Epoxy Resin Market - Forecast(2024 - 2030)

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Epoxy Resin Market Outlook

Technological advancements have enabled the development of sustainable architectural countertops and surfaces, manufactured from composite blends of recycled glass and epoxies as well as other usually wasted post-consumer materials. With the usage of innovative technology, most of the materials that are recycled can be composed and used by builders to achieve Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) credits. Epoxy resin is a type of organic polymers which includes a wide variety and continuous development in its products. It can be used as structural adhesives, coatings, paints, fluxes, and the matrix resin of fiber-reinforced plastic materials. The increasing demand for paints and coatings in construction sector is driving the growth of the epoxy resin market.

According to a recent market research report from IndustryARC, the global epoxy resin market size was approximately $2,460 million as of 2018, and the demand is projected to increment at a CAGR of 2.5% over the forecast period of 2019 to 2025. Based on the epoxy resin market analysis, the Americas holds the largest market share exceeding 35% in 2018. The key application of epoxy resins is at construction sector in this region, and the demand for this application is projected to increment at a CAGR of 3.5% over the forecast period. In the construction sector, epoxy resins are used to provide strong bonding adhesives, sealants, and fillers. These are the replacements for various mechanical fixings such as bolts, screws, studs, and setscrews.

Epoxy Resin Market Demand Analysis

Epoxy resins are widely used in aerospace, automotive, transportation, electrical, food and beverages, and chemical industries. It is the most common thermosetting polymer used in the aircraft marketplace. It is used as a structural adhesive in aircraft joints and repairs. The growing usage of these in wide array of consumer and industrial applications is because of its key attributes of toughness, strong adhesion, and chemical resistance. Epoxy resin market players also offer products that are used in different sporting equipment including surfboards, skis, tennis racquets, and golf clubs. Brominated epoxy resins are extensively used as flame retardant sealing material, matrix for composites and flame retardant adhesive for laminated plates in the fields of electronics, electric appliance, marine, and construction. 

In the transportation sector, epoxy resin are used in cars, trucks, trains, and motorcycles. In cars, epoxy coats are applied to the external part of the vehicle through the cathodic electrodes position (CED) process. It also provides water and corrosion resistance, and prolongs the life of components. In trains, epoxy resins avoids damage from debris, increases service life and helps in maintaining the weight. In food and beverages industry, epoxy resins protects food from contamination, lower production costs.. They protect machinery from chemicals in cleaning products extending operational lifetimes.

Additionally, epoxy resins are used in construction of wind turbine blades and applied as protective coatings. They provide blades with enough strength and toughness with low weight, enabling longer blades. On the back of governmental emphasis on green sources of energy, the epoxy resin market size if expected to expand well. These are also used in electrical and energy distribution systems as sealants, coatings, and adhesives. They are used as protective coatings in large generators and on printed circuit boards and contribute to longer-lasting and more reliable modules and electricity distribution and supply.

Epoxy Resin Market: Disruptive Drivers and Trends

  • Increasing popularity of different type of proactive coating resins which includes alkyd, acrylics, epoxy, polyurethane, and polyester in various end-use applications such as construction, building, and marine industries. 
  • Growth in the coating additives industry is one of the key trend contributing towards the growth of the epoxy resin market. Due to the attractive properties of the product, epoxy coatings are used in several applications like paints, coatings, building, and construction.
  • Increasing adoption of epoxy resins in marine applications. These are suitable for preparing wood boats, as they are less porous than the rest of the available types of boats. 
  • Increase in usage of DiGlycidyl Ether of Bisphenol-A (DGEBA) epoxy resin in construction industry is creating new revenue avenues for the players operating in the epoxy resin market. The DGEBA resin is the condensation product of bisphenol-A and epichlorohydrin which have excellent adhesion, chemical, and heat resistance properties.

