North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific are the key markets for scale inhibitor
The regions such as North America and Europe which have been dominating the industrial market for long & the emerging regions such as Asia-Pacific and RoW are growing, especially due to rising environmental concerns over pollution of water due to increase industrial activities and are therefore, expected to provide a boost to the scale inhibitor market in the next five years.
The oil & gas, mining industry in GCC and South American countries has immense growth potential due to high domestic reserves. All these industrial activities strongly indicate for the growth of scale inhibitor in the coming years.
Sulfonates is the fastest growing type and power & construction dominates the key application in the scale inhibitor market
Phosphonates take topmost positions in the scale inhibitor market with more than 32% share by value. The fastest growth rate till 2019 in the scale inhibitor market is expected to come from sulfonates used in numerous industrial applications especially in the mining industry which will continue to expand in the coming years.
Due to growing awareness regarding the probable side-effects of Phosphonates and Acrylic acids, biodegradable scale inhibitor have been gathering attractive market as substitutes since they are phosphorous free and are expected to grow substantially in the next five years.