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Acrylates & Methacrylates These Sections provide demand for historical years and forecast growth to 2005 and 2010. This information helps you: • Analyze your company's growth potential in the industry. • Outline your strategic plans for five and ten years out. • Establish sales goals. Acrylates Demand by Type - Ethyl Acrylate ACRYLATES Demand for ethyl acrylate will advance 3.8 percent per year to 315 million pounds SAMPLE PAGE in the year 2005, valued at $200 million. Gains will result from increasing use in paints and coatings, as well as its growing use as an intermediate in specialty polymers, such as ethylene ethyl acrylate (EAA). Ethyl acrylate, which is slightly less expensive than butyl acrylate, imparts a moderately higher level of abrasion resistance to the end product and is thus frequently used in conjunction with butyl acrylate. Producers of ethyl acrylate include BASF, Celanese, Dow Chemical and Rohm and Haas, all of whom are back-integrated into acrylic acid. Celanese is primarily a merchant marketer, while the others all use some of their production captively. Allchem and Ashland Chemical also market ethyl acrylate in the US. Methyl Methacrylate Supply & Demand Ethylhexyl Acrylate (million pounds) Demand for ethylhexyl acrylate will increase 3.2 percent annually to 145 million pounds in the year 2005, valued at $100 million. Gains will result primarily from Item the increased production of 1990 paints and 1995 coatings. 2000 In particular, 2005 ethylhexyl 2010 acrylate is used in automotive clearcoats. In addition to being the acrylic base resin in Methyl Methacrylate Production automotive clearcoats, ethylhexyl 1050 acrylate 1241 also 1510 helps to 1780 protect the 2100 finish from + imports damage and fading caused by ultraviolet (UV) rays. 3 38 45 55 60 - exports 125 155 90 80 60 Ethylhexyl acrylate is somewhat more specialized SAMPLE than either TABLE butyl or ethyl Methyl Methacrylate Demand acrylate. The relatively low 928 level of 1124 production 1465 eliminates 1755 economies 2100 of scale, so PMMA Sheet that selling prices for ethylhexyl 331 acrylate 418 are higher 573 than 675 other commodity 800 PMMA Molding & Powder acrylates. Resins Other Polymer Forms 162 435 197 509 255 637 305 775 365 935 $/lb Manufacturers of ethylhexyl acrylate include BASF, Celanese and Dow Chemical. 0.48 0.68 0.65 0.72 0.77 Methyl Methacrylate Demand (mil $) 445 764 952 1265 1620 % methyl methacrylate 88.7 89.3 90.1 90.2 90.1 Methacrylates Demand (mil lbs) 1046 1259 1626 1945 2330 © Copyright by The Freedonia Group, Inc. Acrylic Resins #1492 Order form on last page 7
8 Markets The Markets Section analyzes trends and considers the threats and opportunities in each of the major markets for acrylic resins. The information presented will help you: • Focus your sales and marketing efforts on high growth areas. • Propose new areas for development. Acrylic Resins #1492 Industrial & Commercial - Acrylic Resins Demand ACRYLIC RESIN MARKETS Demand for acrylic resins in industrial and commercial markets will increase 3.7 percent annually to 310 million pounds in the year 2005. Demand in these applications is accounted SAMPLE for entirely PAGE by methacrylates, which are consumed in the form of polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) sheet and molding resins. Commercial applications (retail signage) will record more rapid growth, as the clarity, toughness and competitive cost of acrylic signage boosts market penetration. Industrial applications will record more modest growth, reflective of slowing growth in industrial production. In commercial markets, PMMA sheet products manufactured from methyl methacrylate are expected to continue to take market share from wood and neon signs due to their superior protection against the elements, vandalism and other damage. In addition, back-lit acrylic signage is becoming the dominant choice for free-standing signs which are designed primarily to increase the visibility of a range of retail and commercial establishments. Apart from exterior signage, commercial applications also include point-of-sale (POS) advertising, poster boxes (eye level advertising fixtures mounted in transit stations and shopping malls) and other advertising displays. Plastic Markets for Acrylic Resins by Monomer & Application (million pounds) In industrial segments of the market, products include goggles, face plates, Item equipment housings and screens. These products shield workers from the moving 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 parts of industrial machinery or from other workplace hazards, such as flying Plastics Production (bil shreds lbs) of debris or extreme 62.0 heat. Competing 78.7 materials 98.8 include 118.5 polycarbonate 139.8 and lbs acrylics/000 lbs plastic polyethylene terephthalate 2.8 (PET), although 3.0 acrylics 3.1 generally 3.3 maintain 3.5 a competitive advantage over polycarbonate in price, while PET products are more Acrylic Resins in Plastics or less limited to light duty 172 applications. 237 SAMPLE 311 TABLE 395 490 By Monomer: Acrylates 64 92 122 155 190 Methacrylates 108 145 189 240 300 By Application: Property Modifiers 114 159 211 270 340 Co-Monomers 58 78 100 125 150 % plastics 8.7 9.7 10.2 10.7 10.9 Acrylic Resins Demand 1971 2437 3042 3685 4475 © Copyright by The Freedonia Group, Inc. Freedonia Industry Study
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