You may browse through the following alphabetized listing of Freedonia Studies currently available from our web site.   Each Freedonia Industry Study provides excellent insights and analysis of the subject industry including market size,  growth,  and demand segmented by products and markets.   Market share is also presented for the industry leaders and each study includes profiles of the top 30-40 industry participants.   Studies may also be accessed using our search engine or by industry category. Abrasives - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including 3M, Saint-Gobain, Cabot Microelectronics, Church & Dwight, Diamond Innovations, Electrolux, Ervin Industries, Global Material Technologies, Jason, Radiac Abrasives, Tyrolit, and United Abrasives US abrasives demand will grow 3.5 percent per year through 2009 based on a continued move to higher value products (e.g., sol-gel abrasives, superabrasives) and the ongoing development of newer uses such as chemical mechanical planarization (CMP). Nonm... Acrylic Acid & Derivatives - Market Size, Market Share, Market Leaders, Demand Forecast, Sales, Company Profiles, Market Research, Industry Trends and Companies including BASF, Celanese, Dow Chemical, Rohm and Haas, American Acryl, NA Industries, and Stockhausen US demand for acrylic acid and derivatives will advance 4.2 percent per year through 2005. Good prospects for acrylic acid polymers include adult incontinence superabsorbent polymers and water treatment detergent polymers. Opportunities for acrylate es... Acrylic Resins - Market Size, Market Share, Market Leaders, Demand Forecast, Sales, Company Profiles, Market Research, Industry Trends and Companies including Rohm and Haas, INEOS Acrylics, Celanese, Dow Chemical, CYRO Industries, and BASF Demand for acrylic resins in the US will reach 3.7 billion pounds in 2005. Gains will be most pronounced in industrial and specialty coatings, high quality paper finishes, pressure sensitive adhesives, and polymer property modifiers. Methacrylates will... Activated Carbon - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Calgon Carbon, MeadWestvaco, and NORIT US activated carbon demand will rise 4.3 percent annually through 2008 based on growing requirements for motor vehicle emission canisters and greater use in industrial mercury removal. Newer uses include cat litter odor control, ultra-capacitor and fue... Active & Intelligent Packaging - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Sealed Air, Graham Packaging, Sued-Chemie, Multisorb Technologies, CSP Technologies, Information Mediary, Maxwell Chase Technologies, PakSense, and Temptime US demand for active and intelligent packaging will grow 13 percent annually through 2011. Intelligent packaging will grow the fastest, driven by the emergence of lower cost time-temperature indicator (TTI) labels. Active packaging will be paced by gas... Advanced Automotive Materials - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including AK Steel, National Steel, General Electric, DuPont, Bayer, A. Schulman, Alcoa, Norsk Hydro, and Johnson Matthey Demand for advanced metals, engineered plastics and TPEs in the North American light vehicle market will grow 5.4 percent annually through 2006. Gains will be driven by automakers' focus on improving fuel efficiency, safety, noise and vibration, and du... Advanced Ceramics - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Kyocera, Corning, Saint-Gobain, Vishay Intertechnology, CoorsTek, NGK Insulators, Morgan Crucible, and Cookson US advanced ceramics demand will grow seven percent annually through 2010. Electronic components and electrical equipment will remain dominant but mature markets. The best opportunities for ceramics include ballistic armor, ceramic composite automotive... Advanced Flat Glass - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including PPG Industries, Pilkington, AFG Industries, Ford, and Cardinal Glass US demand for advanced flat glass will rise 5.9 percent annually through 2010. Growth factors include the emergence of smart glass and other technologies and strong gains in protective laminated glass. The best prospects are for solar control flat glas... Advanced Lighting - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Osram Sylvania, Philips Lighting and GE Lighting US demand for advanced lighting will grow nearly fourteen percent annually through 2011. Gains will be driven by energy efficient compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs), improved light emitting diode (LED) technology, and popular high intensity discharge hea... Agricultural Biotechnology - Market Size, Market Share, Market Leaders, Demand Forecast, Sales, Company Profiles, Market Research, Industry Trends and Companies including Monsanto, DuPont, Syngenta, Delta and Pine Land, and Bayer CropScience US sales of agricultural biotechnology products will grow 5.8 percent yearly through 2006. Transgenic seeds and crops will remain dominant, led by insect-protected and/or herbicide-tolerant corn and soybeans. Longer-term gains will be driven by transge... Air Pollution Control in China - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Fujian Longking, Zhejiang Feida, Jiangsu Sujing, Henan SINOMA, and Wujiang Kelin Demand for air pollution control equipment in the world's leading emitter of sulfur dioxide and other air pollutants will grow 18 percent annually through 2010. Particulate removal equipment will remain the largest product category and grow the fastes... Alternative Sweeteners - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Tate & Lyle, NutraSweet, Roquette America, SPI Polyols, Ajinomoto, ADM, Cargill, Nutrinova, PMC Specialties Group, Cumberland Packing, McNeil Nutritionals, and Merisant US demand for alternative sweeteners will grow four percent annually through 2010. Products such sucralose, erythritol and xylitol will gain market share over more established products like aspartame and sorbitol. Newer types such as stevia and agave n... Amines - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Akzo Nobel, BASF, DuPont, Ineos, and Proctor & Gamble US amine demand will grow three percent annually through 2010. Growth will be driven by new applications (e.g., wood preservatives), fast-growing niches (e.g., glyphosate herbicides) and higher surfactant loadings in detergents and personal care produc... Animal Health Chemicals - Market Size, Market Share, Market Leaders, Demand Forecast, Sales, Company Profiles, Market Research, Industry Trends and Companies including Merial, Pfizer, Wyeth, Eli Lilly, Schering-Plough, and Roche Demand for animal health chemicals in the US will reach $7.8 billion in 2006. Gains will be driven by the continuing threat of animal disease, ongoing food safety concerns and growth in the pet population. Diagnostic chemicals and vaccines will be the ... Anti-Aging Products - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Pfizer, Merck & Company, Wyeth, BASF, and Eli Lilly US demand for anti-aging products will rise 8.7 percent annually through 2009. Memory improvement, vision care and prostate care products will lead gains. Chemicals expected to benefit include memory-enhancing neurological and ophthalmic agents, botuli... Asphalt - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including CITGO Petroleum, Marathon Oil, Chevron, Valero Energy, BP, Oldcastle, APAC, Colas, Vulcan Materials, SemMaterials, GAFMC, CertainTeed, Owens Corning, ElkCorp, TAMKO, and Johns Manville The US asphalt market will reach 38.8 million tons in 2009 based on new highway and road spending and a recovery in nonresidential building activity. Modified bitumen and built-up roofing will pace gains in the higher value roofing segment. Emulsified ... Asphalt in China - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including China Petroleum & Chemical, PetroChina, China National Offshore Oil, Qingdao Guangyuanfa Group, Shandong Befar Group, and Panjin Northern Asphalt Demand for asphalt in China will rise six percent annually through 2010, driven by strong gains in road and building construction. Paving applications will outpace roofing and remain dominant. Asphalt shingles and modified bitumen membranes will gain m... Automotive Aftermarket in China - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Shanghai Automotive, First Automobile Works, Dongfeng Automobile, and Bosch The automotive aftermarket in China will grow 13.8 percent annually through 2009, driven by strong new light vehicle sales. Mechanical products will remain the largest segment while electronics will grow the fastest. Professional service providers will... Automotive Aftermarket in North America - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Goodyear, Bridgestone, Michelin, Cooper Tire & Rubber, Continental, Federal-Mogul, Johnson Controls, and Honeywell The North American aftermarket for light vehicle parts will grow 3.2 percent annually through 2010 as more vehicles reach prime service age. Mechanical products will remain dominant while electronics will lead gains. Professional service performers wil... Automotive Coatings, Adhesives & Sealants - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including PPG Industries, DuPont, BASF, Dow Chemical, and EFTEC US demand for automotive coatings, adhesives and sealants will top $7 billion in 2010. Gains will be driven in part by the use of more structural adhesives instead of heavier mechanical fasteners, and by sealants that make cabins quieter and better ins... Automotive Diagnostic Products - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including SPX, Snap-on, Stanley, Danaher, and Bosch US demand for automotive diagnostic products will increase 5.9 percent annually through 2009. Growth factors include continued gains in light vehicle electrical/electronic content and a shift toward technician-owned handheld systems. Scanners, engine a... Automotive Entertainment Systems in North America - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Delphi, Pioneer, Visteon, SANYO, Kenwood, and Bosch The US, Canadian and Mexican market for light vehicle entertainment systems is expected to grow 6.3 percent yearly through 2008. AM/FM/cassette/CD players will decline as new technology bundles are introduced that include multimedia DVD players, satell... Automotive Repair & Maintenance Services - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including AutoNation, United Auto Group, Wal-Mart, Sonic Automotive, Royal Dutch Shell, and Bridgestone The US automotive repair and maintenance services market will grow four percent annually. Mechanical services will remain the largest segment while electronics will grow the fastest. New light vehicle dealers will continue as the dominant service provi... Batteries - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Johnson Controls, Duracell, Exide, and Energizer Holdings US demand for primary and secondary batteries will grow 4.3 percent annually through 2011. Growth will be driven by strong demand for battery-powered products and motor vehicles, and by an ongoing shift toward more expensive, better-performing batterie... Batteries in China - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including BYD, Baoding Jin Fengfan, SCUD Fujian Electronic, Johnson Controls, Huanyu Power Source, Tianneng Power, Coslight Technology International, GS Yuasa, Matsushita, and China BAK Demand for batteries in China will grow 13.2 percent annually through 2010. Gains will be driven by the emergence of electric bicycles and strong domestic consumer demand for battery-powered products. Alkaline and lithium batteries will be the fastest ... Battery & Fuel Cell Components - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Exide, Johnson Controls, Duracell, and