The chemical industry has shown phenomenal growth in 2005. The impetus generated in 2004 was carried over in 2005 in most of the regions. The Global Chemicals Industry Insight -2006 provides an in depth coverage of the industry as a whole. The report essentially covers the macro issues and gives a broad overview of the industry from the global perspective. It consists of twelve chapters including the industry overview (reviews the present scenario for the global chemical industry, segmental performance of the chemicals and outlook.), industry trends, growth drivers related to the industry, major issues and challenges the industry has been facing in the recent times, application of technology, major markets associated with the sector, the major players driving the industry, regulatory aspects, mergers and acquisitions and critical success factors related to the business of chemistry. The segments of the industry covered are commodity chemicals, specialty and fine chemicals, agrochemicals and fertilizers and industrial gases segment. This report, however, does not cover pharmaceuticals. 

Top 5 players in each segment have been profiled. This chapter on “Future Outlook” discusses the projected growth of the chemical industry for 2006, major expected challenges and trends for the future. The chemical industry is the most globalize of all manufacturing industries and the globalization is still in progress. This industry has shown phenomenal growth in 2005. The impetus generated in 2004 was carried over in 2005 in most of the regions and the industry is expected to continue the momentum in 2006 with the centre of attraction being Asia where the highest production growth is projected for 2006. This report is relevant to all those related to the industry and to those who are keen on having a firsthand overview of the industry.

Countries covered:

North America
US
Canada
Europe
UK
Japan
Brazil
China
India

Total Pages: 214, Total Tables: 33, Total Figures: 109
 
[Table of Contents]

1. Executive Summary

2. Highlights

3. Industry Overview
3.1 Introduction,3.2 Present scenario, 3.3 Market segmentation, 3.3.1 Commodity chemicals, 3.3.2 Specialty and fine chemicals, 3.3.3 Agrochemical and fertilizers, 3.3.4 Industrial gases, 3.4 Trends in the industry, 3.4.1 Consolidation, 3.4.2 Globalization, 3.4.3 Outsourcing, 3.4.4 Petrochemical cycle approaching peak, 3.4.5 Conclusion, 3.5 References

4. Growth Drivers
4.1 Introduction, 4.2 Major growth drivers, 4.2.1 Industrial demand and growing economy, 4.2.2 Substitution of conventional materials, 4.2.3 International trade, 4.2.4 Chinese chemicals industry - one of the key drivers, 4.3 Conclusion, 4.4 References

5. Issues and Challenges
5.1 Introduction, 5.2 Volatile energy and feedstock prices, 5.2.1 Natural gas, 5.2.2 Crude oil, 5.3 WTO and the chemical industry, 5.3.1 ICCA, 5.3.2 Impact on the chemical industry, 5.4 Environmental challenges, 5.4.1 Financial implications of REACH, 5.4.2 Impact of REACH on chemical industry, 5.5 Cost reduction, 5.5.1 Operational cost reduction, 5.5.2 Financial cost reduction, 5.6 Conclusion, 5.7 References

6. Technology
6.1 Introduction, 6.2 Areas in chemical sciences, 6.2.1 Chemical synthesis, 6.2.2 Bioprocess and biotechnology, 6.2.3 Materials technology, 6.3 Enabling technologies, 6.3.1 Process science and engineering technology, 6.3.2 Chemical measurement, 6.3.3 Computational technology, 6.4 Process technologies, 6.4.1 Polymerization, 6.4.2 Liquefaction of gases, 6.4.3 Cracking, 6.5 Conclusion, References

7 Major Markets
7.1 Introduction,7.2 North America, 7.2.1 US, 7.2.2 Canada, 7.3 Europe (excluding the UK), 7.4 UK, 7.5 Japan, 7.6 Emerging markets, 7.6.1 Brazil, 7.6.2 China, 7.6.3 India, 7.7 Conclusion, 7.8 References

