“Composites have found wide acceptance in various industries including rail because of their light weight and environmental resistance characteristics. On the basis of application areas, the market of rail composite can be broadly segmented into interior, exterior, and others. The demand for composites in rail interior components is growing because of its impressive strength-to-weight ratio and appearance properties.
The Europe and Asia-Pacific regions are the biggest market of rail composite, accounting for more than 60% of the total rail composite demand in 2014. There is a lot of scope in the Asia-Pacific market due to high demand and increasing rail manufacturing base in the region. With the emerging technological developments and innovations, the global demand for rail composite may further augment at a higher pace.
Currently, the penetration of rail composite is increasing in high speed trains and this trend can be seen being extended to mid-speed trains as well. The design flexibility offered by composites is pushing the market of rail composite in different rail applications. Technological developments & innovations and expansions are identified as key strategies to expand the rail composite market.
This study on rail composite market estimates its global demand and market value for 2015 and projects the expected demand and market value of the same by 2020. As a part of the quantitative analysis, the study segments the global market by types and applications at country level with current market estimation and forecast till 2020. The major countries covered in the report are the U.S., Canada, U.K., Germany, China, Russia, Japan, India, etc. The segmentation by fiber type includes glass fiber composite, carbon fiber composite, and other composites; while on the basis of type of resin used, the segmentation includes Epoxy, Polyester, Polyurethane, Vinyl Ester, etc. The segmentation by application, includes exterior, interior, and other components.
As a part of qualitative analysis, the research provides report with a comprehensive review of key market drivers, restraints, opportunities, and burning issues in the market.
It also includes company profiling and competitive strategies adopted by various material suppliers including Toray Industries (Japan), Cytec Industries Inc. (U.S.), Royal TenCate nv (Netherlands), Gurit Holding AG (Switzerland), Hexcel Corporation (U.S.), and Teijin Limited (Japan). The top rail composite components manufacturers such as AIM ALTITUDE (U.K.), Dartford Composites Ltd. (U.K.), and Exports Limited (India), Premier Composite Technologies (Dubai), FDC Composites Inc. (Canada), TPI Composites Inc. (U.S.), etc. are also included.
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“TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION 13
1.1 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY 13
1.2 MARKET DEFINITION 13
1.3 MARKET SCOPE 14
1.3.1 MARKETS COVERED 14
1.3.2 YEARS CONSIDERED IN THE REPORT 14
1.4 CURRENCY & PRICING 15
1.5 PACKAGE SIZE 15
1.6 STAKEHOLDERS 15
2 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 16
2.1 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 16
2.2 MARKET SIZE ESTIMATION 17
2.2.1 MARKET SIZE 17
2.2.2 LIST OF SECONDARY SOURCES 17
2.3 MARKET BREAKDOWN & DATA TRIANGULATION 17
2.4 MARKET SHARE ESTIMATION 20
2.4.1 KEY DATA FROM SECONDARY SOURCES 20
2.4.2 KEY DATA FROM PRIMARY SOURCES 20
2.4.3 KEY INDUSTRY INSIGHTS 21
2.5 ASSUMPTIONS 22
2.6 LIMITATIONS 22
3 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 23
