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Market Research Report
Composites: Resins, Fillers, Reinforcements, Natural Fibers & Nanocomposites
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2007/10 |
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264 pages; 63 tables |
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Table of Contents
- INTRODUCTION
- REASONS FOR DOING THE STUDY
- SCOPE OF THE STUDY
- METHODOLOGY
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR
- RELATED BCC REPORTS
- DISCLAIMER
- SUMMARY
- Summary Table:
- U.S. FIBER-REINFORCED PLASTIC MARKET BY APPLICATION, THROUGH 2012
(MILLION POUNDS)
- Summary Figure:
- U.S. FIBER-REINFORCED PLASTIC MARKET BY APPLICATION, 2006-2012 (MILLION
POUNDS)
- FILLERS AND REINFORCEMENTS
- BACKGROUND
- PROPERTY PROFILES
- CHARACTERISTICS OF FILLERS/REINFORCEMENTS
- Table 1 PROFILE OF CHARACTERISTICS OF FILLERS/REINFORCEMENTS
- Table 2 OVERVIEW OF CHARACTERISTICS AND APPLICATIONS OF
FILLERS/REINFORCEMENTS
- FILLER/ REINFORCEMENT USAGE WITH SPECIFIC RESINS
- Table 3 OVERVIEW OF FILLER/REINFORCEMENT USAGE WITH SPECIFIC RESIN
SYSTEMS
- FILLERS
- OVERVIEW
- ALUMINA TRIHYDRATE (ATH)
- Background
- Properties
- Grades
- BARIUM SULFATE
- CALCIUM CARBONATE
- Background
- Grades
- Automotive Applications
- CALCIUM SULFATE
- KAOLINS
- Background
- Grades
- Automotive Applications
- ORGANIC FILLERS
- Background
- Properties and Applications
- CONDUCTIVE FILLERS
- REINFORCEMENTS
- OVERVIEW
- NON-FIBROUS
- Talcs
- Background
- Grades
- Applications
- New Talc Products
- Mica
- Background
- Properties
- Applications
- Thermosets
- Thermoplastics
- Silicas
- Wollastonite
- Background
- Applications
- New Developments
- New Products
- MARKET ESTIMATES AND FORECASTS
- Table 4 NORTH AMERICAN MARKET FOR KEY/SELECTED FILLERS/REINFORCEMENTS,
THROUGH 2012 (MILLION POUNDS)
- Figure 1 NORTH AMERICAN MARKET FOR KEY/SELECTED FILLERS/REINFORCEMENTS,
2006-2012 (MILLION POUNDS)
- FIBROUS
- Background
- Carbon Fibers
- Background
- Manufacture
- Product Types
- Applications
- Recent Developments
- Supply and Demand Scenario
- Producers
- Recent Developments
- Metallized Carbon Fibers
- Market Estimates and Forecasts
- Table 5 GLOBAL CARBON FIBER MARKET, THROUGH 2012 (MILLION POUNDS)
- Figure 2 GLOBAL CARBON FIBER MARKET, 2006-2012 (MILLION POUNDS)
- Polymeric Fibers
- Aramid Fibers
- Ceramic Fibers
- Background
- Applications
- New Developments
- Boron Fibers
- Stainless Steel Fibers
- Background
- Recent Developments
- Glass-Fiber Reinforcements
- Background
- Types of Glass Fibers
- Sizing
- Supplies
- Glass Fiber Types
- Overview
- Background
- Solid Microspheres
- Hollow Microspheres
- Table 6 ADVANTAGES OF SOLID GLASS MICROSPHERES
- Summary of Glass Fiber Reinforcement Classifications
- Applications
- Trends
- Recent Developments
- Boron-Free Glass Fibers
- High-Strength Glass
- Thermoplastics Go After New Markets
- China' s Glass Fiber Industry
- Fiberglass Enterprises Seek to Meet International Standards
- New Products
- Johns Manville
- Owens Corning
- Glass Fiber Suppliers
- Table 7 GLASS FIBER SUPPLIERS
- Table 7 (CONTINUED)
- Natural Fibers
- Background
- Types of Natural Fibers
- Overview
- Flax Fibers
- Jute Fibers
- Kenaf Fibers
- Hemp Fibers
- Processing
- Comparison with Glass Fibers
- Pricing
- Possible Stumbling Blocks to Natural Fiber Reinforcements
- Suppliers of Natural Fibers
- Background
- Composite Products
- Flexform Technologies
- Quadrant Plastic Composites
- Automotive Applications
- Other Potential Applications
- New Developments
- Market Estimates and Forecasts
- NANOCOMPOSITES
- BACKGROUND
- PROCESSES
- CHARACTERISTICS
- EARLY WORK WITH PLASTICS
- PRICING
- CARBON NANOTUBES
- COST AND PERFORMANCE ASPECTS
- APPLICATIONS
- Overview
- Specific Automotive Applications
- Overview
- General Motor' s Usage
- RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
- Vorbeck Materials
- Nanosperse
- Naturalnano, Inc.
