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Global Top 20 Composites Companies 2013: Competitive Landscape Analysis for Glass Fibre, Carbon Fibre & Aramid Fibre

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There are numerous participants within the global composites industry and this report attempts to delineate the top companies operating within the composite industry. Often a company within the industry will focus on a specific role such as the designing of a composite structure, the manufacturing of composite components, the production of semi-finished products or the production of the raw materials necessary for composing and weaving of the desired composite fabrics. Visiongain calculates that the global composite market consisting of carbon fibre, glass fibre and aramid fibre reinforced plastics will reach a global market value of $53.3bn in 2013.

Companies specialising in the production of raw materials manufacture the required resins or fibres. This is an intensive chemical process and the companies are often very large chemical engineering groups. Companies using these raw materials in order to produce semi-finished materials are the next actors in the composites supply chain. They produce prepregs (pre-impregnated composite fibres) and woven fibres.

The designers and manufacturers of composite components are the next link in the supply chain. These designers and manufactures use semi-finished composites acquired from the previously mentioned stage to manufacture a variety of components for the specialist use within different industries. The aerospace, automotive and energy industries with high demand for composites tend to outsource their requirements and specifications of products to these manufactures and designers.

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    • The report comprises 140 pages
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    • 129 tables and charts analysing the global top 20 composites companies
  • View composite company market share data to keep your knowledge one step ahead of the competition
    • Market share of the global top 20 composite companies (total revenue, sector revenue, % market share)
    • Market share of the global top 19 glass fibre composite companies (total revenue, sector revenue, % market share)
    • Market share of the global top 15 carbon fibre composite companies (total revenue, sector revenue, % market share)
    • Market share of the global top 5 aramid fibre composites companies (total revenue, sector revenue, % market share)
  • Read exclusive expert opinion interviews from industry specialists informing the analysis
    • Reinforced Plastics Industries
  • Find out about the market dynamics & opportunities within the industry
  • Understand the competitive landscape with individual profiles of the 20 leading composites companies examining their positioning, products, services, focus, strategies and outlook.
    • Asahi Fibre Glass
    • Braj Binani Group
    • China Fibreglass Company
    • Chongquing Polycomp International Corp
    • Cytec
    • DuPont
    • Guardian Fibre Glass
    • Hexcel
    • Johns Manville
    • KCC Corporation
    • Mitsubishi Rayon
    • Nippon Sheet Glass
    • Owens Corning
    • PPG
    • Saint-Gobain Vetrotex
    • Taishan Fibreglass
    • Taiwan Glass Industry Corporation
    • Teijin
    • Ten Cate
    • Toray
  • SWOT analysis of competitive factors: strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats revealing what drives and restrains the composites industry.
What makes this report unique?

Visiongain consulted widely with industry experts and a full transcript of one of these exclusive interviews with Reinforced Plastics Industries is included within the report. As such, our reports have a unique blend of primary and secondary sources providing informed analysis. This methodology allows insight into the key drivers and restraints behind market dynamics and competitive developments, as well as identifying the technological issues. The report therefore presents an ideal balance of qualitative analysis combined with extensive quantitative data including a breakdown of the top global companies within the composites industry identifying strategic business opportunities.

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1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

1.1 Global Market Overview
1.2 Benefits of this Report
1.3 Who is This Report For?
1.4 Methodology
1.5 The Global Top 20 Composite Companies

2. INTRODUCTION

2.1 An Introduction to Composites
2.2 Uses of Composites
2.3 The Use of Fibres within Composites
2.4 Carbon Fibres
2.5 Glass Fibres
2.6 Aramid Fibres
2.7 The Composites Industry
2.8 The Global Top 20 Composite Companies

3. GLASS FIBRES, CARBON FIBRES & ARAMID FIBRES MARKET 2013

3.1 The Glass Fibre Market
  3.1.1 The Global Top 19 Glass Fibre Companies
3.2 The Carbon Fibre Market
  3.2.1 The Global Top 17 Carbon Fibre Companies
3.3 The Aramid Fibre Market
  3.3.1 The Global Top 5 Aramid Fibre Companies

