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World N-Butanol Market - Opportunities and Forecasts, 2017 - 2023

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  • September 2019
  • Region: Global
  • Allied Market Research
  • ID: 3773710
N-butanol forms an important feedstock for manufacturing chemicals such as butyl acrylate, glycol ethers, butyl acetate and plasticizers. It serves an important element in making direct solvent for varnishes, paints, coatings, resins, camphor, dyes, fats vegetable oils, waxes, shellac, rubbers, and alkaloids and among various industrial applications.

The market is driven by growing butyl acrylate manufacturing industry along with the rising market demand of the product in the Asia-Pacific region. Lack of product differentiation as a strategy by key market players along with negative trends related to compound DOP (Bis(2-Ethylhexyl) Phthalate) in regions such as Europe & North America are the factors that is restraining the market growth. The lack of demand & supply in China and rising investment in the downstream segment in Saudi Arabia along with strict regulations supporting the application of bio-based N-Butanol are key factors that will offer ample growth opportunities in the N-Butanol market across the globe. Maintaining a low economy of scale for small capacity plants along with fluctuations in raw material prices are the key market challenges that will hamper the growth of the market.

The report segments the market on the basis of applications and region.

On the basis of application, the market is segmented into butyl acrylate, glycol ethers, butyl acetate, direct solvent, plasticizers among others. On the basis of geography, the market is segmented into North America, Europe, APAC and Latin America, Middle East & Africa (LAMEA).

Key market players in this market are BASF SE, The Dow Chemical Company, BASF-YPC Ltd., OXO Corporation, Sasol Ltd., Formosa Plastics Corporation, Eastman Chemical Company, Oxichimie SAS, KH Neochem Co. Ltd and CNPC.

KEY BENEFITS FOR STAKEHOLDERS:

The report provides a comprehensive analysis of current & future market trends, key market challenges and emerging avenues for the growth of market across the globe.
The report offers latest technological innovations and the recent R&D developments related to high-end products such as bio-based solvents.
This report entails the detailed quantitative analysis of the current market and estimations through 2014 and 2020, which assists in identifying the prevailing market opportunities.
The report offers detailed segmentation and analyzes the key segments in terms of market size by value and volume and country-level analysis to provide an in-depth understanding of the market.
Porters Five Forces analysis along with threats from new entrants is offered in the report along with highlighting bargaining power of buyers and suppliers.
The report offers information on the status of new projects along with offering investment feasibility analysis of the same.
The report offers industry chain overview along with import-export policies affecting the market dynamics in key regions.
The report offers competitive landscape scenario in terms of launch of new products such as bio-based N-Butanol.

KEY MARKET SEGMENTS:

By Application

Butyl Acrylate
Glycol Ethers
Butyl Acetate
Direct solvent
Plasticizers
Others

By Geography

North America
Europe
APAC
LAMEA

Key Company Profile

BASF SE
The Dow Chemical Company
BASF-YPC Ltd., OXO Corporation
Sasol Ltd.
Formosa Plastics Corporation
Eastman Chemical Company
Oxichimie SAS
KH Neochem Co. Ltd
CNPC

Methodology

The analyst offers exhaustive research and analysis based on a wide variety of factual inputs, which largely include interviews with industry participants, reliable statistics, and regional intelligence. The in-house industry experts play an instrumental role in designing analytic tools and models, tailored to the requirements of a particular industry segment. The primary research efforts include reaching out participants through mail, tele-conversations, referrals, professional networks, and face-to-face interactions.

They are also in professional corporate relations with various companies that allow them greater flexibility for reaching out to industry participants and commentators for interviews and discussions.

They also refer to a broad array of industry sources for their secondary research, which typically include; however, not limited to:

  • Company SEC filings, annual reports, company websites, broker & financial reports, and investor presentations for competitive scenario and shape of the industry
  • Scientific and technical writings for product information and related preemptions
  • Regional government and statistical databases for macro analysis
  • Authentic news articles and other related releases for market evaluation
  • Internal and external proprietary databases, key market indicators, and relevant press releases for market estimates and forecast

Furthermore, the accuracy of the data will be analyzed and validated by conducting additional primaries with various industry experts and KOLs. They also provide robust post-sales support to clients.

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