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Global demand to rise 5.9% annually through 2013

World demand for thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) is forecast to rise 5.9 percent per year through 2013 to 4.75 million metric tons. Value gains will expand 6.6 percent per year over the same period. Gains will be exaggerated to some extent by the fact that growth will be arising from a weak recession-plagued 2008. Growth prospects through 2013 will be very strong in the BRIC nations of Brazil, Russia, India and China. Some developed nations such as Canada will see strong growth in their TPE sectors due to a healthy projected recovery in their respective motor vehicle industries from heavy declines experienced during 2008. Growth in the US, Japan and Western Europe will lag the global average through 2013.

China to expand share of global TPE market

China will expand its share of the world TPE market from 32 percent in 2008 to 36 percent in 2013. In the largest volume styrenic block copolymer (SBC) product segment, China will see an increase in its share of world demand to 47 percent in 2013, indicative of the country's dominance in the manufacturing of SBC consuming products such as footwear. The US will remain the world's leading national market for thermoplastic vulcanizates (TPVs).

Sales to remain concentrated in developed markets

Excluding China, global TPE sales will remain heavily concentrated in the developed markets of the US, Western Europe and Japan, particularly for higher performance materials such as copolyester elastomers (COPEs) and TPVs. Most developing markets have initially focused on low cost SBCs due to their existing positions in styrene-butadiene and polybutadiene rubber, but some such as China are also significantly diversifying into compounded thermoplastic polyolefins (TPOs) and thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPUs).

Motor vehicles to continue as largest market for TPEs

Motor vehicles will remain the largest market for TPEs at the global level, with demand of around 1.2 million metric tons in 2013. Through 2013, olefenics (TPOs and TPVs) will continue to see increasing penetration in motor vehicles in both interior and exterior applications. Specific areas of growth include soft-touch TPO trim, TPO airbag covers, TPV body seals, two-shot TPO or TPV overmolding of larger parts such as door panels, TPV weather seals and TPO exterior panels that eliminate the need for paint.

Study coverage

Details on these and other findings are contained in this new industry study, World Thermoplastic Elastomers. This study presents historical demand data (1998, 2003 and 2008) and forecasts for 2013 and 2018 by thermoplastic elastomer product, market, world region and for 15 countries. The study also considers market environment factors, evaluates company market share and profiles industry competitors.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION X

