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Study #: 2650

Published: 07/2010

Pages: 362

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World Solid Surface & Other Cast Polymers to 2014 - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends

Global demand for cast polymers is projected to increase 8.7 percent annually through 2014. About sixty percent of the gains will be from China, with its quickly developing domestic cast polymer industry and considerable construction sector. Engineered quartz and marble will grow the fastest.

This study analyzes the 169 million square meter world cast polymer industry, with forecasts for 2014 and 2019 by product (solid surface materials, engineered stone, gel-coated composites), application (e.g., residential countertops, nonresidential countertops, sinks), world region and for 18 countries.

The study also considers market environment factors, details industry structure, evaluates company market share and profiles 38 industry players.

				    TABLE OF CONTENTS

     SECTION									    PAGE

		Introduction							       X

	I.	Executive Summary						       1

	II.	Market Environment						       4
		General								       4
		World Economic Overview						       4
		   Recent Historical Trends					       5
		   World Economic Outlook					       7
		World Fixed Investment						      10
		World Consumer Spending						      13
		World Demographic Outlook					      14
		   Population							      15
		   Households							      16
		   Urbanization Patterns					      17
		World Building Construction Activity				      19
		   Residential Building Construction				      21
		      New Housing Units						      23
		      Housing Stock						      26
		   Nonresidential Building Construction				      28
		Environmental & Regulatory Issues				      30

	III.	Overview							      34
		General								      34
		Products							      38
		   Solid Surface Materials					      41
		   Engineered Stone						      46
		   Gel-Coated Composites					      52
		Applications							      56
		   Residential Countertops					      59
		   Nonresidential Countertops					      61
		   Sinks							      65
		   Other Building Applications					      69
		   All Other							      72

	IV.	North America							      76
		General								      76
		Demand by Type & Application					      78
		United States							      80
		Canada								      88
		Mexico								      97

	V.	Western Europe							     104
		General								     104
		Demand by Type & Application					     106
		France								     109
		Germany								     117
		Italy								     125
		Netherlands							     133
		Spain								     140
		United Kingdom							     146
		Other Western Europe						     153

	VI.	Asia/Pacific							     161
		General								     161
		Demand by Type & Application					     163
		Australia							     167
		China								     175
		India								     184
		Japan								     192
		South Korea							     198
		Thailand							     205
		Other Asia/Pacific						     211

	VII.	Other Regions							     218
		Central & South America						     218
		Demand by Type & Application					     220
		   Brazil							     222
		   Other Central & South America				     228
		Eastern Europe							     233
		Demand by Type & Application					     235
		   Russia							     237
		   Other Eastern Europe						     243
		Africa/Mideast							     249
		Demand by Type & Application					     251
		   Turkey							     253
		   Other Africa/Mideast						     258

	VIII.	Industry Structure						     265
		General								     265
		Industry Structure						     265
		Market Share							     267
		Competitive Strategies						     272
		Research & Development						     274
		Marketing & Distribution					     275
		Mergers & Acquisitions						     277
		Cooperative Agreements						     278
		Company Profiles						     282
		   AKP Carat-Arbeitsplatten, see Westag & Getalit
		   Aristech Acrylics LLC					     283
		   Avonite Surfaces, see Aristech Acrylics
		   Breton SpA							     286
		   CaesarStone							     288
		   Cambria							     290
		   Cheil Industries Incorporated				     291
		   Compac The Surfaces Company, see Marmol Compac
		   Cosentino SA							     293
		   DuPont (EI) de Nemours					     296
		   Durat							     298
		   Fama Industries Corporation					     299
		   Fletcher Building Limited					     301
		   Formica, see Fletcher Building 
		   Foshan Gaoming Jinshi Building Materials Company 
		      Limited							     303
		   Guangzhou Gelandi Polymer Material Company Limited		     304
		   Hanwha Group							     305
		   Huapeng Meyate Decoration Material Company Limited		     308
		   Huaxun Industry Company Limited				     309
		   Kaiping Fuliya Composite Material Company Limited		     310
		   Kuraray Company Limited					     312
		   Laminex Group, see Fletcher Building
		   LG Hausys Limited						     314
		   Marblo Holdings Pty Limited					     316
		   Marmol Compac SA						     317
		   Neospar Concept						     319
		   Opal Industrial Company Limited				     320
		   O’Riordan Building Materials Manufacture Company 
		      Limited							     321
		   Pokarna Limited						     322
		   Quarella SpA							     323
		   Romastone Company Limited					     324
		   Rover SpA							     325
		   Samsung Chemical USA, see Cheil Industries 
		   Santa Margherita SpA						     326
		   Scheer Surface Solutions GmbH				     328
		   Shanghai Kanger Furniture & Building Materials Company Limited     329
		   Stoneology Limited						     330
		   Stonex Systems Limited					     331
		   Style Stone Joint Venture, see Vietnam Construction and 
		      Import-Export Joint Stock 
		   Sylmar Technology Limited					     332
		   Technistone AS						     333
		   Tower Industries Limited					     334
		   Transolid LLC						     336
		   Vietnam Construction and Import-Export Joint Stock 
		      Corporation						     338
		   Westag & Getalit AG						     339
		Other Companies Mentioned in the Study				     341