4 PREMIUM INSIGHTS 26
4.1 RAIL COMPOSITES MARKET SIZE BY 2020, BY VALUE 26
4.2 RAIL COMPOSITES MARKET IN ASIA-PACIFIC 27
4.3 RAIL COMPOSITES MARKET ATTRACTIVENESS 28
4.4 RAIL COMPOSITES MARKET, DEVELOPED VS. DEVELOPING NATIONS 29
4.5 RAIL COMPOSITES MARKET LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS, BY REGION 30
5 MARKET OVERVIEW 31
5.1 MARKET SEGMENTATION 32
5.1.1 BY FIBER TYPE 32
5.1.2 BY RESIN TYPE 32
5.1.3 BY APPLICATION 33
5.2 MARKET DYNAMICS 33
5.2.1 DRIVERS 34
5.2.1.1 REDUCED WEIGHT & PARTS CONSOLIDATION 34
5.2.1.2 INCREASING DEMAND FOR HIGH-SPEED RAIL (HSR) 35
5.2.1.3 AESTHETICS PROPERTY & SAFETY 36
5.2.2 RESTRAINTS 36
5.2.2.1 HIGH PROCESSING & MANUFACTURING COSTS 36
5.2.2.2 CONCERNS ABOUT RECYCLABILITY 36
5.2.3 OPPORTUNITIES 37
5.2.3.1 INCREASING DEMAND FROM EMERGING COUNTRIES 37
5.2.3.2 OPPORTUNITY IN RAIL TIES/SLEEPER & COMPOSITE BRIDGES 37
5.2.4 CHALLENGES 37
5.2.4.1 TO PRODUCE LOW COST COMPOSITES 37
5.2.4.2 HIGH R&D COST 38
5.2.4.3 TO REDUCE PROCESS CYCLE TIME 38
5.3 BURNING ISSUE 38
5.3.1 HIGH CAPITAL COSTS 38
5.3.2 NEED FOR LOW-COST TECHNOLOGIES 38
6 INDUSTRY TRENDS 39
6.1 INTRODUCTION 39
6.2 VALUE CHAIN ANALYSIS 39
6.3 RAW MATERIAL ANALYSIS 40
6.3.1 RAW MATERIAL ANALYSIS OF GLASS FIBER COMPOSITES 40
6.3.2 RAW MATERIAL ANALYSIS OF CARBON FIBER COMPOSITES 41
6.4 PORTER’S FIVE FORCES ANALYSIS 42
6.4.1 BARGAINING POWER OF SUPPLIERS 43
6.4.2 BARGAINING POWER OF BUYERS 43
6.4.3 THREAT OF SUBSTITUTES 44
6.4.4 THREAT OF NEW ENTRANTS 44
6.4.5 INTENSITY OF RIVALRY 44
7 COMPOSITES MARKET, BY FIBER TYPE 45
7.1 INTRODUCTION 46
7.2 GLASS FIBER COMPOSITES 48
7.3 CARBON FIBER COMPOSITES 51
8 COMPOSITES MARKET, BY RESIN TYPE 54
8.1 INTRODUCTION 55
9 RAIL COMPOSITES MARKET, BY APPLICATION 58
9.1 INTRODUCTION 59
9.2 EXTERIOR 61
9.3 INTERIOR 64
10 REGIONAL ANALYSIS 67
10.1 INTRODUCTION 68
10.2 NORTH AMERICA 70
10.2.1 BY TYPE OF FIBER REINFORCEMENT 70
10.2.2 BY APPLICATION 71
10.2.3 BY COUNTRY 72
10.2.3.1 U.S. 73
10.2.3.2 Other North American countries 74
10.3 EUROPE 75
10.3.1 BY TYPE OF FIBER REINFORCEMENT 75
10.3.2 BY APPLICATION 76
10.3.3 BY COUNTRY 77
10.3.3.1 Germany 78
10.3.3.2 France 79
10.3.3.3 U.K. 80
10.3.3.4 Other European Countries 81
10.4 ASIA-PACIFIC 81
10.4.1 BY TYPE OF FIBER REINFORCEMENT 81
10.4.2 BY APPLICATION 82
10.4.3 BY COUNTRY 83
10.4.3.1 China 85
10.4.3.2 Japan 86
10.4.3.3 India 87
10.4.3.4 Rest of Asia-Pacific Countries 88
10.5 REST OF THE WORLD 89
10.5.1 BY TYPE OF FIBER REINFORCEMENT 89
10.5.2 BY APPLICATION 90
11 COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE 92
11.1 OVERVIEW 92
11.2 NEW PRODUCT LAUNCH IS THE MOST POPULAR GROWTH STRATEGIES 93
11.3 YEARLY MARKET DEVELOPMENTS MATRIX: 2013 WITNESSED THE MAXIMUM DEVELOPMENT 94
11.4 AIREX COMPOSITES IS THE MOST ACTIVE PARTICIPANT 95
11.5 COMPETITIVE SITUATION & TRENDS 95
11.5.1 NEW PRODUCT LAUNCHES 95
11.5.2 AGREEMENTS AND SUPPLY CONTRACTS 96
11.5.3 MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS 98
11.5.4 EXPANSIONS 98
12 COMPANY PROFILES 99
(Overview, Products & Services, Strategies & Insights, Developments and MnM View)*
12.1 INTRODUCTION 99
12.2 CYTEC INDUSTRIES INC 100
12.3 GURIT HOLDING AG 103
12.4 TEIJIN LIMITED 105
12.5 HEXCEL CORPORATION 107
12.6 AIREX COMPOSITE STRUCTURES 109
12.7 PREMIER COMPOSITE TECHNOLOGIES 111
12.8 AIM ALTITUDE 113
12.9 DARTFORFD COMPOSITES 115
12.10 TPI COMPOSITES 116
12.11 JOPTEK OY COMPOSITES 118
*Details on Overview, Products & Services, Strategies & Insights, Developments and MnM View might not be captured in case of unlisted companies.
