Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE) - A World Market Review

1.METHODOLOGY
Study Reliability and Reporting Limitations
Disclaimers
Quantitative Techniques & Reporting Level
2.MARKET OVERVIEW
Polyethylene -The Building Block
Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE) - A Major PE Derivative
3.APPLICATIONS
Will LDPE ever be Replaced by LLDPE?
LDPE Continues its Domination in Specific Applications
Films: A Major End-Use Segment
Medical Films – An Emerging Segment
LDPE Films
Coating and Laminating
Sliders Revolutionize Packaging
Second Generation LLDPE Products: Substitute for Plastics in Film
4.PRODUCT FACTS
Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE)
Linear Low-Density Polyethylene (LLDPE)
End Uses
5.CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS
Maire Tecnimont Inks Petrochemical Project Contracts in Venezuela
Nova to Expand Polyethylene Capacity of Ontario Plants
Sinopec and SABIC Sign HOA to Form Joint Venture Company
PetroChina Opts for UNIPOL PE Process of Univation
LyondellBasell to Acquire Stake in Petrochemical Complex
SK Energy and SINOPEC to Enter into a Joint Venture
INEOS to Increase Polyethylene and Polypropylene Production
Eastern Petrochemical to Shut Down its LDPE Lines at Al-Jubail
Borealis to Set Up a New LDPE Unit
Sibur to Set Up an LDPE Plant in Russia
Qatar Petrochemical to Commence Ethylene Expansion Project
Lyondell and Basell Merge to Form LyondellBasell
Braskem and Pequiven Establish Companies to Install Petrochemical Projects
Siam Cement and Dow to Set up Petrochemical Facility
Total to Construct New Petrochemical Complex in Partnership with Sonatrach
Qatar Petrochemical to Establish Office in Guangzhou
PTT Chemical to Set Up New Plants for Manufacturing LLDPE and LDPE
Westlake Chemical Acquires Polyethylene Business of Eastman
SAUDI KAYAN Inks Contracts for New LDPE and PP Plants
Wuhan Announces Ethylene Project
Lyondell Divests Chemical Business to Cristal
Borealis Divests Norwegian Petrochemical Business
Crystalsev and Dow to Build Plant to Produce Polyethylene from Sugarcane
Borealis to Modernize and Expand Polyethylene Capacity
Basell to Introduce the Latest Purell LDPE Resins
Kazanorgsintez Introduces Three New Low Density Linear Polyethylene Brands
ExxonMobil to Introduce New Exceed™ mPE HTC Technology
Dow Launches TYRINTM EXT 1000
Dow Launches Fingerprint™ Polyethylene Resins
INEOS Polyolefins Introduces ELTEX® PF Metallocene Range
6.MAJOR PLAYERS
Borealis AG (Austria)
British Polythene Industries PLC (UK)
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC (US)
Dow Chemical Company (US)
DuPont (US)
Exxon Mobil Chemical Company (US)
Formosa Plastics Corporation (US)
Huntsman Corporation (US)
INEOS Plc (UK)
LyondellBasell Industries (Netherlands)
Nova Chemicals Corporation (Canada)
PEMEX (Mexico)
Qatar Chemical Company Ltd (Qatar)
Qenos Pty Ltd (Australia)
Reliance Industries Limited (India)
Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) (Saudi Arabia)
Sinopec Corp (China)
Westlake Chemical Corporation (US)
7.MARKET ANALYTICS
8.THE UNITED STATES
9.CANADA
10.JAPAN
11.EUROPE
a.France
b.Germany
c.Italy
d.The United Kingdom
e.Rest of Europe
12.ASIA-PACIFIC
An Overview of Select Markets
China
China Enters Its Peak Polyethylene Consumption Period
Packaging Market
13.THE MIDDLE EAST
14.LATIN AMERICA
Exhibits
Table 1: Top 5 LDPE Producers in the World by Production Capacity – 2008 (in ‘000 Metric Tons)
Table 2: Top 5 LLDPE Producers in the World by Production Capacity – 2008 (in '000 Metric Tons))
Table 3: Global Low Density Polyethylene Consumption by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)
Table 4: Percentage Breakdown of Global Low Density Polyethylene Consumption by Region for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 5: Global Linear Low Density Polyethylene Consumption by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)
Table 6: Percentage Breakdown of Global Linear Low Density Polyethylene Consumption by Region for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 7: Global Low Density Polyethylene Consumption in Films & Sheet End-Use by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)
Table 8: Percentage Breakdown of Global Low Density Polyethylene Consumption in Films & Sheet End-Use by Region for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 9: Global Low Density Polyethylene Consumption in Extrusion Coating End-Use by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)
Table 10: Percentage Breakdown of Global Low Density Polyethylene Consumption in Extrusion Coating by Region for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 11: Global Low Density Polyethylene Consumption in Injection Molding End-Use by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)
Table 12: Percentage Breakdown of Global Low Density Polyethylene Consumption in Injection Molding End-Use by Region for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 13: Global Low Density Polyethylene Consumption in Rotational Molding End-Use by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)
Table 14: Percentage Breakdown of Global Low Density Polyethylene Consumption in Rotational Molding End-Use by Region for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 15: Global Low Density Polyethylene Consumption in Wire & Cable End-Use by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)
