Wood Panels Market UK 2007

SUMMARY

AMA Research has published the 'Wood Panels Market - UK 2006-2010'. This report analyses the UK market for wood-based panels, focusing on the use of OSB, plywood, particleboard, fibreboard and decorative panels within key end-use sectors. It incorporates both original input and primary research, and represents a comprehensive evaluation of this increasingly competitive and volatile market.

Key Areas Covered:-

• Overview of Wood Panels Market.
• Market Assessment of Product Sectors - OSB, plywood, particleboard, fibreboard and decorative panels.
• Distribution Channels and Key Suppliers.
• End Use Applications.

The wood panels market has experienced a relatively volatile trading period in the last decade with global factors such as production over-capacity and under-capacity continuing to affect the overall value of the UK market. The supply of cheaper products from countries such as Malaysia and, more recently, China, as well as the competition for raw material (wood) supply from the increasingly important Renewable Energy sector are also exerting a major influence on the current market. Material substitution remains an issue with OSB and, in particular, OSB3 continuing to take volume share in areas of traditional strength for plywood and particleboard. This new report assesses the current situation and forecasts likely market developments over the short-medium term future.

Of Particular Interest:-

• Growth of total wood panels market.
• Growth of OSB.
• Global factors which continue to influence the UK market.
• Complexity of supply and distribution channels.
• Trends in key end-use sectors such as construction and furniture manufacture.

Key areas of coverage in the report include:-

TOTAL WOOD PANELS MARKET

• Overview of UK wood panels market - market size, forecasts of market performance to 2010, key product sectors, key factors influencing trends, etc.
• Product Mix - plywood, particleboard, fibreboard, OSB and decorative wood panels.
• Role of International Trade - UK as a net importer of wood panels, international trade by value since 2000, key import source countries for wood panels.
• Future Prospects - forecasts of market performance to 2010, key factors influencing future market growth.

PRODUCT MIX

• Oriented Strand Board (OSB) - market size and development, factors influencing growth, effects of competitive pricing, product types and end-use sectors, forecasts of market performance to 2010.
• Plywood - market development since 2000, forecasts to 2010, effects of substitution by other wood panel materials, significance of international trade.
• Particleboard - market size and characteristics, factors influencing market growth/decline, key end-use sectors, international trade, forecasts of market performance to 2010.
• Fibreboard - performance of market since 2000 with forecasts of future growth to 2010, growing influence of MDF within the market, increased production by UK based manufacturers.
• Decorative Panels - definition and types of decorative coatings and surface types, market size and characteristics, key end-use sectors, estimates of market performance to 2010.

KEY SUPPLIERS & DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS

• Review of leading suppliers in the wood panels market - including manufacturers, importers, distributors, timber merchants and wholesalers.
• Identification of key distribution channels - review of major sectors such as builders merchants, DIY multiples, etc

KEY END USE SECTORS

• Review of Construction, Furniture Manufacture and Shop-Fitting Markets - characteristics and market performance of leading sectors, key factors influencing growth, market size, identification of key sub-sectors for wood panels, etc.

FUTURE PROSPECTS / KEY INFLUENCES

• Key influences on the wood panels market - factors affecting volume and value growth, key external influences such as economic growth and performance and global influences on the market. Future prospects for the key end-use sectors.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. INTRODUCTION

2. SUMMARY

3. ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT

• 3.1 GDP
• 3.2 INFLATION & INTEREST RATES
• 3.3 UNEMPLOYMENT
• 3.4 HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
• 3.5 HOUSING & CONSTRUCTION
• 3.6 STERLING
• 3.7 POPULATION PROFILE
• 3.8 CONCLUSIONS

4. MARKET OVERVIEW

• 4.1 DEFINITION
• 4.2 MARKET SIZE AND CHARACTERISTICS
• 4.3 PRODUCT MIX
• 4.4 KEY INFLUENCES
  • 4.4.1 Low Cost Imports
  • 4.4.2 Legislation
  • 4.4.3 Substitution
  • 4.4.4 Environmental Matters
• 4.5 INTERNATIONAL TRADE
  • 4.5.1 Imports
  • 4.5.2 Exports
• 4.6 FUTURE PROSPECTS

5. PRODUCT SECTORS

• 5.1 ORIENTED STRAND BOARD (OSB)
  • 5.1.1 Definition
  • 5.1.2 Market Size and Development
  • 5.1.3 Future Prospects
• 5.2 PLYWOOD
  • 5.2.1 Definition
  • 5.2.2 International Trade
  • 5.2.3 Future Prospects
• 5.3 PARTICLEBOARD
  • 5.3.1 Definition
  • 5.3.2 Market Size and Characteristics
  • 5.3.3 International Trade
  • 5.3.4 Future Prospects
• 5.4 FIBREBOARD
  • 5.4.1 Definition
  • 5.4.2 Market Size and Trends
  • 5.4.3 International Trade
  • 5.4.4 Future Prospects
• 5.5 DECORATIVE PANELS
  • 5.5.1 Definition
  • 5.5.2 Market Size and Characteristics
  • 5.5.3 Surface Types
  • 5.5.4 International Trade
  • 5.5.5 Future Prospects

6. SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION STRUCTURE

• 6.1 INTRODUCTION
• 6.2 SUPPLY/DISTRIBUTION STRUCTURE
• 6.3 MAIN SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION ROUTES
  • 6.3.1 Direct Supply
  • 6.3.2 Supply Through Importers/Distributors
  • 6.3.3 Supply Through Post-Formers
  • 6.3.4 Other Supply and Distribution Routes
• 6.4 LEADING SUPPLIERS
  • 6.4.1 Market Share
  • 6.4.2 Manufacturers
  • 6.4.3 Leading Distributors
  • 6.4.4 Post Formers and Specialist Suppliers
• 6.5 NON SPECIALIST AND RETAIL DISTRIBUTION SECTORS
  • 6.5.1 Timber Merchants
  • 6.5.2 Builders Merchants
  • 6.5.3 DIY Multiples

