The global market for functional and barrier coatings for paper and board was valued at US$3,778 million in 2007, growing at 3.1 per cent, and is expected to reach US$4,561 million by 2014. Within this, opportunities are emerging in a number of high-growth regions and end use sectors, according to a major new study by Pira International.
Based on primary research and expert analysis, The Future of Functional and Barrier Coatings for Paper and Board breaks down the market by product, end-use sector, region and country, with five-year forecasts to 2014. The study also provides an overview of technology developments, a competitive landscape analysis and explores key drivers and trends.
According to the study, growth will be negative in many parts of the developed world in 2009 and into 2010, becoming positive again towards the end of that year. In the emerging economies of Eastern Europe and Asia, recent exceptional growth rates will fall in 2009 and 2010, but growth will again climb in late 2010 to 2014. This growth will not reach the same levels as has been seen in recent years however. The effect of these emerging economies lifts the global market for functional and barrier coating, to permit modest growth of 2.7 per cent CAGR to 2014, when the market will be worth US$4,561 million.
The Future of Functional and Barrier Coatings for Paper and Board also examines a range of technical developments in the sector, including biotechnology, nanotechnology, plasma, liquid crystal polymers, enzymes, SiOx and AlOx, water-based barrier coatings and fluorochemicals are investigated in the study.