4. THE LEADING CARBON, GLASS & ARAMID FIBRE COMPOSITE COMPANIES

4.1 Asahi Fibre Glass
  4.1.1 Overview
  4.1.2 Operations and Locations
  4.1.3 Outlook
  4.1.4 Mergers, Acquisitions & News
4.2 China Fibreglass Company
  4.2.1 Overview
  4.2.2 Operations and Locations
  4.2.3 Outlook
  4.2.4 Mergers, Acquisitions & News
4.3 PPG
  4.3.1 Overview
  4.3.2 Locations and Operations
  4.3.3 Outlook
  4.3.4 Mergers, Acquisitions & News
4.4 Saint-Gobain Vetrotex
  4.4.1 Overview
  4.4.2 Location and Operations
4.5 Braj Binani Group
  4.5.1 Overview
  4.5.2 Operations and Locations
  4.5.3 Outlook
  4.5.4 Mergers, Acquisitions and News
4.6 Chongquing Polycomp International Corp
  4.6.1 Overview
  4.6.2 Operations and Locations
  4.6.3 Outlook
4.7 Teijin
  4.7.1 Overview
  4.7.2 Operations and Locations
  4.7.3 Outlook
  4.7.4 Mergers, Acquisitions & News
4.8 Toray
  4.8.1 Overview
  4.8.2 Locations and operations
  4.8.3 Outlook
  4.8.4 Mergers, Acquisitions & News
4.9 Hexcel
  4.9.1 Overview
  4.9.2 Operations and Locations
  4.9.3 Outlook
4.10 Taishan Fibreglass
  4.10.1 Overview
  4.10.2 Locations and Operations
  4.10.3 Outlook
4.11 Owens Corning
  4.11.1 Overview
  4.11.2 Operations and Locations
4.12 Cytec
  4.12.1 Overview
  4.12.2 Location and Operations
  4.12.3 Outlook
  4.12.4 Mergers, Acquisitions & News
4.13 Ten Cate
  4.13.1 Overview
  4.13.2 Operations and Locations
  4.13.3 Outlook
  4.13.4 Mergers, Acquisitions & News
4.14 Taiwan Glass Industry Corporation
  4.14.1 Overview
  4.14.2 Locations and Operations
  4.14.3 Outlook
4.15 Mitsubishi Rayon
  4.15.1 Overview
  4.15.2 Location and Operations
  4.15.3 Outlook
  4.15.4 Mergers, Acquisitions & News
4.16 DuPont
  4.16.1 Overview
  4.16.2 Location and Operations
  4.16.3 Mergers, Acquisitions & News
4.17 Johns Manville
  4.17.1 Overview
  4.17.2 Operations and Locations
4.18 Nippon Sheet Glass
4.19 Guardian Fibre Glass
  4.19.1 Overview
  4.19.2 Operations and Locations
4.20 KCC Corporation
4.21 Other Leading Composite Companies
  4.21.1 Innegra Technologies
  4.21.2 GKN
  4.21.3 Gurit
  4.21.4 Mitsubishi Plastics
  4.21.5 Nippon Graphite Fibre Corporation
  4.21.6 SGL
  4.21.7 Zoltek
  4.21.8 BGF
  4.21.9 Advanced Glassfibre Yarns
  4.21.10 Chomarat Group
  4.21.11 Nitto Boseki
  4.21.12 Plasan Carbon Composites
  4.21.13 Crosby Composites
  4.21.14 AKSA
  4.21.15 Formosa Plastics Corporation
  4.21.16 Fiberex Glass Corp
  4.21.17 Saertex Group
  4.21.18 Kuraray
  4.21.19 Kolon Industries

5. SWOT ANALYSIS OF THE COMPOSITE MARKET

5.1 Strengths
  5.1.1 A Large Variety of Composites
  5.1.2 Performance by Weight
5.2 Weaknesses
  5.2.1 Lack of Sustainability
  5.2.2 A High Expense of Manufacturing
  5.2.3 Chance of Complete Failure
5.3 Opportunities
  5.3.1 Less Weight Means Less Fuel
  5.3.2 Green Demands
5.4 Threats
  5.4.1 Lack of Knowledge
  5.4.2 Up to Task Government Regulation

