““The growing packaging industry and improved characteristics over conventional plastics and elastomers are the key factors driving growth of the plastomers market”
The market size of plastomers is estimated to reach USD 5.33 billion by 2020, at a CAGR of 7.4% between 2015 and 2020. The introduction of plastomers has provided the industry with immense opportunities for the development of new packaging materials, which have better heat seal properties and improved toughness, further driving the growth of the plastomers market. Their ability to impart unique performance properties in every application is fueling the overall demand for plastomers in the next five years.
“Film-Food packaging is the largest application of plastomers”
The growing popularity of plastomers over conventional polymers in various applications plays a significant role in driving the market. Packaging, automotive, and polymer modification are the most important applications of plastomers. The packaging industry is the major revenue contributor of the market, as packaging applications, including food, non-food, and stretch & shrink film, accounted for the largest share of the total market in 2014. High-quality packaging not only improves the shelf life of food and beverages but also maintains their quality and freshness.
“Rising demand in Asia-Pacific is the major driver for growth of the plastomers market “
In 2015, North America is estimated to account for the largest market share, in terms of volume. However, the robust demand in Asia-Pacific is expected to be the major driving factor for the growth of the global plastomers market. The growth is led by the developments in packaging, automotive, polymer modification, and several other areas in which plastomers are used due to their specific operation. China is one of the leading markets of plastomers, globally.
In the process of determining and verifying the market size for several segments and subsegments gathered through secondary research, extensive primary interviews were conducted.
The break-up of primary interviews is given below.
• By Company Type – Tier 1 – 33.3 %, Tier 2 – 22.2 % and Others – 44.5 %
• By Designation – C level – 33.3%, Others – 66.7%
• By Region – North America – 66.7%, Europe – 22.2%, Asia-Pacific – 11.1%
The key companies profiled in this market research report are The Dow Chemical Company (U.S.), Saudi Basic Industries Limited (SABIC) (Saudi Arabia), Borealis AG (Austria), Mitsui Chemicals (Japan), LG Chem Limited (South Korea), ExxonMobil (U.S.), Sumitomo Corporation (Japan), SK Group (South Korea), Plastomer Corporation (U.S.), and Alpha Group (India).
The report will help the market leaders/new entrants in this market in the following ways:
1. This report segments the plastomers market comprehensively and provides the closest approximations of the market sizes for the overall market and the subsegments across different verticals and regions.
2. The report will help stakeholders to understand the pulse of the market and provides them with information on key market drivers, restraints, challenges, and opportunities.
3. This report will help stakeholders to understand the major competitors and gain more insights to better their position in the business. The competitive landscape section includes new product developments, joint ventures, partnerships & collaborations, and mergers & acquisitions.
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“TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION 14