8. Major Players
8.1 Introduction, 8.2 Chemicals-diversified, 8.2.1 BASF, 8.2.2 Bayer, 8.2.3 Dow Chemicals, 8.2.4: DuPont, 8.2.5 Akzo Nobel, 8.3 Commodity chemical companies, 8.3.1: Mitsubishi Chemicals, 8.3.2: Lyondell Chemical, 8.3.3: Sumitomo Chemicals, 8.3.4: Mitsui Chemicals, 8.3.5: LG Chemicals, 8.4 Specialty and fine chemicals, 8.4.1: Degussa, 8.4.2 Royal DSM, 8.4.3: ICI Chemicals, 8.4.4 Rohm and Haas, 8.4.5 Clariant Chemicals, 8.5 Agro chemicals and fertilizers, 8.5.1 Mosaic, 8.5.2 Syngenta, 8.5.3 Monsanto, 8.5.4 Agrium, 8.5.5 Potash Corporation, 8.6 Industrial Gas, 8.6.1 Air Liquide, 8.6.2 Air products and chemicals, 8.6.3 Praxair, 8.6.4 Linde, 8.6.5 BOC, 8.7 Reference

9. Regulations
9.1 Introduction, 9.2 Major international environmental regulations, 9.2.1 The Basel convention on the control of trans-boundary movements of hazardous wastes and their disposal, 9.2.2 The Rotterdam convention on hazardous chemicals and pesticides in international trade,9.2.3 The Stockholm convention on persistent organic pollutants, 9.2.4 Key elements of Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions, 9.2.5 Substances covered by conventions, 9.3 REACH, 9.3.1 Key features in the white paper, 9.3.2 Expected business impact, 9.3.3 Industry concerns, 9.4 Global warming and related conventions, 9.4.1 The greenhouse effect, 9.4.2 Effects of global warming, 9.4.3 Reducing global warming, 9.4.4 Ozone layer, 9.4.5 Depletion of ozone layer, 9.4.6 Measures to protect the ozone layer, 9.4.7 The Vienna convention, 9.4.8 The Montreal protocol, 9.4.9 The Kyoto protocol, 9.5 Key international patent regulations, 9.5.1 TRIPs, 9.5.2 The Paris convention, 9.5.3 The Patent co-operation treaty , 9.6 Recent regulatory amendments, 9.6.1 Developments related to REACH, 9.6.2 The Kyoto Protocol, 9.6.3 The US Energy Bill and  MTBE, 9.7 Conclusion, 9.8 References

10. Mergers and Acquisitions
10.1 Introduction, 10.2 Present scenario, 10.3 Drivers for M&A, 10.3.1 Private equity firms, 10.3.2 Increase in market share, 10.3.3 Cyclic nature, 10.4 Trends in M&A, 10.4.1 2003, 10.4.2 2004, 10.4.3 2005, 10.5 Impact of M&A on the chemical industry, 10.5.1 Declining R&D, 10.5.2 Concentration of the industry, 10.5.3 Strengthened the stock market, 10.6 Conclusion, 10.7 References

11. Critical Success Factors
11.1 Introduction, 11.2 Focus on R&D, 11.3 M&A, 11.4 Economies of scale, 11.5 Outsourcing, 11.6 Collaboration, 11.7 Technology, 11.8 Conclusion, 11.8 Conclusion, 11.9 References, 12. Future Outlook, 12.1 Introduction, 12.2 Economic outlook, 12.3 Regional and segmental outlook, 12.4 Challenges, 12.5 Conclusion, 12.6 References

LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 3.1: Global Chemical Industry Market Size (2001-2005E), Figure 3.2: Segmentation of Chemical Market (2005E), Figure 3.3: Global Commodity Chemical Market Size (2001-2005E),Figure 3.4: Ethylene Consumption by End Use (2005E), Figure 3.5: Ethylene Capacities by Region (2005E), Figure 3.6: Global Ethylene Capacity and Demand (2002-2006P), Figure 3.7: Propylene Consumption by End Use (2005), Figure 3.8: Propylene Consumption by Region (2005E), Figure 3.9: Global Propylene Capacity and Demand (2002-2006P), Figure 3.10: Styrene Consumption by End Use (2005E), Figure 3.11: Styrene Capacities by Region (2005E), Figure 3.12: Global Styrene Capacity and Demand (2002-2006P), Figure 3.13: PVC Consumption by End Use (2005E), Figure 3.14: PVC Capacities by Region (2004), Figure 3.15: Global PVC Capacity and Demand (2002-2006P), Figure 3.16: Chlorine Consumption by End Use (2005E), Figure 3.17: Chlor Alkali Consumption by Region (2004), Figure 3.18: Global Chlor Alkali Capacity and Demand (2002-2006P), Figure 3.19: TiO2 Consumption by End Use (2005E), Figure 3.20: TiO2 Demand by Region (2005E), Figure 3.21: Global Specialty & Fine Chemical Market Size (2001-2005E), Figure 3.22: Specialty & Fine Chemicals Consumption by Region (2004), Figure 3.23: Global Agrochemical & Fertilizer Market Size (2001-2005E), Figure 3.24: Agrochemicals & Fertilizers Consumption by Region (2004), Figure 3.25: Global Agrochemical Market Size (2001-2005E), Figure 3.26: Global Fertilizer Market Size (2001-2005E), Figure 3.27: Global Industrial Gases Market Size (2001-2005E), Figure 3.28: Global Industrial Gases Consumption by End Use (2004), Figure 3.29: Industrial Gases Consumption by Region (2004), Figure 3.30: Asian exposure of western companies (2005), Figure 4.1: Growth trend: GDP Vs Commodity chemicals (2000-2005E), Figure 4.2: Chemical imports and exports in the US (2002-2005E), Figure 4.3: Chemical imports and exports in Japan (2002-2005E), Figure 4.4: Chemical imports and exports in China (2002-2005E), Figure 5.1: Industrial price of natural gas in the US - 2005, Figure 5.2: Volatile crude oil prices (WTI) in the US - 2005, Figure 5.3: Greenhouse gases emission in the US based on global warming potential- (1995-2003), Figure 7.1: the US Chemical Industry Market Size (2001-2005E), Figure 7.2: GDP growth Vs Chemical Industry growth in the US (2002-2005E), Figure 7.3: The US Chemical Market Segments (2004), Figure 7.4: Canada Chemical Industry Market Size (2001-2005E), Figure 7.5: GDP Growth Vs Chemical Industry Growth in Canada (2002-2005E), Figure 7.6: Canada Chemical Market Segments (2004), Figure 7.7: Europe (Excluding UK) Chemical Industry Market Size (2002-2005E), Figure 7.8: GDP Growth Vs Chemical Industry Growth in Europe (excluding UK) (2002-2005E), Figure 7.9: European Chemical Market Segments (2004), Figure 7.10: UK Chemical Industry Market Size (2001-2005E), Figure 7.11: GDP Growth Vs Chemical Industry Growth in UK (2002-2005E), Figure 7.12: UK Chemical Market Segments (2004), Figure 7.13: Japan Chemical Industry Market Size (2001-2005E), Figure 7.14: GDP Growth Vs Chemical Industry Growth in Japan (2002-2005E), Figure 7.15: Japan Chemical Market Segments (2004), Figure 7.16: Brazilian chemical market size and growth - (2001-2005E), Figure 7.17: Brazil Chemical industry growth vs GDP (2002-2005), Figure 7.18:  Brazil Chemicals Market Segment (2005), Figure 7.19: Chinese chemical market size and growth - (2001-2005E), Figure 7.20:  Chemical industry growth Vs GDP growth in China - (2002-2005E), Figure 7.21:  China Chemicals Market Segment (2004), Figure 7.22: Indian chemical market size and growth - (2001-2005E), Figure 7.23: Chemical industry growth Vs GDP growth in India - (2002-2005E), Figure 7.24:  Indian Chemicals Market Segment (2004), Figure 8.1: Revenue by Segment (2004-2005), Figure: 8.2: BASF Share Price Movement in 2005 , Figure 8.3: Revenue by Segment (2004-2005), Figure 8.4: Bayer Share Price Movement in 2005, Figure 8.5: Revenue break-up by Region (2005), Figure 8.6: Revenue by Segment (2004-2005), Figure 8.7: Dow Chemical Share Price Movement in 2005, Figure 8.8: Revenue by Segment in 2005, Figure 8.9: DuPont Share Price Movement in 2005, Figure 8.10: Revenue by Segment (2004-2005), Figure 8.11: Akzo Nobel Share Price Movement in 2005, Figure 8.12: Revenue by Segment in 2005, Figure 8.13: Lyondell Share Price Movement in 2005, Figure 8.14: Revenue by Segment in 2005, Figure 8.15: Revenue by Segment in 2005, Figure 8.16: LG Chemicals Share Price movement in 2005, Figure 8.17: Revenue by Segment in 2005, Figure 8.18: Revenue by Segment (continued business) in 2005, Figure 8.19: Revenue by Segment in 2005, Figure 8.20: ICI Chemicals Share Price Movement in 2005, Figure 8.21: Revenue by Region in 2005, Figure 8.22: Revenue by Segment in 2005, Figure 8.23: Rohm & Haas Share Price Movement in 2005, Figure 8.24: Revenue by Region in 2005, Figure 8.25: Revenue by Segment in 2005, Figure 8.26: Revenue by Segment in 2005, Figure 8.27: Mosaic Share Price Movement in 2005, Figure 8.28: Syngenta Share Price Movement in 2005, Figure 8.29: Monsanto Share Price Movement in 2005, Figure 8.30: Agrium Share Price Movement in 2005, Figure 8.31: Potash Corp Share Price Movement in 2005, Figure 8.32: Revenue by Segment in 2005, Figure 8.33: Revenue by Segment in 2005, Figure 8.34: Air Products Share Price Movement in 2005, Figure 8.35: Revenue by Region in 2005, Figure 8.36: Paraxair Share Price Movement in 2005, Figure 8.37: Revenue by Region in 2005, Figure 8.38: Revenue by Region in 2005, Figure 8.39: Linde Share Price Movement in 2005, Figure 10.1: Global M&A in Chemical Industry (Deals >25m) (2001-2005), Figure 10.2: Total Number of Deals >25m (2001-2005), Figure 10.3: Mix of Buyers (2004-2005), Figure 10.4: Regional Break-up for number of Deals (2005), Figure 11.1: Research spending of 18 major US chemical firms - (2001-2005), Figure 11.2: Global chemical outsourcing market - (2001-2005), Figure 11.3: Competitive advantage offered by technology, Figure 12.1: Global chemical production growth rate (y/y) forecast for 2006, Figure 12.2: Global chemical production growth rate (y/y) forecast (2006-2008)

