Global Synthetic Rubber Market Report

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1 Global Synthetic Rubber Market Report

2 Executive Summary Synthetic rubber is created from petroleum and is classified as an artificial elastomer. Synthetic rubber plants were built after 1945 and since then it has maintained the lead over natural rubber. There are two important types of synthetic rubber - Polybutadiene Rubber (BR) and Styrene Butadiene Rubber (SBR). Butadiene is the most important feedstock to produce a wide variety of synthetic rubber and polymer resins. Industrial players of synthetic rubber operate in the marketplace on the basis of low manufacturing cost, quality, and technology and most importantly price to stay ahead. The synthetic rubber industry produces a variety of products that are used by the fabrication industries. Most of the output of synthetic rubber industry is taken up by tire industries thus categorizing this industry as one of the predominant users of synthetic rubber. Apart from tires, it is widely used for manufacturing rubber gloves, orthopedic braces and various other medical items. Synthetic rubber is also used to manufacture various types of protective clothes, boots, sleep sacks, diving suits and so forth. The key factors driving the growth of the synthetic rubber industry include increasing automobile industry, expansion in emerging market and declining crude oil prices. Some of the noteworthy trends and developments in this industry are increasing demand for green tire, increasing proportionate synthetic rubber capacity more than their relative demand. However, the expansion of global synthetic rubber industry is hindered by rising environmental concerns and regulatory issues, decreasing natural rubber prices and depletion of fossil fuels. The report Global Synthetic Rubber Market provides an in-depth analysis of the production, consumption and capacity of global synthetic rubber market with focus on its segments including: Polybutadiene Rubber and Styrene Butadiene Rubber. The major trends, growth drivers as well as issues being faced by the industry are being presented in this report. The four major players in the industry, Lanxess, Exxon Mobil Corp, Good Year and Kumho Petrochemical Co. and are being profiled. By combining SPSS Inc. s data integration and analysis capabilities with our relevant findings, we have predicted the future growth of the industry. We employed various significant variables that have an impact on this industry and created regression models with SPSS Base to determine the future direction of the industry. Before deploying the regression model, the relationship between several independent or predictor variables and the dependent variable was analyzed using standard SPSS output, including charts, tables and tests.

3 Million Tons Million Tons Factors like increasing demand for automobile sector, declining crude oil prices and demand for green tires are driving synthetic rubber market globally.. Share of Global Rubber Consumption by Type (2014) Natural rubber and synthetic rubber are substitutes and complements. Both materials are used to produce the desired properties needed in rubber end products and tires. Synthetic rubber comprised of % of the total rubber consumed globally, while remaining % share in global consumption is accounted by natural rubber. The global synthetic rubber production has shown significant growth during the past few decades due to the growing automotive industry. From million tons in year 2013, the production has grown to million tons in year 2014; depicting growth of % The global synthetic rubber consumption has also grown from million tons in 2013 to million tons in 2014, representing growth of 5%. Global Synthetic Rubber Production ( E) Global Synthetic Rubber Consumption ( E) E E

4 '000 Tons Million Tons Factors like increasing demand for automobile sector, declining crude oil prices and demand for green tires are driving synthetic rubber market globally.. China s Synthetic Rubber Consumption ( E) E China s is the world s largest producer and consumer of synthetic rubber owing to large production plants for tire and other products. Synthetic Rubber consumption in China is projected to rise from million tons in 2014 to million tons by 2015, marking an incline of % In 2014, Malaysia s synthetic rubber consumption was recorded at tons, showing an incline of %, from tons in 2013, because of the growing tire and latex product sector. Styrene Butadiene Rubber (SBR) and Polybutadiene Rubber (BR) are consumed mostly accounting for % and % share respectively, while others reported % share, because of the growing tire industry in Malaysia Synthetic Rubber Consumption ( ) Share of India s Synthetic Rubber Consumption by Type (2014)

5 Million Tons Economic development and growing demand of tire industry are the chief factors that will drive the synthetic rubber market Global Synthetic Rubber Consumption Forecast ( E) E 2016E 2017E 2018E The consumption of synthetic rubber is poised to grow at a compounded annual growth rate of % from million tons in 2014 to million tons in Demand for synthetic rubber is pegged to economic growth. Positive GDP growth leads to rising income. Since the income of the people determines the level of spending, therefore as the income rises, people tend to spend more on automobiles. With rising sales of automobiles, the synthetic rubber market is one of the most benefitted industries on account of the same. The future growth of synthetic rubber would mainly be driven by the strengthening fundamentals in the tire industry, global GDP and butadiene production..