1.1 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY 14
1.2 MARKET DEFINITION 15
1.3 MARKET SCOPE 15
1.3.1 MARKETS COVERED 15
1.3.2 YEARS CONSIDERED FOR THE STUDY 16
1.4 CURRENCY 16
1.5 STAKEHOLDERS 16
2 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 17
2.1 RESEARCH DATA 17
2.1.1 SECONDARY DATA 18
2.1.1.1 KEY DATA FROM SECONDARY SOURCES 18
2.1.2 PRIMARY DATA 18
2.1.2.1 KEY DATA FROM PRIMARY SOURCES 19
2.1.2.2 KEY INDUSTRY INSIGHTS 20
2.1.2.3 BREAKDOWN OF PRIMARY INTERVIEWS 20
2.2 MARKET SIZE ESTIMATION 21
2.2.1 BOTTOM-UP APPROACH 21
2.2.2 TOP-DOWN APPROACH 22
2.3 MARKET BREAKDOWN AND DATA TRIANGULATION 23
2.4 RESEARCH ASSUMPTIONS AND LIMITATIONS 24
2.4.1 RESEARCH ASSUMPTIONS 24
2.4.2 LIMITATIONS 24
3 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 25
4 PREMIUM INSIGHTS 29
4.1 ATTRACTIVE OPPORTUNITIES IN THE PLASTOMERS MARKET 29
4.2 PLASTOMERS APPLICATIONS IN ASIA-PACIFIC 30
4.3 LIFECYCLE ANALYSIS, BY REGION, 2014 31
5 MARKET OVERVIEW 32
5.1 INTRODUCTION 33
5.2 MARKET SEGMENTATION 33
5.2.1 BY REGION 34
5.3 MARKET DYNAMICS 34
5.3.1 DRIVERS 35
5.3.1.1 Growth in packaging industry 35
5.3.1.2 Improved characteristics over conventional plastics and elastomers 36
5.3.2 RESTRAINTS 36
5.3.2.1 Slow growth of packaged food industry in U.S. and Europe 36
5.3.3 OPPORTUNITIES 36
5.3.3.1 New and emerging applications 36
5.3.3.2 High growth opportunities in CEE, North Africa, and South America 37
5.3.4 CHALLENGES 37
5.3.4.1 Competition from other polymers 37
6 INDUSTRY TRENDS 38
6.1 INTRODUCTION 38
6.2 VALUE-CHAIN ANALYSIS 38
6.2.1.1 PRODUCERS 39
6.2.1.2 SUPPLIERS & DISTRIBUTORS 39
6.2.1.3 END-USE INDUSTRY 39
6.3 PORTER’S FIVE FORCES ANALYSIS 40
6.3.1 THREAT OF NEW ENTRANTS 41
6.3.2 BARGAINING POWER OF SUPPLIERS 41
6.3.3 THREAT OF SUBSTITUTES 41
6.3.4 BARGAINING POWER OF BUYERS 42
6.3.5 INTENSITY OF RIVALRY 42
7 PLASTOMERS MARKET, BY APPLICATION 43
7.1 INTRODUCTION 43
7.2 FILM-FOOD PACKAGING 44
7.3 FILM-NON FOOD PACKAGING 45
7.4 FILM- STRETCH & SHRINK 47
7.5 AUTOMOTIVE 49
7.6 POLYMER MODIFICATION 50
7.7 WIRES & CABLES 52
7.8 MEDICAL 53
7.9 OTHER APPLICATIONS 55
8 PLASTOMERS MARKET, BY REGION 57
8.1 INTRODUCTION 58
8.2 NORTH AMERICA 60
8.2.1 U.S. 64
8.2.2 CANADA 65
8.2.3 MEXICO 67
8.3 EUROPE 68
8.3.1 GERMANY 71
8.3.2 FRANCE 72
8.3.3 ITALY 73
8.3.4 REST OF EUROPE 75
8.4 ASIA-PACIFIC 76
8.4.1 CHINA 80
8.4.2 JAPAN 81
8.4.3 INDIA 82
8.4.4 SOUTH KOREA 84
8.4.5 REST OF ASIA-PACIFIC 85
8.5 ROW 87
8.5.1 SOUTH AMERICA 89
8.5.2 MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA 90
9 COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE 92
9.1 OVERVIEW 92
9.2 NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT: THE MOST POPULAR GROWTH STRATEGY BETWEEN 2013 AND 2015 93
9.2.1 NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT 94
9.2.2 EXPANSIONS 95
9.2.3 PARTNERSHIPS & COLLABORATIONS 96
9.2.4 MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS 96
9.2.5 AGREEMENTS 97
9.2.6 JOINT VENTURE 97
10 COMPANY PROFILES 98
(Overview, Financial*, Products & Services, Strategy, and Developments)
10.1 INTRODUCTION 98
10.2 THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY 99
10.3 SAUDI BASIC INDUSTRIES CORPORATION (SABIC) 102
10.4 BOREALIS AG 105
10.5 MITSUI CHEMICALS INC. 108
10.6 LG CHEM LTD. 110
10.7 EXXONMOBIL 113
10.8 SUMITOMO CORPORATION 115
10.9 SK GROUP 116
10.10 ALPHA GROUP 118
10.11 PLASTOMER CORPORATION 119
*Details might not be captured in case of unlisted companies.