Energizer US demand for battery and fuel cell parts will grow 6.8 percent annually through 2007, driven by accelerated battery output to feed energy-hungry portable devices. A shift toward higher-end batteries will also support associated component gains. Fuel c... Battery & Fuel Cell Materials - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Exide Technologies, Doe Run Resources, RSR, Thomas Steel Strip, East Penn Manufacturing, Sanders Lead, Xstrata, and Tronox US demand for battery and fuel cell materials will rise 4.4 percent annually through 2011. Growth will be driven by rising production of high-performance batteries (e.g., lithium, Ni-MH) and a nearly fivefold jump in fuel cell demand. Metals will stay ... Bearings - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Timken, SKF, Schaeffler, NTN and NSK Ball, roller and plain bearing demand in the US will reach $10.4 billion in 2011. Growth will be driven by largely favorable market conditions and by a shift toward more expensive, better performing products. Unmounted plain bearings will grow the fast... Beverage Containers - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Ball, Anheuser-Busch, Rexam, Owens-Illinois, and Crown Holdings US beverage container demand will approach $20 billion in 2010 as packaged beverages outpace fountain drinks, draft beers, bulk waters and the like. Plastic will remain the growth material while glass will continue its recovery based on premium beer bo... Beverage Containers in China - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Tetra Laval International, Zhuhai Zhongfu, Ball Corporation, Shanghai Zijiang, and Pacific Can Demand for beverage containers in China will grow 8.9 percent per annum through 2010. Plastic will remain the dominant material in unit terms while paperboard will grow the fastest. Milk will stay the largest market and be one of the fastest growing, w... Biochips - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Affymetrix, Amersham Biosciences, Applera, Agilent Technologies, PerkinElmer Life and Analytical Sciences, Beckman Coulter, Ciphergen Biosystems, and Caliper Life Sciences US demand for biochip products and services will grow 20 percent annually through 2008. Gains will be led by uses in drug discovery and epidemiological research, with protein analysis and gene expression profiling the fastest growing applications. Drug... Biocides - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Arch Chemicals, Dow Chemical, Occidental Chemical, Rohm and Haas, and Lonza US demand for biocides will grow 4.3 percent annually through 2010. Gains will be driven by sustained production levels in key outlets and by heightened awareness of the dangers of bacterial growth and foodborne pathogens. Higher value specialty produc... Biocompatible Materials - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including General Electric, Allegheny Technologies, Bayer, PolyOne, DuPont, BASF, OxyVinyls, Exxon Mobil, Georgia Gulf, and Dow Chemical US demand for biocompatible materials will grow 6.6 percent annually through 2010. Synthetic polymers will remain dominant based on quality, performance and cost advantages in most applications. Ceramics will grow the fastest, driven by improved proper... Biometric & Other Electronic Access Control Systems - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including ASSA ABLOY, Honeywell, Lear, Tyco International, DataCard, Diebold, General Electric, Johnson Controls, and Stanley Works US electronic access control demand will grow 10.4 percent annually through 2009 driven by technological innovation, falling prices and relatively high crime rates. Biometrics (e.g., fingerprint and hand geometry, face and voice recognition, iris scann... Brick & Block - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Wienerberger, Boral, Hanson, Rinker, Berkshire Hathaway, CEMEX, Titan, and CRH US brick and block demand will grow 4.1 percent annually through 2010. Concrete pavers and decorative block will grow the fastest, followed by nonstructural clay brick siding and structural concrete block. Healthy nonresidential building activity will ... Building Maintenance Services - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including ServiceMaster, Rollins, and ValleyCrest Companies US revenues for building maintenance services will rise 5.6 percent annually through 2011, aided by a shift away from "do-it-yourself" to "do-it-for-me" maintenance for businesses and households. The nonresidential market will grow the fastest while sw... Cabinets - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Masco, Fortune Brands, American Woodmark, Elkay, and Norcraft The US cabinet market will top $16 billion in 2010. Greater cabinet use per home and the growing popularity of special-function rooms will help offset a decline in single-family housing completions. The small nonconstruction market will lead gains, bol... Cancer Therapies - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Bristol Myers-Squibb, Merck, Pfizer, Amgen, Genentech, AstraZeneca, Roche Holding, Radiation Therapy Services, and US Oncology US cancer therapies demand will grow ten percent annually through 2009. Gains will be driven by more incidence and detection of cancer coupled with a range of highly effective, but expensive, new treatments. Biotechnology-based therapies hold the best ... Caps & Closures - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Alcoa, Owens-Illinois, AptarGroup, Berry Plastics, and Silgan US cap and closure demand will rise 4.8 percent annually through 2010. Growth will be aided by the ongoing shift toward value-added types (e.g., child-resistant, dispensing) and by the penetration of closure-intensive plastic packaging into closureles... Carpets & Rugs - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Mohawk, Shaw, Beaulieu, Interface, C&A Floorcoverings, Dixie Group, and Collins & Aikman US carpet and rug demand will reach 22 billion square feet in 2009. Gains will be supported by accelerating nonresidential construction, expanding distribution channels, product innovations and improved materials. Rugs will benefit from consumer prefer... Catalysts - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Engelhard, Grace Division, Akzo Nobel, Royal Dutch/Shell, Johnson Matthey, Sud-Chemi, and Atofina Catalyst demand in the US will grow 4.5 percent annually through 2007. Growth will derive primarily from the continuing strong sales of advanced new catalysts, as well as environmental pressures, which will spark product mix changes and additional new ... Cement & Concrete Additives - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Degussa, Grace Construction Products, Propex Fabrics, Holcim, and Lafarge US cement and concrete additive demand will grow 6.2 percent annually through 2010, driven by healthy construction spending and a shift toward higher-value formulations. Chemical additives--led by superplasticizing water reducers--will remain dominant ... Cement in China - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Conch, Sunnsy, Huaxin, Yatai, Jidong, Lafarge, Heidelberg, and Holcim Demand for cement in China will rise 5.1 percent annually through 2010, driven by moderating yet still healthy growth in construction spending. Portland cement will remain dominate while blended and specialty cements will grow faster. Ready-mix concret... Chemical Catalysts - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Johnson Matthey, Degussa, Engelhard, Sud-Chemie, Novozymes, and BASF The US chemical catalyst market will reach $1.2 billion in 2009, with most markets achieving moderate gains. The largest segment will continue to be fine chemicals, led by pharmaceuticals and pesticides. Alcohols will offer the fastest growth as the et... Chemical Sensors - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Johnson & Johnson, Roche, Abbott Laboratories, NGK Spark Plug, Robert Bosch, and Bayer US chemical sensor demand will grow 7.4 percent annually through 2009. Biosensors will continue to dominate and drive gains followed by optical, ultrasound, conductometric, liquid crystal and other emerging sensor technologies. Fast growing markets inc... Circuit Breakers & Fuses - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Eaton, General Electric, Schneider Electric, ABB, Cooper Industries, Littelfuse, Carbone Lorraine, and Tyco Electronics US circuit breaker and fuse demand will grow 3.7 percent per year through 2011, supported by stronger outlooks for construction of nonresidential buildings and electric utilities. Circuit breakers will outpace fuses, led by strong growth in power circu... Clean Room Consumables - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Cardinal Health, Kimberly-Clark, Ansell, Praxair, Air Liquide, BOC, Donaldson, Flanders, CLARCOR, Camfil-Farr, Texwip, and Contec US demand for clean room consumables will grow 5.9 percent annually through 2007, driven by a recovery in semiconductors and the expansion of clean room technologies. The best prospects include hard disk drives, flat panel displays, drugs, foods and be... Coated Fabrics - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including OMNOVA Solutions, Saint-Gobain, Reeves Brothers, Takata, Seaman, SanduskyAthol International, Hallwood, and Haartz US demand for coated fabrics will grow 3.2 percent annually through 2010. Gains will be helped by a recovery in nonresidential wallcoverings, awnings and canopies, and by continued strength in protective clothing and motor vehicle airbags. Nonrubber co... Combinatorial Chemistry - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Amersham Biosciences, Applera, PerkinElmer, Albany Molecular Research, Molecular Devices, Pharmacopeia, and ArQule US demand for combinatorial products and services will grow over 12 percent yearly through 2006. Advances in assays and instruments will spur growth by improving compound screening and optimization. High throughput imaging systems, cell-based assays, s... Commercial & Residential Cleaning Services - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Jani-King, COVERALL CLEANING CONCEPTS, JAN-PRO, ServiceMaster, CleanNet USA, Chem-Dry, and ABM Industries US commercial and residential cleaning service sales are forecast to grow 5.3 percent annually through 2011. Gains will be driven by the shift toward "do-it-for-me" cleaning services in the residential market, and by the outsourcing of noncore function... Commercial Printing - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including RR Donnelley & Sons, Quebecor World, Cenveo, Quad/Graphics, Vertis, Consolidated Graphics, and Taylor Revenues for the US commercial printing industry will reach $82 billion in 2011. Lithographic printing will remain dominant while digital printing will grow the fastest based on lower cost, quick turnaround and ease of customization for short printing ... Commercial Refrigeration Equipment - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including United Technologies, Ingersoll-Rand, Air Products and Chemicals, Lennox, and OASIS Corporation A favorable market environment and the spread of retail display cases will support 5.5 percent annual gains in US commercial refrigeration demand through 2008. Cryogenic and beverage refrigeration equipment will also do well. Transportation refrigerati... Composite & Plastic Lumber - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Trex, Tapco Group, Royal Group, CertainTeed, and Frypon US composite and plastic lumber demand will grow 10 percent annually through 2011, based on performance advantages over wood. Wood-plastic composites will fare better than plastic lumber. Molding and trim will remain a key market while windows and door... Conductive Polymers - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including GE Plastics (General Electric), Noveon (Lubrizol), Techmer Lehvoss, RTP, Illinois Tool Works, and PolyOne US conductive polymer demand will grow 5.7 percent annually through 2010. Gains will reflect needs to shield electrical/electronic equipment from ESD and EMI/RFI, and ongoing miniaturization requiring greater levels of protection. ABS will remain the ... Construction Chemicals - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including RPM, Degussa, Sherwin-Williams, General Electric, WR Grace, Sika, PPG, Dow Corning, Gardner, Sovereign Specialty Chemicals, Imperial Chemical Industries, and ITW The US market for chemicals used in on-site construction applications will reach $7.5 billion in 2008. Slowing demand in residential building will be offset by a rebound in nonresidential construction. Protective coatings and sealers will remain domina... Construction Chemicals in China - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Nippon Paint, Imperial Chemical Industries, Degussa AG, Sika AG, and Henkel KGaA Chinese demand for on-site construction chemicals will grow 10.5 percent yearly through 2009. Coatings and sealers will remain dominant and be among the fastest growing product groups, along with polymer flooring and cement/asphalt additives. Non-build... Construction Outlook for China - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including China Railway Engineering, China Railway Construction, China State Construction Engineering, China Metallurgical Construction, China Harbour Engineering, and Shanghai Construction Group Construction spending in China will grow 9.7 percent annually through 2010, outperforming other major national construction markets. Nonresidential building will remain the largest segment, while nonbuilding construction will post the strongest gains b... Construction Outlook in China - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including China Railway Engineer, China Railway Construction, China State Construction Engineering, China Communications Construction, China Metallurgical Construction, Sinohydro, and Shanghai Construction Construction expenditures in China are forecast to rise 8.8 percent annually through 2011. Nonbuilding construction will lead gains, followed closely by the nonresidential and residential sectors. An expanding domestic economy, ongoing infrastructure u... Consumer Water Purification & Air Cleaning Systems - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including The Holmes Group, Kaz, Sharper Image, Brita, PUR Water Purification Products, Culligan, General Electric, and Honeywell US consumer water and air treatment system demand will grow 4.7 percent annually through 2010. Gains will be driven by home air and water quality concerns, quieter and more user-friendly systems, and better filter replacement compliance. Conventional t... Converted Flexible Packaging - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Bemis, Alcan, Printpack, Sealed Air, Smurfit-Stone, Exopack, and Pliant US demand for converted flexible packaging will grow 4.1 percent annually through 2009 based on advantages over rigid packaging and heightened barrier requirements. Stand-up and other pouches will present the best opportunities while bags will remain t... Corrosion Inhibitors - Market Size, Market Share, Market Leaders, Demand Forecast, Sales, Company Profiles, Market Research, Industry Trends and Companies including Suez, BetzDearborn, Ashland, Great Lakes Chemical, and Lubrizol The US market for corrosion inhibitors will reach $1.6 billion in 2006. Higher-value, multi-functional and specialty blends will continue to replace low-cost commodity chemicals in most markets. Organic-based products will remain the largest type in va... Corrugated & Paperboard Boxes - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Smurfit-Stone, Weyerhaeuser, International Paper, Temple-Inland, and Georgia-Pacific US demand for boxes will surpass $34 billion in 2009. Gains will be driven by an upswing in shipments of nondurables and by a shift toward high-quality printing and graphics on boxes. Corrugated and solid fiber boxes will remain dominant and grow the f... Cosmeceuticals - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Proctor & Gamble, Johnson & Johnson, L’Oreal, Estee Lauder, Avon Products, Allergan, Royal DSM, BASF, Cognis, Merck, Eastman, and Croda US cosmeceuticals demand will grow 8.5 percent annually, propelled by a stream of new products offering age-defying and other appearance-enhancing benefits. Skin care products will remain dominant while professional products will grow the fastest. BOTO... Cosmetic & Toiletry Chemicals - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Dow Chemical, Procter & Gamble, Givaudan, Imperial Chemical Industries, and BASF, Clariant, Cognis, International Flavors & Fragrances, and International Specialty Products US cosmetic and toiletry chemical demand will grow 5.4 percent annually through 2010. An aging and increasingly ethnically diverse population along with consumer desires to offset the effects of aging and preferences for "natural" products will drive d... Cosmetic & Toiletry Containers - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including lcan, Graham Packaging, Silgan, Crown Holdings, Rexam, and US Can US sales of cosmetic and toiletry containers will grow 4.7 percent annually through 2009. Advances will reflect favorable age distribution trends and heightened demand for cosmetics and toiletries with appearance-enhancing attributes. Value gains will ... Cosmetic Surgery Products - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Allergan, Mentor, and Medicis US demand for cosmetic surgery products will grow 9.1 percent annually through 2010, driven by an obsession with youth coupled with an aging population and greater product availability. Nonsurgical markets (e.g., injections, dermal resurfacing, micro-d... Cups & Lids - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Solo Cup, Dart Container, Dixie, Berry Plastics, and International Paper US cup and lid demand will grow 4.3 percent annually through 2010, driven by a favorable outlook for key foodservice markets (e.g., quick service restaurants, coffee shops). Lids will outpace cups based on an increasing percentage of drinking cups usin... Dairy Packaging - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Huhtamaki, Consolidated Container, Bemis, International Paper, Berry Plastics, Alcan, and Blue Ridge Paper Products US demand for dairy packaging will grow 4.1 percent annually through 2010. Gains will be driven by trends toward smaller containers and more food eaten or prepared away from home. Best growth is expected in cultured dairy products such as drinkable yog... Decorative Laminates - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Wilsonart, Panolam Industries, Formica, and Coveright Surfaces US sales of decorative laminates will grow 3.8 percent annually through 2011, driven by increased demand for laminate flooring, store fixtures and wall panels. Decorative foils and saturated papers will pace the dominant low-pressure laminate segment, ... Degradable Plastic - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including NatureWorks, Innovia Films, and ITW Hi-Cone US degradable plastic demand will grow 16.8 percent annually through 2010 as these products become more price competitive and continue to benefit from various sustainable resource initiatives. Biodegradable/compostable plastic will remain dominant and ... Degradable Plastics - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including BASF, DuPont, Innovia Films, ITW Hi-Cone, and Cargill Dow US degradable plastic demand will grow 13.7 percent annually through 2008 as prices and properties become more competitive with conventional polymers. Biodegradable/ compostable types will lead gains, especially polylactic acid (PLA). Film and ring car... Dental Equipment - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Proctor & Gamble, Danaher, A-Dec, Sirona Dental Systems, and DENSTPLY International US demand for dental equipment will grow 3.8 percent annually through 2011, aided by favorable population trends and strong interest in technology updates. In general, advanced equipment such as lasers, intra-oral cameras, digital radiography and CAD/C... Dental Products & Materials - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Proctor & Gamble, Colgate-Palmolive, DENTSPLY International, GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer, Sentage, and Church & Dwight US demand for dental supplies will grow 5.5 percent annually through 2010 based on favorable demographics and a strong interest in cosmetic dentistry. The best gains will be found in ceramic fillings, clear or tooth-colored orthodontics, veneers and wh... Diabetes Monitoring Products & Therapies - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Eli Lilly, GlaxoSmithKline, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Johnson & Johnson, Sanofi-Aventis, Roche, Bayer, Abbott Laboratories, Novo Nordisk, and Medtronic MiniMed US demand for diabetes monitoring products and therapies is expected to grow 9.5 percent annually through 2008. Gains will be driven by more diabetes patients and more aggressive treatments. Best prospects include electrochemical blood glucose test str... Diesel Engines - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Caterpillar, Cummins, Navistar International, DaimlerChrysler, Brunswick, Deere & Company, Isuzu Motors, Volvo, Robert Bosch, Delphi and Siemens US demand for diesel engines will grow 3.8 percent annually through 2011. Best opportunities in the dominant motor vehicle market will be found in light-duty trucks, with the much smaller passenger car segment also faring very well. Off-highway diesel ... Disinfectant & Antimicrobial Chemicals - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Rohm and Haas, Lonza, Ecolab, Arch Chemicals, and Dow Chemical The US disinfectant and antimicrobial chemical market will grow five percent annually through 2009 based on concerns about bacterial and pathogenic threats. Phenolic compounds, iodophors, nitrogen compounds and organometallics will remain the top produ... Disposable Medical Supplies - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Johnson & Johnson, GlaxoSmithKline, Covidien, Becton Dickenson, Baxter International, Cardinal Health, Kimberly-Clark, Boston Scientific, Hospira, and 3M US demand for disposable medical supplies is forecast to grow 4.9 percent annually through 2011. Best prospects include dry powder inhalers, prefilled syringes and transdermal patches for drug delivery; blood glucose test strips for diabetes monitoring... Drug Delivery Systems - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Johnson & Johnson, Cardinal Health, Abbott Laboratories, Baxter International, 3M, and Becton Dickinson US demand for drug delivery systems will grow nine percent annually through 2007. Controlled-release pills will remain dominant while implants, patches, syringes and inhalers lead gains. Respiratory, central nervous system and cardiovascular agents wil... Electrical Transmission & Distribution Equipment - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including ABB, Eaton, Siemens, General Electric, Schneider Electric, and Cooper Industries US electrical transmission and distribution equipment demand will rise 3.6 percent annually through 2011. Growth in nonutility generation and an improved regulatory outlook supporting investment in the electric grid will aid gains. Specialty transforme... Electric Power Equipment - Market Size, Market Share, Market Leaders, Demand Forecast, Sales, Company Profiles, Market Research, Industry Trends and Companies including