Apr 20 2010
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/c9c9de/specialist_and_fun) has announced the addition of the "Specialist and Functional Architectural Coatings Market 2008-2018 for Europe and the Middle East" report to their offering.
The architectural coatings market in Europe and the Middle East is estimated to have a value of 15 billion of which the Specialist and Functional segment is worth approximately 5.5 billion. For the purposes of this study, the functional market is defined as coatings that are applied by professionals including the specialized interior and exterior coatings, flooring and roofing where the coatings are selected on the basis of performance.
The Specialist and Functional Architectural Coatings Market study, on the European and Middle Eastern Markets, provides a unique source of data and insights on this specialist sector. The study will bring you the benefit of this vital information base when formulating your global strategies from technology to marketing. It will enable you to identify both the threats from competing technologies and future opportunities. Thus, the report will represent a reference guide for your long term strategic planning and provide a basis for more detailed segmental analysis.
The primary scope for the market research work for this study was limited to:-
- Europe and Middle East EU 27 plus Norway and Switzerland, with overviews on Russia and Ukraine, as well as Middle East and Turkey. Global data is only given as a high level summary.
- Architectural Surface coatings applied to habitable buildings, their trim and fittings, and associated structures in situ for decorative, functional and protective purposes.
- Specialist and Functional Coatings applied to protect the substrate from the interior or exterior environment (for example the weather), or meet some other performance requirement.
Key Features of this report
- The report gives an overview on the global decorative and architectural coatings market with some insight on the current global economic circumstances and its effect on this industry.
- The study discusses the effects of energy conservation legislation within the European Union on coatings developments and the impact of the Buildings Products Directive on the harmonization of European technical standards. The likely impact of the 2010 introduction of Phase 2 of the Paint Products Directive is also assessed.
- The resin technologies and their markets analysed will include those based on acrylic, epoxy, modified alkyds, polyurethane and silicone resins as well as newer technologies such as polyaspartic and polyurea.
- Functional additives & pigments including biocides, dispersants, nanomaterials, thickeners and titanium dioxide.
- The size of regional markets, growth and future outlook are included in the study as well as building methods and architectural trends. The report describes the regional sales channels, the major market leaders for coatings and raw materials.
- The coating systems in the report will be categorised, according to application i.e. exterior, interior, flooring and roofing.
- The specialist end use markets to be analysed will include, food and drink processing plants, automotive assembly and component manufacture, car parks and regulated markets such as pharmaceutical production and hospitals together with liquid membrane roofing systems.
The key functional properties described will include:
- Exterior coatings technical developments with a focus on ETICS;
- Biocides for hygienic coatings and for the protection of building exteriors;
- Energy management including infra red reflective pigment technology;
- Fire resistant and fire retardant interior coatings;
- Photocatalytic pigments based on nano technology.
- The study bears all the hallmarks of a typical Irfab study: detailed explanations, intelligent graphical illustrations, and tables.
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