TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION PAGE
INTRODUCTION xi
I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1
II. MARKET ENVIRONMENT 4
General 4
World Economic Overview 5
Recent Historical Trends 5
World Economic Outlook 7
World Fixed Investment 11
World Demographic Outlook 12
World Construction Activity 14
Nonbuilding Construction 16
Nonresidential Building Construction 18
Residential Building Construction 20
World Paved Roadway Outlook 22
World Agricultural Outlook 24
Pricing 26
Environmental & Regulatory Issues 27
III. OVERVIEW 32
General 32
Demand by Region 32
Demand by Type 36
Geotextiles 39
Geomembranes 44
Geogrids 48
Geonets 52
Other Geosynthetics 55
Geosynthetic Clay Liners 57
Preformed Geocomposites 59
Geocells 60
Geofoams 61
All Other Geosynthetics 62
Markets 63
Construction 65
Transportation Infrastructure 70
Landfills 75
Liquid Containment 80
Other Markets 84
Production & Trade 87
IV. NORTH AMERICA 89
General 89
Demand by Type & Market 91
United States 94
Canada 104
Mexico 112
V. WESTERN EUROPE 120
General 120
Demand by Type & Market 122
France 125
Germany 132
Italy 139
Netherlands 146
Spain 152
United Kingdom 159
Other Western Europe 167
VI. ASIA/PACIFIC 175
General 175
Demand by Type & Market 177
Australia 180
China 187
India 198
Japan 208
South Korea 215
Taiwan 223
Other Asia/Pacific 230
VII. OTHER REGIONS 239
Central & South America 239
Demand by Type & Market 241
Brazil 243
Other Central & South America 250
Eastern Europe 257
Demand by Type & Market 258
Poland 261
Russia 267
Other Eastern Europe 275
Africa/Mideast 283
Demand by Type & Market 285
Turkey 287
Other Africa/Mideast 294
VIII. INDUSTRY STRUCTURE 302
General 302
Industry Composition 303
Market Share 306
Competitive Strategies 311
Research & Development 315
Distribution 316
Mergers & Acquisitions 317
Cooperative Agreements 320
Company Profiles 324
ADS Incorporated 325
AMCOL International Corporation 327
Anglo-Danish Fibre Industries, see Low & Bonar
Asahi Kasei Corporation 330
Ashimori Industry Company Limited 332
Beaulieu International Group NV 333
Boddingtons, see Fiberweb
Colbond, see Low & Bonar
Colloid Environmental Technologies, see AMCOL International
CONTECH Construction Products Incorporated 334
Cooley Group Holdings 337
Don & Low, see Thrace Plastics
Dow Chemical Company 339
Fibertex Nonwovens A/S 341
Fiberweb plc 343
Freudenberg & Company KG 347
Garware-Wall Ropes Limited 349
Geo-Tipptex Ipari es Kereskedelmi kft, see Low & Bonar
GSE Holding Incorporated 351
Hanes Geo Components, see Leggett & Platt
HUESKER Synthetic GmbH 355
Huikwang Corporation 357
HUITEX Geosynthetics, see Huikwang
Intermas Nets SA 359
JUTA as 360
Kuraray Company Limited 362
Kusumgar Corporates 364
Leggett & Platt Incorporated 365
Low & Bonar plc 367
Lumite, see Thrace Plastics
Maeda Kosen Company Limited 371
NAUE GmbH & Company KG 372
Officine Maccaferri, see S.E.C.I.
