Introduction

Specialty Chemicals in Canada 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 Canada 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 Canadian specialty chemicals market had total revenue of $8.9 billion in 2010, representing a compound annual rate of change (CARC) of -1% for the period spanning 2006-2010.

*Paints, coating and surface treatment sales proved the most lucrative for the Canadian specialty chemicals market in 2010, with total revenues of $2.5 billion, equivalent to 28.2% of the market's overall value.

*The performance of the market is forecast to accelerate, with an anticipated CAGR of 1.6% for the five-year period 2010-2015, which is expected to drive the market to a value of $9.6 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 Canada

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

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 Canada specialty chemicals market with five year forecasts

Macroeconomic indicators provide insight into general trends within the Canada economy

Key Questions Answered

What was the size of the Canada specialty chemicals market by value in 2010?

What will be the size of the Canada specialty chemicals market in 2015?

What factors are affecting the strength of competition in the Canada specialty chemicals market?

How has the market performed over the last five years?

What are the main segments that make up Canada'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 17
Rivalry 18
LEADING COMPANIES 19
Bayer AG 19
The Dow Chemical Company 24
E. I. duPont de Nemours & Company 30
Momentive Specialty Chemicals Inc. 35
MARKET FORECASTS 40
Market value forecast 40
MACROECONOMIC INDICATORS 41
APPENDIX 43
Methodology 43
Industry associations 44
Related Datamonitor research 44
Disclaimer 45
ABOUT DATAMONITOR 46
Premium Reports 46
Summary Reports 46
Datamonitor consulting 46

LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: Canada specialty chemicals market value: $ million, 2006–10 10
Table 2: Canada specialty chemicals market segmentation I:% share, by value, 2010 11
Table 3: Canada specialty chemicals market segmentation II: % share, by value, 2010 12
Table 4: Bayer AG: key facts 19
Table 5: Bayer AG: key financials ($) 21
Table 6: Bayer AG: key financials (€) 22
Table 7: Bayer AG: key financial ratios 22
Table 8: The Dow Chemical Company: key facts 24
Table 9: The Dow Chemical Company: key financials ($) 28
Table 10: The Dow Chemical Company: key financial ratios 28
Table 11: E. I. duPont de Nemours & Company: key facts 30
Table 12: E. I. duPont de Nemours & Company: key financials ($) 32
Table 13: E. I. duPont de Nemours & Company: key financial ratios 33
Table 14: Momentive Specialty Chemicals Inc.: key facts 35
Table 15: Momentive Specialty Chemicals Inc.: key financials ($) 38
Table 16: Momentive Specialty Chemicals Inc.: key financial ratios 38
Table 17: Canada specialty chemicals market value forecast: $ million, 2010–15 40
Table 18: Canada size of population (million), 2006–10 41
Table 19: Canada GDP (constant 2000 prices, $ billion), 2006–10 41
Table 20: Canada GDP (current prices, $ billion), 2006–10 41
Table 21: Canada inflation, 2006–10 42
Table 22: Canada consumer price index (absolute), 2006–10 42
Table 23: Canada exchange rate, 2006–10 42

LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: Canada specialty chemicals market value: $ million, 2006–10 10
Figure 2: Canada specialty chemicals market segmentation I:% share, by value, 2010 11
Figure 3: Canada specialty chemicals market segmentation II: % share, by value, 2010 12
Figure 4: Forces driving competition in the specialty chemicals market in Canada, 2010 13
Figure 5: Drivers of buyer power in the specialty chemicals market in Canada, 2010 14
Figure 6: Drivers of supplier power in the specialty chemicals market in Canada, 2010 15
Figure 7: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the specialty chemicals market in Canada, 2010 16
Figure 8: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the specialty chemicals market in Canada, 2010 17
Figure 9: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the specialty chemicals market in Canada, 2010 18
Figure 10: Bayer AG: revenues & profitability 23
Figure 11: Bayer AG: assets & liabilities 23
Figure 12: The Dow Chemical Company: revenues & profitability 29
Figure 13: The Dow Chemical Company: assets & liabilities 29
Figure 14: E. I. duPont de Nemours & Company: revenues & profitability 33
Figure 15: E. I. duPont de Nemours & Company: assets & liabilities 34
Figure 16: Momentive Specialty Chemicals Inc.: revenues & profitability 39
Figure 17: Momentive Specialty Chemicals Inc.: assets & liabilities 39
Figure 18: Canada specialty chemicals market value forecast: $ million, 2010–15 40