment in Chemicals Industry Occupations, U.S.: May 2011 26
Chemicals & Plastics Industry Employment, U.S.: 2005-2011 27
U.S. Exports & Imports of Chemicals: 2007-1st Quarter 2012 28
U.S. Exports & Imports of Organic Chemicals: 2007-1st Quarter 2012 29
U.S. Exports & Imports of Inorganic Chemicals: 2007-1st Quarter 2012 30
Summary of U.S. Production of Principal Inorganic Chemicals: 2004-2nd Quarter 2011 31
U.S. Exports & Imports of Plastics & Plastics Products: 2007-1st Quarter 2012 32
U.S. Exports & Imports of Rubber & Rubber Products: 2007-1st Quarter 2012 33
U.S. Exports & Imports of Explosives & Pyrotechnic Products: 2007-1st Quarter 2012 34
U.S. Exports & Imports of Fertilizers: 2007-1st Quarter 2012 35
Summary of U.S. Production of Principal Fertilizers & Related Chemicals: 2004-2nd
Quarter 2011 36
U.S. Exports & Imports of Pharmaceutical Products: 2007-1st Quarter 2012 37
Estimated Quantity & Value of U.S. Shipments of Paint & Allied Products: 1999-2nd
Quarter 2011 38
U.S. Shipments, Exports, Imports & Apparent Consumption of Paint, Varnish & Lacquer:
1998-2nd Quarter 2011 39

Companies Mentioned
3M Company
A Schulman Inc
ABC Group
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company
Aceto Corporation
ADCO Global Inc
Adeka Corporation
Aditya Birla Chemicals (Thailand) Ltd
Advanced Drainage Systems Inc
AECI Limited
AEP Industries Inc
Agrium Inc
Air Liquide SA
Air Products & Chemicals Inc
Airgas Inc
AkzoNobel NV
AkzoNobel Pulp and Performance Chemicals
Albemarle Corporation
Alcoa Inc
ALFA SAB de CV
Altair Nanotechnologies Inc
Altana AG
AMCOL International Corp
Amcor Limited
American Air Liquide Holdings Inc
American Vanguard Corp
Applied Extrusion Technologies Inc
AptarGroup Inc
Arizona Chemical Company
Arkema
Asahi Kasei Corp
Ashland Inc
Associated Materials Inc
Atlantic Methanol Production Company LLC
Ball Corp
BASF SE
Bayer AG
Beaulieu of America LLC
BEHR Process Corporation
Beiersdorf AG
Bemis Company Inc
Benjamin Moore & Co
Berry Plastics Corporation
Bharat Rasayan Ltd
Borealis AG
Borouge (Abu Dhabi Polymers Company Ltd)
Bostik Inc
BP plc
Braskem SA
Bridgestone Bandag LLC
Bridgestone Corporation
BWA Water Additives
Cabot Corporation
Calgon Carbon Corporation
Calumet Specialty Products Partners LP
Canada Colors and Chemicals Limited
Canpotex Limited
Cantex Inc
Cargill Inc
Carlisle Companies Inc
Carpenter Co
Celanese Corporation
Celanese EVA Performance Polymers Inc
Central Garden & Pet Co
CertainTeed Corp
Ceylon Petroleum Corp (CPC)
CF Industries Holdings Inc
Charlotte Pipe and Foundry Company
Cheil Industries Inc
Chemtura Corporation
Chevron Corporation
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC
China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC)
China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec)
Chori Company Ltd
Clariant International Ltd
Clorox Co (The)
Cognis Deutschland GmbH & Co KG
Columbian Chemicals Company
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain SA
Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin
Compagnie Plastic Omnium
Compania Espanola de Petroleos SA (CEPSA)
Composites One LLC
Congoleum Corporation