				      LIST OF TABLES

    TABLE NUMBER								    PAGE


		SECTION I -- Executive Summary
	1	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 Personal Consumption Expenditures by Region		      14
	4	World Population by Region					      16
	5	World Households by Region					      17
	6	World Urban Population by Region				      19
	7	World Building Construction Expenditures by Region		      21
	8	World Residential Building Construction Expenditures 
		   by Region							      23
	9	World New Housing Units by Region				      26
	10	World Housing Stock by Region					      28
	11	World Nonresidential Building Construction Expenditures 
		   by Region							      30

		SECTION III -- Overview
	1	World Cast Polymer Demand by Region				      37
	2	World Cast Polymer Demand by Type				      40
	3	World Solid Surface Material Demand by Region			      45
	4	World Engineered Stone Demand by Region				      51
	5	World Gel-Coated Composite Demand by Region			      55
	6	World Demand for Cast Polymers by Application			      58
	7	World Demand for Cast Polymers in Residential Countertops 
		   by Region							      60
	8	World Demand for Cast Polymers in Nonresidential Countertops 
		   by Region							      64
	9	World Demand for Cast Polymer Sinks by Region			      68
	10	World Demand for Cast Polymers in Other Building 
		   Applications by Region					      71
	11	World Demand for Cast Polymers in All Other Applications 
		   by Region							      74

		SECTION IV -- North America
	1	North America:  Market Environment for Cast Polymers		      77
	2	North America:  Cast Polymer Demand by Type & Application	      79
	3	United States:  Market Environment for Cast Polymers		      82
	4	United States:  Cast Polymer Demand by Type			      85
	5	United States:  Cast Polymer Demand by Application		      88
	6	Canada:  Market Environment for Cast Polymers			      90
	7	Canada:  Cast Polymer Demand by Type				      94
	8	Canada:  Cast Polymer Demand by Application			      96
	9	Mexico:  Market Environment for Cast Polymers			      98
	10	Mexico:  Cast Polymer Demand by Type				     101
	11	Mexico:  Cast Polymer Demand by Application			     103

		SECTION V -- Western Europe
	1	Western Europe:  Market Environment for Cast Polymers		     105
	2	Western Europe:  Cast Polymer Demand by Type & Application	     108
	3	France:  Market Environment for Cast Polymers			     111
	4	France:  Cast Polymer Demand by Type				     114
	5	France:  Cast Polymer Demand by Application			     117
	6	Germany:  Market Environment for Cast Polymers			     119
	7	Germany:  Cast Polymer Demand by Type				     122
	8	Germany:  Cast Polymer Demand by Application			     125
	9	Italy:  Market Environment for Cast Polymers			     127
	10	Italy:  Cast Polymer Demand by Type				     130
	11	Italy:  Cast Polymer Demand by Application			     133
	12	Netherlands:  Market Environment for Cast Polymers		     135
	13	Netherlands:  Cast Polymer Demand by Type			     137
	14	Netherlands:  Cast Polymer Demand by Application		     139
	15	Spain:  Market Environment for Cast Polymers			     141
	16	Spain:  Cast Polymer Demand by Type				     144
	17	Spain:  Cast Polymer Demand by Application			     146
	18	United Kingdom:  Market Environment for Cast Polymers		     148
	19	United Kingdom:  Cast Polymer Demand by Type			     151
	20	United Kingdom:  Cast Polymer Demand by Application		     153
	21	Other Western Europe:  Market Environment for Cast Polymers	     155
	22	Other Western Europe:  Cast Polymer Demand by Type		     158
	23	Other Western Europe:  Cast Polymer Demand by Application	     160