- DDG Cryogenics
- Sud-Chemie
- Dyneon LLC
- DuPont
- RTP
- RECENT ASSESSMENTS
- NANOCOMPOSITE SUPPLIERS
- Table 8 LIST OF SELECTED NANOCOMPOSITE SUPPLIERS
- MARKET ESTIMATES AND FORECASTS
- Table 9 GLOBAL NANOCOMPOSITE CONSUMPTION
- Market Estimates and Forecasts (Continued)
- REINFORCED PLASTICS OVERVIEW
- BACKGROUND
- THERMOPLASTICS
- THERMOSETS
- Table 10 SELECTED PROPERTIES AND MANUFACTURING PROCESSES OF REINFORCED
THERMOSETS
- Table 10 (CONTINUED)
- COMPOSITES
- OVERVIEW
- ADVANCED COMPOSITES
- PROCESSING
- THERMOSET BRIEF OVERVIEW
- HAND LAY-UP
- SPRAY-UP
- PULTRUSION
- SHEET MOLDING COMPOUNDS (SMC)
- BULK MOLDING COMPOUNDS (BMC)
- REINFORCED REACTION MOLDING (RRIM)
- THERMOPLASTICS
- PROCESSING DETAILS
- THERMOSETS
- Hand Lay-up
- Filament Winding
- Pultrusion
- Reinforced Reaction Molding (RRIM)
- THERMOPLASTICS
- REINFORCED PLASTIC/ COMPOSITE FABRICATION TECHNIQUES
- OVERVIEW
- SHEET MOLDING COMPOUNDS (SMC)
- Background
- SMC Process Choices
- SMC Formulations
- Table 11 TYPICAL SMC FORMULATION
- Technology
- SMC Compounders
- Applications
- New Developments
- New SMC grades Could Eliminate Need for Coating Auto Parts
- Suppliers Aiming to Upgrade SMC
- Nanotechnology and SMC
- SMC for a New Roof
- SMC Technology Advantages
- Specific New SMC Products
- Improved Paintability
- New SMCs Aim At Lighting
- Meridian Begins Selling SMC
- BULK MOLDING COMPOUNDS (BMC)
- Background
- Technology
- Advantages
- Applications
- BMC Compounders
- Recent Developments
- Owens Corning, BMCI Joint Venture
- Specific New BMC Products
- Bulk Molding Compounds
- BMC for Automotive Headlamps
- Solar Panels Targeted
- RESINS USED IN REINFORCED PLASTICS
- OVERVIEW OF REINFORCED PLASTICS/ COMPOSITES PRODUCT FLOW
- Table 12 REINFORCED PLASTICS/COMPOSITES PRODUCT FLOW
- THERMOPLASTICS
- COMMODITY THERMOPLASTICS
- Background
- Polypropylene
- Background
- Fiber-Reinforced Polypropylene Products
- Table 13 KEY FIBER-REINFORCED POLYPROPYLENE PRODUCTS
- New Developments
- Long-Glass Fiber (LGF) Polypropylene News
- All-Polypropylene Composites
- All-Polypropylene Composites (Continued)
- Lightweight Polypropylene/Glass Composites
- Specific New Polypropylene-Based Reinforced Plastic Products
- Glass Roving for Long Glass Polypropylene
- Glass Roving for Long-Glass Polypropylene
- Molding of Long-Fiber Polypropylene Automotive Parts
- Polypropylene Nanocomposites for Automotive Parts
- New Sources of Long Fiber Glass-Reinforced Polypropylene
- RTP Long Fiber Concentrates
- Polyethylene
- Table 14 FIBER-REINFORCED COMMODITY THERMOPLASTICS, THROUGH 2012
(MILLION POUNDS)
- Table 15 FIBER-REINFORCED POLYETHYLENE MARKET BY APPLICATION, THROUGH
2012 (MILLION POUNDS)
- Table 16 FIBER-REINFORCED POLYPROPYLENE MARKET BY APPLICATION, THROUGH
2012 (MILLION POUNDS)
- Table 17 FIBER-REINFORCED POLYPROPYLENE AUTOMOTIVE MARKET, THROUGH 2012
(MILLION POUNDS)
- POLYSTYRENE
- General Purpose Polystyrene
- High Impact Polystyrene (HIPS)
- Background
- Properties
- Applications
- Producer Changes
- Reinforced Polystyrene Products
- Market Estimates and Forecasts
- Table 18 FIBER-REINFORCED POLYSTYRENE MARKET BY APPLICATION, THROUGH
2012 (MILLION POUNDS)
- Figure 3 FIBER-REINFORCED POLYSTYRENE MARKET BY APPLICATION, 2006-2012
(MILLION POUNDS)
- ACRYLONITRILE-BUTADIENE-STYRENE (ABS)
- Background
- Properties
- Grades
- Applications
- Examples of Reinforced ABS Products
- Market Estimates and Forecasts
- Table 19 FIBER-REINFORCED ABS MARKET BY APPLICATION, THROUGH 2012
(MILLION POUNDS)
- STYRENE MALEIC ANHYDRIDE (SMA)
- Background
- Fiber-Reinforced SMA
- Market Estimates and Forecasts
- ENGINEERING THERMOPLASTICS (ETPS)
- Background
- Nylons
- Background
- Properties
- Major Types
- Fiber-Reinforced Nylons
- Nylon Nanocomposites
- Long Glass Adds Properties to High-Heat Nylon
- Nylon With 60% Glass
- Examples of Commercial Reinforced Nylons
- Table 20 EXAMPLES OF COMMERCIALLY IMPORTANT REINFORCED NYLONS
- Market Estimates and Forecasts
- Table 21 FIBER-REINFORCED NYLON MARKET BY APPLICATION, THROUGH 2012
(MILLION POUNDS)
- Figure 4 FIBER-REINFORCED NYLON MARKET BY APPLICATION, 2006-2012
(MILLION POUNDS)
- Table 22 FIBER-REINFORCED NYLON AUTOMOTIVE MARKET, THROUGH 2012 (MILLION
POUNDS)
- Polybutylene Terephthalate (PBT)
- Background
- Properties
- Applications
- Fiber-Reinforced PBT Products
- Recent Interest in CBT
- Examples of Commercial Reinforced PBT Products
- Table 23 EXAMPLES OF REINFORCED PBT PRODUCTS
- Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET)
- Overview
- Properties and Grades
