HIGH TEMPERATURE COATINGS MARKET ANALYSIS

Regional Analysis

• Asia Pacific is the fastest growing and the largest market for high temperature coatings. The petrochemical industry has a marked shift from North America to India and China, due to low cost of labor and close proximity to major oil producing Middle East nations. Furthermore, energy, cookware and automobile markets have also grown due to population boom. This has driven demand for HTCs.
• North America has augmented HTC market growth, due to growing energy, automobile, electronics and construction sector. Increased shale gas production has driven growth the petrochemical industry as well. High thermal efficiency in chemical processing can help the manufacturers in this region to compete with low-cost products made in Asia. Europe is expected to lose its market share during forecast period due to decline of end-user industries.
• In Latin America, the growth of HTC market can be attributed to the energy and automotive industry. Brazil is expected to strongly drive growth in both E&P and refining. Political uncertainties and regulatory complications are hindering growth in other countries of the region.
• Middle East and North Africa are consolidated regions for oil and gas and petrochemicals. A return to political stability of Iraq, Syria, and Iran are having crucial advantage in the growth of the HTC market.