Melamine Market Research ..

World demand for melamine grows by 4-5 % a year.

According to UK-based market research firm Merchant Research & Consulting Ltd., China provided much of that growth last year. Melamine production and consumption growth rates in China currently exceed 20%.

The annual demand for melamine resins in Western Europe is forecast to grow by about 3% this year, mainly thanks to increased consumption of melamine-carbamide-formaldehyde resins on the fast-growing market for chip boards and oriented strand boards (OSB).

The demand for melamine resins in the USA is supported by laminates and surface flooring markets, which account for about 75% of melamine-formaldehyde resins consumption in the USA. In 2007, the demand for melamine resins is forecast to grow by an average of 3% a year.

Experts argue that annual melamine resins production will grow by 2.5% in 2007.

Melamine is a chemical product used as a basis for the manufacture of melamine-formaldehyde resins.

In furniture industry, melamine is a facing material impregnated with melamine resins. Most of the melamine produced worldwide is used by the wood-based panel industry in laminates for kitchen tops, furniture and laminate flooring panels and in wood-based panels such as particleboard and MDF panels.

Melamine resins for laminate applications are transparent and make laminates resistant to scratches, weather, water and chemicals. These unique qualities enable to develop attractive and durable surfaces with an infinite choice of design. Melamine resins or other melamine compounds are also used in glues, adhesives, molding compounds, coatings, paper, textiles, flame retardants or superplasticizers on concrete surfaces.

Melamine is used for electrical applications due to its superior mechanical and electrical properties.

The "Melamine Market Research" also features the following information:

• Situation of global and regional (incl. CIS) melamine markets;
• Melamine market development prospects;
• Melamine producers and suppliers from non-CIS countries;
• Major melamine consumers;
• to name only a few subjects.

This market research review focuses on the study of CIS melamine market. We report on its properties, toxicity, application areas, etc. The review features the information on manufacturers, supply and demand, consumption, production and other issues.

Contents

CONTENTS

1. MELAMINE: GENERAL INFORMATION
1.1 Melamine: physicochemical properties and uses
1.2 Melamine production technology
1.3 Toxicity of melamine and its products

2. STATE AND PROSPECTS OF THE WORLD MARKET FOR AMINO RESINS - MAJOR MELAMINE CONSUMER

3. CLASSIFICATION OF IMPREGNATING RESINS APPLIED IN WOODWORK
3.1 Melamine-formaldehyde impregnating resins
3.2 Carbamide-melamine-formaldehyde impregnating resins

4. INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL MELAMINE MARKETS
4.1 North America
4.2 China
4.3 Western and Eastern Europe
4.3.1 France
4.3.2 Poland
4.4 Japan
4.5 Korea
4.6 Middle East
4.6.1 Iran
4.6.2 Saudi Arabia
4.7 Melamine producers and suppliers in the non-CIS countries
4.7.1 Traders (China)
4.7.2 US traders
4.7.3 Korea
4.7.4 Singapore
4.7.5 India
4.7.6 Turkey

5. CIS MELAMINE MARKET
5.1 Melamine market in Russia. Investment projects
5.1.1 Investment projects in Russia
5.1.2 Melamine consumers in Russia
5.1.3 Melamine traders
5.2 Melamine production in Armenia
5.3 Belarus
5.4 Melamine market in Ukraine

6. MELAMINE PRICES ON THE WORLD MARKET
6.1 Europe
6.2 Asia
6.3 USA

APPENDICES
APPENDIX 1. MELAMINE CONSUMERS
APPENDIX 2. MODERN CARBAMIDE-MELAMINE-FORMALDEHYDE RESINS AND GLUING MATERIALS TECHNOLOGIES