Epoxy Resin Market: Competitive Landscape

  • Some of the major players operating in the epoxy resin market are DowDuPont, Nan Ya Plastics, BASF SE, Hexion, Huntsman, Jiangsu Sanmu Group, Changchun Chemicals, Aditya Birla Chemicals, Ciech S.A., and Dalian Qihua. 
  • Huntsman designed cycloaliphatic epoxy resins are widely used in indoor and outdoor applications such as medium-to-high voltage electrical insulation. These are designed for the downstream users who needs high-temperature resistance and UV resistance. Huntsman toughened epoxy resins improve the properties of standard epoxy resin systems, which are well-suited for formulators working with adhesives, and composites.
  • Nan Ya is one of the top epoxy resin market companies which supplies different models of epoxy resins such as Liquid Epoxy Resin, BPF Epoxy Resin, Diluted Epoxy Resin, Solid Epoxy Resin, and so on. It offers various characteristics for the epoxy resins which includes storage stability, water resistance and chemical resistance, excellent performance on hardness, and so on. These reins can be used in civil engineering, motor, paper laminate, insulator, composites, and RC reinforced for crack adhesive.
  • Ciech S.A. is the only producer of epoxy resins in Poland, producing solid epoxy resins for the powder paints, which are widely used in the production of metal elements exposed to adverse conditions, such as protection of pipes, valves, tanks and tools and car parts. They provides excellent mechanical strength and also high resistance to aggressive chemicals. These resins produce highly aesthetic coatings in the production of home appliances, steel furniture, bicycle, and toys.
  • Hexion, another key players in the global epoxy resin market, is well known for offering a wide range of proven, consistently high performing epoxy resin materials to the customers. Its Waterborne epoxy resins and curing agents enable a wide variety of low or no-volatile organic compound (VOC) end products with solvent borne technology. Its functional modifiers allow formulators to improve the performance properties and processing characteristics of their resin systems.
  • Additionally, Aditya Birla Chemicals markets its epoxy products under the brand name of Epotec. They manufactures high stability waterborne epoxy resins, which offers excellent dilution efficiency. Aditya Birla Chemicals (Thailand) Limited manufactures a wide range of waterborne epoxy resins, which exhibit high stability and excellent dilution efficiency. The waterborne epoxy resins offer different functionalities for a variety of applications.
Epoxy resin is a type of organic polymers which includes a wide variety and continuous development in the products. Owing to its functional characteristics it is employed by various sectors including automotive, wind power, aerospace and construction. The increasing demand for paints and coatings in construction sector is driving the growth of the market. Increase in usage of DiGlycidyl Ether of Bisphenol-A epoxy resin in construction industry is creating new revenue pockets for the players operating in the epoxy resin market.

