Worldwide carbon black consumption is currently 9 million tonnes p.a., expected to reach 13 million by 2015. Average global growth will likely exceed 4% over the next five years, with China, India, and Central and Eastern Europe showing much higher demand, while capacity will shift geographically to meet demand, as recent Asian production numbers show. The Future of Carbon Black to 2015 will provide statistical data for market size by country, region and end-use sector, including the effects on the auto industry of the financial crisis, and the results felt by the huge carbon black-consuming tyre market. The report will also address supply, technology and market drivers, and includes five-year forecasts for consumption in key end-use sectors.
Find out about
- Worldwide market for carbon
- Technology trends in production, particle morphology, costs, recyclability
- Competition with reinforcing fillers
- Strategies for suppliers
- Strategies for supplier
Methodology
The Future of Carbon Black to 2015 is based on extensive primary and secondary research from multiple sources. Carbon black production and consumption figures are built up from international industry contacts and associations as well as from the author's own estimates based on industry intelligence. Trade statistics are derived from national sources, and additional data were developed from various published sources including conference papers and corporate information. Data on economic activity was drawn from national and international agencies and was used to estimate future growth.
What do you get?
- Quantitative and comprehensive market data and forecasts for the global carbon black industry
- Qualitative insight and perspective on the current situation and future trends in the carbon black consuming industries
- Tables and figures clearly illustrating strategic transitions in feedstock and product markets
- Analyses of end-use markets, technology trends, and regional consumption
How will this report benefit you?
- Get the latest industry figures and analysis so you can react to the global market shifts taking place
- Understand the opportunities offered by the latest technology developments
- Key into future strategies of feedstock and equipment suppliers
- Get a complete picture of the industry with forecasts to 2015 to help plan your business strategy with confidence
Who should buy this report?
- Producers, processors and traders; feedstock suppliers; equipment suppliers; sales and purchasers
- Tyre suppliers/manufacturers
- Plastics, inks and coatings suppliers
- Business planners, financial analysts and consultants
What's included in the price?
- One hard copy of report couriered to you (see order form for postage costs) on publication date
- CD-Rom with searchable PDF
- Global intranet licence allowing everyone in your organisation electronic access to the study
Executive Summary
Introduction and methodology
- Introduction
- Scope
- Objective
- Methodology
- List of definitions and abbreviations
The carbon black industry
- Manufacturing processes and carbon black grades
- Characterisation of carbon black
- Physical characteristics
- Colour characteristics
Classification of carbon black
Carbon black feedstocks
Production
- Trends
- Rationalisation
- Globalisation
- Asia
- China
- India
- Japan
- South Korea
- Thailand
- Indonesia
- Malaysia
- Taiwan
- Vietnam
- Sri Lanka
- North America
- South America
- Western Europe
- Germany
- France
- Belgium
- Others
- Central and Eastern Europe
- Africa and the Middle East
- Egypt
- South Africa
- Nigeria
- Iran
- Turkey
Cutting-edge technology developments
- Rival carbon materials
- Fullerenes and fullerene soot
- Carbon nanotubes
- Recycling
- Energy recovery and emissions abatement
- Reduce energy use to lower production costs and GHGs
- Increasing energy efficiency
- Tail gas combustion and emissions
- Economical use of steam
- Carbon black recovery from rubber
- Characterisation, morphology and influence on properties
- Surface treatment
Carbon black market drivers
- Raw-material intensive
- Oil prices
- Geographic shift
- Environmental and health & safety
- Substitutes
- Specialty silica
- Precipitated silica
- Fumed (pyrogenic) silica
- Non-reinforcing fillers
- Calcium carbonate
- Clays
- Barite (barytes)
- Ground silica
- Other fillers
Carbon black market by end use
- Major end-use industries
- Rubber
- Non-rubber uses
- Plastics
- Inks
- Paper
- Paint and coatings
- Others
- End-use breakdown
- Projected growth
- Automobile production
- Tyre production
Carbon black market by region
- Asia-Pacific
- Central and Eastern Europe
- North America
- South America
- Western Europe
- Prices
Key company activities
- Cabot Corporation
- Evonik Industries AG
- Columbian Chemicals Company
- One Equity Partners)
- Aditya Birla Group
- Continental Carbon Company
- China Synthetic Rubber Corp.)
- Tokai Carbon Co Ltd
- Sid Richardson Carbon & Energy Co.
- Phillips Carbon Black Ltd
- Bridgestone Corporation
- Including Asahi Carbon)
- itsubishi Chemical Corporation
- Ebonex Corporation