Table 16: Percentage Breakdown of Global Low Density Polyethylene Consumption in Wire & Cable End-Use by Region for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 17: Global Low Density Polyethylene Consumption in Pipes & Conduit End-Use by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)
Table 18: Percentage Breakdown of Global Low Density Polyethylene Consumption in Pipes & Conduit End-Use by Region for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 19: Global Low Density Polyethylene Consumption in Blow Molding End-Use by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)
Table 20: Percentage Breakdown of Global Low Density Polyethylene Consumption in Blow Molding End-Use by Region for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 21: Global Low Density Polyethylene Consumption in Miscellaneous End-Uses by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)
Table 22: Percentage Breakdown of Global Low Density Polyethylene Consumption in Miscellaneous End-Uses by Region for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 23: Global Linear Low Density Polyethylene Consumption in Films & Sheet End-Use by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)
Table 24: Percentage Breakdown of Global Linear Low Density Polyethylene Consumption in Films & Sheet End-Use by Region for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 25: Global Linear Low Density Polyethylene Consumption in Extrusion Coating End-Use by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)
Table 26: Percentage Breakdown of Global Linear Low Density Polyethylene Consumption in Extrusion Coating End-Use by Region for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 27: Global Linear Low Density Polyethylene Consumption in Injection Molding End-Use by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)
Table 28: Percentage Breakdown of Global Linear Low Density Polyethylene Consumption in Injection Molding End-Use by Region for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 29: Global Linear Low Density Polyethylene Consumption in Rotational Molding End-Use by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)
Table 30: Percentage Breakdown of Global Linear Low Density Polyethylene Consumption in Rotational Molding End-Use by Region for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 31: Global Linear Low Density Polyethylene Consumption in Blow Molding End-Use by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)
Table 32: Percentage Breakdown of Global Linear Low Density Polyethylene Consumption in Blow Molding End-Use by Region for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 33: Global Linear Low Density Polyethylene Consumption in Miscellaneous End-Uses by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)
Table 34: Percentage Breakdown of Global Linear Low Density Polyethylene Consumption in Miscellaneous End-Uses by Region for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 35: Leading LDPE Producers in North America by Production Capacity – 2008E (in '000 Metric Tons)
Table 36: Leading LLDPE Producers in North America by Production Capacity – 2007 & 2008E (in ‘000 Metric Tons)
Table 37: Low Density Polyethylene Consumption by End-Use Segment in the US: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)
Table 38: Percentage Breakdown of Low Density Polyethylene Consumption by End-Use Segment in the US for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 39: Linear Low Density Polyethylene Consumption by End-Use Segment in the US: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)
Table 40: Percentage Breakdown of Linear Low Density Polyethylene Consumption by End-Use Segment in the US for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 41: Low Density Polyethylene Consumption by End-Use Segment in Canada: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)
Table 42: Percentage Breakdown of Low Density Polyethylene Consumption by End-Use Segment in Canada for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 43: Linear Low Density Polyethylene Consumption by End-Use Segment in Canada: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)
Table 44: Percentage Breakdown of Linear Low Density Polyethylene Consumption by End-Use Segment in Canada for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 45: Low Density Polyethylene Consumption by End-Use Segment in Japan: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)
Table 46: Percentage Breakdown of Low Density Polyethylene Consumption by End-Use Segment in Japan for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 47: Linear Low Density Polyethylene Consumption by End-Use Segment in Japan: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)
Table 48: Percentage Breakdown of Linear Low Density Polyethylene Consumption by End-Use Segment in Japan for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 49: Low Density Polyethylene Consumption by Region in Europe: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)
Table 50: Percentage Breakdown of Low Density Polyethylene Consumption by Region in Europe for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 51: Low Density Polyethylene Consumption by End-Use Segment in Europe: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)