I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1

II. MARKET ENVIRONMENT 4

World Economic Overview 6

Recent Historical Trends 6

World Economic Outlook 8

Gross Fixed Investment Trends 12

World Demographic Overview 14

Population 15

Urbanization Patterns 16

World Motor Vehicle Overview 18

World Motor Vehicle Production/Assembly 19

World Motor Vehicles in Use 23

Per Capita TPE Demand/Per Capita GDP Relationship 25

III. DEMAND BY MARKET 28

General 28

Motor Vehicles 31

Footwear 36

Industrial Products 38

Asphalt & Bitumen Modification 40

Adhesives, Sealants & Coatings 42

Consumer & Sporting Goods 44

Wire & Cable Jacketing 48

Medical Products & Equipment 50

Other Markets 53

IV. SUPPLY & DEMAND BY TYPE 55

General 55

Styrenic Block Copolymers 58

Production by Region 60

Suppliers & Capacity 62

Demand by Region 66

Demand by Market 68

Thermoplastic Polyolefins 71

Production by Region 74

Suppliers & Capacity 76

Demand by Region 78

Demand by Market 80

Thermoplastic Polyurethanes 83

Production by Region 85

Suppliers & Capacity 86

Demand by Region 90

Demand by Market 91

Thermoplastic Vulcanizates 94

Production by Region 96

Suppliers & Capacity 97

Demand by Region 100

Demand by Market 102

Copolyester Elastomers 104

Production by Region 107

Suppliers & Capacity 108

Demand by Region 111

Demand by Market 112

Other Thermoplastic Elastomers 116

Production by Region 118

Suppliers 119

Demand by Region 121

Demand by Market 122

V. SUPPLY & DEMAND BY REGION & COUNTRY 124

General 124

North America 126

United States 128

Canada 132

Mexico 136

Western Europe 139

France 143

Germany 146

Italy 149

Spain 151

United Kingdom 155

Other Western Europe 158

Asia/Pacific 161

China 167

India 172

Japan 176

South Korea 180

Taiwan 184

Other Asia/Pacific 189

Latin America 193

Eastern Europe 196

Africa/Mideast 199

VI. INDUSTRY STRUCTURE 203

General 203

Market Share 206

TPE Compounders 208

Technology & Manufacturing 209

Technology 209

Manufacturing 211

Competitive Strategies 212

Acquisitions, Divestitures & Industry Structuring 213

Joint Ventures & Cooperative Agreements 215

Marketing & Distribution 221

Marketing 221

Distribution 223

Company Profiles 224

Advanced Elastomer Systems LP, see Exxon Mobil

AlphaGary Corporation, see Rockwood Holdings

Arkema SA 225

Asahi Kasei Corporation 228

BASF SE 230

Bayer AG 233

Bridgestone Corporation 237

Celanese Corporation 239

Chi Mei Corporation 241

China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation 242

Deerfield Urethane Incorporated, see Bayer AG

Dexco Polymers LP 243

DIC Bayer Polymer Limited, see Bayer AG

Dow Chemical Company 245

Dow Corning Corporation 249

DuPont (EI) de Nemours 250

Dynasol Elastomeros SA, see Repsol YPF SA

Elastogran GmbH, see BASF SE

EMS-Chemie Holding AG 253

Eni SpA 254

Epurex Films GmbH & Company KG, see Bayer AG

Exxon Mobil Corporation 256

Firestone Building Products Company, see Bridgestone

Firestone Polymers LLC, see Bridgestone Corporation

GLS Corporation, see PolyOne Corporation

Huntsman Corporation 259

JSC Voronezhsynthezkauchuk, see OAO Gazprom

Korea Kumho Petrochemical Company Limited 261

KRAIBURG Holding GmbH & Company KG 262

Kraton Polymers LLC 264

Kuraray Company Limited 267

LANXESS AG 269

Lee Chang Yung Chemical Industry Corporation 270

LG Chem Limited 272

Lubrizol Corporation 274

LyondellBasell Industries AF SCA 276

Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation 279

Mitsui Chemicals Incorporated 282

Multibase SA, see Dow Corning Corporation

OAO Gazprom 283

Petroflex Industria e Comercio SA, see LANXESS AG

Polimeri Europa SpA, see Eni SpA

PolyOne Corporation 285

Repsol YPF SA 289

Resinoplast, see Arkema SA

Rockwood Holdings Incorporated 291

Royal DSM NV 293

Saint-Gobain 296

Schulman (A.) Incorporated 298

Singapore Polymer Corporation Pte Limited, see Teknor

Apex Company

SO.F.TER SpA 302

Solvay Engineered Polymers Incorporated, see

LyondellBasell Industries AF SCA

Sumitomo Chemical Company Limited 304

Sunprene Company Limited, see Mitsubishi Chemical

Holdings Corporation and Schulman (A.) Incorporated

Teknor Apex Company 305

Ticona, see Celanese Corporation

Toyobo Company Limited 308

TSRC Corporation 309

ZEON Corporation 311

Other Companies Mentioned in Study 313

LIST OF TABLES

SECTION I -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Summary Table 3

SECTION II -- MARKET ENVIRONMENT

1 World Gross Domestic Product by Region 12

2 World Gross Fixed Investment by Region 14

3 World Population by Region 16

4 World Urban Population by Region 18