ABB, Cooper Industries, Eaton, General Electric, Schneider, and Siemens The US market for electric power equipment will reach $17.7 billion in 2006, driven by industrial spending and electric generating capacity by nonutility generators (NUGs). Switchgear relays and power transformers will grow the fastest based on growth ... Electronic Chemicals - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Air Products, DuPont, Rohm and Haas, Praxair, Dow Corning, Air Liquide, BOC Edwards, AZ Electronic Materials, Dow Chemical, and Arch Chemicals The US market for electronic chemicals will grow eleven percent annually through 2008 based on their role in reducing line widths and increasing circuit densities. Gains will be led by low k dielectric materials, chemical mechanical planarization (CMP)... Electronic Displays - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Hitachi, Sharp, Sanyo Electric, NEC, Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics, AU Optronics, Chi Mei Optoelectronics, Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Eastman Kodak, Planar Systems, Texas Instruments, and Three-Five Systems The US market for electronic displays will grow 12.4 percent annually through 2008. The best growth will remain in flat panel displays as they continue to usurp cathode ray tubes (CRTs) in desktop computer monitors and television screens. Thin-film tra... Electronic Polymers - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Isola, DuPont, Cookson Electronics, General Electric, National Starch and Chemical, Rogers, Park Electrochemical, and Henkel Loctite US demand for electronic polymer products will grow 13.3 percent annually through 2008, driven by a rebound in semiconductors and new polymer-intensive technologies. Top performers will include chip underfills, conductive adhesives, low-k dielectrics, ... Electronic Security Systems - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including General Electric, Honeywell International, Tyco International, United Technologies, and Siemens The US market for electronic security systems will grow 6.9 percent annually through 2010, spurred in part by high risk perceptions and technology developments. Access controls, contraband detectors and automotive security devices will lead gains. The ... Elevators & Escalators - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Otis Elevator, ThyssenKrupp, Kone Oyj, and JLG Industries The US market for elevators and escalators will grow 6.5 percent annually through 2007, driven by a recovery in nonresidential building construction. Gains will be led by stair lifts and other elevators for the disabled, and moving public walkways. Inn... Elevators in China - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including United Technologies, Mitsubishi Electric, Hitachi, Schindler, KONE, and Toshiba Elevator and escalator product and service demand in China will grow 9.7 percent annually through 2011. Gains will be driven by strong new construction spending (especially on multifamily buildings) and on nonresidential establishments. New product in... Emission Control Components & Materials - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Donaldson, Engelhard, Corning, Johnson Matthey, Delphi, NGK, and Bosch Demand for emission control products in the US will grow 5.4 percent annually through 2007. Gains will be driven by increasingly stringent EPA emission standards and their extension into previously unregulated areas. Sensors will be the fastest growing... Emulsion Polymers - Market Size, Market Share, Market Leaders, Demand Forecast, Sales, Company Profiles, Market Research, Industry Trends and Companies including Rohm and Haas, Dow Chemical, Air Products and Chemicals, Reichhold, OMNOVA Solutions, and BASF Emulsion polymer demand in the US will reach 4.9 million pounds in 2006 based on an improved economy and a good environmental profile. Vinyl-acrylics, acrylics and styrene-butadiene latexes will lead gains based on rebounding demand for paint, high qua... Engineered Plastics - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including GE Plastics, DuPont, Bayer, Dow Chemical, and Ticona US engineered plastics demand will reach 5.5 billion pounds in 2008 based on needs for cost-effective, higher performance materials. Polycarbonate's optical clarity and durability will find use in CDs, DVDs and electronics housings. Nylon's high streng... Engineering Plastics - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including GE Plastics, DuPont, BASF, Bayer, Ticona, Solvay, and Dow Chemical US engineering plastic demand will grow 3.5 percent annually through 2010. Gains will be driven by a resurgent electrical and electronics market, the largest outlet for engineering resins, and by increasing per vehicle use in the large motor vehicle ma... Enzymes - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Novozymes, Danisco, Allergan, Genzyme, Genentech, Archer-Daniels-Midland, and Roche US enzymes demand will grow 6.9 percent annually through 2010, based on strong gains in key markets such as animal feed, biocatalysts, pharmaceuticals and starch processing. Pharmaceuticals will remain the largest market and one of the fastest growing.... Extruded Plastics - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Bemis, DuPont, Sigma Plastics, J-M Manufacturing, Printpack, Cryovac, Covalence Specialty Materials, Advanced Drainage Systems, CertainTeed, and Pliant US demand for extruded plastics will reach 40 billion pounds in 2011, driven by extrusion's cost efficiency, processing ease and high volume uses. PVC and LDPE will remain the dominant extruded resins while HDPE will grow the fastest. Construction and ... Factory-Built Housing Components - Market Size, Market Share, Market Leaders, Demand Forecast, Sales, Company Profiles, Market Research, Industry Trends and Companies including Builders FirstSource, BMC West, Carolina Holdings, Trussway, Universal Forest, Clayton Homes, Champion Enterprises, Fleetwood Enterprises, and Oakwood Homes US demand for factory-built housing components will grow 5.3 percent annually through 2006. Advances will be driven by increased use per structure based on cost, time and quality advantages over site-built construction. Prefabricated housing will lead... Fencing - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Master Halco, Ameristar Fence, Merchants Metals, Universal Forest Products, Royal Group Technologies, and CertainTeed The US fencing market will reach $6.4 billion in 2010 based on a strong outlook for nonresidential building and nonbuilding construction. Repair, maintenance and improvement activity will drive demand in the agricultural and residential markets. Plasti... Fermentation Chemicals - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Archer-Daniels-Midland, Novozymes, Ajinomoto, Degussa, Genencor, and DSM The US market for fermentation chemicals will grow 4.9 percent annually through 2009 as companies seek out chemicals derived from renewable resources. Ethanol will remain dominant while other alcohols, vitamins and enzymes grow the fastest. Best market... Fiber Optics - Market Size, Market Share, Market Leaders, Demand Forecast, Sales, Company Profiles, Market Research, Industry Trends and Companies including Agere Systems, Agilent Technologies, Alcatel, CIENA, Cisco Systems, Corning, JDS Uniphase, Lucent Technologies, Nortel Networks, and Tyco International The US market for fiber optic equipment and systems will grow 10.3 percent annually through 2006, driven by strong demand for advanced IT and emerging multimedia services (e.g., interactive gaming, HD video conferencing, streaming/downloading media). M... Filters - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Donaldson, CLARCOR, Afinia Group, Parker-Hannifin, Cummins, General Motors, 3M, Honeywell, Pentair and Purolater Filters US filters demand will grow 4.2 percent annually through 2011. Gains will be driven by ongoing sales in the dominant aftermarket, pending laws for cleaner air and reduced emissions, as well as by increasing penetration of motor vehicle cabin air filter... Flame Retardants - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Chemtura, Albemarle, Supresta, JM Huber, OxyChem, and US Borax US demand for flame retardants will rise three percent annually through 2011, driven by increasingly stringent fire codes and flammability requirements, especially in building materials and consumer products. Phosphorus-based types will grow the fastes... Flat Panel & CRT Display Materials: World Markets - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Asahi Glass, Corning, Nippon Electric Glass, 3M, and Merck KGaA Global demand for electronic display materials will grow twelve percent annually through 2008. Flat panel materials will benefit from increasing replacement of CRT monitors and televisions with flat panel displays. Glass will remain the dominant materi... Flavors & Fragrances - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Givaudan, International Flavors & Fragrances, Firmenich, Quest, Symrise, Sensient, and Kerry Group US flavor and fragrance demand will reach $4.6 billion in 2009. Gains will be supported by consumer interest in more complex and authentic tastes and smells, and by the need to mask unappealing flavors and aromas in active ingredients. Environmental fr... Flexible Bulk Packaging - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Illinois Tool Works, Exopack, Altivity Packaging, Berry Plastics, Sigma Plastics, Bemis, and AEP Industries US demand for flexible bulk packaging will grow 3.4 percent annually through 2011. Film wrap, plastic strapping and plastic shipping sacks will lead gains. Plastic such as polyethylene will remain the dominant material, with the limiting effect of down... Flooring in China - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Haima, Guangdong Fatao, DareGlobal, Shanghai Anxin Flooring, Sichuan Shengda Wooden Products, and Guangdong New Pearl Ceramics Demand for flooring in China will grow seven percent annually through 2008, driven by healthy gains in building construction activity and by government efforts to increase average per capita living space and privatize home ownership. Laminate flooring ... Fluorochemicals - Market Size, Market Share, Market Leaders, Demand Forecast, Sales, Company Profiles, Market Research, Industry Trends and Companies including DuPont, 3M, Honeywell, Solvay, Atofina, Air Products and Chemicals, Asahi Glass, Daikin, and INEOS Fluor Demand for fluorochemicals in the US will reach 1.5 billion pounds in 2006, boosted by continued growth in the key refrigerant and coatings uses. High value gases, polymers and specialty organics will outpace lower-cost fluorocarbons and inorganics. Hy... Fluoropolymers - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including DuPont, Daikin Industries, Solvay, Dyneon, Asahi Glass, and Arkema US fluoropolymers demand will rise 5.7 percent annually through 2011. PVDF resins will lead gains among major types based on strength in architectural coatings. Fluoroelastomers will also do well, benefiting from improved motor vehicle and aerospace ma... Food Additives - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Danisco, International Flavors & Fragrances, Sensient, Givaudan, and Archer-Daniels-Midland Increased food production and gains in value-added sweeteners, nutraceuticals and natural additives will drive US food additive demand up 4.8 percent annually through 2008. Flavors and flavor enhancers will remain the largest segment, while alternative... Food Containers - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Silgan, Alcan, Bemis, Ball, Graphic Packaging, Crown Cork & Seal, and Smurfit-Stone Container US food container demand will reach $20.7 billion