Okasan Livic Company Limited 374
OOO Plastic Geosynthetics, see SIBUR Holding CJSC
Orton JSC, see SIBUR Holding CJSC
Poly-America LP 375
Poly-Flex, see Poly-America
Propex Operating Company LLC 376
Raven Industries Incorporated 379
Royal Ten Cate NV 381
Saint-Gobain 386
Samyang Corporation 388
S.E.C.I. SpA 390
Shandong Hongxiang Chemical Fiber Group Company 395
Shandong Taifeng Geosynthetics Company Limited 396
SIBUR Holding CJSC 398
Solmax-Texel Geosynthetics, see ADS
Synthetic Packaging, see Thrace Plastics
Taiyo Kogyo Corporation 400
TENAX International BV 401
Terram, see Fiberweb
Texel, see ADS
Tharreau Industries, see Fibertex Nonwovens A/S
Thrace Plastics Company SA 404
Trelleborg AB 407
Other Companies Mentioned in Study 408
LIST OF TABLES
TABLE NUMBER PAGE
SECTION I -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Summary Table 3
SECTION II -- MARKET ENVIRONMENT
1 World Gross Domestic Product by Region 10
2 World Gross Fixed Capital Formation by Region 12
3 World Population by Region 14
4 World Construction Expenditures by Region & Sector 16
5 World Nonbuilding Construction Expenditures by Region 18
6 World Nonresidential Building Expenditures by Region 19
7 World Residential Building Expenditures by Region 21
8 World Paved Roads by Region 24
9 World Agricultural Value Added by Region 26
SECTION III -- OVERVIEW
1 World Geosynthetics Demand by Region 35
2 World Geosynthetics Demand by Type 38
3 World Geotextile Demand by Region 43
4 World Geomembrane Demand by Region 47
5 World Geogrid Demand by Region 51
6 World Geonet Demand by Region 54
7 World Other Geosynthetics Demand by Region 57
8 World Geosynthetics Demand by Market 64
9 World Construction Market for Geosynthetics by Region 69
10 World Transportation Infrastructure Market for Geosynthetics
by Region 74
11 World Landfill Market for Geosynthetics by Region 79
12 World Liquid Containment Market for Geosynthetics by Region 83
13 World Other Markets for Geosynthetics by Region 87
SECTION IV -- NORTH AMERICA
1 North America: Market Environment for Geosynthetics 90
2 North America: Geosynthetics Demand by Type & Market 93
3 United States: Market Environment for Geosynthetics 96
4 United States: Geosynthetics Demand by Type 100
5 United States: Geosynthetics Demand by Market 103
6 Canada: Market Environment for Geosynthetics 106
7 Canada: Geosynethetics Demand by Type 108
8 Canada: Geosynthetics Demand by Market 110
9 Mexico: Market Environment for Geosynthetics 114
10 Mexico: Geosynthetics Demand by Type 116
11 Mexico: Geosynthetics Demand by Market 118
SECTION V -- WESTERN EUROPE
1 Western Europe: Market Environment for Geosynthetics 121
2 Western Europe: Geosynthetics Demand by Type & Market 124
3 France: Market Environment for Geosynthetics 127
4 France: Geosynthetics Demand by Type 129
5 France: Geosynthetics Demand by Market 131
6 Germany: Market Environment for Geosynthetics 134
7 Germany: Geosynthetics Demand by Type 136
8 Germany: Geosynthetics Demand by Market 138
9 Italy: Market Environment for Geosynthetics 141
10 Italy: Geosynthetics Demand by Type 142
11 Italy: Geosynthetics Demand by Market 144
12 Netherlands: Market Environment for Geosynthetics 147
13 Netherlands: Geosynthetics Demand by Type 149
14 Netherlands: Geosynthetics Demand by Market 151
15 Spain: Market Environment for Geosynthetics 154
16 Spain: Geosynthetics Demand by Type 156
17 Spain: Geosynthetics Demand by Market 158
18 United Kingdom: Market Environment for Geosynthetics 161
19 United Kingdom: Geosynthetics Demand by Type 163
20 United Kingdom: Geosynthetics Demand by Market 165
21 Other Western Europe: Market Environment for Geosynthetics 168
22 Other Western Europe: Geosynthetics Demand by Type 170
23 Other Western Europe: Geosynthetics Demand by Market 172
24 Other Western Europe: Geosynthetics Demand by Country 174
SECTION VI -- ASIA/PACIFIC
