Chemicals and Materials

This study analyzes the transformative Mega Trends, disruptive technologies, and industry convergence scenarios that are expected to impact the coatings, adhesives and sealants, and elastomers (C.A.S.E.) market in 2022. While supply chain disruption and spikes in raw material prices remain crucial challenges for stakeholders across the value chain,...

The printed circuit boards (PCBs) used in electronic components are prone to the adverse effects of external environments, which may lead to short circuits or overall system failure. Rising concerns among electrical manufacturers to protect the board and its components from moisture, chemicals, salt spray, and temperature fluctuations are driving t...

Diverse end-use industries increasingly deploy electrical and electronics (E&E) adhesives and sealants that offer various functional benefits. Key end-use industries consuming E&E adhesives and sealants include automotive electronics, consumer electronics and home appliances, and electronics for rail, aerospace, marine, construction, and energy app...

Silicones find an increasing number of applications across a diverse set of industry sectors due to their functional benefits and emerging trends in key end-use industries. These industries are industrial processes, construction, personal care, special systems, transportation, electronics, energy, and medical. The rising need for innovative for...

Customers across a wide range of industries increasingly prefer structural adhesives over conventional, mechanical fixing techniques such as welding, nut-bolt assembly, and riveting. In this study of the global structural adhesives industry, the key end-use applications are construction, transportation, wind energy, and industrial assembly, includi...

This study assesses the current status of and future prospects for the global interior decorative paints market. It takes into account volume shipments and revenues generated from decorative paints used in interior applications from 2018 to 2028. Revenues are recorded at the formulated coatings level. The interior decorative paints market is ex...

Pipelines are mainly used to transport and distribute oil, gas, fuels, chemicals, and water in end-applications including oil and gas, mining, fuel stations, automotive and transportation, construction, and manufacturing. Amongst the various modes available for transporting materials, pipelines have proven to be the most cost-effective and efficien...

Catalysts form an indispensable part of chemicals production, and over 85% of all commercial chemical processes involve use of catalyst(s)—be it in the production of ubiquitous polyolefins (polyethylenes and polypropylene) for the production of transportation and industrial activity lifeblood, namely fuels (gasoline and diesel) in refineries, or ...

Investment in digital technologies is currently booming across all industries, and the chemicals sector is no exception. In Frost & Sullivan’s March 2018 report, Impact of Digitisation on the Chemical Industry, coating formulators were identified as the most likely to have a digital strategy. However, they put it to use in only a limited number o...