Specialty Chemicals in the United States

Introduction

Specialty Chemicals in the United States 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 United States 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 US specialty chemicals market had total revenue of $184.6 billion in 2010, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.9% for the period spanning 2006-2010.
• Paints, coating and surface treatments sales proved the most lucrative for the US specialty chemicals market in 2010, with total revenues of $50.9 billion, equivalent to 27.6% of the market's overall value.
• The performance of the market is forecast to decelerate, with an anticipated CAGR of 4.3% for the five-year period 2010-2015, which is expected to drive the market to a value of $228 billion by the end of 2015.

Features

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

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Macroeconomic indicators provide insight into general trends within the United States economy

Key Questions Answered

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

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

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

How has the market performed over the last five years?

What are the main segments that make up the United States'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

The Dow Chemical Company
E. I. duPont de Nemours & Company
Exxon Mobil Corporation
LyondellBasell Industries AF S.C.A.

MARKET FORECASTS

Market value forecast

MACROECONOMIC INDICATORS

APPENDIX

Methodology
Industry associations
Related Datamonitor research
Disclaimer

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LIST OF TABLES

Table 1: United States specialty chemicals market value: $ million, 2006–10
Table 2: United States specialty chemicals market segmentation I:% share, by value, 2010
Table 3: United States specialty chemicals market segmentation II: % share, by value, 2010
Table 4: The Dow Chemical Company: key facts
Table 5: The Dow Chemical Company: key financials ($)
Table 6: The Dow Chemical Company: key financial ratios
Table 7: E. I. duPont de Nemours & Company: key facts
Table 8: E. I. duPont de Nemours & Company: key financials ($)
Table 9: E. I. duPont de Nemours & Company: key financial ratios
Table 10: Exxon Mobil Corporation: key facts
Table 11: Exxon Mobil Corporation: key financials ($)
Table 12: Exxon Mobil Corporation: key financial ratios
Table 13: LyondellBasell Industries AF S.C.A.: key facts
Table 14: United States specialty chemicals market value forecast: $ million, 2010–15
Table 15: United States size of population (million), 2006–10
Table 16: United States GDP (constant 2000 prices, $ billion), 2006–10
Table 17: United States GDP (current prices, $ billion), 2006–10
Table 18: United States inflation, 2006–10
Table 19: United States consumer price index (absolute), 2006–10
Table 20: United States exchange rate, 2006–10

LIST OF FIGURES

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