Specialty Chemicals in Europe

Introduction

Specialty Chemicals in Europe 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 Europe 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 European specialty chemicals market had total revenue of $212.3 billion in 2010, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 2.6% for the period spanning 2006-2010.

*Fine chemicals sales proved the most lucrative for the European specialty chemicals market in 2010, with total revenues of $88.8 billion, equivalent to 41.8% of the market's overall value.

*The performance of the market is forecast to accelerate, with an anticipated CAGR of 4.7% for the five-year period 2010-2015, which is expected to drive the market to a value of $266.9 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 Europe economy

Key Questions Answered

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

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

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

How has the market performed over the last five years?

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