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Industry Structure
Industry Composition and Characteristics | Additional Companies Cited
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precipitated silica
silica gel
silica sol
fumed silica.
Natural silica sand, fused silica, fused silica glass, fused quartz, and vitreous silica are
excluded from the scope of this report.
Reported markets encompass:
rubber
chemicals
food and feed
cosmetics and toiletries
industrial processing
other markets such as batteries, paper, and packaging.
North America
Western Europe
Asia/Pacific
all other regions.
Demand by market segment is also forecast for each major world region.
To illustrate historical trends, world, product, market, and regional demand are provided
for 2008 and 2013. Further, regional demand is segmented by product for 2013.
Finally, world production is segmented by major world region and provided for 2008,
2013, and 2018.
Forecasts are developed via the identification and analysis of pertinent statistical
relationships and other historical trends/events as well as their expected
progression/impact over the forecast period. Changes in quantities between reported
years of a given total or segment are typically provided in terms of five-year compound
annual growth rates (CAGRs). For the sake of brevity, forecasts are generally stated in
smoothed CAGR-based descriptions to the forecast year, such as demand is projected
to rise 3.2% annually through 2018. The result of any particular year over that period,
however, may exhibit volatility and depart from a smoothed, long-term trend, as
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Sources
World Specialty Silicas is based on a comprehensive industry study published by The
Freedonia Group in July 2014. Reported findings represent the synthesis and analysis
of data from various primary, secondary, macroeconomic, and demographic sources
including:
Specific sources and additional resources are listed in the Resources section of this
publication for reference and to facilitate further research.
Industry Codes
The topic of this report is related to the following industry codes:
NAICS/SCIAN 2007
North American Industry Classification System
SIC
Standard Industry Codes
325188
2819
3297
327125
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