Introduction

Specialty Chemicals in the United Kingdom 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 United Kingdom 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 UK specialty chemicals market had total revenue of $17.7 billion in 2010, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.1% for the period spanning 2006-2010.

*Fine chemicals sales proved the most lucrative for the UK specialty chemicals market in 2010, with total revenues of $6.3 billion, equivalent to 35.4% of the market's overall value.

*The performance of the market is forecast to accelerate, with an anticipated CAGR of 4.9% for the five-year period 2010-2015, which is expected to drive the market to a value of $22.4 billion by the end of 2015.

Features

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

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 United Kingdom specialty chemicals market with five year forecasts

Macroeconomic indicators provide insight into general trends within the United Kingdom economy

Key Questions Answered

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

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

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

How has the market performed over the last five years?

What are the main segments that make up the United Kingdom'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
BASF SE 24
Bayer AG 30
INEOS Group Limited 35
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: United Kingdom specialty chemicals market value: $ million, 2006–10 10
Table 2: United Kingdom specialty chemicals market segmentation I:% share, by value, 2010 11
Table 3: United Kingdom 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 ($) 21
Table 6: Akzo Nobel N.V.: key financials (€) 21
Table 7: Akzo Nobel N.V.: key financial ratios 22
Table 8: BASF SE: key facts 24
Table 9: BASF SE: key financials ($) 28
Table 10: BASF SE: key financials (€) 28
Table 11: BASF SE: key financial ratios 28
Table 12: Bayer AG: key facts 30
Table 13: Bayer AG: key financials ($) 32
Table 14: Bayer AG: key financials (€) 33
Table 15: Bayer AG: key financial ratios 33
Table 16: INEOS Group Limited: key facts 35
Table 17: United Kingdom specialty chemicals market value forecast: $ million, 2010–15 39
Table 18: United Kingdom size of population (million), 2006–10 40
Table 19: United Kingdom GDP (constant 2000 prices, $ billion), 2006–10 40
Table 20: United Kingdom GDP (current prices, $ billion), 2006–10 40
Table 21: United Kingdom inflation, 2006–10 41
Table 22: United Kingdom consumer price index (absolute), 2006–10 41
Table 23: United Kingdom exchange rate, 2006–10 41

LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: United Kingdom specialty chemicals market value: $ million, 2006–10 10
Figure 2: United Kingdom specialty chemicals market segmentation I:% share, by value, 2010 11
Figure 3: United Kingdom specialty chemicals market segmentation II: % share, by value, 2010 12
Figure 4: Forces driving competition in the specialty chemicals market in the United Kingdom, 2010 13
Figure 5: Drivers of buyer power in the specialty chemicals market in the United Kingdom, 2010 14
Figure 6: Drivers of supplier power in the specialty chemicals market in the United Kingdom, 2010 15
Figure 7: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the specialty chemicals market in the United Kingdom, 2010 16
Figure 8: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the specialty chemicals market in the United Kingdom, 2010 17
Figure 9: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the specialty chemicals market in the United Kingdom, 2010 18
Figure 10: Akzo Nobel N.V.: revenues & profitability 22
Figure 11: Akzo Nobel N.V.: assets & liabilities 23
Figure 12: BASF SE: revenues & profitability 29
Figure 13: BASF SE: assets & liabilities 29
Figure 14: Bayer AG: revenues & profitability 34
Figure 15: Bayer AG: assets & liabilities 34
Figure 16: United Kingdom specialty chemicals market value forecast: $ million, 2010–15 39