Construction Chemicals and Formulated Products - UK - 2008-2012

SUMMARY

The building chemicals market services the needs of a range of end use sectors including civil engineering, ready mixed concrete, concrete repair and refurbishment and house building. As such it is linked closely to the fortunes of the building and construction market, which have been reasonably buoyant in recent years, though are currently uncertain.The market has seen some change in recent years, with the growth of international suppliers and greater levels of international trade evident in all market sectors.

Product areas covered in the report include:

• Admixtures - to modify cementitious mix performance.
• Sealants - used in civil engineering and building construction.
• Mortars, Renders and Grouts.
• Special Cements - for addition to mortars, grouts and concrete

Key issues covered include:

• Government capital spending, especially in the education sector, will impact favourably on the Building Chemicals market.
• Key suppliers and their role in the market.
• Increasing trend towards large international groups acquiring UK based suppliers.
• Influence of greater anticipated spend in the infrastructure end use application sector.

Key areas covered in the report include:

THE BUILDING CHEMICALS MARKET

• Definition of product types and a review of the market structure.
• Building Chemicals Market Size and trends. Brief history and types of products, current situation and future prospects, forecasts to 2012, key influences and trends.
• Market mixes - Size of product sector versus application market size, key application areas.
• Key Market Influences in terms of industrial output and investment, the UK economy, the UK construction industry - contractors output, industrial construction, commercial construction and new orders.

THE PRODUCTS

• Review of the building chemicals market and the mix of products, incorporating admixtures, sealants and mortars, renders and grouts, special cements.
• Comment on the developments in each of the product sectors.
• Market-mix, product types and supply issues by product group.

SUPPLIERS AND DISTRIBUTION

• Outline of the structure of the supply of building chemicals and market shares of the major suppliers in the building Chemicals Market.
• Market leaders' characteristics, turnovers etc.
• Outline of the alternative distribution channels, comment on each of direct distribution, specialist distribution, builders merchants etc.

END USE APPLICATION AREAS

• Review of the key end-use application areas, including house building, civil engineering, ready mixed concrete, concrete repair and refurbishment.
• Comment on background, market structure, market development, for each of the above.
• Other end use sectors, trends and issues - food processing and storage, chemical processing and pharmaceuticals, major manufacturing, hospitals and health, distribution & warehousing.

FUTURE PROSPECTS

• Prospects for the building chemicals market, factors influencing medium term growth.
• Developments in the major product and market sectors.
• Likely distribution changes and developments.

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. THE BUILDING CHEMICALS MARKET

• 4.1 MARKET STRUCTURE AND DEFINITION
  • 4.1.1 Market Structure
  • 4.1.2 Definitions
• 4.2 MARKET SIZE AND TRENDS
  • 4.2.1 The Market for Building Chemicals
  • 4.2.2 Future Prospects
• 4.3 IMPORTS AND EXPORTS

5. BUILDING CHEMICALS PRODUCTS

• 5.1 DEFINITION OF PRODUCT COVERED BY REPORT
• 5.2 PRODUCT MIX
• 5.3 SEALANTS
  • 5.3.1 Background
  • 5.3.2 Types Of Sealants Covered By The Report
  • 5.3.3 Applications Of Sealants
  • 5.3.4 Suppliers Of Sealants
  • 5.3.5 Distribution Structure for Sealants
• 5.4 ADMIXTURES
  • 5.4.1 Background
  • 5.4.2 Market Mix
  • 5.4.3 Types of Admixtures
  • 5.4.4 Supply of Admixtures
• 5.5. MORTARS, RENDERS, SPRAYED CONCRETE AND GROUTS
  • 5.5.1 Introduction
  • 5.5.2 Market Size
  • 5.5.3 Product Types
  • 5.5.4 Refurbishment Products
• 5.6 SPECIAL CEMENTS
  • 5.6.1 Market Size
  • 5.6.2 Product Types

6. SUPPLIERS

• 6.1 BACKGROUND
• 6.2 MARKET SHARES
• 6.3 COMPANY PROFILES
  • 6.3.1 Major Suppliers
  • 6.3.2 Other Companies

