Dublin, Oct. 14, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/w3cb9t/renewable)
has announced the addition of the "Renewable
Chemicals Market - Global Trends & Forecasts to 2018"
report to their offering.
The renewable chemicals market is estimated to reach $83.4 billion
by 2018 with a CARG of 7.7%. While alcohols currently form the
largest segment of the renewable chemicals market, the polymers
segment holds the maximum growth potential at an expected CAGR of
14.3% from 2013 to 2018.
The global renewable chemicals industry has experienced a higher
growth trajectory in the last five years. This growth is largely
fueled by the increased concerns over greenhouse gas emissions.
Some of the major drivers of the industry identified in this report
are abundant and low cost feedstock, consumer acceptance of
eco-friendly products, government's support and technological
innovations. The major restraints identified in this report are
cost and production issues along with the trade-off with the vital
resources. There are some opportunities that can change the
dynamics of this industry, such as improved yields, new generation
feed-stocks, and collaboration with the universities.
The global renewable
chemicals market is estimated to reach $83.4 billion by 2018
from $57 billion in 2013, at a CAGR of 7.7% from 2013 to 2018. The
biopolymer market is expected to have the highest CAGR of 14.3% due
to higher demand for eco-friendly products. Sales of biopolymers is
expected to boost its market from $2.4 billion in 2013 to $ 4.8
billion by 2018. Starch plastic remains the leader in the
biopolymers segment with 47.8% market share in 2012, while PHA is
expected to have the highest CAGR of over 27.7% during the next
five years.
In the bioethanol market, the U.S. is the leading consumer. In
Asia, China is leading the market with a share of 75% in 2012,
while India is expected to be the fastest growing market in the
next five years with a CAGR of 20.4%.
The market has limited players for each product, thus competition
is also limited in this niche market. Some of the key players in
this field are U.S. based Cargill, DuPont, Metabolix, Inc, Genencor
International, Inc., Novozymes (Denmark), Germany based BASF, DSM
(The Netherland). Partnership and expansion are a few of the most
popular strategies being deployed by the market players in this
segment to gain a competitive edge and also to build upon their
market presence by knowledge and resource sharing.
Key Topics Covered
1 Introduction
2 Executive Summary
3 Market Overview
4 Renewable Chemicals, By Product Types
5 Platform Chemicals
6 Renewable Chemicals Market, By Applications
7 Renewable Chemicals Market, By Geography
8 Catalysis & Technologies
9 Coconut & Palm Oil
10 C11 Polyamides & Derivatives
11 Methyl Ester
12 Competitive Landscape
13 Company Profiles (Overview, Financials, Products & Services,
Strategy, And Developments)
Appendix
List Of Tables and Figures
Companies Mentioned
- Amyris
- Archer-Daniels-Midland Company
- BASF
- Bioamber
- Biomethanol Chemie Nederland
- Braskem
- Cargill
- DSM
- E I DU Pont DE Nemours & Company
- Evonik Industries
- Genomatica Inc
- Metabolix, Inc
- Myriant Corporation
- Natureworks
- Novozymes
- OPX Biotechnologies
- Solazyme
- Solvay
- The Dow Chemical Company
- UOP
- Verenium
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