High Performance Plastics: Applications and Global Markets

Report Code: PLS097A

Publish Date: Oct 2018

Publisher: BCC Publishing

Category: Plastics

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Report Highlights

The global market for high-performance plastics will grow from $13.2 billion in 2018 to nearly $18.2 billion by 2023 with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.5% for the period of 2018-2023.

Report Includes

  • 76 data tables and 16 additional tables
  • An overview of the global market for high-performance plastics
  • Analyses of global market trends, with data from 2017, estimates for 2018 and projections of CAGRs through 2023
  • Country specific data and analysis for US, Canada, Germany, Spain, China, UK, and India
  • Review of history, properties, types and applications of fluoropolymers, high performance polyamides (HPPA), polyphenylene sulfide (PPS), liquid crystal polymers and polyimides
  • Discussion of effect of growing transportation industry and increasing electrical and electronics industry to the growth of high-performance plastics industry
  • Detailed profiles of key competitors of the market, including Arkema SA, Daikin Industries, Ltd, Nylacast Limited Company, Performance Plastics LTD., Solvay S.A. and Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC)

Report Scope

The report provides an overview and clear understanding of the global market of high-performance plastics and analyzes global market trends, with market data for 2017 considered as the base year, 2018 as the estimate year and forecasts through 2023 with projections of compound annual growth rates (CAGR) for 2018 to 2023. Market data in value and volume are provided at global and regional levels for all types of high-performance plastics and their end use industries.

The report includes a discussion of technological and economic trends that are affecting the high-performance plastics market. It also reviews the historical background of high-performance plastics, along with its properties, and identifies its emerging applications. It also explains the major drivers, restraints and regional dynamics of the global high-performance plastics market and trends within the industry and presents the growth forecasts for the next five years. The market was further segmented and forecasted for major countries such as the U.S., Germany, Spain, China, U.K., China, India, etc.

The different types of high-performance plastics which were considered in the report include fluoropolymers (FPS), high-performance polyamides (HPPA), polyphenylene sulfide (PPS), sulfone polymers, liquid crystal polymers and polyimides. The report further includes discussion of end use industries such as transportation, medical, electrical and electronics, industrial and others. The report concludes with a special focus on the competitive landscape, including key strategies and developments adopted by manufacturers and detailed profiles of the major manufacturers, along with their key events, latest process developments and market shares in the global high-performance plastics market.

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Title/Chapter NamePagesMember Price
Full Report: High Performance Plastics: Applications and Global Markets165Free
Chapter- 1: Introduction7Free
Chapter- 2: Summary and Highlights2Free
Chapter- 3: Market Overview and Dynamics12Free
Chapter- 4: Market Breakdown by Type52Free
Chapter- 5: Market Breakdown by End Use17Free
Chapter- 6: Market Breakdown by Region22Free
Chapter- 7: Competitive Landscape11Free
Chapter- 8: Company Profiles42Free
Chapter- 9: Appendix: List of Abbreviations3Free

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Report Includes

    Total Number of Tables in this Report: 93

  • Summary Table: Global Market for High-Performance Plastics, by Region, Through 2023
  • Table 1: Economic Factors of Major Countries
  • Table 2: Global Market for High-Performance Plastics, by Type, Through 2023
  • Table 3: Global Market Volumes of High-Performance Plastics, by Type, Through 2023
  • Table 4: Global Market for High-Performance Plastics in Fluoropolymers, by Type, Through 2023
  • Table 5: Global Market Volumes of High-Performance Plastics in Fluoropolymers, by Type, Through 2023
  • Table 6: Global Market for High-Performance Plastics in Fluoropolymers, by End Use, Through 2023
  • Table 7: Global Market Volumes of High-Performance Plastics in Fluoropolymers, by End Use, Through 2023
  • Table 8: Global Market for High-Performance Plastics in Fluoropolymers, by Region, Through 2023
  • Table 9: Global Market Volumes of High-Performance Plastics in Fluoropolymers, by Region, Through 2023
  • Table 10: Global Market for High-Performance Plastics in High-Performance Polyamides, by Type, Through 2023
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