US demand for industrial fasteners will advance 1.2 percent per year to $12.5 billion in 2013. Sales will be bolstered by an expected recovery in motor vehicle production from the low levels of 2008.
Fuel cell spending worldwide -- including research and development funding and investment in fuel cell enterprises, as well as commercial sales -- is projected to grow to $9.4 billion in 2013, rising at an 11.0 percent annual pace. The commercia ...
Demand for reinforced plastics is forecast to grow 2.8 percent yearly to 3.6 billion pounds in 2013, valued at $7.4 billion and creating a market for 2.3 billion pounds of resin and 1.3 billion pounds of reinforcements.
US demand for food containers is projected to increase 2.5 percent per year to $25 billion in 2013, or more than 300 billion units.
Demand for wall coverings is projected to advance 4.2 percent annually from a weak 2008 base to $2.4 billion in 2013.
US demand for alternative sweeteners is projected to increase 3.4 percent annually to more than $1.3 billion in 2013. This unremarkable growth forecast taken alone masks a number of diverse, sometimes conflicting, trends in what has become a dyn ...
Demand for asphalt in China is expected to rise 5.0 percent annually through 2012 to 16.8 million metric tons.
Demand for waxes in the US is forecast to grow 2.2 percent per year to $2.5 billion in 2013, aided by an eventual recovery in the manufacturing and construction sectors of the economy.
US demand for landscaping products is forecast to increase 6.1 percent per year to $7.5 billion in 2013, an acceleration from the pace set during the 2003-2008 period.
Power lawn and garden equipment demand in the US is forecast to rise 2.7 percent annually through 2013, reaching $9.7 billion.
World diesel engine demand is forecast to expand 3.5 percent per year through 2012 to $153 billion.
Although demand for wood decking in the US is projected to advance less than one percent annually through 2013, demand for alternative decking will grow nearly ten percent per year. Demand for wood-plastic composite decking is forecast to rise 9 ...
US demand for advanced lighting products is forecast to grow nearly eleven percent per annum to $6.8 billion in 2013.
World demand for materials used in the manufacture of batteries will rise 3.9 percent per year to $22.8 billion in 2012.
The US aftermarket for medium- and heavy-duty truck parts and components will increase 3.8 percent annually to $17.1 billion in 2013.
US specialty silica demand is projected to increase 3.7 percent per year to $1.7 billion in 2013, led by healthy advances in the large precipitated silica segment.
Global demand for membranes is projected to increase a healthy 8.6 percent annually to over $15 billion in 2012. Increased attention paid to water quality, the disposal of industrial and other waste streams, and food and beverage safety regulati ...
World demand for corrugated boxes is forecast to increase 3.4 percent per year to 213 billion square meters in 2013, in line with real (inflation-adjusted) gains in GDP.
Total industrial gas demand in the US, including some captive consumption, is forecast to increase 4.9 percent annually to 7.5 trillion cubic feet in 2013, valued at $23.5 billion.
Global demand for caps and closures is forecast to expand 4.2 percent per year through 2012 to $36.5 billion, representing 1.6 trillion units.