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Electrical & Electronics Sector Continues to Dominate the Global LCPs Consumption to Drive Demand to Reach 64k MTs by 2022

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Industry Experts has added yet another market report to its High Performance Plastics’ series, Liquid Crystal Polymers. The new report ‘ Liquid Crystal Polymers – A Global Market Overview ’ reveals that the Electrical & Electronics sector dominated the global market for LCPs, which is estimated at US$525.8 million (84.2% share) in 2015, is forecast to be US$548.5 million in 2016 and is projected to reach US$750.7 million by 2022 to reflect the fastest CAGR of 5.4% between 2016 and 2022, attributed the E&E sector growth in Asian region. Liquid Crystal Polymer (LCP), a high performance engineering plastic, is partially crystalline aromatic polyester based on p-hydroxybenzoic acid (HBA) and other related monomers. The chemical structure and morphology of LCPs is vastly different compared to conventional polyester polymers, due to which there are considerable differences between the two not only in physical and mechanical properties, but also in processability. LCPs have outstan...

Growing Demand from Auto OEM to Lead Global Industrial Coatings Market Growth with 5.7% CAGR, to Reach 25 Billion Ltr by 2022

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Industry Experts unveiled a new market research report ‘ Industrial Coatings– A Global Market Overview ’. The new report reveals that, globally, volume consumption of General Industrial Coatings is the largest product segment, expected to maintain a CAGR of 5.7% between 2016 and 2022 and reach a projected 5.4 billion liters by 2022 from a forecast 3.9 billion liters in 2016. In terms of growth, however, the global volume market for Auto OEM Coatings is poised to post the fastest similar period compounded annual rate of 6.6% and reach a projected 3.3 billion liters by 2022, compared to a forecast 2.2 billion liters in 2016. The diversity of industrial coatings can be attributed to the extensive range of its application areas. This sector encompasses protective coatings for architectural steel, automobiles and other transportation media, oil and offshore structures and wood furniture and fixtures, just to name a few. Being primarily utilized for protecting substrates against attacks b...

Demand for Melt-proccessable Fluoropolymers such as PVDF to Drive Global Fluoropolymers Market to reach 402k MTs by 2022

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Industry Experts published the new comprehensive market research report on Fluoropolymers. The new report titled ‘ Global Fluoropolymers Market – Products, Technologies and Applications ’, reveals that the chemical processing sector is estimated to be the largest consumer of fluoropolymers with 77k metrics tons in 2016 and projected to consume 106k metric tons by 2022 by growing at a CAGR of 5.6% during 2016-2022, while electrical & electronics is projected to be the fastest growing sector during the same period. PVDF is projected to be the fastest growing fluoropolymer overall owing to the demand from electrical & electronics sector where it is projected to grow by a CAGR of 9% and reaching 13k metrics tons by 2022. Fluoropolymers’ exceptional properties, such as outstanding chemical resistance, weather stability, low surface energy, low coefficient of friction, and low dielectric constant, have attributed to their widespread usage in sectors such as chemical processing, ele...

Increasing Demand from Photovoltaics, Lithium-ion Batteries and Water Filtration to Spur PVDF Market to Reach $1.4B by 2022

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Industry Experts has introduced the new market research report on Polyvinylidene Fluoride (PVDF). As per the new report titled ‘ Polyvinylidene Fluoride (PVDF) – A Global Market Overview ’, Building & Construction is estimated to be the largest market with an estimated 2016 consumption of 19k metric tons and projected to touch 28k metric tons by 2022. Electrical & Electronics sector is expected to be the fastest growing end-use segment with 2016-2022 CAGR of 9% and reaching 13.6k metric tons by 2022. The remarkable properties and versatility of PVDF resins have made them an indispensable component in a wide array of application areas. For instance, durability and outstanding weather resistance are undeniable assets in the paint and coating sectors, with PVDF resins now garnering place of pride in this area. Similarly, PVDF’s chemical resistance, superior mechanical properties, fire and temperature resistance and UV and moisture barrier properties are of immens...

Rapid Infrastructure and Construction Activities in Developing Regions to Lead the Global Construction Chemicals Market to Reach $34B by 2022

Industry Experts released the new global market research report on Construction Chemicals. The new report ‘ Construction Chemicals – A Global Market Overview ’ reveals that Asia-Pacific is estimated to be the largest market with an estimated US$10.9 billion in 2016 and also projected to be the fastest growing between 2016 and 2022 with a CAGR of 9.4% closely followed by South America with 7.2%. The growth of global construction chemicals demand has a direct correlation to the construction activities around the world. Developing regions in Asia-Pacific, Middle East and South America are expected to lead the growth of the construction chemicals market, globally. Global demand for construction chemicals has been witnessing above average growth in recent times, a trend that is likely to sustain at least over the medium term. As a rule, consumption of construction chemicals has a direct correlation with the level of ongoing construction activities around the globe. This further...

Beneficial Properties and Wide Range of End-Use Sectors Propel Demand for Fluorinated Ethylene Propylene (FEP) to US$1.1 B by 2022

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Industry Experts has today unveiled the new market research report on Fluorinated Ethylene Propylene (FEP). According to the new report ‘ Fluorinated Ethylene Propylene (FEP) – A Global Market Overview ’, North America leads the global market for FEP, forecast at US$353.1 million (47.7% share) in 2016, which is projected to reach US$494.1 million by 2022 at a CAGR of 5.8% between 2016 and 2022. The Electrical & Electronics sector dominates the global volume market for FEP, Forecast to be 17.4 thousand metric tons in 2016, global volume consumption of FEP in the Electrical & Electronics sector is anticipated to register the fastest CAGR of 6.7% between 2016 and 2022 and reach a projected 25.7 thousand metric tons by 2022. Fluorinated Ethylene Propylene is a copolymer of hexafluoropropylene (HFP) and tetrafluoroethylene (TFE) and is a melt-processable fluoropolymer. Being very similar in composition to PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene), Fluorinated Ethylene Propylene is bestow...

Vast Potential applications in Developing Regions and New Innovative Products to Drive Demand for Global PTFE to Reach 247k MTs Valued at US$2.9B by 2022

Industry Experts has today released the new market research report on Polytetrafluoroethylene. The new report ‘Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) – A Global Market Overview’ reveals that Asia-Pacific is estimated to be the largest market with an estimated 2016 consumption of 94k metric tons and the region also projected to be the fastest growing between 2016 and 20222 with a CAGR of 7.3%. The growth of global PTFE demand is mainly attributed to the developing regions such as China, India, rest of Asia and Russia among others, and new innovative products such as micronized powders, modified PTFE and expanded PTFE which will find new applications or replace conventional PTFE in existing applications owing to their improved properties. Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), a homopolymer of tetrafluoroethylene, is a linear chain polymer of great molecular length, or a “long chain” fluorocarbon, with the chemical formula (CF2CF2)n. PTFE resins have exceptional resistance to high temperat...