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 Rising Demand for Lightweight Automobiles
4.1.2 Growing Demand for PBT in Electrical Applications
4.2 Restraints
4.2.1 Competition from Other Engineering Plastics
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 Regulatory Policy Analysis
4.6 Technological Snapshot


5 MARKET SEGMENTATION
5.1 End-user Industry
5.1.1 Automotive
5.1.2 Extrusion
5.1.3 Electrical and Electronics
5.1.4 Other End-user Industries
5.2 Geography
5.2.1 Asia-Pacific
5.2.1.1 China
5.2.1.2 India
5.2.1.3 Japan
5.2.1.4 South Korea
5.2.1.5 Rest of Asia-Pacific
5.2.2 North America
5.2.2.1 United States
5.2.2.2 Canada
5.2.2.3 Mexico
5.2.3 Europe
5.2.3.1 Germany
5.2.3.2 United Kingdom
5.2.3.3 Italy
5.2.3.4 France
5.2.3.5 Rest of Europe
5.2.4 South America
5.2.4.1 Brazil
5.2.4.2 Argentina
5.2.4.3 Rest of South America
5.2.5 Middle East & Africa
5.2.5.1 Saudi Arabia
5.2.5.2 South Africa
5.2.5.3 Rest of Middle East & Africa


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 A.Schulman Inc.
6.4.2 BASF SE
6.4.3 Celanese Corporation
6.4.4 Chang Chun Plastics Co. Ltd
6.4.5 China National Bluestar (Group) Co. Ltd
6.4.6 Clariant
6.4.7 DuPont
6.4.8 Evonik Industries AG
6.4.9 Lanxess
6.4.10 Mitsubishi Engineering Plastics Corporation
6.4.11 Nan Ya Plastics
6.4.12 Polymer Technology and Services LLC
6.4.13 Polyone Corporation
6.4.14 Polyplastics Co. Ltd
6.4.15 Royal DSM NV
6.4.16 RTP Company
6.4.17 SABIC
6.4.18 Sipchem
6.4.19 Toray Industries Inc.


7 MARKET OPPORTUNITIES AND FUTURE TRENDS
7.1 Growing Research to Develop Bio-based PBT
7.2 Emerging Use in the Aerospace Industry