
Global Polyolefins Market – Drivers, Opportunities, Trends & Forecasts up to 2020
- December, 2014
- Domain: Chemicals, Materials & Food - Petrochemicals






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Polyolefin is a class of polymer formed from a simple olefins (monomer). Increasing demand of in the construction, packaging and automotive industry is driving the demand of polyolefins market. Due to its longevity and higher resistance, it is replacing the market of metals and other synthetic products used in various applications such as utensils and coatings among many others. Introduction of green polyolefins along with stringent regulations in the developed countries has further increased the polyolefins market.
Polyethylene holds the major segment in the polyolefins market, due to its increasing demand in coatings and automotive industries. Films & sheets application sector has the largest market share in the global polyolefins market. Asia-Pacific is one of the major contributors for polyolefins market and is expected to grow with highest growth rate during forecast period. Some of the key players operating in polyolefins are The Dow Chemical Company, Exxon Mobil Corporation and SABIC among many others.
The study of the global polyolefins market ensures a 360° view, bringing out the complete key insights of the industry. These insights help the business decision makers to make better business plans and informed decisions for the future business. In addition, the study helps the venture capitalist in understanding the companies better and take informed decisions.
Report Scope:
- Types
- Functional Polyolefins
- Polyethylene
- Polypropylene
- Applications
- Fibers
- Films & Sheets
- Molding
- Others
- End-Use Industries
- Automotive
- Molding Products
- Packaging
- Others
- Regions
- Asia Pacific
- Europe
- North America
- Rest of the World
- Industry outlook: market trends and drivers, restraints, and opportunities
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Report Scope
1.3 Market Definitions
1.4 Research Methodology
1.4.1 Data Collation & In-House Estimation
1.4.2 Market Triangulation
1.4.3 Forecasting
1.5 Study Declarations
1.6 Report Assumptions
1.7 Stakeholders
2 Executive Summary
3 Market Positioning
3.1 Total Addressable Market (TAM): Plastics & Polymers
3.1.1 Market Overview
3.1.2 Major Trends
3.2 Segmented Addressable Market (SAM)
3.3 Related Markets
4 Market Outlook
4.1 Overview
4.2 Value Chain Analysis
4.3 PESTLE Analysis
4.4 Porter 5 (Five) Forces Analysis
4.5 Patents Analysis
5 Market Characteristics
5.1 Market Segmentation
5.2 Market Dynamics
5.2.1 Drivers
5.2.2 Restraints
5.2.3 Opportunities
5.2.4 DRO – Impact Analysis
6 Polyolefins Type: Market Size and Analysis
6.1 Overview
6.2 Functional Polyolefins
6.3 Polyethylene
6.4 Polypropylene
6.5 Vendor Profiles
(Overview, products/services, geographic revenues, recent developments, business focus, SWOT analysis and business strategy for all vendors)
7 Polyolefins Applications: Market Size and Analysis
7.1 Overview
7.2 Fibers
7.3 Films & Sheets
7.4 Molding
7.5 Customer Profiles
(Overview, product usage, geographic revenues, recent developments, and business strategy for all customers)
8 Polyolefins End-Use Industries: Market Size and Analysis
8.1 Overview
8.2 Automotive
8.3 Molding Products
8.4 Packaging
9 Regions: Market Size and Analysis
9.1 Overview
9.2 North America
9.3 Europe
9.4 Asia Pacific
9.5 Rest of the World
10 Companies To Watch For
11 Competitive Landscape
11.1 Competitor Product & Geography Benchmarking
11.2 Market Landscape
11.2.1 Key Strategies Adopted
Annexure
Acronyms
Research Framework
Infoholic Research works on a holistic 360° approach in order to deliver high quality, validated and reliable information in our market reports. The Market estimation and forecasting involves following steps:
- Data Collation (Primary & Secondary)
- In-house Estimation (Based on proprietary data bases and Models)
- Market Triangulation
- Forecasting

Market related information is congregated from both primary and secondary sources.
Primary sources
Involved participants from all global stakeholders such as Solution providers, service providers, Industry associations, thought leaders etc. across levels such as CXOs, VPs and managers. Plus, our in-house industry experts having decades of industry experience contribute their consulting and advisory services.
Secondary sources
Include public sources such as regulatory frameworks, government IT spending, government demographic indicators, industry association statistics, and company publications along with paid sources such as Factiva, OneSource, Bloomberg among others.