11 APPENDIX 120
11.1 INSIGHTS FROM INDUSTRY EXPERTS 120
11.2 DISCUSSION GUIDE 121
11.3 INTRODUCING RT: REAL TIME MARKET INTELLIGENCE 123
11.4 AVAILABLE CUSTOMIZATIONS 124
11.5 RELATED REPORTS 124
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“LIST OF TABLES
TABLE 1 PLASTOMERS MARKET, BY APPLICATION 33
TABLE 2 PLASTOMERS MARKET SIZE, BY APPLICATION (KILOTON), 2013-2020 43
TABLE 3 PLASTOMERS MARKET SIZE, BY APPLICATION (USD MILLION), 2013-2020 43
TABLE 4 PLASTOMERS MARKET SIZE IN FILM-FOOD PACKAGING (KILOTON), 2013-2020 44
TABLE 5 PLASTOMERS MARKET SIZE IN FILM-FOOD PACKAGING (USD MILLION),
2013-2020 45
TABLE 6 PLASTOMERS MARKET SIZE IN FILM- NON FOOD PACKAGING , (KILOTON),
2013-2020 46
TABLE 7 PLASTOMERS MARKET SIZE IN FILM- NONFOOD PACKAGING APPLICATION
(USD MILLION), 2013-2020 47
TABLE 8 PLASTOMERS MARKET SIZE IN FILM- STRETCH & SHRINK (KILOTON),
2013-2020 48
TABLE 9 PLASTOMERS MARKET SIZE IN FILM- STRETCH & SHRINK
(USD MILLION), 2013-2020 48
TABLE 10 PLASTOMERS MARKET SIZE IN AUTOMOTIVE (KILOTON), 2013-2020 49
TABLE 11 PLASTOMERS MARKET SIZE IN AUTOMOTIVE (USD MILLION), 2013-2020 50
TABLE 12 PLASTOMERS MARKET SIZE IN POLYMER MODIFICATION (KILOTON), 2013-2020 51
TABLE 13 PLASTOMERS MARKET SIZE IN POLYMER MODIFICATION (USD MILLION),
2013-2020 51
TABLE 14 PLASTOMERS MARKET SIZE IN WIRES & CABLES (KILOTON), 2013-2020 52
TABLE 15 PLASTOMERS MARKET SIZE IN WIRES & CABLES (USD MILLION), 2013-2020 53
TABLE 16 PLASTOMERS MARKET SIZE IN MEDICAL (KILOTON), 2013-2020 54
TABLE 17 PLASTOMERS MARKET SIZE IN MEDICAL (USD MILLION), 2013-2020 54
TABLE 18 PLASTOMERS MARKET SIZE IN OTHER APPLICATIONS (KILOTON), 2013-2020 55
TABLE 19 PLASTOMERS MARKET SIZE IN OTHER APPLICATIONS (USD MILLION), 2013-2020 56
TABLE 20 PLASTOMERS MARKET SIZE, BY REGION, 2013-2020 (KILOTON) 58
TABLE 21 PLASTOMERS MARKET SIZE, BY REGION, 2013-2020 (USD MILLION) 59
TABLE 22 PLASTOMERS MARKET SIZE, BY APPLICATION, 2013-2020 (KILOTON) 59
TABLE 23 PLASTOMERS MARKET SIZE, BY APPLICATION, 2013-2020 (USD MILLION) 60
TABLE 24 NORTH AMERICA: PLASTOMERS MARKET SIZE, BY COUNTRY,
2013-2020 (KILOTON) 60
TABLE 25 NORTH AMERICA: PLASTOMERS MARKET SIZE, BY COUNTRY,
2013-2020 (USD MILLION) 61
TABLE 26 NORTH AMERICA: PLASTOMERS MARKET SIZE, BY APPLICATION,
2013-2020 (KILOTON) 61
TABLE 27 NORTH AMERICA: PLASTOMERS MARKET SIZE, BY APPLICATION,
2013-2020 (USD MILLION) 62
