Analysis of the global adhesives market

摘要

According to a new study produced by the market research organisation Ceresana, more than 13 million tonnes of adhesives are used every year throughout the world. These include natural and synthetic glues in liquid, paste and solid form which bond components together. The report looks in detail at vinyl, acrylic, polyurethane, elastomer, epoxy and other types of adhesives, but not at sealants, cements, mortars or phenolic and other formaldehyde condensates. The analysts at Ceresana predict that sales of adhesives will increase by 3.1 percent per year worldwide until 2022. In 2014, the Asia-Pacific region generated more than one third of the global revenue, followed by North America and Western Europe. In a distant fourth place came Eastern Europe and then the Middle East, Africa and South America.