LIST OF TABLES

Table 8.1: Annual Result for Major Chemical Companies 2004-05 (All figures in USD billion except per share data),Table 8.2: Top diversified companies, Table 8.3.: Financial highlights of BASF, Table 8.4: Financial highlights of Bayer, 2003-2005, Table 8.5: Financial highlights of Dow Chemicals, 2003-2005, Table 8.6: Financial highlights of DuPont, 2003-2005, Table 8.7: Financial highlights of Akzo Nobel, 2003-2005, Table 8.8: Top Chemical Commodity Companies, Table 8.9: Financial highlights of Mitsubishi Chemicals, 2003-2005, Table 8.10: Financial highlights of Lyondell Chemical, 2003-2005, Table 8.11: Financial highlights of Sumitomo Chemicals, 2003-2005, Table 8.12: Financial highlights of Mitsui Chemical, 2003-2005, Table 8.13: Financial highlights of LG Chemicals, 2003-2005, Table 8.14 Top Companies in speciality and fine chemicals, Table 8.15: Financial highlights of Degussa, 2003-2005, Table 8.16: Financial highlights of Royal DSM, 2003-2005, Table 8.17: Financial highlight of ICI Chemicals, 2003-2005, Table 8.18: Financial highlights of Rohm and Haas, 2003-2005, Table 8.19: Financial highlights of Clariant Chemical, 2003-2005, Table 8.20 Top Companies in Agrochemicals and Fertilizers, Table 8.21: Financial highlights of Mosaic, 2003-2005, Table 8.22: Financial highlights of Syngenta, 2003-2005, Table 8.23: Financial highlights of Monsanto, 2003-2005, Table 8.24: Financial highlights of Agrium, 2003-2005, Table 8.26 Top companies in Industrial gas, Table 8.27: Financial highlights of Air Liquide, 2003-2005, Table 8.28: Financial highlights of Air Products and Chemicals, 2003-2005, Table 8.29: Financial highlights of Praxair, 2003-2005, Table 8.30: Financial highlights of Linde, 2003-2005, Table 8.31: Financial highlights of BOC Group, 2003-2005, Table 9.1: List of chemicals under Rotterdam Convention - PIC procedure, Table 10.1: Major M & A in the Chemical Industry (2002-2005), Table 11.1: R&D spending of 10 major companies in the US