1. The world-wide pultrusion industry: trends and forecasts
Global Market Outlook
EPTA 2006
March 24, 2006,
Budapest, Hungary
Presented by:
Sanjay Mazumdar, Ph.D.
The worldwide pultrusion industry: trends and forecasts
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2. Contents Research Methodology Industry Overview Trends and Forecasts
Conclusions and Recommendations
Contact Information
Questions and Answers
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3. Quiz
Which pultruded application from the following is the smallest revenue generator in 2005?
Grating
Rebar
Window profile
Tool handle
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4. Research Methodology
Market survey and in-depth research on more than 150 pultruders.
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5. Overview
Pultruded products continue to penetrate new applications and markets.
Highly fragmented industry.
More than 300 pultruders worldwide.
More than 200 new pultruded applications are launched every year.
Global pultrusion industry became an estimated $1.2 billion market in 2005.
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6. Pultruded applications
Pultrusion applications.
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7. Pultrusion Opportunities
Ranking of pultruded applications.
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8. Competitive Analysis Competitive analysis in various applications.
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9. Market penetration Classic S-Curve in market penetration.
In window profile, rebar, transportation and many other markets, the market penetration of pultruded products is less than 2%.
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10. Market leaders and shares
Market leaders and their market shares based on annual revenue from pultruded products.
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11. Trend Analysis
During 1960s-1990s, pultrusion market grew in double digits.
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12. Growth trends
Growth in various regions during are as follows.
Average annual growth rate in global pultrusion industry: 4.7%
Average annual growth rate in North American pultrusion industry: 0.9%
Average annual growth rate in European pultrusion industry: 8.8%
Average annual growth rate in Asian pultrusion industry: 12.9%
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13. Conclusions
E-Composites sees economic conditions in the Asia Pacific region generating the most growth for pultruded applications.
Huge opportunities for acquisitions.
Highest growth in transportation, infrastructure and building / construction industries in next 6 years.
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14. Conclusions
There will be profit squeeze in next 6 years due to competition from China.
Pultruders need to move past traditional business strategies and look at finished end products as the keys to growth and profitability.
Differentiate from your competition by adding more value added services .
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15. E-Composites Contact Information
Source: “Growth opportunities in the Pultrusion Market : Global Market Outlook” (496 pages)
Report order forms and the report’s table of contents are available today.
Contact David Kaiser ) or me or call for further information.
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