In 2015, Asia-Pacific (APAC) accounted for the highest share (41.58%) of the global molecular sieves market in product consumption. APAC, led by India and China, will emerge as the leading region both in terms of production and consumption of molecular sieves during the forecast period. Economic growth in key developing countries, such as India and China, has been generating continuous growth in the oil and gas, petrochemical, construction, and automotive industries. These industries require desiccants such as molecular sieves to adsorb moisture content in products.In terms of end-use consumption, the oil and gas industry accounted for the largest share with 48.39% of the global molecular sieves market in 2015. Molecular sieves have high demand from the oil and gas industry. The oil and gas industry uses molecular sieves to dehumidify the industrial gases that need to be used in production processes. These sieves are used to dehydrate and clean up gases like propane and butane. Even they help to remove mercaptans, CO₂, H₂S, and other particles from natural gases. Molecular sieves also remove contaminants from natural oil feedstocks efficiently and economically. As oil and gas production

increases and the industry grows, the consumption of molecular sieves will in turn increase.The strong oil and gas and petrochemical base in MEA, due to supportive government regulations and high R&D expenditure on the oil and gas industry in this region, has a positive impact on the demand for molecular sieves.

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

Highlights 6

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

Market overview 7

Top-vendor offerings 10

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

Research methodology 11

Economic indicators 11

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

Key market highlights 12

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

Global molecular sieves market 15

Five forces analysis 18

PART 06: Market segmentation by grade ........................ 19

Global molecular sieves market by grade 19

Global 3A molecular sieves market 20

Global 4A molecular sieves market 22

Global 13X molecular sieves market 23

Global molecular sieves market for other grades 25

PART 07: Market segmentation by end-user ................... 27

Global molecular sieves market by end-use industries 27

Global molecular sieves market in oil and gas industry 28

Global molecular sieves market in petrochemical

industry 29

Global molecular sieves market in process industries 31

Global molecular sieves market in construction

industry 32

Global molecular sieves market in other industries 34

PART 08: Geographical segmentation ............................. 36

Global molecular sieves market by geography 36

Molecular sieves market in APAC 37

Molecular sieves market in Americas 39

Molecular sieves market in Europe 40

Molecular sieves market in MEA 41

PART 09: Market drivers ................................................... 42

High demand from refinery industry 42

Increasing use of molecular sieves in nuclear waste

treatment 42

Growth in global adsorbents market 42

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

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

Health hazards associated with use of molecular

sieves 45

Threat of substitutes 45

PART 12: Impact of drivers and challenges .................... 46

PART 13: Market trends .................................................... 47

Growing demand from oil and gas industry 47

Recycling of used desiccants and adsorbents 47

Increasing use of molecular sieves in packaging

industries 48

PART 14: Vendor landscape ............................................. 49

Competitive scenario 49

Major market vendors 49

Market shares of major players 49

Other prominent vendors 50

PART 15: Key vendor analysis ......................................... 52

BASF 52

CECA 54

Grace 56

Honeywell UOP 58

Zeochem 61

PART 16: Appendix ........................................................... 64

List of abbreviations 64

PART 17: Explore Technavio ............................................ 65