- Applications
- Self-Reinforced PET
- Examples of Reinforced PET Products
- Table 24 KEY REINFORCED PET PRODUCTS
- Market Estimates and Forecasts
- Table 25 FIBER-REINFORCED THERMOPLASTIC POLYESTER MARKET BY APPLICATION,
THROUGH 2012 (MILLION POUNDS)
- Table 26 FIBER-REINFORCED THERMOPLASTIC POLYESTER AUTOMOTIVE MARKET,
THROUGH 2012 (MILLION POUNDS)
- EXTERIOR
- TOTAL
- Polycarbonates
- Background
- General Grades
- Properties
- Fiber-Reinforced Polycarbonates
- Market Estimates and Forecasts
- Table 27 FIBER-REINFORCED POLYCARBONATE MARKET BY APPLICATION, THROUGH
2012 (MILLION POUNDS)
- Polyacetals
- Background
- Grades
- Properties
- Processing
- Examples of Polyacetal Reinforced Products
- Market Estimates and Forecasts
- Polyphenylene Sulfides (PPS)
- Background
- Properties
- Advantages and Disadvantages
- PPS Fiber-Reinforced Products
- New Products
- Market Estimates and Forecasts
- Table 28 FIBER-REINFORCED POLYPHENYLENE SULFIDE MARKET BY APPLICATION,
THROUGH 2012 (MILLION POUNDS)
- Polyimides/PEI/PAI
- Background
- Properties
- Polyetherimides (PEIs)
- Polyamideimides (PAIs)
- Polyimide Fiber-Reinforced Products
- New Products
- Market Estimates and Forecasts
- Table 29 FIBER-REINFORCED POLYIMIDE MARKET BY APPLICATION. THROUGH 2012
(MILLION POUNDS)
- Liquid Crystal Polymers (LCPs)
- Background
- Properties
- Applications
- LCP Fiber-Reinforced Products
- Market Estimates and Forecasts
- Polysulfones
- Background
- Types of Polysulfones
- Polyethersulfones (PES)
- Polyarylsulfones
- Grades
- Properties
- Other Applications of Polysulfones
- New Products
- Polysulfone Fiber-Reinforced Products
- Market Estimates and Forecasts
- Polymer Alloys/Blends
- Background
- PC/ABS
- Background
- Grades and Properties
- Applications
- Polyphenylene Oxide (PPO)-Based Alloys/Blends
- PPO/HIPS
- Background
- Grades
- Applications
- PPO/Nylon
- Background and Properties
- Grades and Applications
- PC/PBT
- Background
- Properties
- Applications
- PC/PET
- Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Alloy/Blend Grades
- Market Estimates and Forecasts
- Table 30 FIBER-REINFORCED POLYMER ALLOYS/ BLENDS MARKET BY APPLICATION,
THROUGH 2012 (MILLION POUNDS)
- Other Engineering Thermoplastics
- Styrene-Acrylonitrile (SAN)
- Background
- Properties
- Fiber-Reinforced SAN Products
- Polyketones
- Background
- Properties
- Applications
- Polyketone Composites
- New Products
- Long-Fiber PEEK
- Glass-Filled PEEK
- Market Estimates and Forecasts
- Table 31 MISCELLANEOUS FIBER-REINFORCED THERMOPLASTICS MARKET BY
APPLICATION, THROUGH 2012 (MILLION POUNDS)
- MARKET SUMMARY FOR FIBER-REINFORCED THERMOPLASTICS
- Table 32 FIBER-REINFORCED THERMOPLASTIC MARKET, THROUGH2 012 (MILLION
POUNDS)
- GLASS MAT THERMOPLASTICS (GMT)
- Overview
- Technology
- Supplier Scenario
- Applications
- LONG-FIBER REINFORCED THERMOPLASTICS (LFRTS)
- Background
- Properties
- Technology
- Background
- Twintex Products
- Advantages
- Limitations
- Resin Matrices
- Suppliers
- StaMax
- Ticona and LNP
- RTP
- Applications
- Down the Road
- Recent Developments
- Increased Use of LFTP Concentrates
- Another Source of Long-Glass Thermoplastic Pellets
- New PEEK Long Fiber Compounds
- Ticona LFRT Unit in China
- Advanced Fiber Compounds
- Overview
- Product Characteristics
- MARKET ESTIMATES AND FORECASTS
- Table 33 LONG FIBER REINFORCED THERMOPLASTIC MARKET BY GEOGRAPHIC
REGION, THROUGH 2012 (MILLION POUNDS)
- THERMOSET RESINS
- OVERVIEW
- FIBER-REINFORCED GRADES
- GENERAL PROPERTIES
- Table 34 FIBER-REINFORCED THERMOSET PROPERTIES AND MANUFACTURING
PROCESSES
- UNSATURATED POLYESTERS
- Background
- Ingredients of Unsaturated Polyester Formulations
- Table 35 INGREDIENTS OF UNSATURATED POLYESTER RESIN FORMULATIONS IN
DESCENDING ORDER OF COMMERCIAL USE
- Types of Unsaturated Polyesters
- Applications
- Construction/Infrastructure
- Bathroom Products
- Corrosion-Resistant Products
- Marine Products
- Transportation
- Other Applications
- Non-Reinforced Unsaturated Polyesters
- Examples of Commercial Reinforced Unsaturated Polyesters
- Table 36 KEY COMMERCIAL REINFORCED UNSATURATED POLYESTERS
- Market Estimates and Forecasts
- Table 37 FIBER-REINFORCED UNSATURATED POLYESTERS BY APPLICATION, THROUGH
2012 (MILLION POUNDS)
- Table 38 FIBER-REINFORCED UNSATURATED POLYESTER CONSTRUCTION MARKET,
THROUGH 2012 (MILLION POUNDS)
- Table 39 FIBER-REINFORCED UNSATURATED POLYESTER AUTOMOTIVE MARKET,
THROUGH 2012 (MILLION POUNDS)
- VINYL ESTERS
- Background
- Properties
- Characteristics
- Applications
