Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
MARKET ENVIRONMENT
General
Macroeconomic Environment
Demographics
Construction Trends
Residential Building Construction Expenditures
Housing Starts
Housing Stock
Nonresidential Building Construction Expenditures
Improvements & Repairs
Nonresidential Building Stock
Nonbuilding Construction Expenditures
Nonbuilding Construction Stock
Highway Spending
Agricultural Trends
Waste Stream Overview
Environmental & Regulatory Issues
Raw Materials
Resins
Other Raw Materials
Pricing Trends
Foreign Trade
Imports
Exports
World Market
PRODUCTS
General
Area Demand
Value Demand
Geotextiles
Demand by Market
Product Characteristics
Demand by Type
Nonwovens
Wovens & Knits
Geomembranes
Demand by Market
Product Characteristics
Polyethylene Materials
All Other Materials
Producers
Geogrids
Demand by Market
Product Characteristics
Producers
Other Geosynthetics
Geonets
Geosynthetic Clay Liners
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
Mining
Oil & Gas
Coal Combustion Products
REGIONS
General
Regional Demographics & Economic Activity
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
AFITEX-TEXEL Geosynthetics, see ADS
AGRU Kunststofftechnik GmbH
AMCOL International, see Minerals Technologies
Belton Industries Incorporated
Brawler Industries LLC
Bridgestone Corporation
Burke Industries, see Mannington Mills
Carthage Mills Incorporated
Colbond, see Low & Bonar
Colloid Environmental Technologies, see Minerals Technologies
CONTECH Engineered Solutions LLC
Conwed Plastics, see Leucadia National
Cooley Group Holdings Incorporated
Don & Low, see Thrace Plastics
Dow Chemical Company
DuPont (EI) de Nemours
Environmental Fabrics Incorporated
Fiberweb, see Polymer Group
Firestone Building Products, see Bridgestone
GeoDynamics, see Nilex
Glen Raven Incorporated
GSE Holding Incorporated
Hanes Geo Components, see Leggett & Platt
HUESKER Synthetic GmbH
In-Line Plastics, see Brawler Industries
Integra Plastics, see Raven Industries
Inteplast Group Limited
Leggett & Platt Incorporated
Leucadia National Corporation
Low & Bonar plc
Lumite, see Thrace Plastics
LyondellBasell Industries NV
Mannington Mills Incorporated
Minerals Technologies Incorporated
Nilex Incorporated
North American Green, see Tensar
Plastatech Engineering Limited
Poly-America LP
Poly-Flex, see Poly-America
Polymer Group Incorporated
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 Incorporated
Solmax International Incorporated
Strata Systems, see Glen Raven
TENAX SpA
Tensar Corporation
Texel, see ADS
Thrace Plastics Company SA
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
Raw Material Demand in Geosynthetics
Geosynthetics Pricing
Geosynthetics Foreign Trade
PRODUCTS
Geosynthetics Area Demand by Product
Geosynthetics Value Demand by Product
Geotextiles Demand by Type & Market
Nonwoven Geotextiles Demand
Woven & Knit Geotextiles Demand
Geomembranes Demand
Geogrids Demand
Other Geosynthetics Demand by Product & Market
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 by Subregion & Market
Midwest Geosynthetics Demand by Subregion & Market
South Geosynthetics Demand by Subregion & Market
West Geosynthetics Demand by Subregion & Market
INDUSTRY STRUCTURE
US Geosynthetic Sales by Company, 2014
Selected Acquisitions & Divestitures
Selected Cooperative Agreements
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