in 2009, led by plastic containers and bags and pouches. Paperboard food containers will increase at a slower pace although nontraditional types such as aseptic and retort cartons will gain a wider pres... Food Containers: Rigid & Flexible - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Silgan, Altivity Packaging, Bemis, Alcan, Ball and Graphic Packaging US food container demand will reach $23.5 billion in 2011. Growth trends include heightened demand for more convenient foods and a shift toward value-added packaging. Plastic containers, and bags and pouches will log the fastest growth. Meat and dairy ... Food Safety Products - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Ecolab, JohnsonDiversey, BioRad Laboratories, Becton Dickinson, Lonza, 3M, IDEXX Laboratories, DuPont Qualicon, and Fisher Scientific US demand for food safety products will grow 5.5 percent annually through 2010. Disinfection products will remain dominant and afford the best opportunities. The fastest growth will be in smart labels and tags due to the implementation of the National ... Foodservice Disposables - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Solo Cup, Pactiv, Dart Container and Georgia-Pacific Foodservice disposables demand in the US will grow 3.8 percent annually through 2011 as more food is eaten or prepared away from home. Packaging will lead gains and surpass serviceware as the largest category by 2011. The eating and drinking places mar... Foodservice Packaging - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Silgan, Smurfit-Stone, Sealed Air, Bemis, International Paper, Crown Holdings, Hood Packaging, Kari-Out, Scholle, Tetra Pak, and Winpak US foodservice packaging demand will reach $7.6 billion in 2008 based on growth in away-from-home food spending. Flexible packaging will outpace rigid, while rigid remains dominant. Leading applications will include meat, poultry, seafood and eggs, and... Fuel Cells - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including UTC Fuel Cells, Ballard Power Systems, Hydrogenics, FuelCell Energy, and Plug Power US fuel cell demand will grow tenfold to $1.1 billion in 2008 as technology and economies of scale lower costs. Electric power generation is emerging as the first big market, to be followed by portable electronics. Proton-exchange membrane (PEM) types ... Gaskets & Seals - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Freudenberg, Federal-Mogul, Parker-Hannifin, Dana, GDX Automotive, and John Crane US demand for gaskets and seals will grow 3.6 percent annually through 2010. Gains will be supported by an improved economic outlook and increasing penetration of more advanced materials. Molded seals and packings, plastic gaskets, expanded graphite ga... Gasoline & Other Fuel Additives - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Lyondell, Huntsman, Valero Energy, Exxon Mobil, Equistar, Belvieu Environmental, Shell Deer Park, Chevron Oronite, BASF, Baker Hughes, and NewMarket The US fuel additives market will reach $8.4 billion in 2008, driven by government mandates and the fuel performance needs of more complex engines. Volume will decline slightly as ethanol continues to replace MTBE at lower concentrations. Ethanol, biod... Gears - Market Size, Market Share, Market Leaders, Demand Forecast, Sales, Company Profiles, Market Research, Industry Trends and Companies including General Motors, Ford, DaimlerChrysler, New Venture Gear, Visteon, American Axle & Manufacturing, Dana, TRW, and Delphi US demand for gears will reach $18.5 billion in 2006. Plastic gears will fare particularly well, with demand reaching $1 billion on annual gains of 5.5 percent. Overall gear growth will be driven by accelerating gains in key end-use products such as mo... Geosynthetics - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Gundle/SLT Environmental, Propex, TenCate Geosynthetics, Colbond, Poly-Flex, CETCO, Stevens Geomembranes, and Raven Industries US geosynthetic demand will grow 4.4 percent annually through 2010, based on a recovery in nonbuilding construction and a wider range of uses. Geotextiles will remain dominant while geogrids, geonets and geocomposites will grow the fastest. The constru... Glass Fibers - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Owens Corning, Johns Manville, Saint-Gobain, CertainTeed, PPG Industries, and Vetrotex US glass fiber demand will reach $7 billion in 2011. The dominant glass wool fiber sector will grow the fastest, driven by rebounding demand in office and commercial construction and increasing insulation use per structure to improve energy efficiency.... Golf Course Consumables - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including LESCO, Syngenta, Bayer, Simplot, Andersons, Dow Chemical, and PBI/Gordon US golf course consumables demand will reach $1.3 billion in 2009 based on more golf rounds played and continued course construction. The best performing products will include less persistent and lower mobility fertilizers, more specific insecticides a... Gutters & Downspouts - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Alcoa, Euramax, Gibraltar Industries, and PlyGem US gutter and downspout demand will reach $4.2 billion in 2011. Gutters will remain the dominant segment while gutter guards grow the fastest. Aluminum will stay the largest material type, with plastic growing the fastest from a small base. The much sm... Gypsum Products in North America - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including USG, National Gypsum, Georgia-Pacific, and Saint-Gobain Demand for gypsum products in the US, Canada and Mexico will reach 54.6 metric tons in 2011. Nonresidential buildings will offer the best opportunities and help offset weakness in the key residential construction market. Synthetic gypsum will continue ... Hard Surface Flooring - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Mohawk, Armstrong, Tarkett, Mannington Mills, Shaw, Pfleiderer, and Congoleum US demand for hard surface flooring will grow 3.9 percent annually through 2011. Gains will be driven by growing consumer preference for high-end flooring like wood, laminates and ceramic tile, as well as growing interest in natural products such as na... Hard Surface Flooring in China - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including DareGlobal, Guangdong Fotao, Hangzhou Nabel, Guangdong Dongpeng, New Zhongyuan Ceramics, Foshan Oceano) Chinese demand for hard surface flooring will rise 7.3 percent annually through 2010. Ceramic floor tile will remain dominant while laminate flooring will lead gains among the major products. The housing market will outpace the nonresidential building ... High Visibility Packaging - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Alcoa, Sealed Air, Bemis, Pactiv, MeadWestvaco, Solo Cup, and Dart US demand for high visibility packaging will grow 5.1 percent annually through 2010, based in part on advantages in theft and tamper deterrence and product showcasing. Carded blister packs and clamshells present the best opportunities. Food will remain... Home & Garden Pesticides - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including SC Johnson, Spectrum Brands, Monsanto, and Scotts Miracle-Gro US home and garden pesticide demand will grow 4.8 percent annually through 2011. Gains will be driven by new products that feature more convenient packaging, improved safety or varied versions such as ready-to-use and superconcentrated. Insecticides wi... Home Organization Products - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Emerson Electric, Newell Rubbermaid, Sauder Woodworking, Sterilite, Whirlpool, GarageWorks, Home Products International, and FirstService US sales of home organization products will grow 4.5 percent annually through 2011, driven by demographic trends favoring more organized storage needs. Metal and wire products will remain the largest type and grow the fastest, especially modular units.... Household Appliances in China - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Haier Group, Guangdong Midea Electric Appliances, LG Electronics, Siemens AG, Matsushita Electric Industrial, and Samsung Electronics The Chinese household appliance market will grow 4.5 percent annually through 2010 and become the world's largest. Gains will be driven by low penetration rates, healthy household formation and replacement demand. Cooking appliances will remain dominan... Household Cleaning Chemicals - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including SC Johnson & Son, Reckitt Benckiser, Clorox, Church & Dwight, Dial, and Proctor & Gamble Demand for US household cleaning chemicals will reach $4.6 billion in 2007. Advances in market value will continue to result from new products that convince consumers of the need to clean differently or that accomplish cleaning chores easier or faster.... HVAC Equipment - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including American Standard, United Technologies, Lennox International, Goodman Global Holding, Johnson Controls, and Paloma Industries US demand for heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) equipment will reach $14.3 billion in 2009 based on a recovery in nonresidential construction, along with ongoing strength in residential remodeling. Heat pumps and packaged and terminal ai... Hybrid Electric Vehicles & Competing Automotive Powerplants - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including General Motors, Ford, DaimlerChrysler, Toyota, Honda, and Ballard Power Systems US demand for hybrid-electric and diesel internal combustion engines (ICEs) will grow at double-digit annual rates through 2009 from a small base. Mild hybrid ICEs will grow at a triple-digit rates. Fuel cell powerplants, while promising, must overcome... Implantable Medical Devices - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Medtronic, Johnson & Johnson, Boston Scientific, Stryker, Zimmer, St. Jude Medical, Synthes, Abbott Laboratories, Biomet, and Smith & Nephew US medical implant demand will rise 9.3 percent annually through 2011. Cardiac implants will remain the top-selling group, led by stents and defibrillators. Bone cement, tissue and spinal implants will pace gains in the orthopedic segment. Other fast-g... Industrial & Institutional (I&I) Cleaning Chemicals - Market Size, Market Share, Market Leaders, Demand Forecast, Sales, Company Profiles, Market Research, Industry Trends and Companies including Ecolab, Unilever, Johnson Wax, Acuity Brands, and NCH US demand for I&I cleaning chemicals will reach $8.2 billion in 2006. Value gains will be driven by shifts toward environmentally compatible products and better performing chemicals offering sanitizing and other specialty benefits. Disinfectants and sa... Industrial & Institutional Cleaning Chemicals - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Ecolab, JohnsonDiversey, Acuity Brands, Procter & Gamble, and MacDermid US demand for industrial and institutional (I&I) cleaning chemicals will grow 3.8 percent annually through 2010. Value gains will be boosted by more multifunctional and concentrated types. Disinfectants and sanitizers will grow the fastest based on hei... Industrial Castings - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including General Motors, Alcoa, Precision Castparts, ThyssenKrupp AG, INTERMET, AMSTED Industries, Grede Foundries, and Leggett & Platt US industrial castings demand will reach $35 billion in 2011, supported by gains in smaller markets such as aerospace and electrical/electronic equipment. Shipments of nonferrous types will accelerate, led by magnesium-based castings. Ferrous castings ... Industrial Controls - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Honeywell International, Rockwell Automation, Eaton, Schneider