- Differences between Unsaturated Polyesters and Vinyl Esters
- New Products
- Commercially Important Reinforced Vinyl Esters
- The following represent important commercial reinforced vinyl
esters:
- Market Estimates and Forecasts
- Table 40 FIBER-REINFORCED VINYLESTERS BY APPLICATION, THROUGH 2012
(MILLION POUNDS)
- EPOXY RESINS
- Background
- Chemical Epoxy Types
- Epoxy Systems
- Background
- Non-Molded
- Laminating Systems
- Molded Epoxies
- Advanced Epoxy Composites
- Other Applications
- Fiber-Reinforced Epoxy Grades
- Market Estimates and Forecasts
- Table 41 FIBER-REINFORCED EPOXIES BY APPLICATION, THROUGH 2012 (MILLION
POUNDS)
- Figure 5 FIBER-REINFORCED EPOXIES BY APPLICATION, 2006-2012 (MILLION
POUNDS)
- PHENOLICS
- Background
- Grades
- Molding Compounds
- Fiber-Reinforced Phenolic Grades
- Market Estimates and Forecasts
- Table 42 FIBER-REINFORCED PHENOLICS BY APPLICATION, THROUGH 2012
(MILLION POUNDS)
- POLYURETHANES
- Background
- Polyureas
- RIM Products
- RRIM Products
- SRIM Products
- Competing Products
- Advantages
- Recent Developments
- Overview
- Bayer
- BASF
- Creative Pultrusions
- RS Technologies
- Polyurethane Long Fiber Injection
- Fiber-Reinforced Polyurethane Products
- Market Estimates and Forecasts
- Table 43 FIBER-REINFORCED POLYURETHANES BY APPLICATION, THROUGH 2012
(MILLION POUNDS)
- Table 44 FIBER-REINFORCED POLYURETHANE AUTOMOTIVE MARKET, THROUGH 2012
(MILLION POUNDS)
- MISCELLANEOUS FIBER-REINFORCED THERMOSETS
- Diallyl Phthalate (DAP)
- Background and Applications
- Thermoplastic Elastomers (TPEs)
- Market Estimates and Forecasts
- Table 45 FIBER-REINFORCED MISCELLANEOUS THERMOSETS BY APPLICATION,
THROUGH 2012 (MILLION POUNDS)
- MARKET SUMMARY OF FIBER-REINFORCED THERMOSETS
- Table 46 MARKET SUMMARY OF FIBER-REINFORCED THERMOSETS, THROUGH 2012
(MILLION POUNDS)
- APPLICATIONS
- OVERVIEW
- AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
- Table 47 HISTORICAL, CURRENT AND PROJECTED U.S. AUTOMOTIVE SALES,
1997-2007 (MILLION UNITS)
- CAFE ISSUES
- AUTOMAKER' S CHOICES
- A NEW DAWN FOR PLASTICS/ COMPOSITES IN AUTOMOBILES
- REINFORCED PLASTICS/ COMPOSITES IN AUTOS AND TRUCKS
- Background
- Historical Perspective
- Summary of Reinforced Plastics/Composites Advantages in Automotive
Applications
- Other SMC Applications
- Hybrid Technologies-Plastic/Metal Parts
- Composites Still Challenged by Metals
- Use of Natural Fiber Composites
- Composite Trunk
- New Concept Car
- AUTOMOTIVE UNDER-THE-HOOD
- Overview
- Key Factors of UTH Resin Market
- Table 48 SELECTED AUTOMOTIVE UNDER-THE-HOOD FIBER-REINFORCED RESINS BY
PART
- Table 48 (CONTINUED)
- Recent Developments in Auto UTH
- More and More Metals Being Replaced
- Carbon-Fiber for Manifolds
- Reinforced Plastic Fuel Tank
- PBT for Engine Components
- Market Estimates and Forecasts
- Table 49 FIBER-REINFORCED PLASTIC AUTOMOTIVE UNDER-THE-HOOD MARKET BY
RESIN, THROUGH 2012 (MILLION POUNDS)
- Table 49 (CONTINUED)
- AUTOMOTIVE INTERIORS
- Background
- Fiber-reinforced plastic applications include the following:
- Overview of Specific Fiber-Reinforced Plastic Applications
- Seat Structures
- Background
- Front Seat Bases
- Front Seat Shells
- Seat Backs
- Rear Seats
- Child Safety Seats
- Instrument Panel Structures (IPs)
- Overview
- Specific Resin Usage
- Background
- ABS
- PC/ABS
- Polycarbonates
- Polypropylene
- Polyurethanes
- PPO/HIPS
- SMA
- Door Panels and Trim
- Background
- Modular Doors
- Background
- Door Modules Becoming More Complex
- Consoles
- Overview
- Background
- Resin Usage
- Flooring
- Package Shelves/ Trays
- Headliners
- Background
- Resin Usage
- Modular Headliners
- Modular Manufacturing
- Background
- Technology
- Recent Developments
- Examples of Cockpits in Recent Cars
- Market Estimates and Forecasts
- Table 50 FIBER-REINFORCED PLASTICS IN AUTOMOTIVE INTERIORS, THROUGH 2012
(MILLION POUNDS)
- AUTOMOTIVE EXTERIORS
- Background
- Use of Reinforced Plastics/Composites
- Fuel Efficiency Scenario
- Bumper Systems
- Background
- Products
- Bumper Beams
- Doors
- Other Exterior Trim
- Body Panels
- Overview
- Steel Industry Advances
- Horizontal vs. Vertical Body Panels (Steel vs. SMC)
- Specific Thermoplastics
- Competitive Scenario Summary
- General Decision Factors for Body Panels
- Overview
- Process and Polymer Options for Body Panels
- Carbon Fiber SMC
- Weight Reduction Concepts
- Class A Finishes
- Other SMC Competition
- Other Considerations
- Innovation Driving Automotive SMC
- Overview
- Details
- Lowering Density on Class A SMCs
- Paint-Free SMCs?