6. EXPERT OPINION

6.1 Expert - Mr. Roosevelt, Director for Planning - Reinforced Plastics Industries
  6.1.1 What would say are the key trends and developments in the composites industry right now?
  6.1.2 What are these hybrids being used for, which industries are using these cross over's and hybrids?
  6.1.3 The aerospace industry is causing the majority of demand for composites at the moment, are you seeing any demand from other industries such as that of automotive?
  6.1.4 Within the industry, how are these composites used?
  6.1.5 Would you say composites are mainly used because they can operate in both these high and low heats than more traditional metals used within aerospace?
  6.1.6 Would you say this market is growing? Are you seeing more demand for these hybrids?
  6.1.7 On a cost factor basis, within the aerospace industry, which performs better, composite hybrids or the older standing metals?
  6.1.8 As there appear to be three key types of composite what draws a user towards one of these more so than the other, how are these materials used?
  6.1.9 How does Kevlar play into this?
  6.1.10 Glass and carbon are being far more used than Kevlar?
  6.1.11 Do you see these dynamics or levels in demand changing at all over the future?
  6.1.12 Are you starting to see signs of demand for Quartz at the moment?
  6.1.13 How is India placed globally in terms of demand for composites?
  6.1.14 Do you see this changing much in the next 10 years?
  6.1.15 Do you see this as really being the way forward then? Will there be more collaboration within the industry?
  6.1.16 Looking at the composites industry who would you say is the largest provider within India?
  6.1.17 Would you say that the largest providers operate in this way? With companies like yourselves providing the niche custom goods and the larger groups providing yourselves with the standardised products which you add further value to by specific customisation.
  6.1.18 Do you have any new projects in the pipeline or how do you see yourselves moving forward?
  6.1.19 Are you seeing any current constraints in the market right now?
  6.1.20 How would you go about gaining the data you need to trial and experiment with this material?
  6.1.21 Who does have this knowledge of the materials and composites? Which countries are the best at dealing with composites?

7. CONCLUSIONS

7.1 The Global 20 Top 20 Composite Companies
7.2 The Composite Fibres Industry
7.3 The Leading Companies
  7.3.1 Asahi Fibre Glass
  7.3.2 Braj Binani Group
  7.3.3 China Fibreglass Company
  7.3.4 Chongquing Polycomp International Corp
  7.3.5 Cytec
  7.3.6 DuPont
  7.3.7 GKN
  7.3.8 Guardian Fibre Glass
  7.3.9 Gurit
  7.3.10 Hexcel
  7.3.11 Johns Manville
  7.3.12 Mitsubishi Plastics
  7.3.13 Mitsubishi Rayon
  7.3.14 Nippon Graphite Fibre Corporation
  7.3.15 Owens Corning
  7.3.16 PPG
  7.3.17 Saint-Gobain Vetrotex
  7.3.18 SGL
  7.3.19 Taishan Fibreglass
  7.3.20 Taiwan Glass Industry Corporation
  7.3.21 Teijin
  7.3.22 Ten Cate
  7.3.23 Toray
  7.3.24 Zoltek
  7.3.25 BGF
  7.3.26 Advanced Glassfibre Yarns
  7.3.27 Chomarat Group
  7.3.28 KCC Corporation
  7.3.29 Nitto Boseki
  7.3.30 Plasan Carbon Composites
  7.3.31 Crosby Composites
  7.3.32 AKSA
  7.3.33 Formosa Plastics Corporation
  7.3.34 Fiberex Glass Corp
  7.3.35 Saertex Group
  7.3.36 Nippon Sheet Glass
  7.3.37 Innegra Technologies
  7.3.38 Kuraray
  7.3.39 Kolon Industries

