Publish date: October, 2009 Code: C4690 Language: English Pages: ca. 600 Price: from 1190 Euro Download: Sample reading  Order form

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Driven by heavy competition, manufacturing sectors are striving to reduce costs or to enhance performance through the use of filler. The global filler market sees moderate growth despite recession, benefiting from increasing demand in application areas. Fillers are gaining increasing importance particularly when they are supplied more as property modifier than as cost reducer.

Publish date: September, 2009 Code: C4670 Language: English Pages: ca. 610 Price: from 1190 Euro Download: Sample reading  Order form

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The global demand on plastics additives for use in industrial and consumer goods was estimated at US$ xxx billion in 2008, roughly x% up from the previous year. It is expected to increase to US$ xxx billion by 2012 and reach US$ xxx billion by 2015.

Publish date: June, 2008 Code: C4640 Language: English Pages: ca. 520 Price: from 1190 Euro Download: Sample reading Order form

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The world demand on catalysts in 2007 was estimated at approximately 850 thousand tonnes. The market in volume is expected to grow by 3.5-4% annually through 2012, while the market in value will develop much faster. Surging price of precious metals (e.g. platinum and rhodium) is a main contributor to the rapidly growing catalysts market in value.
The market is experiencing influences from environmental regulations, rising raw material prices, call for green chemistry, etc. It is a dramatically changing market with opportunities and risks.

Publish date: March, 2008 Code: C4630 Language: English Pages: ca. 580 Price: from 1190 Euro Download: Sample reading Order form

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The world pharmaceutical fine chemicals market in 2006 was valued at approximately US$ 61.1 billion. It enjoys a much better market prospect than other fine chemical industries, with ca. 2% plus higher growth rate. Its global sales was estimated at US$ 65.23 billion in 2007, and is expected to reach US$ 77 billion by 2010 and increase to US$ 106 billion by 2015. It is a changing market with opportunities and risks such as niche technology, emerging markets, overcapacity, stricter regulations and heavier competition.