5 World Motor Vehicle Production/Assembly by Region 23

6 World Motor Vehicles in Use by Region 25

SECTION III -- DEMAND BY MARKET

1 World Thermoplastic Elastomer Demand by Market 30

2 World Motor Vehicle Market for Thermoplastic Elastomers 35

3 World Footwear Market for Thermoplastic Elastomers 37

4 World Industrial Product Market for Thermoplastic Elastomers 40

5 World Asphalt & Bitumen Modification Market for Thermoplastic Elastomers 42

6 World Adhesive, Sealant & Coating Markets for Thermoplastic Elastomers 44

7 World Consumer & Sporting Goods Markets for Thermoplastic Elastomers 48

8 World Wire & Cable Jacketing Market for Thermoplastic Elastomers 50

9 World Medical Product & Equipment Market for Thermoplastic Elastomers 52

10 World Other Markets for Thermoplastic Elastomers 54

SECTION IV -- SUPPLY & DEMAND BY TYPE

1 World Thermoplastic Elastomer Demand by Type 57

2 World Styrenic Block Copolymer Demand 60

3 Styrenic Block Copolymers -- Production by Region 62

4 Styrenic Block Copolymers -- World Production Capacity by Company, Year-End 2008 65

5 Styrenic Block Copolymers -- Demand by Region 68

6 Styrenic Block Copolymers -- Demand by Market 71

7 World Thermoplastic Polyolefin Elastomer Demand 74

8 Thermoplastic Polyolefin Elastomers -- Production by Region 75

9 Thermoplastic Polyolefin Elastomers -- World Production

Capacity by Company, Year-End 2008 78

10 Thermoplastic Polyolefin Elastomers -- Demand by Region 79

11 Thermoplastic Polyolefin Elastomers -- Demand by Market 83

12 World Thermoplastic Polyurethane Demand 85

13 Thermoplastic Polyurethanes -- Production by Region 86

14 Thermoplastic Polyurethanes -- World Production Capacity by

Company, Year-End 2008 89

15 Thermoplastic Polyurethanes -- Demand by Region 91

16 Thermoplastic Polyurethanes -- Demand by Market 94

17 World Thermoplastic Vulcanizate Demand 96

18 Thermoplastic Vulcanizates -- Production by Region 97

19 Thermoplastic Vulcanizates -- World Production Capacity by

Company, Year-End 2008 100

20 Thermoplastic Vulcanizates -- Demand by Region 101

21 Thermoplastic Vulcanizates -- Demand by Market 104

22 World Copolyester Elastomer Demand 106

23 Copolyester Elastomers -- Production by Region 107

24 Copolyester Elastomers -- World Production Capacity

by Company, Year-End 2008 111

25 Copolyester Elastomers -- Demand by Region 112

26 Copolyester Elastomers -- Demand by Market 116

27 World Demand for Other Thermoplastic Elastomers 118

28 Other Thermoplastic Elastomers -- Production by Region 119

29 Other Thermoplastic Elastomers -- Demand by Region 122

30 Other Thermoplastic Elastomers -- Demand by Market 123

SECTION V -- SUPPLY & DEMAND BY REGION & COUNTRY

1 World Thermoplastic Elastomer Supply & Demand by Region 125

2 North America -- Thermoplastic Elastomer Supply & Demand 128

3 United States -- Thermoplastic Elastomer Supply &Demand 132

4 Canada -- Thermoplastic Elastomer Supply & Demand 135

5 Mexico -- Thermoplastic Elastomer Supply & Demand 138

6 Western Europe -- Thermoplastic Elastomer Supply &Demand 142

7 France -- Thermoplastic Elastomer Supply & Demand 145

8 Germany -- Thermoplastic Elastomer Supply & Demand 148

9 Italy -- Thermoplastic Elastomer Supply & Demand 151

10 Spain -- Thermoplastic Elastomer Supply & Demand 154

11 United Kingdom -- Thermoplastic Elastomer Supply & Demand 157

12 Other Western Europe -- Thermoplastic Elastomer Supply & Demand 160

13 Asia/Pacific -- Thermoplastic Elastomer Supply & Demand 166

14 China -- Thermoplastic Elastomer Supply & Demand 171

15 India -- Thermoplastic Elastomer Supply & Demand 175

16 Japan -- Thermoplastic Elastomer Supply & Demand 179

17 South Korea -- Thermoplastic Elastomer Supply & Demand 183

18 Taiwan -- Thermoplastic Elastomer Supply & Demand 188

19 Other Asia/Pacific -- Thermoplastic Elastomer Supply & Demand 192

20 Latin America -- Thermoplastic Elastomer Supply & Demand 195

21 Eastern Europe -- Thermoplastic Elastomer Supply & Demand 198

22 Africa/Mideast -- Thermoplastic Elastomer Supply & Demand 202

SECTION VI -- INDUSTRY STRUCTURE

1 World Thermoplastic Elastomer Sales by Company, 2008 205

2 Selected Acquisitions & Divestitures 215

3 Selected Cooperative Agreements 217

LIST OF CHARTS

SECTION II -- MARKET ENVIRONMENT

1 TPE Demand per capita/GDP per capita Relationship, 2008 27

SECTION III -- DEMAND BY MARKET

1 World Thermoplastic Elastomer Demand by Market, 2008 31

SECTION VI -- INDUSTRY STRUCTURE

1 World Market Share for Thermoplastic Elastomers by Company, 2008 208

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