LIST OF TABLES

Table 1.1 The Global Top 20 Composite Companies 2012 (Total Revenue $bn, Sector Revenue $m, Total Composite Market Share %)
Table 3.1 The Global Top 20 Composite Companies 2012 (Total Revenue $bn, Sector Revenue $m, Total Composite Market Share %)
Table 3.2 The Global Top 19 Glass Fibre Composite Companies 2012 (Total Revenue $bn, Sector Revenue $m, Glass Fibre Composite Market Share %)
Table 3.3 The Global Top 16 Carbon Fibre Composite Companies 2012 (Total Revenue $bn, Sector Revenue $m, Glass Fibre Composite Market Share %)
Table 3.4 The Global Top 5 Aramid Fibre Composite Companies 2012 (Total Revenue $bn, Sector Revenue $m, Glass Fibre Composite Market Share %)
Table 4.1 Asahi Fibre Glass Overview 2012 (Total Revenue $bn, Sector Revenue $m, Primary Sector, HQ, Ticker, Website)
Table 4.2 China Fibreglass Company Overview 2012 (Total Revenue $bn, Sector Revenue $m, Primary Sector, HQ, Ticker, Website)
Table 4.3 PPG Overview 2012 (Total Revenue $bn, Sector Revenue $m, Primary Sector, HQ, Ticker, Website)
Table 4.4 Saint-Gobain Vetrotex Overview 2012 (Total Revenue $bn, Sector Revenue $m, Primary Sector, HQ, Ticker, Website)
Table 4.5 Braj Binani Group Overview 2012 (Total Revenue $bn, Sector Revenue $m, Primary Sector, HQ, Ticker, Website)
Table 4.6 Chongquing Polycomp International Corp Overview 2012 (Total Revenue $bn, Sector Revenue $m, Primary Sector, HQ, Ticker, Website)
Table 4.7 Teijin Overview 2012 (Total Revenue $bn, Sector Revenue $m, Primary Sector, HQ, Ticker, Website)
Table 4.8 Toray Overview 2012 (Total Revenue $bn, Sector Revenue $m, Primary Sector, HQ, Ticker, Website)
Table 4.9 Hexcel Overview 2012 (Total Revenue $bn, Sector Revenue $m, Primary Sector, HQ, Ticker, Website)
Table 4.10 Taisahan Fibreglass Overview 2012 (Total Revenue $bn, Sector Revenue $m, Primary Sector, HQ, Ticker, Website)
Table 4.11 Owens Corning Overview 2012 (Total Revenue $bn, Sector Revenue $m, Primary Sector, HQ, Ticker, Website)
Table 4.12 Cytec Overview 2012 (Total Revenue $bn, Sector Revenue $m, Primary Sector, HQ, Ticker, Website)
Table 4.13 Ten Cate Overview 2012 (Total Revenue $bn, Sector Revenue $m, Primary Sector, HQ, Ticker, Website)
Table 4.14 Taiwan Glass Industry Corporation Overview 2012 (Total Revenue $bn, Sector Revenue $m, Primary Sector, HQ, Ticker, Website)
Table 4.15 Mitsubishi Rayon Overview 2012 (Total Revenue $bn, Sector Revenue $m, Primary Sector, HQ, Ticker, Website)
Table 4.16 DuPont Overview 2012 (Total Revenue $bn, Sector Revenue $m, Primary Sector, HQ, Ticker, Website)
Table 4.17 Johns Manville Overview 2012 (Total Revenue $bn, Sector Revenue $m, Primary Sector, HQ, Ticker, Website)
Table 4.18 Nippon Sheet Glass Overview 2012 (Total Revenue $bn, Sector Revenue $m, Primary Sector, HQ, Ticker, Website)
Table 4.19 Guardian Fibre Glass Overview 2012 (Total Revenue $bn, Sector Revenue $m, Primary Sector, HQ, Ticker, Website)
Table 4.20 KCC Corporation Overview 2012 (Total Revenue $bn, Sector Revenue $m, Primary Sector, HQ, Ticker, Website)
Table 4.21 Innegra Technologies Overview 2012 (Total Revenue $bn, Sector Revenue $m, Primary Sector, HQ, Ticker, Website)
Table 4.22 GKN Overview 2012 (Total Revenue $bn, Sector Revenue $m, Primary Sector, HQ, Ticker, Website)
Table 4.23 Gurit Overview 2012 (Total Revenue $bn, Sector Revenue $m, Primary Sector, HQ, Ticker, Website)
Table 4.24 Mitsubishi Plastics Overview 2012 (Total Revenue $bn, Sector Revenue $m, Primary Sector, HQ, Ticker, Website)
Table 4.25 Nippon Graphite Fibre Corporation Overview 2012 (Total Revenue $bn, Sector Revenue $m, Primary Sector, HQ, Ticker, Website)
Table 4.26 SGL Overview 2012 (Total Revenue $bn, Sector Revenue $m, Primary Sector, HQ, Ticker, Website)
Table 4.27 Zoltek Overview 2012 (Total Revenue $bn, Sector Revenue $m, Primary Sector, HQ, Ticker, Website)
Table 4.28 BGF 2012 (Total Revenue $bn, Sector Revenue $m, Primary Sector, HQ, Ticker, Website)
Table 4.29 Advanced Glassfibre Yarns Overview 2012 (Total Revenue $bn, Sector Revenue $m, Primary Sector, HQ, Ticker, Website)
Table 4.30 Chomarat Overview 2012 (Total Revenue $bn, Sector Revenue $m, Primary Sector, HQ, Ticker, Website)
Table 4.31 Nitto Boseki Overview 2012 (Total Revenue $bn, Sector Revenue $m, Primary Sector, HQ, Ticker, Website)
Table 4.32 Plasan Carbon Composites Overview 2012 (Total Revenue $bn, Sector Revenue $m, Primary Sector, HQ, Ticker, Website)
Table 4.33 Crosby Composites Overview 2012 (Total Revenue $bn, Sector Revenue $m, Primary Sector, HQ, Ticker, Website)
Table 4.34 AKSA Overview 2012 (Total Revenue $bn, Sector Revenue $m, Primary Sector, HQ, Ticker, Website)
Table 4.35 Formosa Plastics Corporation Overview 2012 (Total Revenue $bn, Sector Revenue $m, Primary Sector, HQ, Ticker, Website)
Table 4.36 Fiberex Glass Corp Overview 2012 (Total Revenue $bn, Sector Revenue $m, Primary Sector, HQ, Ticker, Website)
Table 4.37 Saertex Group Overview 2012 (Total Revenue $bn, Sector Revenue $m, Primary Sector, HQ, Ticker, Website)
Table 4.38 Kuraray Overview 2012 (Total Revenue $bn, Sector Revenue $m, Primary Sector, HQ, Ticker, Website)
Table 4.39 Kolon Industries Overview 2012 (Total Revenue $bn, Sector Revenue $m, Primary Sector, HQ, Ticker, Website)
Table 5.1 SWOT Analysis of the Composites Market
Table 7.1 The Global Top 20 Composite Companies (Total Revenue $bn, Sector Revenue $m, Total Composite Market Share %)

