Specialty Chemicals in Western Europe

Specialty Chemicals in Western Europe

Datamonitor's Specialty Chemicals in Western Europe industry profile is an essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the specialty chemicals industry. It includes detailed data on market size and segmentation, plus textual and graphical analysis of the key trends and competitive landscape, leading companies and demographic information.

Scope

* Contains an executive summary and data on value, volume and/or segmentation

* Provides textual analysis of the industry’s recent performance and future prospects

* Incorporates in-depth five forces competitive environment analysis and scorecards

* Includes a five-year forecast of the industry

* The leading companies are profiled with supporting key financial metrics

* Supported by the key macroeconomic and demographic data affecting the market

Highlights

* Detailed information is included on market size, measured by value and/or volume

* Five forces scorecards provide an accessible yet in depth view of the market’s competitive landscape

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* Inform your business decisions

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* Save time carrying out entry-level research

Market Definition

The specialty chemical market covers the revenues generated from the sales of high value-added chemicals used in the manufacture of a wide variety of products, including but not limited to fine chemicals, additives, advanced polymers, adhesives, sealants and specialty paints, pigments and coatings.

The market values represent the revenues from the sales of such products valued at ex manufacture price.

For the purpose of this report the Americas comprises Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, the US, and Venezuela.

Western Europe comprises Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, and the UK.

Eastern Europe comprises the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Russia and Ukraine.

Europe is the sum of Eastern and Western Europe.

Asia-Pacific comprises Australia, China, Japan, India, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan.

The global figure comprises the Americas, Asia-Pacific and Europe.

TABLE OF CONTENTS


EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3
CHAPTER 1 Market Overview 7
1.1 Market Definition 7
1.2 Research Highlights 7
1.3 Market Analysis 8
CHAPTER 2 Market Value 9
CHAPTER 3 Market Segmentation I 10
CHAPTER 4 Market Segmentation II 11
CHAPTER 5 Five Forces Analysis 12
5.1 Summary 12
5.2 Buyer Power 13
5.3 Supplier Power 14
5.4 New Entrants 15
5.5 Substitutes 16
5.6 Rivalry 17
CHAPTER 6 Leading Companies 18
6.1 BASF SE 18
6.2 Evonik Industries (Degussa GmbH) 23
6.3 Bayer AG 25
6.4 Akzo Nobel Industries 29
CHAPTER 7 Market Forecasts 31
7.1 Market Value Forecast 31
CHAPTER 8 Macroeconomic Indicators 32
CHAPTER 9 Appendix 33
9.1 Methodology 33
9.2 Industry Associations 34
9.3 Related Datamonitor Research 34



LIST OF TABLES


Table 1: Western Europe Specialty Chemicals Market Value: $ billion, 2004-2008 9
Table 2: Western Europe Specialty Chemicals Market Segmentation I: % Share, by Value, 2008 10
Table 3: Western Europe Specialty Chemicals Market Segmentation II: % Share, by Value, 2008 11
Table 4: Key Facts: BASF SE 18
Table 5: Key Financials: BASF SE 22
Table 6: Key Facts: Evonik Industries (Degussa GmbH) 23
Table 7: Key Facts: Bayer AG 25
Table 8: Key Financials: Bayer AG 28
Table 9: Key Facts: Akzo Nobel Industries 29
Table 10: Key Financials: Akzo Nobel Industries 30
Table 11: Western Europe Specialty Chemicals Market Value Forecast: $ billion, 2008-2013 31
Table 12: Western Europe Exchange Rate, 2004-2008 32