- Environmentally Friendly SMCs?
- Market Estimates and Forecasts
- Table 51 FIBER-REINFORCED PLASTICS AUTOMOTIVE EXTERIOR MARKET, THROUGH
2012 (MILLION POUNDS)
- Figure 6 FIBER-REINFORCED PLASTICS AUTOMOTIVE EXTERIOR MARKET, 2006-2012
(MILLION POUNDS)
- CONSTRUCTION/ INFRASTRUCTURE
- BACKGROUND
- ADVANTAGES OF REINFORCED PLASTICS/COMPOSITES
- SOME BARRIERS TO REINFORCED PLASTICS/COMPOSITE USAGE
- SOME PROGRESS IN EASING CODES AND STANDARDS SCENARIO
- INFRASTRUCTURE APPLICATIONS
- Background
- Advantages of Composites
- Roadblocks
- Infrastructure Repair
- Jacketing
- Concrete Reinforcement
- Background
- Rebars/ PlateBonding
- Concrete Highway Pavement
- BRIDGES
- Background
- Bridge Cables from Composites
- PIPE
- Background
- Fiberglass Reinforced Thermoset Plastic Pipe
- Background
- Allyl Resins
- Bismaleimides and Furan Resins
- Phenolic Resins
- Epoxy Resins
- Unsaturated Polyester Resins
- Water-Pipe Systems
- Overview
- Composites Used in Offshore Drain Pipe Repair
- Recent Developments
- Increasing Strength of Fiber-Reinforced Pipe
- Largest Composite Sewer Pipe Installed
- Glass Fiber/Epoxy Pipe Wrap
- Culvert and Pipe Liners
- PANELS
- Overview
- Thermoformable Composite Panels
- Natural Fibers for Panels
- New Products
- Use of Foam Cores
- Lightweight Composites for Rail Interiors
- BATHROOM FIXTURES AND COMPONENTS
- Overview
- Recent Developments
- ANTI-CORROSION MARKETS
- Background
- Types of Corrosion-Resistant Resins
- Markets
- Water-and Air-Treatment Plant Usage of Composites
- Overview
- Examples
- Kansas Unit
- Replacement of Coated Steel Fans
- California Water Treatment Plant
- New Reinforced Plastic Developments
- Resurgence in Corrosion-Resistant Composites
- Examples of Several other Industries Impacted by Corrosion
- Underground Storage Tanks
- Food Processing
- Views from the 2007 Conference on Construction, Corrosion and
Infrastructure
- Market Estimates and Forecasts
- Table 52 FIBER-REINFORCED PLASTIC CONSTRUCTION/INFRASTRUCTURE MARKET BY
RESIN, THROUGH 2012 (MILLION POUNDS)
- Table 53 FIBER-REINFORCED PLASTIC CONSTRUCTION/INFRASTRUCTURE MARKET BY
SEGMENT, THROUGH 2012 (MILLION POUNDS)
- Table 54 FIBER-REINFORCED UNSATURATED POLYESTER
CONSTRUCTION/INFRASTRUCTURE MARKET BY SEGMENT, THROUGH 2012 (MILLION POUNDS)
- Table 55 FIBER-REINFORCED EPOXY CONSTRUCTION/INFRASTRUCTURE MARKET BY
SEGMENT, THROUGH 2012 (MILLION POUNDS)
- MARINE MARKETS
- OVERVIEW
- GENERAL MATERIAL USAGE
- Epoxy/Vinyl Ester
- LEGISLATIVE ISSUES
- TRENDS IN MARINE COMPOSITES
- NEW PRODUCTS
- BASF
- MARKET ESTIMATES AND FORECASTS
- Table 56 FIBER-REINFORCED PLASTICS MARINE MARKET, THROUGH 2012 (MILLION
POUNDS)
- ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS
- OVERVIEW
- MARKETS
- GROWTH
- TECHNOLOGIES
- COMPETITIVE SCENARIO
- REINFORCED PLASTICS MOVE AHEAD IN ELECTRONICS
- CELLULAR PHONE USAGE
- PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS (PCBS)
- Background
- Definitions
- Production
- Types of Rigid Boards
- Assembly Technologies
- E-Glass Suppliers
- Issues Facing Plastics Usage
- PCB Substrates
- Overview
- Rigid PCBs
- Background
- Current Material Usage
- Standard FR-4 Epoxy Resin
- Higher-Performance Epoxies
- Other Materials
- Types of Reinforcements
- An Update on Composite PCBs
- CONNECTORS
- Background
- Function of Connectors
- Trends
- Resin Selection
- Market Estimates and Forecasts
- Table 57 FIBER-REINFORCED PLASTICS ELECTRONIC COMPONENT MARKET, THROUGH
2012 (MILLION POUNDS)
- CONSUMER PRODUCTS
- BACKGROUND
- SPORTS/ RECREATION EQUIPMENT
- Background
- General Resin Usage
- Skis and Other Winter Sports Equipment
