Table of Content

1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 Study Deliverables
1.2 Study Assumptions
1.3 Scope of the Study


2 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY


3 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY


4 MARKET DYNAMICS
4.1 Drivers
4.1.1 Growing Demand from the Building and Construction Industry
4.1.2 Environmental Concerns over Reducing Greenhouse Emissions
4.1.3 Growing Global Trend toward Energy Saving and Sustainable Development
4.2 Restraints
4.2.1 High Cost of Material and Manufacturing Process
4.2.2 Hazardous Nature of Phase Change Materials
4.3 Industry Value-Chain Analysis
4.4 Porter’s Five Forces Analysis
4.4.1 Bargaining Power of Suppliers
4.4.2 Bargaining Power of Consumers
4.4.3 Threat of New Entrants
4.4.4 Threat of Substitute Products and Services
4.4.5 Degree of Competition
4.5 Raw Material Analysis
4.6 Patent Analysis


5 MARKET SEGMENTATION
5.1 By Product Type
5.1.1 Organic
5.1.2 Inorganic
5.1.3 Bio-based
5.2 By Encapsulation Technology
5.2.1 Macro
5.2.2 Micro
5.2.3 Molecular
5.3 By End-user Industry
5.3.1 Building and Construction
5.3.2 Packaging
5.3.3 Textiles
5.3.4 Electronics
5.3.5 Transportation
5.3.6 Other End-user Industries
5.4 Geography
5.4.1 Asia-Pacific
5.4.1.1 China
5.4.1.2 India
5.4.1.3 Japan
5.4.1.4 South Korea
5.4.1.5 Rest of Asia-Pacific
5.4.2 North America
5.4.2.1 United States
5.4.2.2 Canada
5.4.2.3 Mexico
5.4.3 Europe
5.4.3.1 Germany
5.4.3.2 United Kingdom
5.4.3.3 Italy
5.4.3.4 France
5.4.3.5 Rest of Europe
5.4.4 Rest of the World
5.4.4.1 Brazil
5.4.4.2 Saudi Arabia
5.4.4.3 South Africa
5.4.4.4 Other Countries


6 COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE
6.1 Mergers and Acquisitions, Joint Ventures, Collaborations, and Agreements
6.2 Market Share Analysis**
6.3 Strategies Adopted by Leading Players
6.4 Company Profiles
6.4.1 Aavid Kunze GmbH (Boyd Corporation)
6.4.2 AI Technology Inc.
6.4.3 Appvion Inc.
6.4.4 Climator Sweden AB
6.4.5 Cosella-Dorken Products Inc.
6.4.6 Croda International PLC
6.4.7 Cryopak A TCP Company
6.4.8 Datum Phase Change Ltd
6.4.9 Entropy Solutions LLC
6.4.10 Henkel AG & Co. KGAA
6.4.11 Kaplan Energy
6.4.12 Laird Technologies
6.4.13 Microtek Laboratories Inc.
6.4.14 National Gypsum Company
6.4.15 Outlast Technologies LLC
6.4.16 Parker Hannifin Corporation
6.4.17 PCM Products Ltd
6.4.18 Phase Change Energy Solutions Inc. (PCES)
6.4.19 Phase Change Products Pty Ltd (PCP)
6.4.20 Pluss Polymers Pvt Ltd
6.4.21 Rubitherm Technologies Ltd
6.4.22 Schoeller Textiles AG
6.4.23 Shenzhen Aochuan Technology Co. Ltd
6.4.24 Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. Ltd
6.4.25 Sonoco Thermosafe (SON)


7 MARKET OPPORTUNITIES AND FUTURE TRENDS
7.1 Growing Applications in the Textile Industry
7.2 Development of Phase Change Thermal Interface Material
7.3 Rising Awareness of Bio-based Phase Change Materials
7.4 Niche Applications
7.4.1 Phase Change Memory
7.4.2 Nano-scale Switching
7.4.3 Glazing
7.4.4 Other Applications