
Global Polymer Foam Market – Drivers, Opportunities, Trends & Forecasts up to 2021
- May, 2015
- Domain: Chemicals, Materials & Food - Petrochemicals






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Polymer foam is a foam like structure which is produced either by adding foaming agent during production/ using post production or via extrusion. Increasing application of polymer foam in the packaging and automotive industry has led to growth of polymer foam market. Increasing purchasing power and infrastructure developments in China and India has fueled further growth of polymer foam market in Asia Pacific.
Polyurethane foam is the major segment in the polymer foam, by type due to its increasing demand for thermal and acoustic insulation in construction projects. Building & Construction application sector has the largest market share in the global polymer foam market. Asia-Pacific is one of the major contributors for polymer foam market and is expected to grow with highest growth rate during forecast period. Some of the prominent companies operating in water treatment chemicals are The Dow Chemical Company, Huntsman Corporation and BASF SE among many others.
The study of the global polymer foam market ensures a 360° view, bringing out the complete key insights of the industry. These insights help the business decision makers to make better business plans and informed decisions for the future business. In addition, the study helps the venture capitalist in understanding the companies better and take informed decisions.
Report Scope:
- Types
- Melamine
- Polyolefin
- Polystyrene
- Polyurethane
- Polyvinyl Chloride
- Others (Polyimide, Microcellular etc.,)
- Application
- Automotive
- Building & Construction
- Electronics
- Packaging
- Others
- Regions
- Asia Pacific
- Europe
- North America
- Rest of the World
- Industry outlook: market trends and drivers, restraints, and opportunities
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Report Scope
1.3 Market Definitions
1.4 Research Methodology
1.4.1 Data Collation & In-House Estimation
1.4.2 Market Triangulation
1.4.3 Forecasting
1.5 Study Declarations
1.6 Report Assumptions
1.7 Stakeholders
2 Executive Summary
3 Market Positioning
3.1 Total Addressable Market (TAM): Polymers
3.1.1 Market Overview
3.1.2 Major Trends
3.2 Segmented Addressable Market (SAM)
3.3 Related Markets
4 Market Outlook
4.1 Overview
4.2 Value Chain Analysis
4.3 PESTLE Analysis
4.4 Porter 5 (Five) Forces Analysis
4.5 Patents Analysis
5 Market Characteristics
5.1 Market Segmentation
5.2 Market Dynamics
5.2.1 Drivers
5.2.2 Restraints
5.2.3 Opportunities
5.2.4 DRO – Impact Analysis
6 Polymer Foam Type: Market Size and Analysis
6.1 Overview
6.2 Melamine
6.3 Polyolefin
6.4 Polystyrene
6.5 Polyurethane
6.6 Polyvinyl Chloride
6.7 Vendor Profiles
(Overview, products/services, geographic revenues, recent developments, business focus, SWOT analysis and business strategy for all vendors)
7 Polymer Foam Applications: Market Size and Analysis
7.1 Overview
7.2 Automotive
7.3 Building & Construction
7.4 Electronics
7.5 Packaging
7.6 Customer Profiles
(Overview, product usage, geographic revenues, recent developments, and business strategy for all customers)
8 Regions: Market Size and Analysis
8.1 Overview
8.2 North America
8.3 Europe
8.4 Asia Pacific
8.5 Rest of the World
9 Companies To Watch For
10 Competitive Landscape
10.1 Competitor Product & Geography Benchmarking
10.2 Market Landscape
10.2.1 Key Strategies Adopted
Annexure
Acronyms
Research Framework
Infoholic research works on a holistic 360° approach in order to deliver high quality, validated and reliable information in our market reports. The Market estimation and forecasting involves following steps:
- Data Collation (Primary & Secondary)
- In-house Estimation (Based on proprietary data bases and Models)
- Market Triangulation
- Forecasting

Market related information is congregated from both primary and secondary sources.
Primary sources
involved participants from all global stakeholders such as Solution providers, service providers, Industry associations, thought leaders etc. across levels such as CXOs, VPs and managers. Plus, our in-house industry experts having decades of industry experience contribute their consulting and advisory services.
Secondary sources
include public sources such as regulatory frameworks, government IT spending, government demographic indicators, industry association statistics, and company publications along with paid sources such as Factiva, OneSource, Bloomberg among others.