Plunkett's Chemicals, Coatings & Plastics Industry Almanac 2013: Chemicals, Coatings & Plastics Industry Market Research, Statistics, Trends & Leading Companies
Plunkett Research Ltd, July 2012, Pages: 545
The chemicals manufacturing industry is a vibrant, global business that encompasses many important sectors. Key products include petrochemicals, fertilizers, plastics, coatings, ceramics, solvents, additives, dyes and many other products basic to home and business needs. In addition, the pharmaceuticals industry is often included when discussing chemicals. Commodity chemicals, speciality chemicals and custom manufacturing are vibrant components of the business.
Key Features:
- Industry trends analysis, market data and competitive intelligence
- Market forecasts and Industry Statistics
- Industry Associations and Professional Societies List
- In-Depth Profiles of hundreds of leading companies
- Industry Glossary
- Pages: 545
- Statistical Tables Provided: 15
- Companies Profiled: 383
- Geographic Focus: Global
A complete market research report, including forecasts and market estimates, technologies analysis and developments at innovative firms. You will gain vital insights that can help you shape your own strategy for business development, product development and investments.
Key Questions Examined:
- 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?
- What are the financial results of the leading companies?
- What are the names and titles of top executives?
- What are the top companies and what are their revenues?
Key Chemicals, Coatings & Plastics Industry Topics Covered
Specialty Chemicals
Performance Chemicals
Basic Chemicals
Chemicals Manufacturing
Biochemicals
Agrochemicals
Catalysts, Adhesives
Carbon Products, Dyes, Film
Packaging, Additives, Molding
Forming, Surfactants, Gases
Inorganic, Organic
Solvents, Petrochemicals, Polyolefins
Elastomers, Biochemicals
Supply Chain
Distribution, R&D
Profiles of Leading Companies
Executive Mailing Lists
PLUNKETT'S CHEMICALS, COATINGS & PLASTICS INDUSTRY ALMANAC
A Short Chemicals, Coatings & Plastics Industry Glossary i
Introduction
How To Use This Book
Chapter 1: Major Trends in 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
Chapter 2: 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
Chapter 3: Important Chemicals, Coatings & Plastics Industry Contacts
Addresses, Telephone Numbers and Internet Sites
Chapter 4: THE CHEMICALS 400:
1) Who They Are and How They Were Chosen
2) Industry List, With Codes
3) Index of Companies Within Industry Groups
4) Alphabetical Index
5) Index of U.S. Headquarters Location by State
6) Index of Non-U.S. Headquarters Location by Country
7) Index by Regions of the U.S. Where the Firms Have Locations
8) Index by Firms with Operations Outside the U.S.
9) Individual Profiles on each of THE CHEMICALS 400
10) Additional Indexes
11) Index of Hot Spots for Advancement for Women/Minorities
12) Index of Subsidiaries, Brand Names and Selected Affiliations
Introduction to the Chemicals, Coatings & Plastics Industry
The businesses of chemicals, coatings and plastics are closely linked, and those sectors, in turn, are closely linked to the oil and gas industry. Plastics comprise a branch of petrochemicals—that is, chemicals refined from petroleum. (Although a small amount of plastics is now being produced from plants such as corn.) Coatings, which include paints, are chemical concoctions. Other everyday chemicals products include pharmaceuticals, fertilizers, dyes, fibers, packaging, adhesives and explosives, among many, many others. Among the more visible end products are PVC (polyvinyl chloride) pipe for plumbing and other purposes, plastic bottles and other food containers, vinyl window frames, flooring and carpeting made from vinyl and other synthetics, as well as clothing of all types made from synthetic fabrics.
This is a research-based industry that requires massive capital expenditures on the production end. According to the American Chemistry Council, U.S. chemicals companies invested $55.4 billion in research and development in 2011 alone (up about 11% over the previous year). BASF, the world's largest chemical firm, has 10,000 research personnel worldwide. While the firm is based in Germany, its R&D labs are spread around the globe, including major facilities in the U.S. in Florham Park, New Jersey (its North American headquarters), Research Triangle, North Carolina (where it runs one of the world's largest agricultural chemicals research facilities) and St. Louis, Missouri (a pest control lab). The company's continuing investment in infrastructure is equally impressive. BASF estimates it will invest $15.5 billion in capital expenditures from 2011-15, expanding and enhancing many of its 390 production facilities worldwide.
It is also a cyclical business, highly subject to costs for basic commodities (especially oil and gas) and open to rapid changes in fortune due to the ups and downs of the global economy. The global recession of 2007-09 was disastrous for the chemicals industry as a whole, as demand plummeted for everything from plastic packaging to paint used on construction projects to industrial chemicals.
The global chemicals industry will total about $3.8 trillion in 2012, according to Plunkett Research estimates, or about 6% of global GDP. In the U.S., chemicals will generate about $800 billion in revenues in 2012, up from $764.5 billion in 2011. U.S. plastics and rubber industry revenues were about $202 billion in 2011, according to the Bureau of the Census.
About 788,300 people were employed in the American chemicals manufacturing sector in 2011, 635,600 in the plastics and rubber manufacturing sector, and 127,600 in the coatings manufacturing sector. Employment in these sectors improved in the U.S. during 2011, largely due to a rebound in the domestic automobile industry, which is a major user of chemicals, plastics and rubber.
