Application of Specialty Elastomers in Automotive Industry in China
Among the application industries, auto industry is the main downstream industry of specialty elastomer. In recent years, the consumption of specialty elastomer in the world has seen an uptrend. The global consumption volume of specialty elastomer nearly reached 3.8 million tonnes in 2012. Since 2009, China has become the biggest automobile manufacturer in the world. Along with the booming development of the world’s auto industry, the consumption growth rate of China’s specialty elastomergreatly increased. Currently, the consumption volume of China’s specialty elastomer accounts for about 10% of the global consumption volume.
In this report, CCM conducted a drill-down research on the application situation of the specialty elastomer in China’s auto industry.
The report mainly covers the following aspects:
- Overview of global consumption and China’s consumption situation of specialty elastomer in 2012;
- Major specialty elastomers’ application situation in different sectors of China’s auto industry, including auto sealing element, auto rubber tubing and other auto elements, as well as the downstream application proportion and consumption volume of specialty elastomer in the auto industry;
- The development trend of specialty elastomer in specific auto application and the consumption forecast of China’s specialty elastomer during 2013 to 2015;
- Raw material manufacturers of specialty elastomer;
- Purchasers of specialty elastomer;
- Production managers of specialty elastomer;
- Professional engineers from specialty elastomer field and its related application industries
- Investors who take interest in China’s and global specialty elastomer and its downstream industries such asauto industry;
- More.
- Discovering the current market share of different specialty elastomer in China;
- Understanding the consumption situation and properties of China’s specialty elastomer inspecific auto application sectors;
- Obtaining the forecast of China’s specialty elastomer demand during 2013 to 2015;
- More.
- Desk based research
- Telephone interviews
- Questionnaire surveys
- CCM independent research
- China Rubber Industry Association
- International Rubber Study Group
1.1 Overview of global specialty elastomers market
1.2 Overview of China's specialty elastomers market
1.3 Overview of specialty elastomers for automotive use in China
1.3.1 Development of automotive industry in China
1.3.2 General consumption of specialty elastomers in automotive industry in China
2.1 Major specialty elastomers applied in automotive industry of China
2.1.1 Fluoroelastomer
2.1.2 Silicone elastomer
2.1.3 Acrylate rubber
2.1.4 Others
2.2 Specialty elastomers in automotive sealing element
2.2.1 Elastomer material analysis in automotive sealing element
2.2.2 Forecast of specialty elastomers in automotive sealing element
2.3 Specialty elastomers in automotive rubber tubing
2.3.1 Elastomer material analysis in automotive rubber tubing
2.3.2 Forecast of specialty elastomers in automotive rubber tubing
2.4 Specialty elastomers in other automotive elements
3 CONCLUSION & RECOMMENDATIONS
Table 1.1-1 Output volume of major specialty elastomers in the global market, 2012, tonne
Table 1.2-1 Consumption volume of major specialty elastomers in China, 2012, tonne
Table 2.2.1-1 Major rubber materials of automotive sealing elements in China
Table 2.3.1-1 Major rubber materials of automotive rubber tubings in China
Table 2.4-1 Major rubber materials of automotive rubber shock absorbers in China, 2012
Overview of China's specialty elastomers market
In China, specialty elastomers are an important kind of synthetic rubber. The consumption volume of specialty elastomers only accounts for XXXX% of the total consumption of synthetic rubber in China. However, it plays a significant role in the rubber market and it is widely used in various downstream industries. At present, there are a good number of types of specialty elastomers in China's market. Major ones include silicone elastomer, Nd-based butadiene rubber (NdBR), fluoroelastomer, epichlorohydrin rubber (ECO), acrylate rubber (ACM) and hydrogenated nitrile butadiene rubber (HNBR).
Unlike ordinary synthetic rubber, which is greatly affected by overcapacity and gloomy downstream demand, specialty elastomers have maintained high growth rates within China's market in the last few years. Consumption of XXXX has grown by an average annual rate of XXXX% in the last few years, which is surely a result of a rise in demand for the elastomer in the XXXX industry. Consumption of XXXX has also continued to rise, growing XXXX% annually, this is because it is increasingly being used in products produced in the XXXX and XXXX industries.
Fluoroelastomer
In 2012, the China's consumption of fluoroelastomer was about XXXX tonnes. The consumption of fluoroelastomer in automotive industry was about XXXX tonnes, which accounts for XXXX% of total consumption of fluoroelastomer that year. Unlike the global consumption of fluoroelastomer in automotive industry, which only grew at around XXXX%, China's fluoroelastomer consumption developed very rapidly, with growth of around XXXX% per year until 2009.