ConocoPhillips Company
Consolidated Container Company LLC
Constar International LLC
Continental AG
Cooper Tire & Rubber Company
Cosmo Oil Co Ltd
CP Kelco
CRC Industries Inc
Cristal Global
Croda International plc
Crop Production Services Inc
Curwood Inc
Cytec Industries Inc
Daicel Corporation
Daiichi Sankyo Co Ltd
DAK Americas LLC
Dart Container Corp
Deceuninck NV
Delphi Corp
DIC Corporation
Doosan Co Ltd
Dow AgroSciences LLC
Dow Chemical Company (The)
Dow Corning Corporation
DSM NV
DuPont (E I du Pont de Nemours & Co)
DuPont (Thailand) Ltd
DuPont Agriculture & Nutrition
Duron Inc
Dynea Oy
EaglePicher Corporation
Eastman Chemical Company
Ecopetrol SA
Elekeiroz SA
EMD Millipore
ENGlobal Corp
Eni SpA
Evonik Degussa
Evonik Industries AG
Exopack Holding Corp
Exxon Mobil Corporation (ExxonMobil)
ExxonMobil Chemical
Fabri-Kal Corp
Ferro Corporation
FinishMaster Inc
Firmenich SA
FLEXcon Corporation
Flexsol Packaging Corp
Flint Group
FMC Corporation
Formosa Petrochemical Corp (FPCC)
Formosa Plastics Corporation
Frontier Carbon Corporation
Fuchs Petrolub AG
Fujibo Holdings Inc
FUJIFILM Holdings Corp
FXI - Foamex Innovations
GELITA AG
Georgia Gulf Corporation
Georgia-Pacific LLC
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (The)
Graham Packaging Holdings Company
Grasim Industries Ltd
Griffon Corporation
GS Caltex Corp
Guardian Industries Corp
H Muehlstein & Co Inc
Hancor Inc
Hanwha Chemical Corporation
Hanwha Corp
Hawkins Inc
HB Fuller Company
Helena Chemicals Company
HELM AG
Henkel AG & Co KGaA
Heritage Bag Company
Hilex Poly Co LLC
Hindustan Unilever Limited
Hitachi Chemical DuPont MicroSystems LLC
Hitachi Ltd
Honam Petrochemical Corp
Honeywell International Inc
Houghton International Inc
Huntsman Corporation
Hyperion Catalysis International
ICC Industries Inc
Illinois Tool Works Inc
Imerys
Imperial Oil Limited
Incitec Pivot Limited
INEOS Group Limited
Inergy Automotive Systems
Infineum International Limited
InMat Inc
Innophos Holdings Inc
Innospec Inc
INPEX Corporation
Interface Inc
International Flavors & Fragrances Inc
International Specialty Products Inc
Interplastic Corporation
Intertape Polymer Group Inc
INVISTA
IPEX Inc
IRPC pcl
Israel Chemicals Ltd
ITOCHU Corp
JM Huber Corporation
J-M Manufacturing Company Inc
JSR Corporation

JSR Corporation
KA Steel Chemicals
Kaneka Corporation
Kao Corporation
KBR Inc
Kelly Moore Paint Company Inc
Kemira Oyj
Key Plastics LLC
Kingboard Chemical Holdings Ltd
Klockner Pentaplast GmbH & Co Kg
Koch Industries Inc
Kochi Refining Ltd
Koppers Inc
Korea Kumho Petrochemical Co Ltd
Kraton Performance Polymers LLC
Kronos Worldwide Inc
Kumho Tire Co Ltd
Kuraray Co Ltd
Kuwait Petroleum Corporation
Lacks Enterprises Inc
Lanxess AG
Lear Corp
Lesco Inc
LG Chem Ltd
Linde Group
Lonza Group Ltd
LSB Industries Inc
Lubrizol Advanced Materials Inc
Lubrizol Corporation (The)
Lucite International
LyondellBasell Industries
MacDermid Incorporated
Magna International Inc
Makhteshim-Agan Industries Ltd
Marangoni SpA
Marathon Oil Corp
Masterchem Industries LLC
Matheson Tri-Gas Inc
Metabolix Inc
Methanex Corp
Milliken & Co
Minerals Technologies Inc
Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation
Mitsubishi Corp
Mitsui Chemicals Inc
Mohawk Industries Inc
Momentive Performance Materials Inc
Monsanto Co
Mosaic Company (The)
Nagase & Co Ltd
Nalco Holding Company
Nan Ya Plastics Corporation
Nanocor Inc
Nanophase Technologies Corp
National Aluminium Company Limited
NatureWorks LLC
NCH Corporation
Newell Rubbermaid Inc
NewMarket Corporation
Nexen Inc
Nippon Soda Co Ltd
Nissan Chemical Industries
Nitto Denko Corporation
NL Industries Inc
North American Pipe Inc
NOVA Chemicals Corporation
Novomer Inc
Nufarm Limited
Nypro Inc
Occidental Petroleum Corp
OCI Company Ltd
Old World Industries Inc
Olin Corporation
OM Group Inc
OMNOVA Solutions Inc
OMV AG
Orica Limited
Owens Corning
Oxbow Corporation
OxyVinyls LP
Pactiv Corp
Penford Corporation
Penn Color Inc
Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras)
Petroleos de Venezuela SA (Pdvsa)
Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex)
Phillips-Medisize Corporation
Pinnacle Polymers
Pirelli & C SpA
Plaskolite Inc
Plastipak Holdings Inc
Ply Gem Industries
Polski Koncern Naftowy Orlen SA (PKN ORLEN Group)
PolyOne Corporation
Polypore International Inc
Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc
PPG Industries Inc
PQ Corporation
Praxair Inc
Printpack Inc
PTT Global Chemical pcl
Qatar Petroleum
Quadra Chemicals Ltd
Quaker Chemical Corp
Reade International Corp
Reckitt Benckiser plc
Reliance Industries Ltd (Reliance Group)
Rexam PLC
Rhodia ADS
Rockwood Holdings Inc
Rogers Corporation
Rohm & Haas Company
Royal Dutch Shell plc
Royal Group Inc
RPM International Inc
RT Vanderbilt Company Inc
Samsung Fine Chemicals Co Ltd
Samsung Group
Samsung Petrochemical Co Ltd
Sasol Limited
Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC)
SC Johnson & Son Inc
Scotts Miracle Grow Co
Sealed Air Corporation
Sensient Technologies Corporation
Sequa Corp
Shaw Industries
Shell Chemicals Limited
Shell Oil Co
Sherwin Williams Company (The)
Shin Etsu Chemical Co Ltd
Showa Denko KK
SI Group
Sigma Plastics Group
Sigma-Aldrich Corp
Sika AG
Silgan Holdings Inc
Solo Cup Company
Solutia Inc
Solvay SA
Southern Clay Products Inc
Spartech Corporation
Spraylat Corporation
SRG Global Inc
Srithai Superware PCL
Statoil ASA
Step2 Company
Stepan Company
Sterling Chemicals Inc
Sulzer Ltd
Sumitomo Chemical Co Ltd
Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd
Sun Chemical Corporation
Sunoco Inc
Symrise AG
Syngenta AG
Tata Chemicals North America Inc
Tata Group
Tekni-Plex Inc
Teknor Apex
Thai Central Chemical PCL
TNK-BP
Toray Industries Inc
Tosoh Corporation
Total Petrochemicals
Total SA
Toyo Tire & Rubber Co Ltd
TPC Group Inc
Transilwrap Company Inc
Tredegar Corporation
Trelleborg AB
Trex Company Inc
Tupperware Brands Corporation
Unidym Inc
Union Carbide Corporation
United Plastics Group Inc
Univar USA Inc
UOP LLC
Uponor Corporation
Valspar Corporation (The)
VEKA Inc
Velsicol Chemical LLC
Vertellus Specialties Inc
Visteon Corporation
Vita Group (The)
Vogel Paint Inc
Wellman Inc
West Pharmaceutical Services Inc
Westlake Chemical Corporation
Winpak Ltd
Wintershall AG
WR Grace & Co
Yara International ASA
ZEON Corporation
Zep Inc