- Recreation Boards
- Decking
- Bicycles
- TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENTS
- Bicycle Frames
- New Kayak Materials
- LAWN/GARDEN EQUIPMENT
- Table 58 SELECTED LAWN/GARDEN EQUIPMENT RESINS
- MARKET ESTIMATES AND FORECASTS
- Table 59 FIBER-REINFORCED PLASTICS CONSUMER PRODUCTS MARKET, THROUGH
2012 (MILLION POUNDS)
- APPLIANCES
- OVERVIEW
- APPLIANCE USAGE IN U.S. HOUSEHOLDS
- KEY APPLICATIONS FOR PLASTICS IN APPLIANCES
- FIBER-REINFORCED PLASTIC USAGE
- Market Estimates and Forecasts
- Table 60 FIBER-REINFORCED PLASTIC APPLIANCE MARKET, THROUGH 2012
(MILLION POUNDS)
- AEROSPACE
- OVERVIEW
- HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
- Overview
- Military Aircraft
- Interior Parts
- Composition of Reinforced Plastic Parts
- MATERIAL USAGE
- NEW DEVELOPMENTS
- Boeing' s and Airbus Composites
- Background
- Potential Problems
- COMPOSITES BEGINNING TO PENETRATE ENGINE PARTS
- SUPPLIERS
- MARKET ESTIMATES AND FORECASTS
- Table 61 FIBER-REINFORCED PLASTIC AEROSPACE MARKET, THROUGH 2012
(MILLION POUNDS)
- MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS
- BACKGROUND
- MEDICAL
- Overview
- Orthopedic Implants and Prostheses
- Overview
- Composites May Move Into Orthopedics
- Recent Developments
- PEEK Products
- Implant-Grade Polymers
- POWER MARKET
- Overview
- Utility Poles
- Cross Arms
- Summary of Benefits that can be Derived from Composites in the Power
Market
- OTHER TRANSPORTATION MARKETS
- Overview
- Rail Applications
- Background
- Monorails
- Rail Bodies Made from Reinforced Plastics
- Phenolic Composite Usage in Mass Transit
- Composite Crossties Move in the Rail Industry
- Recreational Vehicle Market (RVs)
- WIND ENERGY PRODUCTS
- OILFIELD RELATED APPLICATIONS
- MARKET ESTIMATES AND FORECASTS
- Table 62 FIBER-REINFORCED PLASTICS MISCELLANEOUS MARKET, THROUGH 2012
(MILLION POUNDS)
- SUMMARY OF FIBER-REINFORCED PLASTICS APPLICATIONS MARKET
- Table 63 SUMMARY OF FIBER-REINFORCED PLASTICS APPLICATIONS MARKET,
THROUGH 2012 (MILLION POUNDS)
- TECHNOLOGIES TO WATCH
- NEW POWDER IMPREGNATION TECHNOLOGY
- BRAIDED REINFORCEMENT APPLICATIONS
- REINFORCED MAT LOWERS RESIN FILL TIME
- SELF-REINFORCING POLYMERS
- NOVEL COMPRESSION MOLDING PROCESS
- POLYPROYLENE FIBERS REPLACE GLASS FIBERS IN REINFORCED PLASTICS
- NEW LIGHTER AND STRONGER THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITES
- WHAT ABOUT FUEL CELLS?
- BACKGROUND
- MATERIALS AND PROCESSES
- WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD?
- REINFORCED PLASTICS/ COMPOSITES OFFSHORE
- EUROPE
- RECYCLING PROBLEM
- EASTERN EUROPE MOVES AHEAD
- Czech Republic
- Hungary
- Romania
- Bulgaria
- Poland
- Ukraine
- Slovakia
- CHINESE COMPOSITE INDUSTRY
- ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
- BACKGROUND
- STYRENE EMISSION PROBLEM
- OVERVIEW
- CHANGES IN MACT DIRECT FINAL RULE
- METHODS TO LOWER STYRENE EMISSIONS
- SUMMARY OF OPTIONS TO REDUCE STYRENE EMISSIONS AND MAINTAIN PRODUCT
QUALITY
- RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
- RECYCLING
- OVERVIEW
- EFFORTS IN THERMOSET RECYCLING
- BACKGROUND
- PYROLYSIS
- GLASS SEPARATION
- GRINDING
- CARBON FIBER RECYCLING
- AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
- COMPANY PROFILES
- AZDEL, INC.
- A SCHULMAN
- AOC LLC
- ASAHI KASEI PLASTICS NORTH AMERICA
- ASHLAND COMPOSITE POLYMERS
- BAYER MATERIAL SCIENCE
- COOK COMPOSITES AND POLYMERS
- CYTEC INDUSTRIES
- DOW PLASTICS
- DSM ENGINEERING PLASTICS AMERICA
- DUPONT ENGINEERING POLYMERS
- FERRO CORPORATION
- GE PLASTICS
- LANXESS
- LNP CORPORATION
- OWENS CORNING
- PREMIX, INC.
