R&D for new product development requires substantial capital and workforce.Established global agrochemical companies spend as much as 9%-11% of their revenue in the agrochemicals area.In 2015, specialty chemicals accounted for more than 30% of total chemicals sales in the EU. In 2015, Germany was the largest specialty chemical producer in Europe, followed by France, the Netherlands, and Italy.In total, these countries accounted for more than 65% of the specialty chemicals sales in the EU. The supportive industrial policies, such as secure energy supply for large projects by the government has helped Germany maintain a sustainable growth and competitiveness in the region.The Middle East and Africa is also expected to display strong growth, owing to the growing manufacturing sector in this region. The efforts on industrial diversification followed by the local governments and expansions in the regional manufacturing sector will drive the market for specialty chemicals during the forecast period.

PART 01: Executive summary ............................................ 6

Highlights 6

PART 02: Scope of the report ............................................. 7

Market overview 7

PART 03: Market research methodology ......................... 11

Research methodology 11

Economic indicators 11

PART 04: Introduction ....................................................... 12

Key market highlights 12

Outlook 13

PART 05: Market landscape .............................................. 15

Market size and forecast 15

Five forces analysis 16

PART 06: Market segmentation by type ........................... 17

Global specialty chemicals market by type 17

Global agrochemicals market 18

Global polymers and plastic additives market 22

Global construction chemicals market 25

Global electronic chemicals market 27

Global industrial and institutional cleaners market 31

Global surfactants market 33

Global specialty coatings market 36

Global lubricant and oilfield chemicals market 37

Global textile chemicals market 39

Global food additives market 42

Global market for other specialty chemicals 46

PART 07: Market segmentation by geography ................ 50

Global specialty chemicals market by geography 50

Specialty chemicals market in APAC 52

Specialty chemicals market in EMEA 53

Specialty chemicals market in Americas 54

PART 08: Market drivers ................................................... 56

Growing demand for food grains 56

Rapid urbanization in BRICS 57

Reduced production cost for end markets 58

PART 09: Impact of drivers ............................................... 59

PART 10: Market challenges ............................................. 60

Regulatory issues and environmental concerns 60

Acceptance of GM crops 61

High cost of raw materials 62

PART 11: Impact of drivers and challenges .................... 63

PART 12: Market trends .................................................... 64

Increasing investments in construction and infrastructure

development projects in APAC and EMEA 64

Increasing capacity expansion in APAC 66

Globalization of value chain 67

PART 13: Vendor landscape ............................................. 68

Competitive scenario 68

Major market vendors 69

Other prominent vendors 69

PART 14: Key vendor analysis ......................................... 75

AkzoNobel 75

Arkema 77

BASF 78

Dow Chemical 79

Evonik Industries 81

PART 15: Appendix ........................................................... 82

List of abbreviations 82

PART 16: Explore Technavio ............................................ 83