The global siding market is forecast to grow 4.8 percent per year through 2015 to over five billion square meters valued at $87 billion. Masonry and concrete products will remain the dominant segment, while vinyl siding exhibits the most rapid gains. The North American region, led by the US, will be the fastest growing market.

This study analyzes the 4.2 billion square meter world siding industry. It presents historical demand data for the years 2000, 2005 and 2010, and forecasts for 2015 and 2020 by product (e.g., masonry and concrete, metal, vinyl, wood), market (residential buildings, nonresidential buildings), world region and for 20 countries.

The study also considers market environment factors, details industry structure, evaluates company market share and profiles 35 industry players, including JS Group, Nichiha and Kingspan Group.

				    TABLE OF CONTENTS

     SECTION									    PAGE

		INTRODUCTION							       x

	I.	EXECUTIVE SUMMARY						       1

	II.	MARKET ENVIRONMENT						       4
		General								       4
		World Economic Outlook						       5
		   Recent Historical Trends					       5
		   World Economic Outlook					       7
		World Demographic Overview					      10
		   Population							      11
		   Households							      12
		Personal Income Trends						      14
		World Building Construction Outlook				      16
		   Relationship to Siding Demand				      19
		   Residential							      22
		   Nonresidential						      23
		Pricing Patterns						      25
		Technology Trends						      28
		Legal & Regulatory Environment					      30

	III.	SUPPLY & DEMAND							      33
		General								      33
		Demand by Region						      34
		Demand by Product						      39
		   Masonry & Concrete						      41
		      Brick & Tile						      44
		      Stucco & EIFS						      46
		      Concrete & Stone						      49
		      Fiber Cement						      51
		   Metal							      54
		   Vinyl							      57
		   Wood & Other							      59
		      Wood							      61
		      Other							      62
		Demand by Market						      63
		   Residential Buildings					      65
		      New Construction						      66
		      Improvement & Repair					      67
		   Nonresidential Buildings					      67
		      New Construction						      68
		      Improvement & Repair					      69
		Production & Foreign Trade					      70

	IV.	NORTH AMERICA							      72
		General								      72
		Siding Demand							      74
		United States							      78
		Canada								      83
		Mexico								      87

	V.	WESTERN EUROPE							      92
		General								      92
		Siding Demand							      94
		Germany								      97
		France								     101
		United Kingdom							     105
		Spain								     109
		Italy								     113
		Netherlands							     118
		Other Western Europe						     122

	VI.	ASIA/PACIFIC							     126
		General								     126
		Siding Demand							     128
		China								     132
		Japan								     137
		India								     142
		South Korea							     147
		Australia							     151
		Indonesia							     156
		Other Asia/Pacific						     159

	VII.	OTHER REGIONS							     167
		Central & South America						     167
		   Brazil							     173
		   Other Central & South America				     177
		Eastern Europe							     184
		   Russia							     189
		   Poland							     194
		   Other Eastern Europe						     197
		Africa/Mideast							     205
		   Turkey							     210
		   Iran								     213
		   Other Africa/Mideast						     217