- QUADRANT PLASTIC COMPOSITES
- REICHHOLD CHEMICAL
- RTP COMPANY
- SOLVAY ADVANCED POLYMERS LLC
- TICONA
- VETROTEXN NORTH AMERICA
- ACRONYMS
- GLOSSARY OF TERMS
- GLOSSARY OF TERMS
- GLOSSARY OF TERMS (CONTINUED)
- GLOSSARY OF TERMS (CONTINUED)
- LIST OF TABLES
- Summary Table:
- U.S. FIBER-REINFORCED PLASTIC MARKET BY APPLICATION, THROUGH 2012
(MILLION POUNDS)
- Table 1 PROFILE OF CHARACTERISTICS OF FILLERS/REINFORCEMENTS
- Table 2 OVERVIEW OF CHARACTERISTICS AND APPLICATIONS OF
FILLERS/REINFORCEMENTS
- Table 3 OVERVIEW OF FILLER/REINFORCEMENT USAGE WITH SPECIFIC RESIN
SYSTEMS
- Table 4 NORTH AMERICAN MARKET FOR KEY/SELECTED FILLERS/REINFORCEMENTS,
THROUGH 2012 (MILLION POUNDS)
- Table 5 GLOBAL CARBON FIBER MARKET, THROUGH 2012 (MILLION POUNDS)
- Table 6 ADVANTAGES OF SOLID GLASS MICROSPHERES
- Table 7 GLASS FIBER SUPPLIERS
- Table 7 (CONTINUED)
- Table 8 LIST OF SELECTED NANOCOMPOSITE SUPPLIERS
- Table 9 GLOBAL NANOCOMPOSITE CONSUMPTION
- Table 10 SELECTED PROPERTIES AND MANUFACTURING PROCESSES OF REINFORCED
THERMOSETS
- Table 10 (CONTINUED)
- Table 11 TYPICAL SMC FORMULATION
- Table 12 REINFORCED PLASTICS/COMPOSITES PRODUCT FLOW
- Table 13 KEY FIBER-REINFORCED POLYPROPYLENE PRODUCTS
- Table 14 FIBER-REINFORCED COMMODITY THERMOPLASTICS, THROUGH 2012
(MILLION POUNDS)
- Table 15 FIBER-REINFORCED POLYETHYLENE MARKET BY APPLICATION, THROUGH
2012 (MILLION POUNDS)
- Table 16 FIBER-REINFORCED POLYPROPYLENE MARKET BY APPLICATION, THROUGH
2012 (MILLION POUNDS)
- Table 17 FIBER-REINFORCED POLYPROPYLENE AUTOMOTIVE MARKET, THROUGH 2012
(MILLION POUNDS)
- Table 18 FIBER-REINFORCED POLYSTYRENE MARKET BY APPLICATION, THROUGH
2012 (MILLION POUNDS)
- Table 19 FIBER-REINFORCED ABS MARKET BY APPLICATION, THROUGH 2012
(MILLION POUNDS)
- Table 20 EXAMPLES OF COMMERCIALLY IMPORTANT REINFORCED NYLONS
- Table 21 FIBER-REINFORCED NYLON MARKET BY APPLICATION, THROUGH 2012
(MILLION POUNDS)
- Table 22 FIBER-REINFORCED NYLON AUTOMOTIVE MARKET, THROUGH 2012 (MILLION
POUNDS)
- Table 23 EXAMPLES OF REINFORCED PBT PRODUCTS
- Table 24 KEY REINFORCED PET PRODUCTS
- Table 25 FIBER-REINFORCED THERMOPLASTIC POLYESTER MARKET BY APPLICATION,
THROUGH 2012 (MILLION POUNDS)
- Table 26 FIBER-REINFORCED THERMOPLASTIC POLYESTER AUTOMOTIVE MARKET,
THROUGH 2012 (MILLION POUNDS)
- Table 27 FIBER-REINFORCED POLYCARBONATE MARKET BY APPLICATION, THROUGH
2012 (MILLION POUNDS)
- Table 28 FIBER-REINFORCED POLYPHENYLENE SULFIDE MARKET BY APPLICATION,
THROUGH 2012 (MILLION POUNDS)
- Table 29 FIBER-REINFORCED POLYIMIDE MARKET BY APPLICATION. THROUGH 2012
(MILLION POUNDS)
- Table 30 FIBER-REINFORCED POLYMER ALLOYS/BLENDS MARKET BY APPLICATION,
THROUGH 2012 (MILLION POUNDS)
- Table 31 MISCELLANEOUS FIBER-REINFORCED THERMOPLASTICS MARKET BY
APPLICATION, THROUGH 2012 (MILLION POUNDS)
- Table 32 FIBER-REINFORCED THERMOPLASTIC MARKET, THROUGH2 012 (MILLION
POUNDS)
- Table 33 LONG FIBER REINFORCED THERMOPLASTIC MARKET BY GEOGRAPHIC
REGION, THROUGH 2012 (MILLION POUNDS)
- Table 34 FIBER-REINFORCED THERMOSET PROPERTIES AND MANUFACTURING
PROCESSES
- Table 35 INGREDIENTS OF UNSATURATED POLYESTER RESIN FORMULATIONS IN
DESCENDING ORDER OF COMMERCIAL USE
- Table 36 KEY COMMERCIAL REINFORCED UNSATURATED POLYESTERS