For 2012, the industry faces uncertain times. As of July, slowing economies in China, India, Brazil and throughout Europe are likely to lead to weak demand for chemicals, plastics and coatings. The strength of the automobile industry will remain one of the most positive factors in chemicals demand. Meanwhile, America's chemicals sector manufacturers will reap considerable advantage from the extremely low price of natural gas and relatively modest price of oil seen in mid-2012. These low prices for basic inputs are leading to a boom in chemicals plant construction on the Gulf Coast of America, close to major gas fields. In particular, the manufacture of ethylene-based plastics is a major benefactor of today's boom in low-priced natural gas from shale formations. Makers of oil-based chemicals (propylene polymers) were likewise getting relief from the retreat of U.S. oil prices from the $100 range to the $80 range by the beginning of July 2012.
While the chemicals industry is most definitely cyclical, gaining and losing ground with changes in the global economy, many long-term trends point to increasing demand for many types of chemical products. To begin with, a swiftly aging population with growing access to, and budgets for, drugs of all types is causing demand for life sciences chemicals to soar. Eventually, worldwide demand for the construction of new commercial buildings and new housing will once again fuel growth for chemicals used in building products of all types. The extremely rapid industrialization and commercialization of markets in China and India, two nations where an immense proportion of the world's population live, is creating demand for industrial and consumer chemicals of all types. Finally, a rapidly-expanding transportation market worldwide, including the growing number of automobiles and trucks on the road, will create greatly increased demand for chemicals, coatings and plastics used in the manufacture of automobiles. (Lightweight plastics are extremely important for the manufacture of fuel-efficient vehicles.)
Growing demand for consumer products and convenience products, such as processed foods and beverages, is enhancing demand for plastic packaging on a worldwide basis. Meanwhile, makers of many components in major commercial and consumer products are switching to plastics due to the durability, light weight and long life of plastic. As industry leader BASF puts it, “In brief, plastics will be the material of the 21st Century.” Global consumption of plastics is now in excess of 180 million metric tons yearly.
Meanwhile, consumer concerns and environmental activism about packaging have come to the fore. Plastic grocery and shopping bags have become evil in the eyes of some. In the U.S. alone, plastic bags are about a $4 billion industry. In America and elsewhere, bags to a growing extent are seen as a big burden to landfills and an even bigger eyesore in the form of litter. Recycling is modest at best. Various answers are being developed. Biodegradable bags would be welcomed by many consumers, even if they drove up costs a bit, and reusable string, nylon or canvas bags are very much in vogue. Paper bags are now more in evidence; at least they are clearly biodegradable. Meanwhile, more than two dozen U.S. cities have proposed or legislated bans on the use of plastic bags, and the entire nations of Taiwan and Bangladesh have outlawed them.
Next, a crisis in plastic bottles occurred in early 2008 in the U.S., Canada and elsewhere. Consumers are concerned about the use of BPA or bisphenol-a, which is commonly used in the manufacture of the hard, clear polycarbonate plastic bottles for juices, drinks and other liquids. Many manufacturers promptly announced they would no longer use BPA. Environmental concerns, health concerns and consumer backlash regarding packaging will grow in coming years.
Watch for rapid changes within the chemicals sector, as many factors with the potential for driving the industry in new directions are at work. These include a growing use of biotechnology to create bioplastics (from plants such as corn) and biochemical products such as enzymes and solvents; consolidation, mergers and acquisitions on a worldwide basis; increased environmental regulations and concerns; the rise of nanotechnology in chemical sectors including composites, coatings and exotic materials; technological breakthroughs; and the rapid rise of China as both a producer and consumer of chemicals and chemical products. BASF sells hundreds of millions of dollars worth of products that incorporate nanotechnology each year. These products include nanochemicals for textiles, paints, cosmetics, electronics, insulation and lighting.
Many manufacturers of plastics products now find that they must move beyond basic offerings to become ODMs (original design manufacturers). This means that they offer value-added services in addition to manufacturing, including engineering, design and perhaps increased logistics support. Also, watch for a rapidly growing use of outsourcing and offshoring in the plastics and chemicals fields. For example, Newell Rubbermaid, one of the best-known brands in business and consumer products made of plastics, moved the majority of its manufacturing to China starting in 2007.
Consolidation within many industry sectors continues. For example, global ethylene production is now concentrated in a handful of major firms. Recent examples of the consolidation trend include the Dow Chemical acquisition of Rohm and Haas, which closed in the spring of 2009; the 2011 DuPont acquisition of Danish firm Danisco for $6 billion; and the 2011 Solvay acquisition of Rhodia for $5 billion. Many of today's acquisitions are driven by a desire to pick up companies that manufacture higher-profit margin specialty chemicals.
- 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)
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Nan Ya Plastics Corporation
- Nanocor Inc
- Nanophase Technologies Corp
- National Aluminium Company Limited
- NatureWorks LLC
- NCH Corporation
- Newell Rubbermaid Inc
- NewMarket Corporation
- 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
- 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
- West Pharmaceutical Services Inc
- Westlake Chemical Corporation
- Winpak Ltd
- Wintershall AG
- WR Grace & Co
- Yara International ASA
- ZEON Corporation
- Zep Inc
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