		SECTION VI -- Asia/Pacific
	1	Asia/Pacific:  Market Environment for Cast Polymers		     163
	2	Asia/Pacific:  Cast Polymer Demand by Type & Application	     166
	3	Australia:  Market Environment for Cast Polymers		     169
	4	Australia:  Cast Polymer Demand by Type				     172
	5	Australia:  Cast Polymer Demand by Application			     174
	6	China:  Market Environment for Cast Polymers			     177
	7	China:  Cast Polymer Demand by Type				     181
	8	China:  Cast Polymer Demand by Application			     184
	9	India:  Market Environment for Cast Polymers			     186
	10	India:  Cast Polymer Demand by Type				     189
	11	India:  Cast Polymer Demand by Application			     191
	12	Japan:  Market Environment for Cast Polymers			     193
	13	Japan:  Cast Polymer Demand by Type				     196
	14	Japan:  Cast Polymer Demand by Application			     198
	15	South Korea:  Market Environment for Cast Polymers		     200
	16	South Korea:  Cast Polymer Demand by Type			     203
	17	South Korea:  Cast Polymer Demand by Application		     205
	18	Thailand:  Market Environment for Cast Polymers			     207
	19	Thailand:  Cast Polymer Demand by Type				     209
	20	Thailand:  Cast Polymer Demand by Application			     211
	21	Other Asia/Pacific:  Market Environment for Cast Polymers	     213
	22	Other Asia/Pacific:  Cast Polymer Demand by Type		     216
	23	Other Asia/Pacific:  Cast Polymer Demand by Application		     217

		SECTION VII -- Other Regions
	1	Central & South America:  Market Environment for 
		   Cast Polymers						     220
	2	Central & South America:  Cast Polymer Demand 
		   by Type & Application					     222
	3	Brazil:  Market Environment for Cast Polymers			     224
	4	Brazil:  Cast Polymer Demand by Type				     226
	5	Brazil:  Cast Polymer Demand by Application			     228
	6	Other Central & South America:  Market Environment 
		   for Cast Polymers						     230
	7	Other Central & South America:  Cast Polymer Demand 
		   by Type							     232
	8	Other Central & South America:  Cast Polymer Demand 
		   by Application						     233
	9	Eastern Europe:  Market Environment for Cast Polymers		     235
	10	Eastern Europe:  Cast Polymer Demand by Type & Application	     237
	11	Russia:  Market Environment for Cast Polymers			     239
	12	Russia:  Cast Polymer Demand by Type				     241
	13	Russia:  Cast Polymer Demand by Application			     243
	14	Other Eastern Europe:  Market Environment for Cast Polymers	     245
	15	Other Eastern Europe:  Cast Polymer Demand by Type		     247
	16	Other Eastern Europe:  Cast Polymer Demand by Application	     248
	17	Africa/Mideast:  Market Environment for Cast Polymers		     250
	18	Africa/Mideast:  Cast Polymer Demand by Type & Application	     252
	19	Turkey:  Market Environment for Cast Polymers			     254
	20	Turkey:  Cast Polymer Demand by Type				     256
	21	Turkey:  Cast Polymer Demand by Application			     258
	22	Other Africa/Mideast:  Market Environment for Cast Polymers	     260
	23	Other Africa/Mideast:  Cast Polymer Demand by Type		     262
	24	Other Africa/Mideast:  Cast Polymer Demand by Application	     264

		SECTION VIII -- Industry Structure
	1	World Cast Polymer Sales by Company, 2009			     267
	2	Selected Acquisitions & Divestitures				     278
	3	Selected Cooperative Agreements					     281


				      LIST OF CHARTS

    CHART NUMBER								    PAGE

		SECTION III -- Overview
	1	World Cast Polymer Demand by Region, 2009			      38
	2	World Cast Polymer Demand by Type, 2009				      40
	3	World Solid Surface Material Demand by Region, 2009		      46
	4	World Engineered Stone Demand by Region, 2009			      52
	5	World Gel-Coated Composite Demand by Region, 2009		      56
	6	World Demand for Cast Polymers by Application, 2009		      58
	7	World Demand for Cast Polymers in Residential Countertops 
		   by Region, 2009						      61
	8	World Demand for Cast Polymers in Nonresidential 
		   Countertops by Region, 2009					      65
	9	World Demand for Cast Polymer Sinks by Region, 2009		      69
	10	World Demand for Cast Polymers in Other Building 
		   Applications by Region, 2009					      72
	11	World Demand for Cast Polymers In All Other Applications 
		   by Region, 2009						      75

		SECTION IV -- North America
	1	North America Cast Polymer Demand by Country, 2009		      80

		SECTION V -- Western Europe
	1	Western Europe Cast Polymer Demand by Country, 2009		     109

		SECTION VI -- Asia/Pacific
	1	Asia/Pacific Cast Polymer Demand by Country, 2009		     167

		SECTION VIII -- Industry Structure
	1	World Cast Polymer Market Share by Company, 2009		     269