- Table 37 FIBER-REINFORCED UNSATURATED POLYESTERS BY APPLICATION, THROUGH
2012 (MILLION POUNDS)
- Table 38 FIBER-REINFORCED UNSATURATED POLYESTER CONSTRUCTION MARKET,
THROUGH 2012 (MILLION POUNDS)
- Table 39 FIBER-REINFORCED UNSATURATED POLYESTER AUTOMOTIVE MARKET,
THROUGH 2012 (MILLION POUNDS)
- Table 40 FIBER-REINFORCED VINYLESTERS BY APPLICATION, THROUGH 2012
(MILLION POUNDS)
- Table 41 FIBER-REINFORCED EPOXIES BY APPLICATION, THROUGH 2012 (MILLION
POUNDS)
- Table 42 FIBER-REINFORCED PHENOLICS BY APPLICATION, THROUGH 2012
(MILLION POUNDS)
- Table 43 FIBER-REINFORCED POLYURETHANES BY APPLICATION, THROUGH 2012
(MILLION POUNDS)
- Table 44 FIBER-REINFORCED POLYURETHANE AUTOMOTIVE MARKET, THROUGH 2012
(MILLION POUNDS)
- Table 45 FIBER-REINFORCED MISCELLANEOUS THERMOSETS BY APPLICATION,
THROUGH 2012 (MILLION POUNDS)
- Table 46 MARKET SUMMARY OF FIBER-REINFORCED THERMOSETS, THROUGH 2012
(MILLION POUNDS)
- Table 47 HISTORICAL, CURRENT AND PROJECTED U.S. AUTOMOTIVE SALES,
1997-2007 (MILLION UNITS)
- Table 48 SELECTED AUTOMOTIVE UNDER-THE-HOOD FIBER-REINFORCED RESINS BY
PART
- Table 48 (CONTINUED)
- Table 49 FIBER-REINFORCED PLASTIC AUTOMOTIVE UNDER-THE-HOOD MARKET BY
RESIN, THROUGH 2012 (MILLION POUNDS)
- Table 49 (CONTINUED)
- Table 50 FIBER-REINFORCED PLASTICS IN AUTOMOTIVE INTERIORS, THROUGH 2012
(MILLION POUNDS)
- Table 51 FIBER-REINFORCED PLASTICS AUTOMOTIVE EXTERIOR MARKET, THROUGH
2012 (MILLION POUNDS)
- Table 52 FIBER-REINFORCED PLASTIC CONSTRUCTION/INFRASTRUCTURE MARKET BY
RESIN, THROUGH 2012 (MILLION POUNDS)
- Table 53 FIBER-REINFORCED PLASTIC CONSTRUCTION/INFRASTRUCTURE MARKET BY
SEGMENT, THROUGH 2012 (MILLION POUNDS)
- Table 54 FIBER-REINFORCED UNSATURATED POLYESTER
CONSTRUCTION/INFRASTRUCTURE MARKET BY SEGMENT, THROUGH 2012 (MILLION POUNDS)
- Table 55 FIBER-REINFORCED EPOXY CONSTRUCTION/INFRASTRUCTURE MARKET BY
SEGMENT, THROUGH 2012 (MILLION POUNDS)
- Table 56 FIBER-REINFORCED PLASTICS MARINE MARKET, THROUGH 2012 (MILLION
POUNDS)
- Table 57 FIBER-REINFORCED PLASTICS ELECTRONIC COMPONENT MARKET, THROUGH
2012 (MILLION POUNDS)
- Table 58 SELECTED LAWN/GARDEN EQUIPMENT RESINS
- Table 59 FIBER-REINFORCED PLASTICS CONSUMER PRODUCTS MARKET, THROUGH
2012 (MILLION POUNDS)
- Table 60 FIBER-REINFORCED PLASTIC APPLIANCE MARKET, THROUGH 2012
(MILLION POUNDS)
- Table 61 FIBER-REINFORCED PLASTIC AEROSPACE MARKET, THROUGH 2012
(MILLION POUNDS)
- Table 62 FIBER-REINFORCED PLASTICS MISCELLANEOUS MARKET, THROUGH 2012
(MILLION POUNDS)
- Table 63 SUMMARY OF FIBER-REINFORCED PLASTICS APPLICATIONS MARKET,
THROUGH 2012 (MILLION POUNDS)
- LIST OF FIGURES
- Summary Figure:
- U.S. FIBER-REINFORCED PLASTIC MARKET BY APPLICATION, 2006-2012 (MILLION
POUNDS)
- Figure 1 NORTH AMERICAN MARKET FOR KEY/SELECTED FILLERS/REINFORCEMENTS,
2006-2012 (MILLION POUNDS)
- Figure 2 GLOBAL CARBON FIBER MARKET, 2006-2012 (MILLION POUNDS)
- Figure 3 FIBER-REINFORCED POLYSTYRENE MARKET BY APPLICATION, 2006-2012
(MILLION POUNDS)
- Figure 4 FIBER-REINFORCED NYLON MARKET BY APPLICATION, 2006-2012
(MILLION POUNDS)
- Figure 5 FIBER-REINFORCED EPOXIES BY APPLICATION, 2006-2012 (MILLION
POUNDS)
- Figure 6 FIBER-REINFORCED PLASTICS AUTOMOTIVE EXTERIOR MARKET, 2006-2012
(MILLION POUNDS)
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