Introduction

Specialty Chemicals in France 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 France 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 French specialty chemicals market had total revenue of $25.4 billion in 2010, representing a compound annual rate of change (CARC) of -0.3% for the period spanning 2006-2010.

*Fine chemicals sales proved the most lucrative for the French specialty chemicals market in 2010, with total revenues of $9.3 billion, equivalent to 36.6% of the market's overall value.

*The performance of the market is forecast to accelerate, with an anticipated CAGR of 5% for the five-year period 2010-2015, which is expected to drive the market to a value of $32.5 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 France

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

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 France specialty chemicals market with five year forecasts

Macroeconomic indicators provide insight into general trends within the France economy

Key Questions Answered

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

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

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

How has the market performed over the last five years?

What are the main segments that make up France'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
Akzo Nobel N.V. 19
Bayer AG 24
Rhodia 29
TOTAL S.A. 33
MARKET FORECASTS 39
Market value forecast 39
MACROECONOMIC INDICATORS 40
APPENDIX 42
Methodology 42
Industry associations 43
Related Datamonitor research 43
Disclaimer 44
ABOUT DATAMONITOR 45
Premium Reports 45
Summary Reports 45
Datamonitor consulting 45

LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: France specialty chemicals market value: $ million, 2006–10 10
Table 2: France specialty chemicals market segmentation I:% share, by value, 2010 11
Table 3: France specialty chemicals market segmentation II: % share, by value, 2010 12
Table 4: Akzo Nobel N.V.: key facts 19
Table 5: Akzo Nobel N.V.: key financials ($) 21
Table 6: Akzo Nobel N.V.: key financials (€) 22
Table 7: Akzo Nobel N.V.: key financial ratios 22
Table 8: Bayer AG: key facts 24
Table 9: Bayer AG: key financials ($) 26
Table 10: Bayer AG: key financials (€) 27
Table 11: Bayer AG: key financial ratios 27
Table 12: Rhodia: key facts 29
Table 13: Rhodia: key financials ($) 31
Table 14: Rhodia: key financials (€) 31
Table 15: Rhodia: key financial ratios 31
Table 16: TOTAL S.A.: key facts 33
Table 17: TOTAL S.A.: key financials ($) 37
Table 18: TOTAL S.A.: key financials (€) 37
Table 19: TOTAL S.A.: key financial ratios 37
Table 20: France specialty chemicals market value forecast: $ million, 2010–15 39
Table 21: France size of population (million), 2006–10 40
Table 22: France GDP (constant 2000 prices, $ billion), 2006–10 40
Table 23: France GDP (current prices, $ billion), 2006–10 40
Table 24: France inflation, 2006–10 41
Table 25: France consumer price index (absolute), 2006–10 41
Table 26: France exchange rate, 2006–10 41

LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: France specialty chemicals market value: $ million, 2006–10 10
Figure 2: France specialty chemicals market segmentation I:% share, by value, 2010 11
Figure 3: France specialty chemicals market segmentation II: % share, by value, 2010 12
Figure 4: Forces driving competition in the specialty chemicals market in France, 2010 13
Figure 5: Drivers of buyer power in the specialty chemicals market in France, 2010 14
Figure 6: Drivers of supplier power in the specialty chemicals market in France, 2010 15
Figure 7: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the specialty chemicals market in France, 2010 16
Figure 8: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the specialty chemicals market in France, 2010 17
Figure 9: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the specialty chemicals market in France, 2010 18
Figure 10: Akzo Nobel N.V.: revenues & profitability 23
Figure 11: Akzo Nobel N.V.: assets & liabilities 23
Figure 12: Bayer AG: revenues & profitability 28
Figure 13: Bayer AG: assets & liabilities 28
Figure 14: Rhodia: revenues & profitability 32
Figure 15: Rhodia: assets & liabilities 32
Figure 16: TOTAL S.A.: revenues & profitability 38
Figure 17: TOTAL S.A.: assets & liabilities 38
Figure 18: France specialty chemicals market value forecast: $ million, 2010–15 39