	VIII.	INDUSTRY STRUCTURE						     225
		General								     225
		Industry Composition						     227
		Market Share							     230
		Product Development & Manufacturing				     233
		Marketing & Distribution					     236
		Cooperative Agreements						     238
		Mergers & Acquisitions						     240
		Company Profiles						     242
		   Acme Brick, see Berkshire Hathaway
		   Alcoa Incorporated						     243
		   Allied Building Products, see CRH
		   Alside, see Associated Materials
		   Asahi Tostem Exterior Building Materials, see JS Group
		   ASC Profiles, see BlueScope Steel
		   Associated Materials LLC					     246
		   BASF SE							     249
		   Bayer IMSA, see Verzatec
		   Berkshire Hathaway Incorporated				     251
		   BlueScope Steel Limited					     253
		   Boral Limited						     260
		   Butler Manufacturing, see BlueScope Steel
		   CertainTeed, see Saint-Gobain
		   Crane Plastics Siding, see Georgia Gulf
		   CRH plc							     264
		   CSR Limited							     268
		   Dryvit Systems, see RPM International
		   Eternit, see Etex Group
		   Etex Group SA						     271
		   Exterior Portfolio by Crane, see Georgia Gulf
		   Featherlite Building Products, see Berkshire Hathaway
		   Garco Building Systems, see NCI Building Systems
		   General Shale Brick, see Wienerberger Baustoffindustrie
		   Gentek Building Products, see Associated Materials
		   Georgia Gulf Corporation					     275
		   Georgia-Pacific, see Koch Industries
		   Glen-Gery, see CRH
		   Grillo-Werke AG						     278
		   Hanson, see HeidelbergCement
		   Hardie (James) Industries SE					     280
		   HCI Steel Building Systems, see BlueScope Steel
		   HeidelbergCement AG						     284
		   Heidelberger Kalksandstein, see HeidelbergCement
		   Ibstock Brick, see CRH
		   JS Group Corporation						     288
		   Kaycan Limited						     290
		   Kingspan Group plc						     292
		   Knauf Gips KG						     294
		   Koch Industries Incorporated					     295
		   KP Building Products, see Kaycan
		   LIXIL, see JS Group
		   Louisiana-Pacific Corporation				     297
		   Marazzi Group SpA						     299
		   Mastic Home Exteriors, see Ply Gem Holdings
		   Materis Holding Luxembourg SA				     300
		   Metal Building Components, see NCI Building Systems
		   Metalcorp Steel, see BlueScope Steel
		   Metl-Span, see BlueScope Steel
		   Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation			     303
		   Napco, see Ply Gem Holdings
		   NCI Building Systems Incorporated				     304
		   Nichiha Corporation						     307
		   Oldcastle Architectural, see CRH
		   OOO Kraspan							     309
		   Owens Corning Masonry Products, see Boral
		   Parex Group, see Materis Holding Luxembourg
		   Permasteelisa SpA						     311
		   Ply Gem Holdings Incorporated				     313
		   PT BlueScope Steel Indonesia, see BlueScope Steel
		   Resolite, see Verzatec
		   RHEINZINK, see Grillo-Werke
		   Royal Group, see Georgia Gulf
		   RPM International Incorporated				     316
		   Saint-Gobain							     319
		   Steelscape, see BlueScope Steel
		   Sto AG							     323
		   Tata BlueScope Steel, see BlueScope Steel and Tata Steel
		   Tata Steel Limited						     325
		   U-kon International GmbH					     327
		   Varco Pruden Buildings, see BlueScope Steel
		   Variform, see Ply Gem Holdings
		   Verzatec SA de CV						     328
		   Weyerhaeuser Company						     329
		   Wienerberger Baustoffindustrie AG				     331
		Additional Companies in the Siding Industry			     334


				      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 Population by Region					      12
	3	World Households by Region					      14
	4	World Per Capita GDP by Region					      16
	5	World Building Construction Expenditures by Region		      18
	6	World Residential Building Construction Expenditures
		   by Region							      23
	7	World Nonresidential Building Construction Expenditures
		   by Region							      25
	8	World Siding Pricing						      27

		SECTION III -- SUPPLY & DEMAND
	1	World Siding Demand by Region					      38
	2	World Siding Demand by Product					      40
	3	World Masonry & Concrete Siding Demand by Product
		   & Region							      43
	4	World Brick & Tile Siding Demand by Region			      46
	5	World Stucco & EIFS Siding Demand by Region			      48
	6	World Concrete & Stone Siding Demand by Region			      51
	7	World Fiber Cement Siding Demand by Region			      54
	8	World Metal Siding Demand by Region				      57
	9	World Vinyl Siding Demand by Region				      59
	10	World Wood & Other Siding Demand by Product & Region		      60
	11	World Siding Demand by Market					      64

		SECTION IV -- NORTH AMERICA
	1	North America -- Market Environment for Siding			      73
	2	North America -- Siding Demand					      77
	3	United States -- Market Environment for Siding			      80
	4	United States -- Siding Demand					      83
	5	Canada -- Market Environment for Siding				      85
	6	Canada -- Siding Demand						      87
	7	Mexico -- Market Environment for Siding				      89
	8	Mexico -- Siding Demand						      91

