Flame Retardants Demand to Rise

FARMINGTON, Conn. has announced the addition of Freedonia's product
Flame Retardants to its online catalog.

US demand for flame retardants will rise 3.0 percent per year to 1.2
billion pounds in 2011, valued at just over one billion dollars.
Increasingly stringent fire codes and flammability requirements,
especially in building materials and consumer products, will drive
gains. Additionally, an improved economic outlook in key applications
such as wire and cable insulation and jacketing, electronics housings
and aerospace products will fuel demand for flame retardants. However,
gains will be limited by cost sensitivity in price-competitive markets
such as motor vehicles and textiles, as well as environmental and
health concerns over several flame retardant chemicals.

Among materials incorporating flame retardants, plastic resins (both
thermoplastics and thermosets) accounted for over three-quarters of
demand in 2006. The most rapid gains will be seen for polyolefins and
other thermoplastics such as engineering resins, which are
increasingly used in flame retardant construction and electronics
applications. Slower growth is expected for PVC, polystyrene and epoxy
resins, although gains will improve considerably from the 2001- 2006
period. Demand for flame retardants in non-plastic materials will
advance at a subpar rate, restrained by weakness in the highly mature
cellulose insulation market.

It presents historical US demand data (1996, 2001, 2006) plus
forecasts for 2011 and 2016 by material, product and market. This
study also examines market environment factors, assesses company
market shares and profiles 28 US industry competitors.