Electric, and General Electric US demand for industrial controls will reach $15.4 billion in 2011. Advanced controls will outpace conventional types and boost demand for software and system integration services. Durable goods industries, which include electrical/electronic equipment... Industrial Crystals - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Saint-Gobain, II-VI Incorporated, Crystal Technology Incorporated, Cree, and Kyocera US industrial crystal demand is forecast to grow 5.8 percent annually through 2011, led by uses in nonlinear optical components and compound semiconductor substrates. The security and defense and communications markets will see the largest gains. Trans... Industrial Fasteners - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Illinois Tool Works, Alcoa, Precision Castparts, Acument, and Emhart Teknologies US demand for industrial fasteners will reach $12.9 billion in 2011, driven by healthy growth in aerospace equipment and nonresidential construction, a rebound in motor vehicles and rising production of many durable goods. Aerospace-grade fasteners wil... Industrial Fasteners in China - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Shanghai Shangbiao, Changshu Standard Parts, Gem-Year, Chun Yu Group, Dongfeng Automobile, and Fawer Automotive Parts Demand in China for industrial fasteners will grow 9.4 percent annually through 2010. Nonthreaded sales will lead gains among standard types, with externally threaded fasteners remaining dominant. Aerospace-grade fasteners will outpace standard product... Industrial Gases - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Praxair, Air Products and Chemicals, Air Liquide, and Linde Group US industrial gas demand will grow 3.6 percent annually through 2010. Best opportunities will remain in the key petroleum and natural gas market while faster growth will occur in smaller volume uses such as electronics and healthcare. Hydrogen will con... Industrial Power Transmission Components - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including RBS Global, Rockwell Automation, Colfax, and Emerson Electric US demand for industrial power transmission equipment will grow 6.1 percent annually through 2008. Clutches and brakes, along with pulleys and sheaves, will lead gains. Rapid growth in construction and metalworking machinery will help make the industri... Industrial Rubber Products - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Tomkins, Cooper-Standard Automotive, Goodyear Tire & Rubber, Bridgestone, Carlisle, and GDX Automotive US industrial rubber product demand will reach $17.5 billion in 2010, aided by higher aftermarket volume and more expensive parts designed for hotter temperatures. Rubber roofing membranes and rubber belts will grow the fastest while rubber mechanical ... Industrial Valves - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Tyco, Emerson Electric, SPX, Dresser, Flowserve, McWane, Watts, and Crane US industrial valve demand will top $16 billion in 2011, driven by the construction and public utilities markets. Shipments of standard valves will slightly outpace automatic valves, although value gains will favor automatic valves over standard types.... Infection Prevention Products & Services - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Kimberly-Clark, Cardinal Health, STERIS, 3M Company, and Medline Industries US demand for infection prevention products and services will grow four percent annually through 2011, driven by efforts to combat healthcare-acquired infections. Services will outpace supplies and equipment. Among products, surgical drapes and gowns w... Information Security - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Cisco Systems, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Sun Microsystems, Check Point Software, Network Associates, Symantec, and VeriSign The US market for information security will grow 19 percent annually through 2008 driven in part by efforts to integrate security on enterprise-wide bases. High-end activities such as consulting/risk assessment and outsourcing will lead gains followed ... Injection Molded Plastics - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Collins & Aikman, Delphi Automotive Plastics, Lear, Berry Plastics, Visteon, and Plastech Engineered Products US injection molded plastic demand will approach 16 billion pounds in 2010 based on diverse applications and cost efficiency, and rebounding markets. Polypropylene will present the best opportunities with fastest growth anticipated in medical, packagin... Insulated Wire & Cable - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Superior Essex, General Cable, Southwire, Encore Wire, Belden CDT and CommScope US demand for insulated wire and cable will grow 2.2 percent annually through 2010. Fiber optic cable will see the sharpest gains, followed by electronic wire and cable. Electronic equipment will be the fastest growing market as the communications and... Insulation - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Owens Corning, Johns Manville, CertainTeed, Dow Chemical, Knauf, Atlas Roofing, and Guardian US insulation demand will grow 4.9% yearly through 2010, driven by nonresidential building, appliance and transportation markets. Replacement uses will outpace new home insulation in the residential segment. Fiberglass and foamed plastic insulation wil... In Vitro Diagnostics - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Johnson & Johnson, Roche Holding, Abbott Laboratories, Siemens Medical Solutions, Beckman Coulter, Dade Behring Holdings, and Becton Dickenson US demand for in vitro diagnostic (IVD) products will grow 5.1 percent annually through 2011. Clinical chemistry and immunoassay methods will remain the top two IVD sciences, while nucleic acid testing products will continue to generate the fastest gai... Janitorial Equipment & Supplies - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Newell Rubbermaid, Tennant, Nilfisk-Advance, Electrolux, 3M, Heritage Bag, and Automated Floor Cleaning Equipment US demand for janitorial equipment and supplies will reach $7.6 billion in 2011 based on substantial growth in nonresidential construction and floor space. Manual cleaning products like wipes and automated floor cleaning equipment such as backpack vacu... Kitchen & Bath Countertops - Market Size, Market Share, Market Leaders, Demand Forecast, Sales, Company Profiles, Market Research, Industry Trends and Companies including Wilsonart, Formica, Nevamar, Panolam Industries, DuPont, Mitsubishi, LG Chem, Cheil Industries, Cosentino, CAMBRIA, and CaesarStone US demand for residential countertops will reach 467 million square feet in 2007 based on healthy remodeling expenditures and an ongoing trend toward larger kitchens and more bathrooms per house. Value gains will benefit from the use of costlier materi... Labels - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Avery Dennison, RR Donnelley, CCL Industries, Renaissance Mark, Bemis, Green Bay Packaging, and UPM-Kymmene US label shipments will grow 5.7 percent annually through 2008 based on new label technologies, substrates, adhesives and coatings. Bar codes used in transportation and distribution markets, EAS and RFID will also benefit demand. Best gains will be in ... Lamps - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including GE Lighting, Osram Sylvania, Philips Lighting, Light Sources, SLI, Ushio America, and Venture Lighting US lamp demand will reach $5.2 billion in 2009 based on healthy production of manufactured goods and continued focus on energy efficiency. Electrical discharge lamps such as fluorescent and HID types will lead gains while filament lamps such as incande... Large Diameter Pipe - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Hanson Pipe and Precast, Rinker Materials, Advanced Drainage Systems, J-M Manufacturing, and McWane Large diameter pipe demand in the US will reach $8.7 billion in 2010 based on needs to expand and modernize an aging pipe infrastructure. Concrete pipe will remain the dominant type due to material advantages, while plastic pipe will present the best g... Large Diameter Pipe in China - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Xinxing Ductile Iron Pipes, Shandong Electric Power, Kingland Group, Panyu Chu Kong Steel Pipe, Jinhua Julong Pipe, Ginde Plastic Pipe Industry Group, and North China Petroleum Steel Demand in length for large diameter pipe in China will grow 8.8 percent annually through 2009 based on continued rapid economic growth and public infrastructure expansion. Drainage, potable water distribution and sewer applications will lead gains, whi... Lawn, Garden & Agricultural Packaging - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Bemis, Exopack, Greif Brothers, Hood Packaging, and Smurfit-Stone Container Growth in US demand for lawn, garden and agricultural packaging will be based on a shift toward higher value products and increased use of packaging to differentiate products. The consumer market will lead gains based on the need for eye-appealing and ... Lawn & Garden Consumables - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Scotts Miracle-Gro, LESCO, Spectrum Brands, Central Garden & Pet, Syngenta, and Bayer US demand for packaged lawn and garden consumables will grow 4.9 percent annually through 2010. Best opportunities are expected for new products that offer convenience and good performance while meeting health and safety standards. Growth will be led b... Lighting Fixtures - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Acuity Lighting, Cooper Industries, Genlyte Thomas, Hubbell Lighting, Visteon, Osram Sylvania, Guide, and Koito US lighting fixture demand will reach $20.5 billion in 2010. Gains will be driven by healthy construction and manufactured goods markets for lighting, and by a shift toward more advanced, energy efficient products such as HID fixtures, LEDs and fiber ... Lubricant Additives - Market Size, Market Share, Market Leaders, Demand Forecast, Sales, Company Profiles, Market Research, Industry Trends and Companies including Lubrizol, Infineum, Chevron Oronite, and Ethyl. US demand for lubricant additives will reach $1.7 billion in 2006. Gains will be driven by higher-value, higher-performing additives that meet OEM and consumer performance and safety requirements. Deposit control additives will remain the largest marke... Lubricants - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Shell, Exxon Mobil, Chevron, BP, CITGO, ConocoPhillips, and Ashland US lubricant demand will reverse recent declines through 2010. Increased manufacturing activity will fuel demand for process oils, hydraulic fluids and greases; a bigger motor vehicle park will benefit engine oils and transmission fluids. Environmental... Material Handling Equipment & Systems - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including NACCO, Siemens Dematic, Toyota Industries, Crown Equipment, FKI, and Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklift America The US market for material handling equipment and systems will reach $20.4 billion in 2008. Demand will be generated by technological innovations such as material handling robots, automated guided vehicles (AGVs) and high-end services. Nevertheless, co... Meat, Poultry & Seafood Packaging - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Sealed Air, Bemis, Smurfit-Stone, Alcan, Georgia-Pacific, Weyerhaeuser US demand for meat, poultry and seafood packaging will grow 4.2 percent annually through 2011. Smaller, more convenient packaging sizes and an increasing variety of items that are further processed will provide opportunities. Flexible packaging such as... Medical Adhesives & Sealants - Market Size, Market Share, Market Leaders, Demand