13 APPENDIX 120
13.1 INSIGHTS OF INDUSTRY EXPERTS 120
13.2 DISCUSSION GUIDE 121
13.3 INTRODUCING RT: REAL TIME MARKET INTELLIGENCE 123
13.4 AVAILABLE CUSTOMIZATIONS 124
13.5 RELATED REPORTS 125
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“LIST OF FIGURES
FIGURE 1 RAIL COMPOSITES MARKET SEGMENTATION 14
FIGURE 2 RAIL COMPOSITES MARKET: RESEARCH DESIGN 16
FIGURE 3 MARKET SIZE ESTIMATION METHODOLOGY: BOTTOM-UP APPROACH 18
FIGURE 4 MARKET SIZE ESTIMATION METHODOLOGY: TOP-DOWN APPROACH 18
FIGURE 5 BREAKDOWN OF PRIMARY INTERVIEWS: BY COMPANY TYPE, DESIGNATION & REGION 19
FIGURE 6 INTERIOR COMPONENTS TO DRIVE THE RAIL COMPOSITES MARKET 24
FIGURE 7 RAIL COMPOSITES MARKET IS DOMINATED BY GLASS FIBER COMPOSITE 24
FIGURE 8 RAIL COMPOSITES MARKET SHARE, BY REGION, 2014 (VOLUME & VALUE) & CAGR%(2015-2020) 25
FIGURE 9 ATTRACTIVE OPPORTUNITIES IN RAIL COMPOSITES MARKET, 2015-2020 26
FIGURE 10 GLASS FIBER COMPOSITES ACCOUNT FOR THE LARGEST SHARE IN THE EMERGING ASIA-PACIFIC MARKET 27
FIGURE 11 INDIA IS EXPECTED TO WITNESS HIGHEST GROWTH BETWEEN 2015 – 2020 28
FIGURE 12 CHINA IS ESTIMATED TO DRIVE THE RAIL COMPOSITE MARKET BETWEEN
2015 & 2020 29
FIGURE 13 EUROPEAN RAIL COMPOSITES IS HEADING TOWARDS THE MATURITY STAGE 30
FIGURE 14 RAIL COMPOSITES MARKET, BY FIBER TYPE 32
FIGURE 15 RAIL COMPOSITES MARKET, BY RESIN TYPE 32
FIGURE 16 RAIL COMPOSITES MARKET, BY APPLICATION 33
FIGURE 17 INCREASING DEMAND FOR HSR IS EXPECTED TO DRIVE THE RAIL COMPOSITES MARKET (2015-2020) 34
FIGURE 18 OVERVIEW OF RAIL COMPOSITE VALUE CHAIN 39
FIGURE 19 GLASS FIBER MANUFACTURING PROCESS 41
FIGURE 20 CARBON FIBER MANUFACTURING STEPS 42
FIGURE 21 PORTER’S FIVE FORCES: INTENSITY OF RIVALRY IS HIGH DUE TO PRESENCE OF FEW PLAYERS 43
FIGURE 22 CARBON FIBER COMPOSITES TO OUTPACE OTHER MARKETS, 2015 VS. 2020 47
FIGURE 23 ASIA-PACIFIC EXPECTED TO DRIVE THE GLASS FIBER COMPOSITES MARKET IN RAIL APPLICATION FROM, 2015 TO 2020 49
FIGURE 24 GLASS FIBER COMPOSITES MARKET SHARE (VOLUME) IN RAIL, BY REGION,
2013–2020 (%) 50
FIGURE 25 CARBON FIBER COMPOSITES MARKET DOMINATED BY ASIA-PACIFIC REGION 52
