An Analysis of the Key Trends and Leading Companies in the World's Chemicals Industry.

DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c31873 ) has announced the addition of Chemicals: Global Industry Guide to their offering.

Our Chemicals: Global Industry Guide is an essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the chemicals

industry. It includes detailed data on market size and segmentation, textual analysis of the key trends and competitive landscape, and profiles of the leading companies. This incisive report provides expert analysis on a global, regional and country basis.

Scope of the Report

-- Contains an executive summary and data on value and segmentation

-- Provides textual analysis of the industry's prospects, competitive landscape and profiles of the leading companies

-- Covers Global, European, Asia-Pacific & 11 individual country markets

-- Includes a five-year forecast of the industry

Highlights

The sluggish performance of the US country market contributed significantly to the global market's stale performance.

The large western-based multinationals, such as Pfizer and GlaxoSmithKline, invest heavily in research, sell novel, patented drugs at a premium, and tend to raise objections if their intellectual property is not defended assiduously by the countries in which they sell their products.

Innovation is likely to remain an important means of maintaining competitiveness.

Why you should buy this report:

-- Spot future trends and developments

-- Inform your business decisions

-- Add weight to presentations and marketing materials

-- Save time carrying out entry-level research

Definition

The chemicals market consists of base, consumer, pharmaceutical, speciality and fine chemicals. Market values are taken at producer selling price (PSP). Any currency conversions used in the creation of this report have been calculated using constant 2004 annual average exchange rates.

For the purposes of this report, Europe comprises Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Russia.

Asia-Pacific comprises China, India, Japan, South Korea, Australia and Taiwan.

The global market refers to Europe, Asia-Pacific, the United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil and South Africa.

Topics Covered

CHAPTER 1 Introduction

CHAPTER 2 Global Chemicals

CHAPTER 3 Chemicals in Asia-Pacific

CHAPTER 4 Chemicals in Europe

CHAPTER 5 Chemicals in Belgium

CHAPTER 6 Chemicals in Canada

CHAPTER 7 Chemicals in China

CHAPTER 8 Chemicals in France

CHAPTER 9 Chemicals in Germany

CHAPTER 10 Chemicals in Italy

CHAPTER 11 Chemicals in Japan

CHAPTER 12 Chemicals in Spain

CHAPTER 13 Chemicals in the Netherlands

CHAPTER 14 Chemicals in the United Kingdom

CHAPTER 15 Chemicals in the United States

CHAPTER 16 Company Profiles

CHAPTER 17 Appendix

LIST OF TABLES

LIST OF FIGURES

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Source: Datamonitor