Forecast, Sales, Company Profiles, Market Research, Industry Trends and Companies including DENTSPLY International, Baxter International, 3M, Sybron Dental Specialties, and Heraeus Holding Demand for medical adhesives and sealants in the US will grow 7.5 percent annually through 2007, driven by their use with sutures and staples and in place of adhesive bandages. Cyanoacrylate and polyethylene glycol will grow the fastest. Pit and fissur... Medical & Dental Adhesives & Sealants - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Baxter International, Stryker, DENSTPLY International, Procter & Gamble, and King Pharmaceuticals US demand for medical and dental adhesives and sealants will rise 7.6 percent annually through 2011, driven by continuing new product development and increasing acceptance in surgical and consumer settings. Opportunities are expected for cyanoacrylate,... Medical Imaging (Equipment, Agents & Consumables) - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including GE Healthcare, Siemens Medical Solutions, Philips Medical Systems, Toshiba Medical Systems, Eastman Kodak, Schering, Mallinckrodt, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and Bracco US demand for medical imaging products will grow six percent annually through 2010 based on technological advances, aging demographics and changing health care approaches. Equipment will outpace consumables, led by CT scanners and by MRI and PET machin... Medical Imaging Equipment - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including General Electric, Royal Philips Electronics, Siemens, Toshiba, Analogic, CTI Molecular Imaging, Eastman Kodak, Varian Medical Systems, and Hitachi The US market for medical imaging equipment will grow 7.6 percent annually through 2008, driven by more procedures involving diagnostic imaging. Digital radiography equipment and positron emission tomography (PET) scanners will be among the top perform... Medical Plastics - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Dow Chemical, BASF, Bayer, Exxon Mobil, General Electric, and OxyVinyls US medical plastics demand will reach 4.3 billion pounds in 2008. Gains will be driven by an upswelling of medical product and packaging requirements and increased use of disposable devices and supplies. Commodity plastics will remain dominant while en... Medium & Heavy-Duty Truck Aftermarket - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Goodyear, DaimlerChrysler, Eaton, Dana, Bridgestone, and Cummins The US medium- and heavy-duty (MD/HD) truck aftermarket will grow 3.9 percent yearly through 2010. New emissions controls--especially those mandated for diesel engines--will provide opportunities, while electronic components will lead gains. In-house s... Medium & Heavy Truck Aftermarket - Market Size, Market Share, Market Leaders, Demand Forecast, Sales, Company Profiles, Market Research, Industry Trends and Companies including Goodyear, Eaton, DaimlerChrysler, Dana, Bridgestone, Cummins, ArvinMeritor, Caterpillar, Continental, Federal-Mogul, Honeywell, Michelin, Navistar, and Volvo The US aftermarket for medium- and heavy-duty (MD/HD) truck products will reach $10.7 billion in 2008. New emissions controls and aftermarket telematics will lead gains. Mechanical products will remain dominant while electronics grow the fastest. Outso... Membrane Separation Technologies - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Pall, GE Water & Process Technologies, Millipore, Hydanautics, Dow Chemical, 3M, and Koch Membrane Systems US membrane materials demand will grow 8.7 percent annually through 2010, driven by further penetration into water and wastewater treatment, and food and beverage processing. Growth will also result from a shift toward value-added, high performance mem... MEMS: Micro-Electromechanical Systems - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Analog devices, Calient Networks, Delphi, Glimmerglass Networks, MEMSCAP, Motorola, and Texas Instruments The US market for micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) will grow over 19 percent annually through 2008. Gains will be driven by further tech sector recovery, advances in MEMS design and fabrication, and expanding uses. Best prospects include optical ... Metal Finishing Chemicals - Market Size, Market Share, Market Leaders, Demand Forecast, Sales, Company Profiles, Market Research, Industry Trends and Companies including Advanced Drainage Systems, American Cast Iron Pipe, Bethlehem Steel, CSR America, Hancor, Hanson Building Materials, J-M Manufacturing, Lamson & Sessions, McWane, NAPCO, Performance Pipe, PWPipe, Uponor ETI, and US Pipe and Foundry Pipe demand in the US will exceed 16 billion feet in 2005, with gains driven by the expansion or replacement of deteriorating potable water, sewer, drainage and other pipe. Best opportunities are anticipated for plastic pipe based on the material's cor... Metallocene & Single-Site Polymers - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Dow Chemical, Exxon Mobil, INEOS, and CPChem US metallocene and single-site polymer demand will grow 17.7 percent annually through 2011. mLLDPE will remain dominant while mHDPE and polypropylene will lead gains. Film and sheet will stay the most common application, but will be outpaced by injecti... Metal Powders - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including GKN, Hoganas, Alcoa, Bayer, Kobe Steel, and Siemens US demand for metal powders, flakes and pastes will increase 3.2 percent annually through 2010. Evolving applications for powdered iron and steel, stainless steel, aluminum and tungsten, will support increases. New uses such as tungsten metal powder bu... Micropower - Market Size, Market Share, Market Leaders, Demand Forecast, Sales, Company Profiles, Market Research, Industry Trends and Companies including ABB, AstroPower, Ballard Power Systems, Capstone Turbine, Caterpillar, Cummins, General Electric, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Siemens, and United Technologies US micropower demand will 10 percent annually through 2006, driven by further cost reductions in advanced technologies such as fuel cells and microturbines. Micropower may not replace centralized grid power as was once expected, but will play a niche r... Molding & Trim - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Woodgrain Millwork, Sierra Pacific, Builders FirstSource, Bright Wood, Tapco, Royal Group Technologies, SBR, Louisiana-Pacific, AZEK, Alcoa, SierraPine, and Temple-Inland Demand for molding and trim in the US will reach $9.8 billion in 2009, driven mainly by gains in nonresidential construction. Exterior molding and trim products will grow the fastest, followed closely by metal stairwork. Plastic molding and trim produc... Nanocomposites - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Honeywell, LANXESS, Mitsubishi Gas Chemical, Noble Polymers, PolyOne, RTP, Hyperion Catalysis, Nanocor, Southern Clay Products, Easton Sports, Kabelwerk Eupen, and General Motors US nanocomposites demand will reach 1.4 billion pounds by 2015 as nanomaterial and composite prices decline and technical issues are overcome. Initial growth will be in higher-priced resins such as engineered plastics and thermoplastic elastomers, but ... Nanomaterials - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Altair Nanotechnologies, Carbon Nanotechnologies, Nanophase Technologies, BASF, Bayer, and DuPont The US nanomaterials market will reach $1.4 billion in 2008. Rapid gains will be driven by niche applications such as data storage media, improved medical diagnostics, transparent sunscreens, stain-resistant pants, wear-resistant flooring and fuel-savi... Nanoporous Materials - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including WR Grace, Engelhard, PQ, Albermarle, and Calgon Carbon Demand for nanoporous materials in the US will grow four percent annually through 2007, driven by new products and applications. Zeolites will remain dominant while activated alumina and silica gels grow the fastest. Environmental uses will outpace lar... Nanotechnology in Construction - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Altair Nanomaterials, Bayer, Cabot, Cara Plastics, Degussa, DuPont, Elementis, Nanophase Technologies, Nanocor, Pilkington, PPG Industries and TOTO US demand for nanomaterials in construction will reach $100 million in 2011, and leap to $1.75 billion by 2025. Coatings will be the largest application, followed by composites and concrete additives. Nanoscale silica, titanium dioxide, and clay will p... Nanotechnology in Health Care - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Genentech, Johnson & Johnson, Abbott Laboratories, Amgen, and Roche US demand for nanotechnology medical products will grow 17.5 percent annually through 2011, driven by the critical need for new or improved therapies and diagnostics. The greatest short-term impact will be in cancer and central nervous system disorders... Nanotech Tools - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including FEI Company, Hewlett-Packard, Hitachi, JEOL, KLA-Tencor, IBM, and Veeco Instruments The US market for nanotech tools will jump 30 percent annually through 2008. Microscopes and related tools dominate now but measurement, fabrication/production and simulation/modeling tools will grow the fastest. Electronics and life sciences markets w... Natural Polymers - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Hercules, Dow Chemical, CP Kelco, FMC BioPolymer, and Danisco US natural polymer demand will grow 5.9 percent annually through 2010 based on increased food production and opportunities in packaging and medical uses. Starch and fermentation products will grow the fastest and surpass cellulose ethers as the dominan... Nonchemical Water Treatment - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including GE Water & Process Technologies, USFilter, Pall, Calgon Carbon, MeadWestvaco, NORIT, Rohm and Haas, Sibron Chemicals, Dow Chemical, CUNO, Hydanautics, Trojan Technologies, and WEDECO US demand for nonchemical water treatment supplies and equipment will grow 6.7 percent annually through 2009. The filtration and separation segment will remain dominant while disinfection equipment will grow the fastest. The industrial market will lead... Nonwovens - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Kimberly-Clark, DuPont, BBA Group, Freudenberg, Ahlstrom, Polymer Group, and Johns Mansville US demand for nonwoven roll goods will grow four percent annually through 2009 based on healthy gains in filtration, construction, wipes and electronics uses. Spunbonded nonwovens will remain dominant while air laid types will grow the fastest. Cotton ... OEM Automotive Electronics in North America - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Delphi, Visteon, Bosch, Motorola, TRW, and Denso The North American market for OEM light vehicle electronics will grow 7.3 percent yearly through 2008, driven by consumer demand for safer vehicles and producer bias toward electronics-based solutions. Tire pressure monitors, rollover protection system... OEM Automotive Sensors in North America - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Delphi, Bosch, Motorola, Autoliv, and Siemens Demand for OEM automotive sensors in North America will increase 10.7 percent annually through 2007. Gains will be driven by new mandated and market-driven sensor-based features. Safety and security offer the best market potential and will eventually s... Oil & Gas Well Stimulation Materials - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Carbo Ceramics, Fairmount Minerals, Saint-Gobain, Borden Chemical, Akzo Nobel, Baker Hughes, Dow Chemical, Degussa, Olin, Rio Tinto, and Schlumberger Maturing wells and harsher offshore and deepwater