The water miscible oils dominated the global removal fluids market with a revenue share of 72.86%. This product type is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 4.36% as water miscible oils provide a wide range of performance capabilities to meet industrial requirements in machining operations. These find extensive use in the metal fabricated products and machinery segments.The transportation equipment segment contributed the highest market share of 36.04% in 2015. This application is expected to grow at a CAGR of 4.25%. The transportation equipment segment primarily depends on removal fluids for production as the most common types of operations like machining, stamping, and forging need removal fluids.APAC possessed a share of 45.12% of the global removal fluids market in 2015. It

is projected to grow at a CAGR of 4.39%. There is an enhanced awareness about the benefits of removal fluids use and their cost-effectiveness among the end-user industries. The rise in popularity of electrical-discharge machining and minimum quantity lubrication machining will provide prospects for the market growth in APAC.

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

Product definition and scope of use 13

Outlook 13

PART 05: Market landscape .............................................. 16

Market size and forecast 16

Five forces analysis 18

PART 06: Market segmentation by product type ............ 19

Outlook 19

PART 07: Market segmentation by application ............... 23

Outlook 23

Global removal fluids market in transportation equipment

segment 24

Global removal fluids market for machinery segment 26

Global removal fluids market for primary metals

segment 28

Global removal fluids market for fabricated metal

products segment 30

Global removal fluids market for metal cans and others

segment 31

PART 08: Geographical segmentation ............................. 33

Outlook 33

Removal fluids market in APAC 35

Removal fluids market in North America 36

Removal fluids market in EMEA 38

Removal fluids market in ROW 40

PART 09: Market drivers ................................................... 41

Growth of automotive industry in China 41

Advancements in technology and product innovations in

end-user industries 42

High demand from transportation industry 42

Gaining prominence of synthetic removal fluids

segment 43

PART 10: Impact of drivers ............................................... 44

PART 11: Market challenges ............................................. 45

Decline in trade of removal fluids in China and Japan 45

Economic turmoil in Asian countries 45

Increased safety, health, and environmental concerns 46

Vulnerability toward microbial attacks 47

PART 12: Impact of drivers and challenges .................... 48

PART 13: Market trends .................................................... 49

Emergence of India and China as global manufacturing

hubs 49

Modifications in distribution channels 49

Rise of near-dry machining and other manufacturing

techniques 50

Rising consumption of synthetic and semisynthetic

removal fluids 50

PART 14: Vendor landscape ............................................. 52

Competitive scenario 52

Major vendors of global removal fluid market 53

Buying criteria 53

Global customer base concentration 55

Growth strategies for removal fluid manufacturers in

2015 56

Other prominent vendors 57

BASF 58

BP 60

Chevron Lubricants 63

ExxonMobil 65

Lonza 68

Fuchs 69

PART 15: Appendix ........................................................... 71

List of abbreviations 71

PART 16: Explore Technavio ............................................ 72