TABLE 28 U.S.: PLASTOMERS MARKET SIZE, BY APPLICATION, 2013-2020 (KILOTON) 64
TABLE 29 U.S.: PLASTOMERS MARKET SIZE, BY APPLICATION, 2013-2020 (USD MILLION) 65
TABLE 30 CANADA: PLASTOMERS MARKET SIZE, BY APPLICATION, 2013-2020 (KILOTON) 65
TABLE 31 CANADA: PLASTOMERS MARKET SIZE, BY APPLICATION,
2013-2020 (USD MILLION) 66
TABLE 32 MEXICO: PLASTOMERS MARKET SIZE, BY APPLICATION, 2013-2020 (KILOTON) 67
TABLE 33 MEXICO: PLASTOMERS MARKET SIZE, BY APPLICATION, 2013-2020 (USD MILLION) 67
TABLE 34 EUROPE: PLASTOMERS MARKET SIZE, BY COUNTRY, 2013-2020 (KILOTON) 69
TABLE 35 EUROPE: PLASTOMERS MARKET SIZE, BY COUNTRY, 2013-2020 (USD MILLION) 69
TABLE 36 EUROPE: PLASTOMERS MARKET SIZE, BY APPLICATION, 2013-2020 (KILOTON) 70
TABLE 37 EUROPE: PLASTOMERS MARKET SIZE, BY APPLICATION,
2013-2020 (USD MILLION) 70
TABLE 38 GERMANY: PLASTOMERS MARKET SIZE, BY APPLICATION, 2013-2020 (KILOTON) 71
TABLE 39 GERMANY: PLASTOMERS MARKET SIZE, BY APPLICATION,
2013-2020 (USD MILLION) 71
TABLE 40 FRANCE: PLASTOMERS MARKET SIZE, BY APPLICATION, 2013-2020 (KILOTON) 72
TABLE 41 FRANCE: PLASTOMERS MARKET SIZE, BY APPLICATION,
2013-2020 (USD MILLION) 73
TABLE 42 ITALY: PLASTOMERS MARKET SIZE, BY APPLICATION, 2013-2020 (KILOTON) 73
TABLE 43 ITALY: PLASTOMERS MARKET SIZE, BY APPLICATION, 2013-2020 (USD MILLION) 74
TABLE 44 REST OF EUROPE: PLASTOMERS MARKET SIZE, BY APPLICATION,
2013-2020 (KILOTON) 75
TABLE 45 REST OF EUROPE: PLASTOMERS MARKET SIZE, BY APPLICATION,
2013-2020 (USD MILLION) 75
TABLE 46 ASIA-PACIFIC: PLASTOMERS MARKET SIZE, BY COUNTRY, 2013-2020 (KILOTON) 78
TABLE 47 ASIA-PACIFIC: PLASTOMERS MARKET SIZE, BY COUNTRY,
2013-2020 (USD MILLION) 79
TABLE 48 ASIA-PACIFIC: PLASTOMERS MARKET SIZE, BY APPLICATION,
2013-2020 (KILOTON) 79
TABLE 49 ASIA-PACIFIC: PLASTOMERS MARKET SIZE, BY APPLICATION,
2013-2020 (USD MILLION) 80
TABLE 50 CHINA: PLASTOMERS MARKET SIZE, BY APPLICATION, 2013-2020 (KILOTON) 80
TABLE 51 CHINA: PLASTOMERS MARKET SIZE, BY APPLICATION, 2013-2020 (USD MILLION) 81
TABLE 52 JAPAN: PLASTOMERS MARKET SIZE, BY APPLICATION, 2013-2020 (KILOTON) 81
TABLE 53 JAPAN: PLASTOMERS MARKET SIZE, BY APPLICATION, 2013-2020 (USD MILLION) 82
TABLE 54 INDIA: PLASTOMERS MARKET SIZE, BY APPLICATION, 2013-2020 (KILOTON) 83
TABLE 55 INDIA: PLASTOMERS MARKET SIZE, BY APPLICATION, 2013-2020 (USD MILLION) 83
TABLE 56 SOUTH KOREA: PLASTOMERS MARKET SIZE, BY APPLICATION,
