Dublin, Nov. 6, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/mf5qhf/chloralkali)
has announced the addition of the "Chlor-Alkali
Market, By Products (Caustic Soda/Sodium Hydroxide, Chlorine, Soda
Ash/Sodium Carbonate), Applications & Geography: Global
Industry Trends & Forecasts to 2017" report to their
offering.
Chlor-alkali is an industrial process widely used to produce
chlorine, caustic soda, and other chlorine and sodium derived/based
products such as sodium hypochlorite, hydrochloric acid,
chlorosulphonic acid, bleaching power, polyaluminium chloride,
hydrogen gas, and chlorinated paraffin. The process uses brine
(sodium chloride) solution during electrolysis to produce aforesaid
products which are also known as chlor-alkali industry/market
products.
The report estimates the market size of chlor-alkali industry for
three products such as caustic soda, chlorine, and soda ash. It
provides a comprehensive review of market drivers, restraints,
opportunities, challenges, and key issues in the market. The market
is further segmented and forecasted for major geographic regions,
such as North America, Europe, Asia, and Rest of the World (ROW).
Major countries with the market volume and revenue are covered for
each of the region. The top players of the industry are profiled in
detail with their recent developments and other strategic industry
activities.
Chlor-alkali
market with its three products caustic soda, soda ash, and chlorine
form basis of most of the end-user industries. The aforesaid
products are further processed into various forms, chemical
compositions, and added to various other chemicals to design and
formulate new products and derivatives. Their wide use adds them to
the list of raw materials in various industries. The prices of
these products vary from region-to-region depending upon their
extraction, supply logistics, location of manufacturing facilities,
labor cost, and most importantly energy costs. With the current
energy scenario and demand the prices of these products are
expected to grow in the nearing future translating into enhanced
growth in revenue earnings of major companies.
The global caustic soda, chlorine, and soda ash market volume is
expected to reach 79.8, 74.2, and 58.1 million tons respectively
translating into total revenue of $88.6 billion by the year 2017.
As of year 2012, Asia consumes almost half of the combined volume
of all the aforesaid products followed by North America and Europe.
The major application segments for chlorine are PVC and organic
chemicals, for caustic soda major applications are pulp and paper
and organic and inorganic chemicals; whereas for soda ash glass
constitutes the major application segment. Chlorine and caustic
soda are mainly produced using membrane and diaphragm technology
with mercury cell process in phasing out mode. Soda ash is mainly
produced using Solvay process.
Key Topics Covered:
1 Introduction
2 Executive Summary
3 Market Overview
4 Global Caustic Soda Market
5 Global Chlorine Market
6 Global Soda Ash Market
7 Competitive Landscape
8 Company Profiles
Appendix
Companies Mentioned
- Akzonobel Nv
- Bayer Materialscience Ag
- Canexus Corporation
- Ciech Sa
- Formosa Plastics Corporation
- Fmc Corporation
- Ineos Chlorvinyls Limited
- Nirma Limited
- Novacarb
- Occidental Petroleum Corp
- Oci Chemical Corporation
- Olin Corporation
- Ppg Industries Inc.
- Saudi Basic Industries Corporation
- Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. Ltd
- Shintech Inc.
- Solvay Sa
- Tata Chemicals Limited
- The Dow Chemical Company
- Tianjin Dagu Chemical Co. Ltd
- Xinjiang Tianye (Group) Co. Ltd
- Xinjiang Zhongtai Chemical Co. Ltd.
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