Agriculture Drives Demand Growth for Superabsorbent Polymers by 5.8% through to 2022, Global Market to Reach $10 billion
Industry Experts, Inc. published a global market report on Superabsorbent polymers (SAPs). The new report entitled " Superabsorbent Polymers – A Global Market Overview " reveals that the Asia–Pacific accounts for the largest share in terms of both consumption and market value. The market for this region is estimated at US$2.5 billion in 2017, translating to 772 thousand tons. The region is also expected the fastest growing market with 6.4% and 6.1% respectively for value and volume between the period 2017 and 2022. Superabsorbent polymers (SAPs) or hydrogels constitute loosely cross-linked, three-dimensional networks of flexible polymer chains containing dissociated, ionic functional groups. Principally, they are materials capable of absorbing fluids more than 15 times their own dry weight, either under load or without load, such as water, electrolyte solution, synthetic urine, brines, and biological fluids, such as urine sweat and blood. Growing population across the worl...