Geosynthetics Market

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Geosynthetics Market

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US demand to increase 7.7% annually through 2015

Demand for geosynthetics in the US is expected to increase 7.7 percent annually to $2.9 billion in 2015. This rate is an acceleration over the gains posted from 2005 to 2010 given that sales of certain types of geosynthetics were sharply restrained during the recession that occurred in the latter half of that period. Funds made available through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, however, helped mitigate the recessionary effects and spurred sales in 2010.

Construction spending, environmental regulations to help drive demand

Going forward, growth will be driven by a projected recovery in construction spending and transportation infrastructure expenditures through 2015. Gains will also be boosted by strengthened regulations regarding landfill containment and stormwater runoff from agricultural, construction and industrial sites. The continued development of time- and costsaving applications for geosynthetics, as well as the increasing availability of more durable and effective geosynthetics, will also contribute to value gains.

Landfills use more high value geosynthetics

Geosynthetics in the landfill market made up 34 percent of value demand in 2010. This position is primarily because of regulations that result in landfills using high value geomembranes more frequently than many other markets. Geomembranes help prevent contamination of the surrounding land and groundwater with leachate. In area terms, transportation infrastructure, which benefited most strongly from the stimulus funds, was the largest market for geosynthetics in 2010, with one third of demand (but only 20 percent of value demand). The most commonly used geosynthetics in this market are geotextiles, which are relatively low cost products compared to other geosynthetics.

Construction to be fastest growing market

Through 2015, geosynthetics used in the construction market are expected to post the fastest annual growth rate in both value and area terms, although from reduced 2010 bases, as construction spending activity recovers. Additionally, increasingly strict stormwater runoff regulations will boost sales of geosynthetics used on construction sites. The small but growing market for geosynthetics in residential landscaping and decorative applications will also contribute to demand gains.

Geonets to achieve fastest gains from small base

In value terms, geomembranes made up the greatest share of the geosynthetics market, with 50 percent of demand in 2010. However, geotextiles was the largest segment in area terms in 2010, representing 72 percent of demand. Through 2015, geonets, a relatively niche product, are expected to achieve the fastest gains, employed in drainage applications due to stricter government regulation requiring their use.

Study coverage

This new industry study, Geosynthetics, presents historical demand data (2000, 2005 and 2010) plus forecasts for 2015 and 2020 by product (e.g., geotextiles, geomembranes, geogrids, geonets, clay liners), market (e.g., construction, transportation infrastructure, landfills, liquid containment) and US region. The study also considers key market environment factors, evaluates company market share and profiles 40 US industry competitors, including AMCOL International, GSE Lining Technology, and Leggett & Platt.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION ix

