There has been a decline in the consumption of neoprene products in specific applications where substitution has occurred for the most part by rubbers like ethylene propylene diene monomer, which has led to a moderate growth rate of the neoprene market. The neoprene market stayed stagnant in the previous 14 years in the developed markets of North America and Western Europe. Although the financial parameters have some effect, neoprene has been under pressure from elastomers such as thermoplastic elastomers, ethylene propylene diene monomer, and polyurethane elastomers, which have eaten into the conceivable growth of neoprene products.

PART 01: Executive summary

Highlights

PART 02: Scope of the report

Market overview

PART 03: Market research methodology

Research methodology

Economic indicators

PART 04: Introduction

Key market highlights

Overview

PART 05: Market landscape

Market outlook and forecast

Porter’s five forces analysis

PART 06: Market segmentation by application

Overview

Neoprene in technical rubber market

Neoprene in adhesives market

Neoprene in latex market

PART 07: Market segmentation by end-user

Overview

Neoprene in automotive sector

Neoprene in manufacturing sector

Neoprene in consumer goods sector

Neoprene in medical sector

PART 08: Market segmentation by grade

Overview

PART 09: Market segmentation by manufacturing route

Overview

PART 10: Geographical segmentation

Overview

Neoprene market in APAC

Neoprene market in North America

Neoprene market in Europe

Neoprene market in ROW

PART 11: Market drivers

Growth in construction industry

Increase in demand from emerging economies

Rise in demand from automotive industry

PART 12: Impact of drivers

PART 13: Market challenges

Overcapacity of neoprene plants

Environmental concerns

Demand for green tires

Volatile crude oil prices

PART 14: Impact of drivers and challenges

PART 15: Market trends

Use of sulfur-modified neoprene

During mastication, the viscosity is lowered.

Shift of production plants to APAC

PART 16: Vendor landscape

Competitive scenario

Neoprene target markets

Global production base

Value chain

Porter's generic strategy

Competitive advantage for vendors in the market

Key market vendors

Other prominent vendors

Chongqing Changshou Chemical

Denka

LANXESS

Shanxi Synthetic Rubber Group

Tosoh

PART 17: Appendix

List of abbreviations

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