Introduction

Specialty Chemicals in Asia-Pacific industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market size (value 2006-10, and forecast to 2015). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market. Essential resource for top-line data and analysis covering the Asia-Pacific specialty chemicals market. Includes market size and segmentation data, textual and graphical analysis of market growth trends, leading companies and macroeconomic information.

Highlights

*The specialty chemical market covers the revenues generated from the sales of high value-added chemicals used in the manufacture of a wide variety of products, including but not limited to fine chemicals, additives, advanced polymers, adhesives, sealants and specialty paints, pigments and coatings.

*The Asia-Pacific specialty chemicals market had total revenue of $261.9 billion in 2010, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.3% for the period spanning 2006-2010.

*Fine chemicals sales proved the most lucrative for the Asia-Pacific specialty chemicals market in 2010, with total revenues of $71.5 billion, equivalent to 27.3% of the market's overall value.

*The performance of the market is forecast to accelerate, with an anticipated CAGR of 6.6% for the five-year period 2010-2015, which is expected to drive the market to a value of $361.1 billion by the end of 2015.

Features

Save time carrying out entry-level research by identifying the size, growth, major segments, and leading players in the specialty chemicals market in Asia-Pacific

Use the Five Forces analysis to determine the competitive intensity and therefore attractiveness of the specialty chemicals market in Asia-Pacific

Leading company profiles reveal details of key specialty chemicals market players’ global operations and financial performance

Add weight to presentations and pitches by understanding the future growth prospects of the Asia-Pacific specialty chemicals market with five year forecasts

Macroeconomic indicators provide insight into general trends within the Asia-Pacific economy

Key Questions Answered

What was the size of the Asia-Pacific specialty chemicals market by value in 2010?

What will be the size of the Asia-Pacific specialty chemicals market in 2015?

What factors are affecting the strength of competition in the Asia-Pacific specialty chemicals market?

How has the market performed over the last five years?

What are the main segments that make up Asia-Pacific's specialty chemicals market?
 

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2
MARKET OVERVIEW 7
Market definition 7
Research highlights 8
Market analysis 9
MARKET VALUE 10
MARKET SEGMENTATION I 11
MARKET SEGMENTATION II 12
FIVE FORCES ANALYSIS 13
Summary 13
Buyer power 14
Supplier power 15
New entrants 16
Substitutes 18
Rivalry 19
LEADING COMPANIES 20
Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation 20
Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. 25
Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. 30
Toray Industries, Inc. 35
MARKET FORECASTS 40
Market value forecast 40
APPENDIX 41
Methodology 41
Industry associations 42
Related Datamonitor research 42
Disclaimer 43
ABOUT DATAMONITOR 44
Premium Reports 44
Summary Reports 44
Datamonitor consulting 44

LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: Asia-Pacific specialty chemicals market value: $ million, 2006–10 10
Table 2: Asia-Pacific specialty chemicals market segmentation I:% share, by value, 2010 11
Table 3: Asia-Pacific specialty chemicals market segmentation II: % share, by value, 2010 12
Table 4: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation: key facts 20
Table 5: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation: key financials ($) 22
Table 6: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation: key financials (¥) 22
Table 7: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation: key financial ratios 23
Table 8: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.: key facts 25
Table 9: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.: key financials ($) 27
Table 10: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.: key financials (¥) 28
Table 11: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.: key financial ratios 28
Table 12: Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.: key facts 30
Table 13: Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.: key financials ($) 32
Table 14: Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.: key financials (¥) 32
Table 15: Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.: key financial ratios 33
Table 16: Toray Industries, Inc.: key facts 35
Table 17: Toray Industries, Inc.: key financials ($) 37
Table 18: Toray Industries, Inc.: key financials (¥) 37
Table 19: Toray Industries, Inc.: key financial ratios 38
Table 20: Asia-Pacific specialty chemicals market value forecast: $ million, 2010–15 40

LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: Asia-Pacific specialty chemicals market value: $ million, 2006–10 10
Figure 2: Asia-Pacific specialty chemicals market segmentation I:% share, by value, 2010 11
Figure 3: Asia-Pacific specialty chemicals market segmentation II: % share, by value, 2010 12
Figure 4: Forces driving competition in the specialty chemicals market in Asia-Pacific, 2010 13
Figure 5: Drivers of buyer power in the specialty chemicals market in Asia-Pacific, 2010 14
Figure 6: Drivers of supplier power in the specialty chemicals market in Asia-Pacific, 2010 15
Figure 7: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the specialty chemicals market in Asia-Pacific, 2010 16
Figure 8: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the specialty chemicals market in Asia-Pacific, 2010 18
Figure 9: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the specialty chemicals market in Asia-Pacific, 2010 19
Figure 10: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation: revenues & profitability 23
Figure 11: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation: assets & liabilities 24
Figure 12: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.: revenues & profitability 29
Figure 13: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.: assets & liabilities 29
Figure 14: Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.: revenues & profitability 33
Figure 15: Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.: assets & liabilities 34
Figure 16: Toray Industries, Inc.: revenues & profitability 38
Figure 17: Toray Industries, Inc.: assets & liabilities 39
Figure 18: Asia-Pacific specialty chemicals market value forecast: $ million, 2010–15 40