Specialty Chemicals in Canada

Introduction

Specialty Chemicals in Canada industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market size (value 2006-10, and forecast to 2015). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market. Essential resource for top-line data and analysis covering the Canada specialty chemicals market. Includes market size and segmentation data, textual and graphical analysis of market growth trends, leading companies and macroeconomic information.

Highlights

• The specialty chemical market covers the revenues generated from the sales of high value-added chemicals used in the manufacture of a wide variety of products, including but not limited to fine chemicals, additives, advanced polymers, adhesives, sealants and specialty paints, pigments and coatings.
• The Canadian specialty chemicals market had total revenue of $8.9 billion in 2010, representing a compound annual rate of change (CARC) of -1% for the period spanning 2006-2010.
• Paints, coating and surface treatment sales proved the most lucrative for the Canadian specialty chemicals market in 2010, with total revenues of $2.5 billion, equivalent to 28.2% of the market's overall value.
• The performance of the market is forecast to accelerate, with an anticipated CAGR of 1.6% for the five-year period 2010-2015, which is expected to drive the market to a value of $9.6 billion by the end of 2015.

Features

Save time carrying out entry-level research by identifying the size, growth, major segments, and leading players in the specialty chemicals market in Canada

Use the Five Forces analysis to determine the competitive intensity and therefore attractiveness of the specialty chemicals market in Canada

Leading company profiles reveal details of key specialty chemicals market players’ global operations and financial performance

Add weight to presentations and pitches by understanding the future growth prospects of the Canada specialty chemicals market with five year forecasts

Macroeconomic indicators provide insight into general trends within the Canada economy

Key Questions Answered

What was the size of the Canada specialty chemicals market by value in 2010?

What will be the size of the Canada specialty chemicals market in 2015?

What factors are affecting the strength of competition in the Canada specialty chemicals market?

How has the market performed over the last five years?

What are the main segments that make up Canada's specialty chemicals market?

Contents

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

MARKET OVERVIEW

Market definition
Research highlights
Market analysis

MARKET VALUE

MARKET SEGMENTATION I

MARKET SEGMENTATION II

FIVE FORCES ANALYSIS

Summary
Buyer power
Supplier power
New entrants
Substitutes
Rivalry

LEADING COMPANIES

Bayer AG
The Dow Chemical Company
E. I. duPont de Nemours & Company
Momentive Specialty Chemicals Inc.

MARKET FORECASTS

Market value forecast

MACROECONOMIC INDICATORS

APPENDIX

Methodology
Industry associations
Related Datamonitor research
Disclaimer

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LIST OF TABLES

Table 1: Canada specialty chemicals market value: $ million, 2006–10
Table 2: Canada specialty chemicals market segmentation I:% share, by value, 2010
Table 3: Canada specialty chemicals market segmentation II: % share, by value, 2010
Table 4: Bayer AG: key facts
Table 5: Bayer AG: key financials ($)
Table 6: Bayer AG: key financials (€)
Table 7: Bayer AG: key financial ratios
Table 8: The Dow Chemical Company: key facts
Table 9: The Dow Chemical Company: key financials ($)
Table 10: The Dow Chemical Company: key financial ratios
Table 11: E. I. duPont de Nemours & Company: key facts
Table 12: E. I. duPont de Nemours & Company: key financials ($)
Table 13: E. I. duPont de Nemours & Company: key financial ratios
Table 14: Momentive Specialty Chemicals Inc.: key facts
Table 15: Momentive Specialty Chemicals Inc.: key financials ($)
Table 16: Momentive Specialty Chemicals Inc.: key financial ratios
Table 17: Canada specialty chemicals market value forecast: $ million, 2010–15
Table 18: Canada size of population (million), 2006–10
Table 19: Canada GDP (constant 2000 prices, $ billion), 2006–10
Table 20: Canada GDP (current prices, $ billion), 2006–10
Table 21: Canada inflation, 2006–10
Table 22: Canada consumer price index (absolute), 2006–10
Table 23: Canada exchange rate, 2006–10

LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1: Canada specialty chemicals market value: $ million, 2006–10
Figure 2: Canada specialty chemicals market segmentation I:% share, by value, 2010
Figure 3: Canada specialty chemicals market segmentation II: % share, by value, 2010
Figure 4: Forces driving competition in the specialty chemicals market in Canada, 2010
Figure 5: Drivers of buyer power in the specialty chemicals market in Canada, 2010
Figure 6: Drivers of supplier power in the specialty chemicals market in Canada, 2010
Figure 7: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the specialty chemicals market in Canada, 2010
Figure 8: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the specialty chemicals market in Canada, 2010
Figure 9: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the specialty chemicals market in Canada, 2010
Figure 10: Bayer AG: revenues & profitability
Figure 11: Bayer AG: assets & liabilities
Figure 12: The Dow Chemical Company: revenues & profitability
Figure 13: The Dow Chemical Company: assets & liabilities
Figure 14: E. I. duPont de Nemours & Company: revenues & profitability
Figure 15: E. I. duPont de Nemours & Company: assets & liabilities
Figure 16: Momentive Specialty Chemicals Inc.: revenues & profitability
Figure 17: Momentive Specialty Chemicals Inc.: assets & liabilities
Figure 18: Canada specialty chemicals market value forecast: $ million, 2010–15
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