2013-2020 (KILOTON) 84
TABLE 57 SOUTH KOREA: PLASTOMERS MARKET SIZE, BY APPLICATION,
2013-2020 (USD MILLION) 85
TABLE 58 REST OF ASIA-PACIFIC: PLASTOMERS MARKET SIZE, BY APPLICATION,
2013-2020 (KILOTON) 85
TABLE 59 REST OF ASIA-PACIFIC: PLASTOMERS MARKET SIZE, BY APPLICATION,
2013-2020 (USD MILLION) 86
TABLE 60 ROW: PLASTOMERS MARKET SIZE, BY REGION, 2013-2020 (KILOTON) 87
TABLE 61 ROW: PLASTOMERS MARKET SIZE, BY REGION, 2013-2020 (USD MILLION) 87
TABLE 62 ROW: PLASTOMERS MARKET SIZE, BY APPLICATION, 2013-2020 (KILOTON) 88
TABLE 63 ROW: PLASTOMERS MARKET SIZE, BY APPLICATION, 2013-2020 (USD MILLION) 88
TABLE 64 SOUTH AMERICA: PLASTOMERS MARKET SIZE, BY APPLICATION,
2013-2020 (KILOTON) 89
TABLE 65 SOUTH AMERICA: PLASTOMERS MARKET SIZE, BY APPLICATION,
2013-2020 (USD MILLION) 89
TABLE 66 MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA: PLASTOMERS MARKET SIZE, BY APPLICATION,
2013-2020 (KILOTON) 90
TABLE 67 MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA: PLASTOMERS MARKET SIZE, BY APPLICATION,
2013-2020 (USD MILLION) 91
TABLE 68 NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT 94
TABLE 69 EXPANSIONS 95
TABLE 70 PARTNERSHIPS & COLLABORATIONS 96
TABLE 71 MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS 96
TABLE 72 AGREEMENTS 97
TABLE 73 JOINT VENTURE 97
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“LIST OF FIGURES
FIGURE 1 RESEARCH DESIGN 17
FIGURE 2 BREAKDOWN OF PRIMARY INTERVIEWS 20
FIGURE 3 MARKET SIZE ESTIMATION: BOTTOM-UP APPROACH 21
FIGURE 4 MARKET SIZE ESTIMATION: TOP-DOWN APPROACH 22
FIGURE 5 DATA TRIANGULATION: PLASTOMERS MARKET 23
FIGURE 6 FILM-FOOD PACKAGING TO ACCOUNT FOR THE LARGEST SHARE IN THE PLASTOMERS MARKET BETWEEN 2015 AND 2020 (USD MILLION) 27
FIGURE 7 PLASTOMERS MARKET SHARE BY REGION, 2014 (USD MILLION) 27
FIGURE 8 PLASTOMERS MARKET SIZE, 2015 VS. 2020 (USD MILLION) 29
FIGURE 9 PLASTOMERS APPLICATIONS IN WATER TREATMENT ACCOUNTED FOR THE LARGEST SHARE (VALUE) IN ASIA-PACIFIC, 2014 30
FIGURE 10 LIFECYCLE ANALYSIS: EUROPEAN PLASTOMERS MARKET REACHING MATURITY 31
FIGURE 11 PLASTOMERS MARKET SEGMENTATION, BY REGION 34
FIGURE 12 IMPROVED CHARACTRISITCS OVER CONVENTIONAL MATERIALS DRIVE THE PLASTOMERS MARKET 35
FIGURE 13 PLASTOMERS MARKET: VALUE-CHAIN ANALYSIS 38
FIGURE 14 PORTER’S FIVE FORCES ANALYSIS OF THE PLASTOMERS MARKET 40