 Overview

Zoltek is a leading US applied technology and advanced materials company specializing in carbon fibre production. Zoltek is seen to be a leader in finding innovative ways to use composite technology especially that of carbon fibre. Evidence of this is that Zoltek was the first company to create wind turbines and carbon fibre on a commercial scale. Since Zolteks work in this field electrical generation turbines are now synonymous with carbon fibre and composite materials. Zoltek still remains key in this energy generation market through specific long term supply arrangements with two of the largest wind turbine manufacturers in Europe. Zoltek also produces large amounts of custom carbon fibre to be used specifically for new generations wind turbines under the trade name Panex.

 Location and Operations

Not solely focusing on the use of carbon fibre in wind energy, Zoltek also manufactures intermediate products composed of technical fibres. PYRON is the trademarked name which Zoltek uses for their internally developed technical fibre. This specific fibre is a stabilized and oxidized acrylic fibre used when both flame and heat resistance is needed. Zoltek has spent over 15 years in developing PYRON and the proprietary technology and manufacturing process. Through Zoltek’s 6 production facilities located primarily in the US Zoltek, with two of these facilities based in Hungary and Mexico Zoltek believes that they have the largest production capacity focused on producing low cost technical carbon fibre for commercial applications. Zoltek has established its self as a leading carbon fibre producers while maintaining a relatively domestic production base. Zoltek achieves its global reach through 6 sales offices located strategically in China, Hungary, India, South Korea and the US.

 Outlook

We view Zoltek as a potential rising star. Zoltek has clearly identified the international markets where high growth potential exists and we expected their focus to stay in these areas in the short run. Zoltek has recently been seen to be expanding its sales force and marketing efforts within South East Asia. While still a comparatively small company in contrast to the Multinational Japanese firms, Zoltek is a much younger firm with a niche specialization. We would expect Zoltek to be looking to expand on its wind turbine technology for which it is highly regarded and possibly be further funding its research and development division in order to create the next PYRON and Panex. 



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