1 Asia/Pacific: Market Environment for Geosynthetics 177
2 Asia/Pacific: Geosynthetics Demand by Type & Market 179
3 Australia: Market Environment for Geosynthetics 182
4 Australia: Geosynthetics Demand by Type 184
5 Australia: Geosynthetics Demand by Market 186
6 China: Market Environment for Geosynthetics 190
7 China: Geosynthetics Demand by Type 193
8 China: Geosynthetics Demand by Market 196
9 India: Market Environment for Geosynthetics 200
10 India: Geosynthetics Demand by Type 203
11 India: Geosynthetics Demand by Market 206
12 Japan: Market Environment for Geosynthetics 210
13 Japan: Geosynthetics Demand by Type 212
14 Japan: Geosynthetics Demand by Market 214
15 South Korea: Market Environment for Geosynthetics 217
16 South Korea: Geosynthetics Demand by Type 219
17 South Korea: Geosynthetics Demand by Market 222
18 Taiwan: Market Environment for Geosynthetics 225
19 Taiwan: Geosynthetics Demand by Type 227
20 Taiwan: Geosynthetics Demand by Market 229
21 Other Asia/Pacific: Market Environment for Geosynthetics 231
22 Other Asia/Pacific: Geosynthetics Demand by Type 234
23 Other Asia/Pacific: Geosynthetics Demand by Market 237
SECTION VII -- OTHER REGIONS
1 Central & South America: Market Environment
for Geosynthetics 241
2 Central & South America: Geosynthetics Demand by Type
& Market 243
3 Brazil: Market Environment for Geosynthetics 245
4 Brazil: Geosynthetics Demand by Type 247
5 Brazil: Geosynthetics Demand by Market 249
6 Other Central & South America: Market Environment
for Geosynthetics 252
7 Other Central & South America: Geosynthetics Demand
by Type 254
8 Other Central & South America: Geosynthetics Demand
by Market 256
9 Eastern Europe: Market Environment for Geosynthetics 258
10 Eastern Europe: Geosynthetics Demand by Type & Market 260
11 Poland: Market Environment for Geosynthetics 262
12 Poland: Geosynthetics Demand by Type 264
13 Poland: Geosynthetics Demand by Market 266
14 Russia: Market Environment for Geosynthetics 269
15 Russia: Geosynthetics Demand by Type 271
16 Russia: Geosynthetics Demand by Market 274
17 Other Eastern Europe: Market Environment for Geosynthetics 277
18 Other Eastern Europe: Geosynthetics Demand by Type 279
19 Other Eastern Europe: Geosynthetics Demand by Market 282
20 Africa/Mideast: Market Environment for Geosynthetics 285
21 Africa/Mideast: Geosynthetics Demand by Type & Market 287
22 Turkey: Market Environment for Geosynthetics 289
23 Turkey: Geosynthetics Demand by Type 291
24 Turkey: Geosynthetics Demand by Market 293
25 Other Africa/Mideast: Market Environment for Geosynthetics 295
26 Other Africa/Mideast: Geosynthetics Demand by Type 297
27 Other Africa/Mideast: Geosynthetics Demand by Market 299
SECTION VIII -- INDUSTRY STRUCTURE
1 World Geosynthetics Sales by Company, 2010 304
2 Selected Acquisitions & Divestitures 319
3 Selected Cooperative Agreements 322
LIST OF CHARTS
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SECTION III -- OVERVIEW
1 World Geosynthetics Demand by Region, 2000-2020 36
2 World Geosynthetics Demand by Type, 2010 39
3 World Synthetic & Natural Geotextiles Demand, 2000-2020 44
4 World Geomembrane Demand by Region, 2010 48
5 World Geogrid Demand by Region, 2010 52
6 World Geonet Demand by Region, 2010 55
7 World Geosynthetics Demand by Market, 2000-2020 65
8 World Construction Market for Geosynthetics by Region, 2010 70
9 World Transportation Infrastructure Market for Geosynthetics
by Region, 2010 75
10 World Landfill Market for Geosynthetics by Region, 2010 80
11 World Liquid Containment Market for Geosynthetics
by Region, 2010 84
SECTION IV -- NORTH AMERICA
1 North America: Geosynthetics Demand by Country, 2010 94
SECTION V -- WESTERN EUROPE
1 Western Europe: Geosynthetics Demand by Country, 2010 125
SECTION VI -- ASIA/PACIFIC
1 Asia/Pacific: Geosynthetics Demand by Country, 2010 180
SECTION VIII -- INDUSTRY STRUCTURE
1 World Geosynthetics Market Share, 2010 307