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1. Epoxy Resin Market - Overview
    1.1. Definitions and Scope
2. Epoxy Resin Market - Executive summary
    2.1. Market Revenue, Market Size and Key Trends by Company
    2.2. Key Trends by type of Application
    2.3. Key Trends segmented by Geography
3. Epoxy Resin Market 
    3.1. Comparative analysis
        3.1.1. Product Benchmarking - Top 10 companies
        3.1.2. Top 5 Financials Analysis
        3.1.3. Market Value split by Top 10 companies
        3.1.4. Patent Analysis - Top 10 companies
        3.1.5. Pricing Analysis 
4. Epoxy Resin Market – Startup companies Scenario Premium
    4.1. Top 10 startup company Analysis by
        4.1.1. Investment
        4.1.2. Revenue
        4.1.3. Market Shares
        4.1.4. Market Size and Application Analysis
        4.1.5. Venture Capital and Funding Scenario
5. Epoxy Resin Market – Industry Market Entry Scenario Premium
    5.1. Regulatory Framework Overview
    5.2. New Business and Ease of Doing business index
    5.3. Case studies of successful ventures
    5.4. Customer Analysis – Top 10 companies
6. Epoxy Resin Market Forces
    6.1. Drivers
    6.2. Constraints
    6.3. Challenges
    6.4. Porters five force model
        6.4.1. Bargaining power of suppliers
        6.4.2. Bargaining powers of customers
        6.4.3. Threat of new entrants
        6.4.4. Rivalry among existing players
        6.4.5. Threat of substitutes 
7. Epoxy Resin Market - Strategic analysis
    7.1. Value chain analysis
    7.2. Opportunities analysis
    7.3. Product life cycle
    7.4. Suppliers and distributors Market Share
8. Epoxy Resin Market – By Form (Market Size -$Million / $Billion)
    8.1. Market Size and Market Share Analysis 
    8.2. Application Revenue and Trend Research
    8.3. Product Segment Analysis
        8.3.1. Introduction
        8.3.2. Solid
        8.3.3. Unmodified Liquid
        8.3.4. Modified Liquid
        8.3.5. Solution
9. Epoxy Resin Market – By Formulation (Market Size -$Million / $Billion)
    9.1. Introduction
    9.2. One Part Epoxy Resin
    9.3. Two Part Epoxy Resin
10. Epoxy Resin Market – By Application (Market Size -$Million / $Billion)
    10.1. Introduction
    10.2. Paints & Coatings
    10.3. Adhesives & Sealants
    10.4. Composites
    10.5. Primers and Sealers
    10.6. Electrical Laminates
    10.7. Others
11. Epoxy Resin – By End Use Industry(Market Size -$Million / $Billion)
    11.1. Segment type Size and Market Share Analysis 
    11.2. Application Revenue and Trends by type of Application
    11.3. Application Segment Analysis by Type
        11.3.1. Introduction
        11.3.2. Building & Construction
            11.3.2.1. Decks
            11.3.2.2. Walls
            11.3.2.3. Roofs
            11.3.2.4. Decorative Flooring
            11.3.2.5. Architectural Surfaces and Countertops
            11.3.2.6. Others
        11.3.3. Aerospace
            11.3.3.1. Gliders and Light Aircraft
            11.3.3.2. Commercial Aircraft
            11.3.3.3. Military Aircraft
            11.3.3.4. Others
        11.3.4. Wind Power
        11.3.5. Marine
            11.3.5.1. Hull
            11.3.5.2. Ballast tanks
            11.3.5.3. Cargo tanks & holds
            11.3.5.4. Decks
            11.3.5.5. Topsides & Superstructures
            11.3.5.6. Others
        11.3.6. Automotive
            11.3.6.1. Chassis
            11.3.6.2. Semi-Structural Parts
            11.3.6.3. Body Exterior
            11.3.6.4. Others
        11.3.7. Consumer Goods
            11.3.7.1. Home appliances
            11.3.7.2. Decorative furniture
            11.3.7.3. Golf clubs
            11.3.7.4. Sports & leisure products
            11.3.7.5. Packaging
            11.3.7.6. Others
        11.3.8. Others
12. Epoxy Resin - By Geography (Market Size -$Million / $Billion)
    12.1. Epoxy Resin Market - North America Segment Research
    12.2. North America Market Research (Million / $Billion)
        12.2.1. Segment type Size and Market Size Analysis 
        12.2.2. Revenue and Trends
        12.2.3. Application Revenue and Trends by type of Application
        12.2.4. Company Revenue and Product Analysis
        12.2.5. North America Product type and Application Market Size
            12.2.5.1. U.S.
            12.2.5.2. Canada 
            12.2.5.3. Mexico 
            12.2.5.4. Rest of North America
    12.3. Epoxy Resin - South America Segment Research
    12.4. South America Market Research (Market Size -$Million / $Billion)
        12.4.1. Segment type Size and Market Size Analysis 
        12.4.2. Revenue and Trends
        12.4.3. Application Revenue and Trends by type of Application
        12.4.4. Company Revenue and Product Analysis
        12.4.5. South America Product type and Application Market Size
            12.4.5.1. Brazil
            12.4.5.2. Venezuela
            12.4.5.3. Argentina
            12.4.5.4. Ecuador
            12.4.5.5. Peru
            12.4.5.6. Colombia 
            12.4.5.7. Costa Rica
            12.4.5.8. Rest of South America
    12.5. Epoxy Resin - Europe Segment Research
    12.6. Europe Market Research (Market Size -$Million / $Billion)
        12.6.1. Segment type Size and Market Size Analysis 
        12.6.2. Revenue and Trends
        12.6.3. Application Revenue and Trends by type of Application
        12.6.4. Company Revenue and Product Analysis
        12.6.5. Europe Segment Product type and Application Market Size
            12.6.5.1. U.K
            12.6.5.2. Germany 
            12.6.5.3. Italy 
            12.6.5.4. France
            12.6.5.5. Netherlands
            12.6.5.6. Belgium
            12.6.5.7. Spain
            12.6.5.8. Denmark
            12.6.5.9. Rest of Europe
    12.7. Epoxy Resin – APAC Segment Research
    12.8. APAC Market Research (Market Size -$Million / $Billion)
        12.8.1. Segment type Size and Market Size Analysis 
        12.8.2. Revenue and Trends
        12.8.3. Application Revenue and Trends by type of Application
        12.8.4. Company Revenue and Product Analysis
        12.8.5. APAC Segment – Product type and Application Market Size
            12.8.5.1. China 
            12.8.5.2. Australia
            12.8.5.3. Japan 
            12.8.5.4. South Korea
            12.8.5.5. India
            12.8.5.6. Taiwan
            12.8.5.7. Malaysia
13. Epoxy Resin Market - Entropy
    13.1. New product launches
    13.2. M&A's, collaborations, JVs and partnerships
14. Epoxy Resin Market – Industry / Segment Competition landscape Premium
    14.1. Market Share Analysis
        14.1.1. Market Share by Country- Top companies
        14.1.2. Market Share by Region- Top 10 companies
        14.1.3. Market Share by type of Application – Top 10 companies
        14.1.4. Market Share by type of Product / Product category- Top 10 companies
        14.1.5. Market Share at global level- Top 10 companies
        14.1.6. Best Practises for companies
15. Epoxy Resin Market – Key Company List by Country Premium
16. Epoxy Resin Market Company Analysis
    16.1. Market Share, Company Revenue, Products, M&A, Developments
    16.2. Company 1
    16.3. Company 2
    16.4. Company 3
    16.5. Company 4
    16.6. Company 5
    16.7. Company 6
    16.8. Company 7
    16.9. Company 8
    16.10. Company 9
    16.11. Company 10 and More
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17. Epoxy Resin Market - Appendix
    17.1. Abbreviations
    17.2. Sources
18. Epoxy Resin Market - Methodology
    18.1. Research Methodology
        18.1.1. Company Expert Interviews
        18.1.2. Industry Databases
        18.1.3. Associations
        18.1.4. Company News
        18.1.5. Company Annual Reports
        18.1.6. Application Trends
        18.1.7. New Products and Product database
        18.1.8. Company Transcripts
        18.1.9. R&D Trends
        18.1.10. Key Opinion Leaders Interviews
        18.1.11. Supply and Demand Trends