This report analyzes the global chemicals market in terms of market size (taken at producer selling price (PSP), key drivers and resistors, trends and competitive positioning. It includes profiles of the top ten companies in the industry along with 5-year financial analysis and in-depth SWOT analysis.
Scope
* Performance of the global chemicals market on the basis of sales, volume and respective growth patterns over the past five years
* Obtain descriptive profiles of the top ten leading players including strategic initiatives undertaken in the last 12 months
* Analysis of the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats of the top 10 chemicals companies along with business overview and financials
* Benchmark the performance of the top 10 players for the past five years; includes revenue comparison, profitability analysis, industry-specific ratios
Highlights
The global chemicals market generated total revenues of $2,334.3 billion in 2007, representing a CAGR of 6.6% for the period spanning 200307.
Base chemical sales proved the most lucrative for the global chemicals market in 2007, generating total revenues of $917.4 billion, equivalent to 39.3% of the market's overall value.
The performance of the market is forecast to slightly decelerate, with an anticipated CAGR of 5.2% for the five-year period 200712, which is expected to drive the market to a value of $3,007.9 billion by the end of 2012.
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Partial Table of Contents:
Table of Contents 2
Table OF FIGURES 3
TABLES 4
Executive Summary 5
Industry analysis 5
Industry definition 5
Research highlights 5
Market Value 6
Market Segmentation-
Market Segmentation-
Five Forces Analysis 9
Summary 9
Buyer power 10
Supplier power 11
New entrants 12
Substitutes 14
Rivalry 15
Top 10 Companies Landscape 16
Top 10 Companies Landscape 16
BASF SE 18
The Dow Chemical Company 18
LyondellBasell Industries AF S.C.A. 18
Bayer AG 18
Saudi Basic Industries Corporation 18
E. I. duPont de Nemours and Company 18
Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation 19
Akzo Nobel N.V. 19
Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. 19
PPG Industries, Inc. 19
Revenue analysis 20
Financial performance analysis 22
Operating profit analysis 23
Net profit analysis 24
Ratio analysis 25
Current ratio 25
Return on assets (ROA) 25
Debt/equity ratio (D/E ratio) 25
Inventory turnover ratio 26
Company Reports 27
BASF SE 27
Company overview 27
Business description 27
SWOT analysis 29
Strengths 29
Weaknesses 30
Opportunities 31
Threats 33
Recent developments 33
The Dow Chemical Company 37
Company overview 37
Business description 37
SWOT analysis 40
Strengths 40
Weaknesses 41
Opportunities 42
Threats 43
Recent developments 43
LyondellBasell Industries AF S.C.A. 46
Company overview 46
Business description 46
SWOT analysis 47
Strengths 47
Weaknesses 49
Opportunities 50
Threats 51
Recent developments 53
Bayer AG 54
Company overview 54
Business description 54
SWOT analysis 56
Strengths 56
Weaknesses 57
Opportunities 58
Threats 59
Recent developments 60
Saudi Basic Industries Corporation 63
Company overview 63
Business description 63
SWOT analysis 64
Strengths 64
Weaknesses 65
Opportunities 66
Threats 67
Recent developments 68
E. I. duPont de Nemours and Company 69
Company overview 69
Business description 69
SWOT analysis 71
Strengths 71
Weaknesses 72
Opportunities 73
Threats 74
Recent developments 75
Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation 78
Company overview 78
Business description 78
SWOT analysis 79
Strengths 79
Weaknesses 80
Opportunities 81
Threats 82
Recent developments 83
Akzo Nobel N.V. 84
Company overview 84
Business description 84
SWOT analysis 86
Strengths 86
Weaknesses 88
Opportunities 88
Threats 90
Recent developments 91
Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. 93
Company Overview 93
Business description 93
SWOT analysis 95
Strengths 95
Weaknesses 96
Opportunities 97
Threats 97
Recent developments 98
PPG Industries, Inc. 99
Company overview 99
Business description 99
SWOT analysis 100
Strengths 100
Weaknesses 102
Opportunities 103
Threats 104
Recent developments 105
Financial Analysis 107
BASF SE 107
The Dow Chemical Company 110
LyondellBasell Industries AF S.C.A. 113
Bayer AG 116
Saudi Basic Industries Corporation 119
E. I. duPont de Nemours and Company 122
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