drilling environments will drive US well stimulation materials demand up 7.7% annually through 2008. Proppants will remain the largest segment and grow the fastest. Foaming agents and smaller volume, hi... Oilfield Chemicals - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including M-I SWACO, Baker Hughes, Halliburton, Newpark Resources, BJ Services, Champion Technologies, and Dow Chemical US oilfield chemical demand will rise 4.3 percent annually through 2011. Gains will be driven by a rise in rig counts, more use of well stimulation and enhanced oil recovery (EOR) methods and more deepwater drilling and production. Best prospects inclu... Outdoor Furniture & Grills - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including WC Bradley, Weber-Stephen Products, Agio International, Brown Jordan, and Home Casual US demand for outdoor furniture and grills will grow four percent annually through 2011. Demand will benefit from the increasing popularity of patios, porches and decks, and from lifestyle trends such as "cocooning" and "outdoor rooms". Patio heating p... Outdoor Noise Barriers - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including CRH, Durisol, Hanson, Industrial Acoustics, Proudfoot, and Rinker Group The US market for outdoor noise barriers will reach $116 million in 2007 as state budgets improve for both new and retrofit applications along highways. Precast concrete and concrete block will remain the dominant materials, the former able to incorpor... Packaging Coatings & Additives - Market Size, Market Share, Market Leaders, Demand Forecast, Sales, Company Profiles, Market Research, Industry Trends and Companies including Ciba Specialty Chemicals, Crompton, Great Lakes Chemical, Imperial Chemical Industries, PPG, and Valspar The US market for packaging coatings and additives will grow five percent annually through 2005. Gains will be driven by a shift toward more productive, expensive and environmental products. New uses include PET beer and juice containers, polypropylene... Packaging Machinery in China - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Shanghai Tobacco Machinery, Kloeckner-Werke, GD, Guangdong No. 2 Light Industrial Machinery, Krones, Guangzhou Tech-Long Packing Machineries, Bosch, and Hunan Chinasun Pharmaceutical Machinery Demand for packaging equipment in China will grow 8.6 percent annually through 2009. Gains will be driven by growth in manufacturing, packaging materials use and related fixed investment as industrialization continues and incomes rise. Labeling and cod... Paints & Coatings - Market Size, Market Share, Market Leaders, Demand Forecast, Sales, Company Profiles, Market Research, Industry Trends and Companies including Sherwin-Williams, PPG Industries, Valspar, DuPont, ICI, RPM, Akzo Nobel, Benjamin Moore, BASF, and Masco Shipments of paints and coatings in the US will reach 1.5 billion gallons in 2006 as the US expands its trade surplus in these products. Durable equipment coatings will lead gains based on strength in metal building components, industrial machinery and... Paper Packaging - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Sonoco Products, International Paper, Smurfit-Stone Container, and Tetra Pak US demand for paper packaging (excluding boxes) will reach $8.4 billion in 2008. Niche or entrenched markets such as foodservice, pet food, fruit beverages, ice cream and dry food will resist loss of share to plastic. Rigid paper sleeves, protective pa... Paper Versus Plastic in Packaging - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Alcan, Bemis, Pliant, Printpack, Graphic Packaging, Rock-Tenn, and Activity Packaging In eighteen selected markets where plastic and paper compete as packaging materials, plastic will increase its market share to 53 percent by 2010. The fastest gains for plastic will occur in soy and other nondairy beverages and pet food applications, f... Patient Monitoring Systems - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Philips Medical Systems, Johnson & Johnson, Roche, GE Healthcare Technologies, Medtronic, Abbott Laboratories, Bayer, Welch Allyn, Draeger Medical, and Spacelabs US demand for patient monitoring systems will grow 5.4 percent annually through 2010, bolstered by technological advances. Electrochemical blood glucose test strips, diabetic electrodes and sensors, and diabetic catheters will lead growth among accesso... Peroxides - Market Size, Market Share, Market Leaders, Demand Forecast, Sales, Company Profiles, Market Research, Industry Trends and Companies including Solvay, FMC, Degussa, and Atofina US demand for hydrogen peroxide will reach 985 million pounds in 2006. Pulp and paper will remain the largest outlet-with gains led by waste paper deinking-while water treatment, organic chemical synthesis and environmental uses grow the fastest. Deriv... Pesticides - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Syngenta, Bayer CropScience, Dow AgroSciences, DuPont, BASF, and Mondanto The US pesticides market will rebound from past declines to grow 1.3 percent annually through 2008. Gains will be driven by healthy volume demand, improved pricing, and rising use of biopesticides and reduced-risk conventional pesticides. Herbicides wi... Pharmaceutical Packaging - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Cardinal Health, Alcan Packaging, MeadWestvaco, Alcoa Flexible Packaging, Amcor, Owens-Illinois, Sharp, and West Pharmaceutical Services US demand for drug packaging will grow seven percent yearly through 2010. Gains will be driven by new regulations and standards requiring high value-added products such as blister packs, tamper-evident closures and RFID labels. Prefillable inhalers and... Pharmaceuticals in China - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Shanghai Pharmaceutical, Yangtze River Pharmaceutical, Guangzhou Pharmaceutical, Harbin Pharmaceutical Group, Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, Nanjing Medical, and GSK China Investment Pharmaceutical demand in China will grow 13.6% annually through 2010. Western proprietary ethical drugs will grow the fastest while Western generic ethical medicines will remain the top segment. Drug stores will capture some revenues away from the domi... Phenolic Resins in North America - Market Size, Market Share, Market Leaders, Demand Forecast, Sales, Company Profiles, Market Research, Industry Trends and Companies including Ashland, Borden Chemical, Delta-HA, Durez, Dynea, Georgia-Pacific, Plastics Engineering, Schenectady, and Tembec Wood panels will remain the top market for phenolic resins through 2006, driven by solid home remodeling and renovation demand in the US and rapid gains in Mexican construction. Gains will also derive from ongoing shifts toward chip-based boards, which... Photoresists & Ancillaries - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Arch Chemicals, Ashland Chemical, ATM1, Brewer Science, Clariant, DuPont, JSR Micro, MacDermid, Mallinckrodt Baker, Rohm and Haas, Sumitomo Chemical, and Tokyo Ohka Kogyo US demand for photoresists and ancillaries will grow 11.7 percent annually through 2007. Gains will be driven by a strong recovery in semiconductor shipments and a shift to higher priced advanced photoresists. Strong opportunities also exist for high p... Pigments - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Sun Chemical, Ciba Specialty Chemicals, Clariant, BASF, and LANXESS US demand for color pigments will grow 5.2 percent annually through 2009 driven by above average gains in high performance organic pigments and various specialty types (e.g., pearlescent, luminescent). Printing inks will pace the three largest markets ... Pigments: Inorganic, Organic & Specialty - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Sun Chemical, BASF, Ciba Specialty Chemicals, Clariant, and LANXESS US color pigment demand will grow 4.4 percent annually through 2011, driven by a shift toward high-performance organic pigments and specialty types. Metallic, pearlescent and other specialty pigments will lead gains based on the need for more novel, ey... Plant-Derived Chemicals - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including AM Todd, Degussa, Sunkist, Danisco, Rhodia, and Sensient The US market for plant-derived chemicals will grow 6.8 percent annually through 2006. Gains will be spurred by growth in bulk botanicals used in herbal supplements, the ongoing discovery of new plant materials, and advances in biotechnology. Foods and... Plastic & Competitive Pipe - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including J-M Manufacturing, Advanced Drainage Systems, PW Eagle, NAPCO, and Performance Pipe US pipe demand will reach 16.7 billion feet in 2011. Gains will be driven by heightened energy demands, the growing obsolescence of sewer and drainage systems, and needs to upgrade municipal water systems. Steel pipe will exhibit the fastest growth due... Plastic Containers - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Graham Packaging, Amcor, Plastipak Packaging, Consolidated Container, Constar, and Coca-Cola Enterprises US plastic container demand will grow 4.6 percent annually through 2010. Plastic bottles and jars will remain dominant, buoyed by smaller-sized beverage bottles and opportunities in food and drugs. Smaller segments like plastic cans, squeeze tubes and ... Plastic Film - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Bemis, DuPont, Sealed Air, Covalence Specialty Materials, Printpack, and Pliant US plastic film demand will grow 4.5 percent annually through 2010, driven by cost/performance and source reduction advantages over rigid packaging. Low density polyethylene film will remain dominant while polypropylene will grow the fastest. Secondary... Plumbing Fixtures & Fittings - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Masco, Kohler, Moen, American Standard, Jacuzzi, MAAX, Tomkins, Crane Plumbing, and Elkay Manufacturing US plumbing fixture and fitting demand will reach $10.9 billion in 2010. Gains will be supported by repairs and improvements and ongoing trends toward larger bathrooms and kitchens. Higher value fixtures such as whirlpool bathtubs and hot tubs will do ... Plumbing Fixtures & Fittings in China - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including TOTO, Kohler, Tangshan Huida Ceramic, Hocheng, Appollo Science & Technology, and American Standard Chinese plumbing product demand will grow 12.8 percent annually through 2009. Gains will be driven by ongoing industrialization, rising incomes, continuing trends toward larger bathrooms and kitchens and further penetration of bathtubs, showers, etc. ... Polymerization Catalysts - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Akzo Nobel, WR Grace, BP, Albemarle, Basell, Total, Degussa, and Crompton US demand for polymerization catalysts will grow 5.5 percent annually through 2009 based on increased polymer production -- especially polypropylene and linear low density polyethylene -- and the expanding use of higher-value catalysts. Ziegler/Natta c... Polyurethane - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends and Companies including Bayer, Dow Chemical, Huntsman, and BASF US polyurethane resin demand will reach 7.6 billion pounds in 2009, driven by opportunities in building insulation, coatings and adhesives. Flexible and rigid polyurethane foams will remain dominant while thermoplastic polyurethane will present the bes... Polyvinyl Chloride - Market Size, Market Share, Market Leaders, Demand Forecast, Sales, Company Profiles, Market Research, Industry Trends and Companies including Shintech, OxyVinyls, Georgia Gulf, and Formosa Plastics US polyvinyl chloride (PVC) demand will reach 15.8 billion pounds in 2006 based on cost, strength, versatility and processing ad