Abstract
IRL is pleased to announce the publication of a new study which covers the
protective coatings sectors in 24 key economies around the
globe.
The countries which are included are:
- Denmark*
- Finland*
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Italy
- Norway*
- Poland
- Russia
- Spain
- Sweden*
- Turkey
- UK
- Saudi Arabia
- South Africa
- UAE
- China
- India
- Japan
- South Korea
- Argentina
- Brazil
- Canada
- USA
*as Scandinavia
The worldwide protective coatings market is estimated at 1.85 million
tonnes in 2007 and should grow by 10% pa until 2012. Much of this growth
is related to emerging economies witnessing the implementation of new
infrastructure plans.
Typical overview-level data included in protective volume includes:
- Market size for marine/protective coatings as % of total demand
- National statistics relating to pipelines, oil and has production
and power generation
- Market splits by technology: high solids, solvent-based,
water-based etc
- Market splits by chemistry: epoxies, alkyds, polyurethanes etc
- Significance of different application sectors in the protective
segment
- Market by application (newbuild, ship repair, yacht) for the marine
segment
- Ranking of top players in the marine and protective sectors by
nation
- Summary tables of all statistics relating to technologies, market
sizes and forecasts
All of the data for this study has been gathered by interviews in appropriate
languages with senior marine/protective coatings executives in all 24
countries. The interview programme was undertaken by staff in our London and
Beijing offices between February and June 2008.