Global Materials

Datamonitor's Global Materials industry profile is an essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the materials industry. It includes detailed data on market size and segmentation, plus textual and graphical analysis of the key trends and competitive landscape, leading companies and demographic information.

Scope

• Contains an executive summary and data on value, volume and/or segmentation
• Provides textual analysis of the industry's recent performance and future prospects
• Incorporates in-depth five forces competitive environment analysis and scorecards
• Includes a five-year forecast of the industry
• The leading companies are profiled with supporting key financial metrics
• Supported by the key macroeconomic and demographic data affecting the market

Highlights

• Detailed information is included on market size, measured by value and/or volume
• Five forces scorecards provide an accessible yet in depth view of the market's competitive landscape
• Market shares are covered by manufacturer or brand

Why you should buy this report

• Spot future trends and developments
• Inform your business decisions
• Add weight to presentations and marketing materials
• Save time carrying out entry-level research

Market Definition

The global materials industry group is valued as the total revenues accrued in the chemicals industry, the construction materials market, the containers and packaging market, the metals and mining industry, and the paper and forest products industry.

The global chemicals industry is deemed to be the revenues accrued by manufacturers from the production of commodity chemicals, fertilizers & agricultural chemicals, industrial gases and specialty chemicals.

The global construction materials market consists of all manufacturers of sand, gravel, aggregates, cement, concrete and bricks. Other finished or semi-finished building materials are classified in the building products market.

The global containers & packaging market includes paperboard, containerboard, glass packaging, metal food and beverage packaging, rigid/semi-rigid plastic containers and flexible plastic packaging. It does not include closures (such as lids and caps), general line containers (such as paint tins), dispensing systems, corks or any packaging machinery.

The global metals and mining industry consists of the aluminum, diversified metals and mining, gold, precious metals and minerals and steel markets. Precious metals and minerals are not included in the industry's volume.

The global paper and forest products industry consists of the paper products and forest products markets. The paper products market consists of production of pulp-based paper in the form of newsprint, printing & writing paper, waste paper, and other paper and paperboard. The forest products market consists of production of chips and particles, sawnwood, wood fuel, wood residues, industrial roundwood and wood-based panels, but excludes paper and pulp.

All sales are valued at manufacturers' selling price. Any currency conversions used in this report have been calculated using constant annual average exchange rates.