Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
MARKET ENVIRONMENT
General
Macroeconomic Environment
Demographics
Construction Trends
Construction Expenditures
Residential Construction Expenditures
Housing Starts
Housing Stock
Nonresidential Construction Expenditures
Improvements & Repairs
Nonresidential Building Stock
Nonbuilding Construction Expenditures
Nonbuilding Construction Stock
Highway Spending
Agricultural Trends
Waste Stream Overview
Environmental & Regulatory Issues
Pricing Trends
Foreign Trade
Imports
Exports
World Market
North America
Western Europe
Asia/Pacific
Other Regions
PRODUCTS
General
Area Demand
Value Demand
Geotextiles
Demand by Type
Nonwovens
Product Characteristics
Producers
Wovens & Knits
Product Characteristics
Producers
Demand by Market
Product Characteristics
Geomembranes
Demand by Market
Product Characteristics
Polyethylene Materials
All Other Materials
Producers
Geogrids
Demand by Market
Product Characteristics
Producers
Geonets
Other Geosynthetics
Geosynthetic Clay Liners
Demand by Market
Product Characteristics
Preformed Geocomposites
All Other
Geocells
Geofoams
Miscellaneous Geosynthetics
Geosynthetics Demand by Material
MARKETS
General
Area Demand by Market
Value Demand by Market
Construction
Demand by Product
Market Characteristics
Stabilization & Reinforcement
Drainage & Filtration
Erosion & Sedimentation Control
Transportation Infrastructure
Demand by Product
Market Characteristics
Landfills
Demand by Product
Market Characteristics
Liquid Containment
Demand by Product
Market Characteristics
Other Markets
Demand by Product
Market Characteristics
REGIONS
General
Regional Demographics & Economic Trends
Population Patterns
Economic Outlook
Construction Activity
Geosynthetics Demand by Region
Northeast
New England
Middle Atlantic
Midwest
East North Central
West North Central
South
South Atlantic
East South Central
West South Central
West
Mountain
Pacific
INDUSTRY STRUCTURE
General
Industry Composition
Market Share
Competitive Strategies
Research & Development
Marketing
Distribution
Mergers & Acquisitions
Cooperative Agreements
Company Profiles
ADS Incorporated
Agru America Incorporated
AMCOL International Corporation
Barrier-Bac, see Inteplast Group
Belton Industries Incorporated
Boddingtons, see Fiberweb
Bridgestone Corporation
Burke Industries, see Mannington Mills
Carthage Mills Erosion Control Company
Colbond, see Low & Bonar
Colloid Environmental Technologies, see AMCOL International
CONTECH Construction Products Incorporated
Cooley Group Holdings
Dow Chemical Company
DuPont (EI) de Nemours
Environmental Fabrics Incorporated
Environmental Protection Incorporated
Fiberweb plc
Firestone Specialty Products, see Bridgestone
GSE Lining Technology LLC
Hallaton Incorporated
Hanes Geo Components, see Leggett & Platt
HUESKER Synthetic GmbH
In-Line Plastics LC
Inteplast Group Limited
Leggett & Platt Incorporated
Low & Bonar plc
Lumite, see Thrace Plastics
LyondellBasell Industries NV
Mannington Mills Incorporated
NAUE GmbH & Company KG
Nilex Incorporated
North American Green, see Tensar
Plastatech Engineering Limited
Poly-America LP
Poly-Flex, see Poly-America
Presto Geosystems, see Reynolds Group Holdings
Propex Operating Company LLC
Raven Industries Incorporated
Reef Industries Incorporated
Reynolds Group Holdings Limited
Royal Ten Cate NV
Saint-Gobain
SKAPS Industries
Solmax International Incorporated
Soprema SA
Strata Systems Incorporated
TENAX International BV
Tensar Corporation
Texel, see ADS
Thrace Plastics Company SA
Watersaver Company Incorporated
World-Pak, see Inteplast Group
Additional Companies
List of Tables
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Summary Table
MARKET ENVIRONMENT
Macroeconomic Indicators
Population & Households
Construction Expenditures
Residential Building Construction Expenditures
Housing Starts
Housing Stock by Type
Nonresidential Building Construction Expenditures
Nonresidential Building Improvement & Repair Expenditures
Nonresidential Building Stock
Nonbuilding Construction Expenditures
Nonbuilding Construction Stock
Highway Spending by Type
Agricultural Indicators
Municipal Solid Waste Generation, Recovery & Disposal
Geosynthetics Pricing
Geosynthetics Foreign Trade
PRODUCTS
Geosynthetics Area Demand by Product
Geosynthetics Value Demand by Product
Geotextile Demand by Type
Nonwoven Geotextile Demand
Woven & Knit Geotextile Demand
Geomembrane Demand
Geogrid Demand
Geonet Demand
Other Geosynthetics Demand
Geosynthetics Demand by Material
MARKETS
Geosynthetics Area Demand by Market
Geosynthetics Value Demand by Market
Construction Geosynthetics Demand
Transportation Infrastructure Geosynthetics Demand
Landfill Geosynthetics Demand
Liquid Containment Geosynthetics Demand
Other Markets Geosynthetics Demand
REGIONS
Population by Region
Gross Domestic Product by Region
Construction Expenditures by Region
Geosynthetics Demand by Region
Northeast Geosynthetics Demand
Midwest Geosynthetics Demand
South Geosynthetics Demand
West Geosynthetics Demand
INDUSTRY STRUCTURE
US Geosynthetics Sales by Company, 2010
Selected Acquisitions & Divestitures
Selected Cooperative Agreements
List of Charts
MARKET ENVIRONMENT
Year of Construction of Housing Stock, 2010
World Geosynthetics Demand, 2010
PRODUCTS
Geosynthetics Demand: Area Versus Value, 2010
Geosynthetics Demand by Material, 2010
MARKETS
Geosynthetics Area Demand by Market, 2010
Geosynthetics Value Demand by Market, 2010
REGIONS
Geosynthetics Demand by Region, 2010
INDUSTRY STRUCTURE
US Geosynthetics Market Share by Company, 2010
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