Rising construction activities globally to drive the market growth at 6.8% CAGR
It is estimated that the market for building chemicals will be witness a good development. Growing building operations in the Asia-Pacific region, enhanced adoption of fresh technology, and innovative building processes are some of the variables that drive the market growth studied. Increasing environmental regulations on VOC emissions continue to be a constraint on market growth being studied.
The Construction chemical industry is driven exclusively by the global construction and infrastructure growth operations around the world. In the forecast period, the rapidly thriving Asia Pacific building industry, led by China and India, will have a important effect on product demand. These chemicals are used widely to enhance the quality of cement, concrete, asphalt and other construction materials.
The increasing demand for earthquake-resistant structures around the Asia Pacific Fire Ring and the east coast of North and Latin America, as well as the Alpide Belt in Europe and Asia Pacific, will increase market demand for stronger, weather-resistant structures and infrastructure.
Concrete admixtures to dominate the market demand
Concrete admixtures are components added before or during blending to the concrete blend. Concrete admixtures decrease the price of concrete building by changing the characteristics of hardened concrete, thus ensuring better performance during mixing, carrying, putting and healing. This enables users in concrete operations to overcome emergencies. Based on function, admixtures are classified into several kinds, including, but not limited to, air training, retardation, acceleration, plasticization, and water reduction. Special category admixtures have different tasks including decrease of shrinkage, inhibition of corrosion, improvement of workability, decrease of alkali-silica reactivity, bonding, coloring, and humidity proofing. Specific admixture demand is growing at a fast pace. Manufacturers respond to this demand and have begun to take action. For example, in March 2019, BASF launched the concrete industry’s Master X-Seed STE admixture. The product was specifically launched for the Asia-Pacific region as it improves the growth and performance features of concrete strength.
Asia Pacific to dominate market growth
The Asia-Pacific building industry is the world’s biggest, growing at a good pace due to increasing population, increasing middle-class income, and urbanization. Increasing infrastructure building operations and the entry of the European Union’s main players into China’s profitable market further fuelled the development of the industry. The 13th Five Year Plan for China began in 2016 as it was an significant year for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) sector in the country. Moreover, in the course of the year, the nation has gone into fresh business models at home and abroad. Despite slowing down the building industry after 2013, it is still a significant contributor to the country’s GDP. Because of the central government’s push for investment in infrastructure, China’s building sector evolved quickly in 2017 as a means of sustaining financial development.
In addition, constraints on foreign investment have also been lifted on land development, high-end hotels, office buildings, global exhibition centers, and the construction and operation of big theme parks. In the forecast period, growth in the infrastructure and transport industries is anticipated to increase the country’s building chemicals industry.
Some of the major companies operating in the global market The Dow Chemical Company, BASF SE, Wacker Chemie AG, SABIC and Bayer Material Science among others.