FIGURE 15 ASIA-PACIFIC PROJECTED TO BE THE FASTEST-GROWING MARKET FOR PLASTOMERS IN FILM- FOOD PROCESSING APPLICATION,
2015-2020 (USD MILLION) 44
FIGURE 16 ASIA-PACIFIC PROJECTED TO BE THE FASTEST-GROWING MARKET OF PLASTOMERS IN FILM- NONFOOD PACKAGING, 2015-2020 (USD MILLION) 46
FIGURE 17 NORTH AMERICA ESTIMATED TO BE THE LARGEST MARKET FOR PLASTOMERS IN FILM- STRETCH & SHRINK IN 2015 (USD MILLION) 47
FIGURE 18 ASIA PACIFIC PROJECTED TO BE THE LARGEST MARKET OF PLASTOMERS IN AUTOMOTIVE, BY 2020, (USD MILLION) 49
FIGURE 19 ROW SHOULD BE THE FASTEST GROWING MARKET OF PLASTOMERS IN POLYMER MODIFICATION , 2015-2020 (USD MILLION) 50
FIGURE 20 ASIA-PACIFIC PLASTOMERS MARKET IS PROJECTED TO SURPASS THE NORTH AMERICAN PLASTOMERS MARKET IN WIRES & CABLES BY 2020 (USD MILLION) 52
FIGURE 21 NORTH AMERICA ESTIMATED TO BE THE LARGEST MARKET FOR MEDICAL APPLICATION IN 2015 (USD MILLION) 53
FIGURE 22 EUROPE PROJECTED TO BE THE LARGEST MARKET FOR PLASTOMERS IN OTHER APPLICATIONS, BY 2020 (USD MILLION) 55
FIGURE 23 REGIONAL SNAPSHOT: RAPID GROWTH MARKETS ARE EMERGING AS NEW HOTSPOTS 58
FIGURE 24 THE U.S. DOMINATES THE PLASTOMERS MARKET IN NORTH AMERICAN REGION 63
FIGURE 25 EUROPEAN MARKET SNAPSHOT, 2014: COUNTRY-WISE MARKET SIZE OF PLASTOMERS IN FOOD & NONFOOD PACKAGING, POLYMER MODIFICATION, AND AUTOMOTIVE (KILOTON) 68
FIGURE 26 CHINA DOMINATES THE PLASTOMERS MARKET IN ASIA-PACIFIC REGION 77
FIGURE 27 CHINA TO ACCOUNT FOR A MAJOR SHARE OF PLASTOMERS IN ASIA-PACIFIC IN 2014 (KILOTON) 78
FIGURE 28 COMPANIES ADOPTED NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT AS THE KEY GROWTH STRATEGY BETWEEN 2013 AND 2015 92
FIGURE 29 TOP COMPANIES ADOPTED NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT AS THE KEY GROWTH STRATEGY BETWEEN 2013 AND 2015 93
FIGURE 30 MAJOR GROWTH STRATEGIES FOR ACQUIRING MARKET SHARE, 2013-2015 94
FIGURE 31 DOW: COMPANY SNAPSHOT 99
FIGURE 32 DOW: SWOT ANALYSIS 100
FIGURE 33 SAUDI BASIC INDUSTRIES CORPORATION (SABIC): COMPANY SNAPSHOT 102
FIGURE 34 SAUDI BASIC INDUSTRIES CORPORATION (SABIC): SWOT ANALYSIS 103
FIGURE 35 BOREALIS AG: COMPANY SNAPSHOT 105
FIGURE 36 MITSUI CHEMICALS INC.: COMPANY SNAPSHOT 108
FIGURE 37 LG CHEM: COMPANY SNAPSHOT 110
FIGURE 38 EXXONMOBIL: COMPANY SNAPSHOT 113
FIGURE 39 SUMITOMO CORPORATION: COMPANY SNAPSHOT 115
FIGURE 40 SK GROUP: COMPANY SNAPSHOT 116
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