7. DISTRIBUTION OF BUILDING CHEMICALS

• 7.1 GENERAL STRUCTURE
  • 7.1.1 Supply to Merchants And Distributors
  • 7.1.2 Direct Supply to End Users - Limited Product Range
• 7.2 SUPPLY OF SEALANTS
• 7.3 SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION OF ADMIXTURES
• 7.4 SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION OF MORTARS, RENDERS & GROUTS
• 7.5 SUPPLY OF SPECIALIST ADMIXTURES FOR FACTORY BLENDED CEMENTITIOUS AND RESIN BASED PRODUCTS
• 7.6 SPECIALIST DISTRIBUTORS
• 7.7 BUILDERS' MERCHANTS
• 7.8 DIRECT SUPPLY

8. END USE SECTORS

• 8.1 KEY CONSTRUCTION MARKET INFLUENCES
  • 8.1.1 Non Domestic Construction Output
  • 8.1.2 Infrastructure and Civil Engineering
  • 8.1.3 Private Commercial
  • 8.1.4 Public Non-Housing
  • 8.1.5 Private Industrial
  • 8.1.6 Repair, Maintenance & Improvement (RMI)
• 8.2 HOUSE-BUILDING
• 8.3 SYSTEM BUILD AND VOLUMETRIC OFF-SITE CONSTRUCTION
• 8.4 PRE-CAST CONCRETE PRODUCTS
• 8.5 READY MIX CONCRETE MARKET
• 8.6 CONCRETE REPAIR AND REFURBISHMENT

APPENDIX

LIST OF ASSOCIATED ORGANISATIONS AND TRADE ASSOCIATIONS

TABLES AND CHARTS

• TABLE 1 UK BUILDING CHEMICALS MARKET 2004-2009 BY VALUE (£M MSP)
• CHART 2 INTEREST RATES AND INFLATION (CPI) FROM 1990-2010
• CHART 3 PDI & SAVINGS RATIO AT CURRENT PRICES 1990-2010
• TABLE 4 EXCHANGE RATE FLUCTUATIONS 2003-2008 - STERLING TO THE DOLLAR, AND THE EURO, SPOT RATES
• CHART 5 AGE DISTRIBUTION OF THE RESIDENT UK POPULATION 2001 (‘000)
• TABLE 6 UK BUILDING CHEMICALS MARKET 2001-2012 BY VALUE (£M MSP)
• CHART 7 IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF ALL BUILDING MATERIALS AND COMPONENTS 2001-2007 (£M)
• TABLE 8 BUILDING CHEMICALS PRODUCT MIX 2007
• CHART 9 SEALANTS BY PRODUCTS % VOLUME
• TABLE 10 SEALANT APPLICATION MARKET MIX (SPECIALIST MATERIALS) 2007
• TABLE 11 APPLICATION MARKET MIX FOR ADMIXTURES USED IN CONCRETE/MORTAR PRODUCTION IN 2007
• TABLE 12 BAGGED MORTARS, RENDERS, SPRAYED CONCRETE AND GROUTS 2007
• TABLE 13 SUPPLY OF SPECIAL CEMENTS FOR BUILDING CHEMICALS APPLICATIONS 2007
• TABLE 14 MARKET SHARES OF MANUFACTURERS - 2007
• TABLE 15 SHARE BY CHANNEL - SPECIALIST SEALANTS
• TABLE 16 SHARE BY CHANNEL - ADMIXTURES
• TABLE 17 SHARE BY CHANNEL - MORTARS, RENDERS AND GROUTS 2007
• CHART 18 MERCHANTS MARKET SHARES 2006
• CHART 19 VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION OUTPUT NEW WORK 2000-2012 (£BN)
• TABLE 20 INFRASTRUCTURE SECTOR - CONSTRUCTION OUTPUT BY SECTOR, (£M AT CURRENT PRICES) 2002, 2004 & 2006
• CHART 21 RMI WORK AS A PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL CONSTRUCTION OUTPUT IN 2006:
• TABLE 22 UK HOUSE BUILDING COMPLETIONS 2003-2012 & CONTRACTORS OUTPUT AT CURRENT PRICES (£ MILLION)
• TABLE 23 UK PREFABRICATED VOLUMETRIC BUILDING MARKET 2003-2008, (£M MSP)