various types of biocides is developing.
For example, the highest revenues in 2011
were generated with biocides based on
halogen compounds, followed by metallic
and organosulfur compounds. Demand
for halogen biocides is mainly influenced
by the water treatment sector. In this application area they are facing strong competition by other chemical products and
alternative measures suchs as UV-radia-tion or ultrafiltration.
With a roughly 42 percent share of
global consumption, North America is the
major sales market for biocides, followed
by Western Europe and Asia-Pacific.
Shares in demand of the individual world
regions will continue to shift over the next
eight years. In the past, developing countries in Asia-Pacific have already been able
to profit from the dynamic development
of additional important sales markets for
biocides. “Due to the rapid growth in industrial output, demand for biocides in
the sectors water treatment, paints, varnishes, paper, and plastics increases. At the
same time, improved standards of living
and stricter hygiene regulations have
caused utilization in consumer-related sectors such as disinfectants to rise,” said
Oliver Kutsch, CEO of Ceresana.
The analysts of Ceresana expect coun-
tries in Asia-Pacific, with the exception of
Japan, to increase their shares of the
global market for biocides. Until 2019,
this region is likely to see its share of
worldwide biocide consumption to ex-
pand to over 24%. This development will
occur mainly at the expense of Western
Europe and North America, where the
sales markets are already saturated.
Growth impulses generated in those re-
gions will be due less to an increase in
consumption volume within individual
sectors than to alternations between the
different product types. In this regard,
legal requirements as well as health con-
cerns and trends in environmental con-
sciousness are of vital importance.
NanoMarkets releases new
report on display optical
coatings and films
Industry analyst firm NanoMarkets released a new report on display materials: “Markets for Optically Functional
Films and Coatings in Displays – 2012.”
This report analyzes the opportunities
for display films/coatings over the next
eight years. These will grow to nearly
$10 billion ($US) in revenues by 2019
the firm said.
Optically functional film types covered
in this report include front-surface films
for antiglare/antireflection, viewing angle
compensation and color/contrast en-
hancement; polarizer films; and BLU films
(reflectors, diffusers, prisms, reflective po-
larizers, and multifunctional films). These
materials are sold for OLED, e-
paper and plasma display sectors
as well as for the market-domi-
nant LCDs.
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