FIGURE 26 CARBON FIBER COMPOSITES MARKET SHARE (VOLUME) IN RAIL, BY REGION, 2013–2020 (%) 52
FIGURE 27 PHENOLIC COMPOSITES TO DOMINATE THE RAIL COMPOSITE MARKET BETWEEN 2015 & 2020 56
FIGURE 28 INTERIOR COMPONENTS APPLICATION DOMINATED THE RAIL COMPOSITES MARKET IN 2014 60
FIGURE 29 INTERIOR COMPONENTS APPLICATION EXPECTED TO DOMINATE THE RAIL COMPOSITES MARKET FROM 2015 TO 2020 61
FIGURE 30 RAIL EXTERIOR COMPOSITES MARKET SHARE (VALUE), BY REGION,
2014 VS. 2020 62
FIGURE 31 ASIA PACIFIC DOMINATED THE EXTERIOR COMPOSITE RAIL APPLICATION IN 2014 63
FIGURE 32 ASIA-PACIFIC IS THE LEADING RAIL INTERIOR COMPOSITES MARKET 65
FIGURE 33 RAIL INTERIOR COMPOSITES MARKET SHARE (VOLUME), BY REGION, 2014–2020 66
FIGURE 34 ASIA-PACIFIC IS EXPECTED TO DRIVE THE RAIL COMPOSITES MARKET FROM
2015-2020 68
FIGURE 35 RAIL COMPOSITES MARKET SHARE (VALUE), BY REGION, 2013-2020 69
FIGURE 36 U.S. IS THE MAJOR MARKET FOR RAIL COMPOSITES IN NORTH AMERICA (2014) 72
FIGURE 37 U.K. IS EXPECTED TO BE THE FASTEST-GROWING EUROPEAN MARKET FOR RAIL COMPOSITES (2015-2020) 77
FIGURE 38 CHINA IS EXPECTED TO DRIVE THE RAIL COMPOSITES MARKET IN ASIA-PACIFIC 84
FIGURE 39 COMPANIES ADOPTED NEW PRODUCT LAUNCHES, AS KEY GROWTH STRATEGY IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS 2010-2015 92
FIGURE 40 MAJOR GROWTH STRATEGIES IN RAIL COMPOSITES MARKET, 2010–2015 93
FIGURE 41 DEVELOPMENTS IN THE GLOBAL RAIL COMPOSITES MARKET, 2010–2015 94
FIGURE 42 RAIL COMPOSITES MARKET GROWTH STRATEGIES, BY COMPANY, 2010-2015 95
FIGURE 43 REGIONAL REVENUE MIX OF KEY COMPOSITE MATERIAL SUPPLIERS 99
FIGURE 44 CYTEC INDUSTRIES INC: COMPANY SNAPSHOT 100
FIGURE 45 CYTEC INDUSTRIES, INC.: SWOT ANALYSIS 102
FIGURE 46 GURIT HOLDING AG: COMPANY SNAPSHOT 103
FIGURE 47 TEIJIN LIMITED: COMPANY SNAPSHOT 105
FIGURE 48 TEIJIN LIMITED: SWOT ANALYSIS 106
FIGURE 49 HEXCEL CORPORATION: COMPANY SNAPSHOT 107
FIGURE 50 HEXCEL CORPORATION: SWOT ANALYSIS 108
FIGURE 51 TPI COMPOSITES: SWOT ANALYSIS 117
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