		SECTION V -- WESTERN EUROPE
	1	Western Europe -- Market Environment for Siding			      93
	2	Western Europe -- Siding Demand					      96
	3	Germany -- Market Environment for Siding			      98
	4	Germany -- Siding Demand					     100
	5	France -- Market Environment for Siding				     102
	6	France -- Siding Demand						     104
	7	United Kingdom -- Market Environment for Siding			     106
	8	United Kingdom -- Siding Demand					     108
	9	Spain -- Market Environment for Siding				     110
	10	Spain -- Siding Demand						     113
	11	Italy -- Market Environment for Siding				     115
	12	Italy -- Siding Demand						     117
	13	Netherlands -- Market Environment for Siding			     119
	14	Netherlands -- Siding Demand					     121
	15	Other Western Europe -- Market Environment for Siding		     123
	16	Other Western Europe -- Siding Demand				     125

		SECTION VI -- ASIA/PACIFIC
	1	Asia/Pacific -- Market Environment for Siding			     128
	2	Asia/Pacific -- Siding Demand					     131
	3	China -- Market Environment for Siding				     134
	4	China -- Siding Demand						     137
	5	Japan -- Market Environment for Siding				     139
	6	Japan -- Siding Demand						     142
	7	India -- Market Environment for Siding				     144
	8	India -- Siding Demand						     146
	9	South Korea -- Market Environment for Siding			     148
	10	South Korea -- Siding Demand					     151
	11	Australia -- Market Environment for Siding			     153
	12	Australia -- Siding Demand					     155
	13	Indonesia -- Market Environment for Siding			     157
	14	Indonesia -- Siding Demand					     159
	15	Other Asia/Pacific -- Market Environment for Siding		     161
	16	Other Asia/Pacific -- Siding Demand				     163

		SECTION VII -- OTHER REGIONS
	1	Central & South America -- Market Environment for Siding	     169
	2	Central & South America -- Siding Demand			     172
	3	Brazil -- Market Environment for Siding				     174
	4	Brazil -- Siding Demand						     176
	5	Other Central & South America --  Market Environment
		   for Siding							     178
	6	Other Central & South America -- Siding Demand			     181
	7	Eastern Europe -- Market Environment for Siding			     185
	8	Eastern Europe -- Siding Demand					     188
	9	Russia -- Market Environment for Siding				     191
	10	Russia -- Siding Demand						     193
	11	Poland -- Market Environment for Siding				     195
	12	Poland -- Siding Demand						     197
	13	Other Eastern Europe -- Market Environment for Siding		     199
	14	Other Eastern Europe -- Siding Demand				     202
	15	Africa/Mideast -- Market Environment for Siding			     207
	16	Africa/Mideast -- Siding Demand					     209
	17	Turkey -- Market Environment for Siding				     211
	18	Turkey -- Siding Demand						     213
	19	Iran -- Market Environment for Siding				     215
	20	Iran -- Siding Demand						     217
	21	Other Africa/Mideast -- Market Environment for Siding		     219
	22	Other Africa/Mideast -- Siding Demand				     221

		SECTION VIII -- INDUSTRY STRUCTURE
	1	Siding Sales for Selected Manufacturers, 2010			     229
	2	Selected Cooperative Agreements					     239
	3	Selected Acquisitions & Divestitures				     241


				      LIST OF CHARTS

    CHART NUMBER								    PAGE


		SECTION I -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

		SECTION II -- MARKET ENVIRONMENT
	1	World Building Construction Expenditures by Region, 2010	      19
	2	Relationship Between Per Capita Siding Demand & Per Capita 
                Building Construction Expenditures, 2010								      21
	3	World Siding Pricing, 2000-2020	                  		      28

		SECTION III -- SUPPLY & DEMAND
	1	World Siding Demand by Region, 2010				      39
	2	World Siding Demand by Type, 2010				      41
	3	World Siding Demand by Market, 2000-2020			      64

		SECTION IV -- NORTH AMERICA

		SECTION V -- WESTERN EUROPE

		SECTION VI -- ASIA/PACIFIC

		SECTION VII -- OTHER REGIONS

		SECTION VIII -- INDUSTRY STRUCTURE
	1	World Siding Market Share by Company, 2010			     230