Survey Contents: Chemicals Report 2005

1. Executive Summary
2. Highlights
3. Industry Overview

3.1 Introduction
3.2 Present scenario
3.3 Market segmentation
3.3.1 Commodity chemicals
3.3.2 Specialty and fine chemicals
3.3.3 Agrochemical and fertilizers
3.3.4 Industrial gases
3.4 Trends in the industry
3.4.1 Consolidation
3.4.2 Globalization
3.4.3 Outsourcing
3.4.4 Petrochemical cycle approaching peak
3.4.5 Conclusion
3.5 References

4. Growth Drivers

4.1 Introduction
4.2 Major growth drivers
4.2.1 Industrial demand and growing economy
4.2.2 Substitution of conventional materials
4.2.3 International trade
4.2.4 Chinese chemicals industry – one of the key drivers
4.3 Conclusion
4.4 References

5. Issues and Challenges

5.1 Introduction
5.2 Volatile energy and feedstock prices
5.2.1 Natural gas
5.2.2 Crude oil
5.3 WTO and its impact on the chemical industry
5.4 Environmental challenges
5.4.1 Financial implications of REACH
5.4.2 Impact of REACH on chemical industry
5.5 Cost reduction
5.5.1 Operational cost reduction
5.5.2 Financial cost reduction
5.6 Conclusion
5.7 References

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Areas in chemical sciences
6.2.1 Chemical synthesis
6.2.2 Bioprocess and biotechnology
6.2.3 Materials technology
6.3 Enabling technologies
6.3.1 Process science and engineering technology
6.3.2 Chemical measurement
6.3.3 Computational technology
6.4 Process technologies
6.4.1 Polymerization
6.4.2 Liquefaction of gases
6.4.3 Cracking
6.5 Conclusion
References

7 Major Markets

7.1 Introduction
7.2 North America
7.2.1 US
7.2.2 Canada
7.3 Europe (excluding the UK)
7.4 UK
7.5 Japan
7.6 Emerging markets
7.6.1 Brazil
7.6.2 China
7.6.3 India
7.7 Conclusion
7.8 References

8. Major Players

8.1 Introduction
8.2 Chemicals—diversified
8.2.1 BASF
8.2.2 Bayer
8.2.3 Dow Chemicals
8.2.4: DuPont
8.2.5 Akzo Nobel
8.3 Commodity chemical companies
8.3.1: Mitsubishi Chemicals
8.3.2: Lyondell Chemical
8.3.3: Sumitomo Chemicals
8.3.4: Mitsui Chemicals
8.3.5: LG Chemicals
8.4 Specialty and fine chemicals
8.4.1: Degussa
8.4.2 Royal DSM
8.4.3: ICI Chemicals
8.4.4 Rohm and Haas
8.4.5 Clariant Chemicals
8.5 Agro chemicals and fertilizers
8.5.1 Mosaic
8.5.2 Syngenta
8.5.3 Monsanto
8.5.4 Agrium
8.5.5 Potash Corporation
8.6 Industrial Gas
8.6.1 Air Liquide
8.6.2 Air products and chemicals
8.6.3 Praxair
8.6.4 Linde
8.6.5 BOC
8.7 Reference

9. Regulations

9.1 Introduction
9.2 Major international environmental regulations
9.2.1 The Basel convention on the control of trans-boundary movements of hazardous wastes and their disposal
9.2.2 The Rotterdam convention on hazardous chemicals and pesticides in international trade
9.2.3 The Stockholm convention on persistent organic pollutants
9.2.4 Key elements of Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions
9.2.5 Substances covered by conventions
9.3 REACH
9.3.1 Key features in the white paper
9.3.2 Expected business impact
9.3.3 Industry concerns
9.4 Global warming and related conventions
9.4.1 Reducing global warming
9.4.2 Measures to protect the ozone layer
9.4.3 The Vienna convention
9.4.4 The Montreal protocol
9.4.5 The Kyoto protocol
9.5 Key international patent regulations
9.5.1 TRIPs
9.5.2 The Paris convention
9.5.3 The Patent co-operation treaty
9.6 Recent regulatory amendments
9.6.1 Developments related to REACH
9.6.2 The Kyoto Protocol
9.6.3 The US Energy Bill and MTBE
9.7 Conclusion
9.8 References

10. Mergers and Acquisitions

10.1 Introduction
10.2 Present scenario
10.3 Key Drivers for M&A
10.3.1 Private equity firms
10.3.2 Increase in market share
10.3.3 Cyclic nature
10.4 Trends in M&A
10.4.1 2003
10.4.2 2004
10.4.3 2005
10.5 Impact of M&A on the chemical industry
10.5.1 Declining R&D
10.5.2 Concentration of the industry
10.5.3 Strengthened the stock market
10.6 Conclusion
10.7 References

11. Critical Success Factors

11.1 Introduction
11.2 Focus on R&D
11.3 M&A
11.4 Economies of scale
11.5 Outsourcing
11.6 Collaboration
11.7 Technology
11.8 Conclusion
11.9 References

12. Future Outlook

12.1 Introduction
12.2 Economic outlook
12.3 Regional and segmental outlook
12.4 Challenges
12.5 Conclusion
12.6 References