Table 52: Percentage Breakdown of Low Density Polyethylene Consumption by End-Use Segment in Europe for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 53: Linear Low Density Polyethylene Consumption by Region in Europe: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)
Table 54: Percentage Breakdown of Linear Low Density Polyethylene Consumption by Region in Europe for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 55: Linear Low Density Polyethylene Consumption by End-Use Segment in Europe: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)
Table 56: Percentage Breakdown of Linear Low Density Polyethylene Consumption by End-Use Segment in Europe for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 57: Low Density Polyethylene Consumption by End-Use Segment in France: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)
Table 58: Percentage Breakdown of Low Density Polyethylene Consumption by End-Use Segment in France for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 59: Linear Low Density Polyethylene Consumption by End-Use Segment in France: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)
Table 60: Percentage Breakdown of Linear Low Density Polyethylene Consumption by End-Use Segment in France for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 61: Low Density Polyethylene Consumption by End-Use Segment in Germany: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)
Table 62: Percentage Breakdown of Low Density Polyethylene Consumption by End-Use Segment in Germany for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 63: Linear Low Density Polyethylene Consumption by End-Use Segment in Germany: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)
Table 64: Percentage Breakdown of Linear Low Density Polyethylene Consumption by End-Use Segment in Germany for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 65: Low Density Polyethylene Consumption by End-Use Segment in Italy: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)
Table 66: Percentage Breakdown of Low Density Polyethylene Consumption by End-Use Segment in Italy for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 67: Linear Low Density Polyethylene Consumption by End-Use Segment in Italy: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)
Table 68: Percentage Breakdown of Linear Low Density Polyethylene Consumption by End-Use Segment in Italy for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 69: Low Density Polyethylene Consumption by End-Use Segment in the UK: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)
Table 70: Percentage Breakdown of Low Density Polyethylene Consumption by End-Use Segment in the UK for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 71: Linear Low Density Polyethylene Consumption by End-Use Segment in the UK: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)
Table 72: Percentage Breakdown of Linear Low Density Polyethylene Consumption by End-Use Segment in the UK for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 73: Low Density Polyethylene Consumption by End-Use Segment in Rest of Europe: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)
Table 74: Percentage Breakdown of Low Density Polyethylene Consumption by End-Use Segment in Rest of Europe for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 75: Linear Low Density Polyethylene Consumption by End-Use Segment in Rest of Europe: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)
Table 76: Percentage Breakdown of Linear Low Density Polyethylene Consumption by End-Use Segment in Rest of Europe for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 77: Low Density Polyethylene Consumption by End-Use Segment in Asia-Pacific: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)
Table 78: Percentage Breakdown of Low Density Polyethylene Consumption by End-Use Segment in Asia-Pacific for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 79: Linear Low Density Polyethylene Consumption by End-Use Segment in Asia-Pacific: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)
Table 80: Percentage Breakdown of Linear Low Density Polyethylene Consumption by End-Use Segment in Asia-Pacific for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 81: Low Density Polyethylene Consumption by End-Use Segment in Middle East: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)
Table 82: Percentage Breakdown of Low Density Polyethylene Consumption by End-Use Segment in Middle East for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 83: Linear Low Density Polyethylene Consumption by End-Use Segment in Middle East: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)
Table 84: Percentage Breakdown of Linear Low Density Polyethylene Consumption by End-Use Segment in Middle East for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 85: Low Density Polyethylene Consumption by End-Use Segment in Latin America: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)
Table 86: Percentage Breakdown of Low Density Polyethylene Consumption by End-Use Segment in Latin America for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 87: Linear Low Density Polyethylene Consumption by End-Use Segment in Latin America: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)
Table 88: Percentage Breakdown of Linear Low Density Polyethylene Consumption by End-Use Segment in Latin America for the Years 2008 & 2009
Companies Profiled