7. END USE SECTORS

• 7.1 CONSTRUCTION
  • 7.1.1 Construction Market - Total Size and Recent Performance
  • 7.1.2 Market Size and Recent Performance - New Work
  • 7.1.3 New House Build
• 7.2 THE FURNITURE MARKET
  • 7.2.1 UK Domestic Furniture Market - Definition and Size
  • 7.2.2 Product Mix - Overall Furniture Market
  • 7.2.3 The Contract Furniture Market
  • 7.2.4 Office Furniture
• 7.3 THE SHOPFITTING MARKET
  • 7.3.1 Definition
  • 7.3.2 Market Size

8. FUTURE PROSPECTS

TABLES AND CHARTS

• CHART 1 UK MARKET FOR WOOD-BASED PANEL PRODUCTS 2000-2010 BY VALUE (£M AT MSP)
• CHART 2 INTEREST RATES AND INFLATION (CPI) FROM 1990-2009
• CHART 3 PDI & SAVINGS RATIO AT CURRENT PRICES 1990-2009
• TABLE 4 EXCHANGE RATE FLUCTUATIONS 2000-2007 - STERLING TO THE DOLLAR, AND THE EURO, SPOT RATES
• CHART 5 AGE DISTRIBUTION OF THE RESIDENT UK POPULATION 2001 (‘000)
• TABLE 6 UK MARKET FOR WOOD-BASED PANELS 2000 TO 2010 BY VALUE - (£M AT MSP)
• CHART 7 WOOD-BASED PANELS MARKET - PRODUCT MIX 2006
• TABLE 8 INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN WOOD-BASED PANEL PRODUCTS 2000-2005 - BY VALUE (£M IN CURRENT PRICES)
• TABLE 9 MIX OF IMPORTS OF WOOD-BASED PANELS FROM EU AND NON-EU COUNTRIES IN 2005 - % BY VALUE
• TABLE 10 UK MARKET FOR WOOD-BASED PANELS 2006 TO 2010 BY VALUE - (£M AT MSP)
• CHART 11 UK MARKET FOR OSB PANEL PRODUCTS 2000-2006 - BY VALUE (£M AT MSP)
• TABLE 12 UK MARKET FOR OSB PANELS 2002-2010 BY VALUE - £M AT MSP
• TABLE 13 UK MARKET FOR PLYWOOD 2000-2006 BY VALUE - (£M AT MSP)
• TABLE 14 INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN PLYWOOD 2000-2005 - BY VALUE (£M)
• TABLE 15 CHANGES IN PLYWOOD IMPORTS 2005 TO 2006 - BY VOLUME
• TABLE 16 UK MARKET FOR PLYWOOD 2006-2010 BY VALUE - (£M AT MSP)
• TABLE 17 UK MARKET FOR PARTICLEBOARD 2000 TO 2010 BY VALUE - (£M AT MSP)
• TABLE 18 INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN PARTICLEBOARD 2000-2006 - BY VALUE (£M)
• TABLE 19 UK MARKET FOR PARTICLEBOARD 2006 TO 2010 BY VALUE - (£M AT MSP)
• CHART 20 UK MARKET FOR FIBREBOARD PANELS 2000 TO 2006 - BY VALUE (£M AT MSP)
• TABLE 21 INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN FIBREBOARD 2000 TO 2005 - BY VALUE (£M)
• TABLE 22 UK MARKET FOR FIBREBOARD 2006-2010 BY VALUE - (£M AT MSP)
• CHART 23 UK MARKET FOR DECORATIVE PANEL PRODUCTS 2000-2006 - BY VALUE (£M AT MSP)
• CHART 24 DECORATIVE PANELS MARKET - MIX BY SURFACE MATERIAL 2006
• TABLE 25 UK MARKET FOR DECORATIVE PANELS 2006-2010 BY VALUE - (£M AT MSP)
• TABLE 26 LEADING SPECIALIST SUPPLIERS TO THE UK WOOD-BASED PANELS MARKET 2006
• TABLE 27 VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION OUTPUT (NEW AND RMI) 2001 TO 2010 - BY VALUE £ BILLION AT CURRENT PRICES
• CHART 28 VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION OUTPUT NEW WORK 1996-2006 (£ BILLION)
• TABLE 29 CONSTRUCTION NEW WORK OUTPUT BY SECTOR 1996-2006 (£ BILLION) AT CURRENT PRICES
• TABLE 30 HOUSEBUILDING COMPLETIONS (000’S DWELLINGS) 1992-2002 IN GREAT BRITAIN
• TABLE 31 THE UK MARKET FOR DOMESTIC FURNITURE 2000-2006 (£M MSP)
• CHART 32 UK PRODUCT MIX DOMESTIC FURNITURE MARKET 1997, 1999, 2002 & 2005:
• TABLE 33 PRODUCT MIX UK MARKET FOR CONTRACT FURNITURE - 2005 BY VALUE
• CHART 34 THE UK OFFICE FURNITURE MARKET 1999-2009 (£M MSP)
• TABLE 35 MIX OF PRODUCTS WITHIN THE UK OFFICE FURNITURE MARKET 2003 AND 2005 BY VALUE £M