Silicones Market: Industry Analysis - Price - Forecast - Trends - Cost Models - Top Suppliers

Silicones Category Intelligence

Report Coverage

Global Trade Dynamics
Regional Market Snapshot-North America, Europe, APAC,
Innovations
Cost Structure Analysis

Production Size

CAGR

4.-5 Percent

Production Size North America

0.57 MMT

Production Size Europe

0.83 MMT

Production Size Asia Pacific (APAC)

1.39 MMT

Silicones Market Trends

Category Intelligence on Silicones covers the following

Information relating to market, supply, cost, and pricing analysis
Hard to find data on cost and TCO models, supplier details, and performance benchmarks
Macroeconomic and regional trends impacting cost, supply, and other market dynamics
Category-specific negotiation and sourcing advice

Silicones Executive Summary
Market Overview
Supply Market Overlook
Demand Market Overlook
Industry Best Practices

Silicones Market Analysis
Value Chain Analysis
Global Market Outlook
- Current Market Size
- Demand - Supply Trends and Forecast
- Key End - use Industries
- Trade Dynamics
Regional Market Outlook (North America, Europe, and APAC)
- Current Market Size
- Demand - Supply Trends and Forecast
- Key End - use Industries
- Trade Dynamics

Silicones Industry Analysis
Industry Outlook (North America, Europe, and APAC)
- Drivers and Constraints for the Industry
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Innovations
- Porter's Five Forces Analysis

Cost Analysis (North America, Europe, and APAC)
- Cost Structure Analysis
- Cost Drivers for Silicone

Silicones Supplier Analysis
Key Global and Regional Suppliers
Key Supplier's Capability Analysis
- Capacity
- Product Portfolio
- Expansions, if any
Geographical Footprint
Supplier Market Share
- Global
Detailed Supplier Profiling of the Top Five Global Suppliers
- SWOT Analysis for the Top Five Global Suppliers

Silicones Industry Best Practices
Types of Engagement and Sourcing Models
Contracts Adopted in the Industry

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Industry Outlook & Drivers

Global Silicones Market Outlook

The global silicones market has surplus capacity with more than half of the capacity concentrated in North America and Europe. The overall demand is expected to grow at 4.5 percent CAGR, to reach 2.5 million MT by 2022.The market faced several production issues during 2017, which are likely to continue in 2018 – 2019

The silicones industry is undergoing technological and product innovations across all regions driven by strong downstream growth especially due to the advancements in the healthcare and energy sectors. Silicone capacity concentration is gradually shifting towards APAC owing to its strong regional demand growth in the world

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Demand Market Outlook

Increasing demand of silicones for polyurethane-based product manufacturing in the construction and automotive sectors especially in developing regions like China, India, LATAM, etc., and also due to rising infrastructural growth and increasing auto sales is expected to drive the demand for silicones in the upcoming years
Demand from the US and Europe is expected to grow from the healthcare and medical applications and lightweight silicone applications in transportation and renewable energy sectors in the future

Industry Best Practice

Engagement models

Buyers in North America prefer contract pricing, as they are engaged in domestic sourcing of silicones. While it is partly spot and partly contract in Europe, spot pricing is the buyers' preference in APAC

Contract structures

Fixed Contract

Length of contract: One year on average
Volume in contract: >1,000 MT/year

Multi Year Contract

Length of contract: 2–3 years (to establish long-term relationship in a highly matured market)

CPG Buyers' Preference

CPG players opt for domestic sourcing of silicones for their small volume procurement. Large volume buyers prefer engaging with global suppliers based out of the US or Europe owing to their surplus domestic capacities

Global Market Size-Silicones

APAC countries are expected to have high demand growth rates for silicones until 2022 driven by electronics, construction, and automobile sectors.
Demand growth for silicones in North America and Europe will come from healthcare applications like aesthetic implants and renewable energy sectors like windmill and solar applications

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Production Size North America

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Silicones Market Trends

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Industry Outlook & Drivers

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Production Size

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Production Size North America

Production Size Europe

Production Size Asia Pacific (APAC)

Silicones Market Trends

Table of contents

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Industry Outlook & Drivers

Global Silicones Market Outlook

Demand Market Outlook

Industry Best Practice

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