Engineering Plastics Market - Forecast(2023 - 2028)

Engineering plastics are performance polymer materials that have better mechanical and thermal properties than the more widely used commodity plastics such as polystyrene, PVC, polypropylene and polyethylene. Owing to its peculiar traits such as stability, flame resilient, chemical resilient, exceptional machinability, dimension constancy, wear resistance, and minimal damaging friction, it has found tremendous scope of applications in various industries including automotive, aerospace, building and construction, mechanical, and medical. Capitalizing on the industrial trend of ‘lightweighting’ engineering plastics have been successfully replacing other engineering materials such as wood and metal and its global market size is valued at around $79716 million as of 2018. The analyst of this business intelligence report has tracked the engineering plastic market to be progressing at a global CAGR of around 6.6% during the forecast period of 2019-2025.

According to the International Organization of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers, 97.3 million vehicles were produced in 2017, a 2.36% increase compared to 2016^[1]. The rapidly revolutionizing automotive sector with determined efforts to match up with the ‘lightweighting’ trend is implementing engineering plastics in several automotive parts. After metal parts, engineering plastics materials dominates the automotive composition materials. As a consequence of this trend, automotive sector is the major employer of engineering plastics market, growing with the application CAGR of around 7.5% going through 2025.

One of the prime reason for the sheer affluence of engineering plastic is its flexible physicality, predominantly missing from competitor engineering materials such as metal and wood. Due to this significant trait it has found tremendous scope of application in the modern era construction dealing with intricate infrastructures. Aesthetically appeasing glass frontages or arched and suspended structures and skyscrapers are filling the modern infrastructural setting, and engineering plastics with its flexibility benefits is augmenting the market demand through its application.

As per the Institute of Civil Engineers report directed by Oxford Economics, the volume of construction production will grow by 85% to $15.5 trillion globally by 2030, with two countries from APAC including China and India and the U.S leading the way and accounting for 57% of all global growth^[2]. APAC with is augmenting automotive industry growth rate, India (5.83%), China (3.19%), and Japan (5.31%) as of 2017 and blooming construction sector is leading engineering plastic market with more than 42% of global demand falling under its own frontiers.

Some of the major companies profiled in this business intelligence report operating in the global engineering plastic market are BASF SE, Solvay S.A., DowDuPont, SABIC, and DSM. BASF SE is offering engineering plastics to support autonomous driving and increase driving comfort. In order to allow automotive manufacturers to achieve the optimum combination of lightweight construction, and vibration damping, BASF is providing noise, vibration, harshness solutions.

The base year of the study is 2017, with forecast done up to 2023. The study presents a thorough analysis of the competitive landscape, taking into account the market shares of the leading companies. It also provides information on unit shipments. These provide the key market participants with the necessary business intelligence and help them understand the future of the engineering plastics market. The assessment includes the forecast, an overview of the competitive structure, the market shares of the competitors, as well as the market trends, market demands, market drivers, market challenges, and product analysis. The market drivers and restraints have been assessed to fathom their impact over the forecast period. This report further identifies the key opportunities for growth while also detailing the key challenges and possible threats. The key areas of focus include the types of plastics in the engineering plastics market, and their specific applications in different types of industries. 

Types of Engineering Plastic: ABS, PA, PC, POM, PMMA, PEEK, PET, PBT, Cast Nylon

Types of End-User: Aerospace, Building & Construction, Food, Mechanical, Medical, Others

Types of Applications: CD/DVD, Medical implants, advanced batteries, Shoes, others

The Engineering Plastics Market report also analyzes the major geographic regions for the market as well as the major countries for the market in these regions. The regions and countries covered in the study include:

1. Is the market for Engineering Plastics growing? How long will it continue to grow and at what rate? 

2. Which type of plastic presents the major growth opportunities? 

3. Is there a possibility for change in the market structure over time? 

4. Are additional developments needed for the existing product or services offerings or do the existing products meet the customer demands? 

5. Do the key vendors look for partnerships to expand their businesses with respect to geography or product? 

6. What are the short-term, long-term, and medium-term growth drivers for the market? 

7. What are the short-term, medium-term, and long-term challenges for the market? 

8. What are the short-term, medium-term, and long-term opportunities for the market 

9. Who are the top players/companies of the market? 

10. What are the recent innovations in the market? 

11. How many patents have been filed by the leading players? 

12. What are the types of patents filed by the leading players? 

13. What is our Vision 2030 for plastics in Engineering Plastics Market?