I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1

II. MARKET ENVIRONMENT 4

General 4

Macroeconomic Environment 4

Demographics 8

Construction Trends 12

Construction Expenditures 13

Residential Construction Expenditures 16

Housing Starts 18

Housing Stock 22

Nonresidential Construction Expenditures 25

Improvements & Repairs 28

Nonresidential Building Stock 29

Nonbuilding Construction Expenditures 32

Nonbuilding Construction Stock 33

Highway Spending 34

Agricultural Trends 36

Waste Stream Overview 40

Environmental & Regulatory Issues 44

Pricing Trends 47

Foreign Trade 49

Imports 51

Exports 53

World Market 55

North America 56

Western Europe 57

Asia/Pacific 58

Other Regions 59

III. PRODUCTS 60

General 60

Area Demand 61

Value Demand 63

Geotextiles 67

Demand by Type 69

Nonwovens 70

Product Characteristics 74

Producers 74

Wovens & Knits 74

Product Characteristics 77

Producers 78

Demand by Market 79

Product Characteristics 79

Geomembranes 81

Demand by Market 83

Product Characteristics 85

Polyethylene Materials 86

All Other Materials 87

Producers 89

Geogrids 89

Demand by Market 91

Product Characteristics 92

Producers 93

Geonets 94

Other Geosynthetics 96

Geosynthetic Clay Liners 98

Demand by Market 99

Product Characteristics 100

Preformed Geocomposites 100

All Other 102

Geocells 103

Geofoams 104

Miscellaneous Geosynthetics 105

Geosynthetics Demand by Material 106

IV. MARKETS 110

General 110

Area Demand by Market 111

Value Demand by Market 114

Construction 117

Demand by Product 119

Market Characteristics 121

Stabilization & Reinforcement 121

Drainage & Filtration 122

Erosion & Sedimentation Control 123

Transportation Infrastructure 125

Demand by Product 127

Market Characteristics 129

Landfills 131

Demand by Product 133

Market Characteristics 135

Liquid Containment 136

Demand by Product 137

Market Characteristics 139

Other Markets 140

Demand by Product 141

Market Characteristics 142

V. REGIONS 144

General 144

Regional Demographics & Economic Trends 145

Population Patterns 145

Economic Outlook 148

Construction Activity 150

Geosynthetics Demand by Region 152

Northeast 156

New England 158

Middle Atlantic 159

Midwest 160

East North Central 163

West North Central 164

South 165

South Atlantic 169

East South Central 170

West South Central 171

West 172

Mountain 176

Pacific 177

VI. INDUSTRY STRUCTURE 179

General 179

Industry Composition 180

Market Share 183

Competitive Strategies 187

Research & Development 189

Marketing 190

Distribution 192

Mergers & Acquisitions 194

Cooperative Agreements 195

Company Profiles 198

ADS Incorporated 199

Agru America Incorporated 201

AMCOL International Corporation 203

Barrier-Bac, see Inteplast Group

Belton Industries Incorporated 206

Boddingtons, see Fiberweb

Bridgestone Corporation 208

Burke Industries, see Mannington Mills

Carthage Mills Erosion Control Company 210

Colbond, see Low & Bonar

Colloid Environmental Technologies, see AMCOL

International

CONTECH Construction Products Incorporated 212

Cooley Group Holdings 214

Dow Chemical Company 216

DuPont (EI) de Nemours 217

Environmental Fabrics Incorporated 219

Environmental Protection Incorporated 220

Fiberweb plc 222

Firestone Specialty Products, see Bridgestone

GSE Lining Technology LLC 225

Hallaton Incorporated 228

Hanes Geo Components, see Leggett & Platt

HUESKER Synthetic GmbH 229

In-Line Plastics LC 231

Inteplast Group Limited 232

Leggett & Platt Incorporated 233

Low & Bonar plc 235

Lumite, see Thrace Plastics

LyondellBasell Industries NV 237

Mannington Mills Incorporated 238

NAUE GmbH & Company KG 240

Nilex Incorporated 242

North American Green, see Tensar

Plastatech Engineering Limited 244

Poly-America LP 245

Poly-Flex, see Poly-America

Presto Geosystems, see Reynolds Group Holdings

Propex Operating Company LLC 247

Raven Industries Incorporated 249

Reef Industries Incorporated 251

Reynolds Group Holdings Limited 253

Royal Ten Cate NV 255

Saint-Gobain 259

SKAPS Industries 261

Solmax International Incorporated 262

Soprema SA 264

Strata Systems Incorporated 265

TENAX International BV 267

Tensar Corporation 269

Texel, see ADS

Thrace Plastics Company SA 273

Watersaver Company Incorporated 275

World-Pak, see Inteplast Group

Additional Companies 277

LIST OF TABLES

SECTION I -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Summary Table 3

SECTION II -- MARKET ENVIRONMENT

1 Macroeconomic Indicators 8

2 Population & Households 12

3 Construction Expenditures 15

4 Residential Building Construction Expenditures 18

5 Housing Starts 22

6 Housing Stock by Type 24

7 Nonresidential Building Construction Expenditures 28

8 Nonresidential Building Improvement & Repair Expenditures 29

9 Nonresidential Building Stock 31

10 Nonbuilding Construction Expenditures 33

11 Nonbuilding Construction Stock 34

12 Highway Spending by Type 36

13 Agricultural Indicators 40

14 Municipal Solid Waste Generation, Recovery & Disposal 44

15 Geosynthetics Pricing 49

16 Geosynthetics Foreign Trade 51

SECTION III -- PRODUCTS

1 Geosynthetics Area Demand by Product 63

2 Geosynthetics Value Demand by Product 65

3 Geotextile Demand by Type 70

4 Nonwoven Geotextile Demand 73

5 Woven & Knit Geotextile Demand 77

6 Geomembrane Demand 83

7 Geogrid Demand 91

8 Geonet Demand 96

9 Other Geosynthetics Demand 98

10 Geosynthetics Demand by Material 108

SECTION IV -- MARKETS

1 Geosynthetics Area Demand by Market 113

2 Geosynthetics Value Demand by Market 116

3 Construction Geosynthetics Demand 118

4 Transportation Infrastructure Geosynthetics Demand 127

5 Landfill Geosynthetics Demand 132

6 Liquid Containment Geosynthetics Demand 137

7 Other Markets Geosynthetics Demand 141

SECTION V -- REGIONS

1 Population by Region 147

2 Gross Domestic Product by Region 150

3 Construction Expenditures by Region 152

4 Geosynthetics Demand by Region 155

5 Northeast Geosynthetics Demand 158

6 Midwest Geosynthetics Demand 163

7 South Geosynthetics Demand 168

8 West Geosynthetics Demand 176

SECTION VI -- INDUSTRY STRUCTURE

1 US Geosynthetics Sales by Company, 2010 182

2 Selected Acquisitions & Divestitures 195

3 Selected Cooperative Agreements 196

LIST OF CHARTS

SECTION II -- MARKET ENVIRONMENT

1 Year of Construction of Housing Stock, 2010 25

2 World Geosynthetics Demand, 2010 56

SECTION III -- PRODUCTS

1 Geosynthetics Demand: Area Versus Value, 2010 66

2 Geosynthetics Demand by Material, 2010 109

SECTION IV -- MARKETS

1 Geosynthetics Area Demand by Market, 2010 113

2 Geosynthetics Value Demand by Market, 2010 116

SECTION V -- REGIONS

1 Geosynthetics Demand by Region, 2010 155

SECTION VI -- INDUSTRY STRUCTURE

1 US Geosynthetics Market Share by Company, 2010 184

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