Category: Materials
Materials market research reports by Freedonia Group
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Wood Panels
Wood Panels US demand for wood panels is forecast to increase 0.7% annually through 2024 to 50.2 million square feet. While demand will drop in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, gains between 2021 and 2024 will be driven by increased residential construction spending and the growing use of wood pan ... Read More
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Global Brick & Tile Siding
Global Brick & Tile Siding Global demand for brick and tile siding is forecast to rise 1.8% annually through 2024 to 1.9 billion square meters valued at $24.1 billion. Weakened global building construction activity due to the COVID-19 pandemic will cause demand to decline in 2020, but the market is ... Read More
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Global Residential Siding
Global Residential Siding Global demand for residential siding is forecast to rise 1.0% annually through 2024 to 3.9 billion square meters. Weakened global residential building construction activity due to the COVID-19 pandemic will cause siding demand to decline in 2020, but the market is expected ... Read More
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Global Polyethylene Pipe
Global Polyethylene Pipe Global demand for polyethylene pipe is expected to grow 3.7% per year through 2024 to 15.3 billion metric tons. Infrastructure investments will boost demand for polyethylene water and sewer pipe worldwide. Polyethylene continues to take share from other pipe materials, such ... Read More
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Global Plastic Potable Water Pipe
Global Plastic Potable Water Pipe Global demand for plastic potable water pipe is expected to grow 2.6% per year through 2024 to 13.1 billion meters. Infrastructure investments will boost demand for water transmission and service pipe worldwide. Plastic continues to take share from other pipe materi ... Read More
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Global Insulation
Global Insulation Global demand for insulation products is projected to increase 3.9% to $50.9 billion in 2024. Growth in nonresidential construction in the Asia/Pacific and Africa/Mideast regions will boost demand. This report covers demand by material and market. Data are given in dollar value and ... Read More
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Conduit Pipe
Conduit Pipe This study analyzes US demand for conduit by pipe material. Data are provided for three competitive pipe materials: steel plastic aluminum Historical data (2009, 2014, and 2019) and forecasts for 2024 and 2029 are presented for conduit pipe demand in current US dollars (including inflat ... Read More
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Pipe Products & Markets
Pipe Products & Markets US demand for pipe is expected to grow 4.1% per year through 2024 to $50.2 billion. A rebound in oil and gas drilling activity will drive growth across a number of pipe materials, particularly steel and HDPE. Other applications expected to see healthy increases going forward ... Read More
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Global Siding (Cladding)
Global Siding (Cladding) Global demand for siding is forecast to rise 1.9% annually through 2024 to 6.6 billion square meters valued at $80.2 billion. Despite weakened global building construction activity due to the COVID-19 pandemic causing siding demand to decline in 2020, the market is expected ... Read More
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Plastic Pipe
Plastic Pipe US demand for plastic pipe is expected to grow 3.5% per year through 2024 to $17.6 billion. Plastic continues to gain share from other materials in applications such as large diameter storm and sanitary sewer pipe, potable water pipe, and gas distribution pipe. This report analyzes plas ... Read More
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Global Asphalt (Bitumen)
Global Asphalt (Bitumen) This study of 141 slides analyzes the global supply and demand for asphalt. Historical data (2009, 2014, and 2019) and forecasts for 2024 and 2029 are provided for demand in metric tons by region, product, net exports, and production for selected major countries. Also includ ... Read More
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Drain, Waste & Vent (DWV) Pipe
Drain, Waste & Vent (DWV) Pipe US demand for drain, waste, & vent (DWV) pipe is expected to grow 2.1% per year through 2024 to $17.6 billion. Sluggish growth in building construction activity in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic will limit growth in demand. PVC will remain the dominant material in D ... Read More
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Roofing
Roofing US demand for roofing is forecast to rise 0.2% annually to 253.00 million squares in 2024. After a period of contraction in demand due to the COVID-19 pandemic, roofing demand will be supported by an increase in housing starts and the efforts of building owners to repair or replace the natio ... Read More
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Liquid-Applied Roof Coatings
Liquid-Applied Roof Coatings US demand for liquid-applied roof coatings is forecast to advance 1.8% annually to 10.05 million squares in 2024. Demand for these products will be supported by their ability to serve as a less costly alternative to full roof replacement projects. This report covers liqu ... Read More
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Low-Slope Roofing
Low-Slope Roofing US demand for low-slope roofing is forecast to fall 0.6% annually to 73.37 million squares in 2024. A modest recovery in commercial construction spending after the declines seen during the COVID-19 pandemic will restrain demand advances going forward. This report covers low-slope r ... Read More
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WPC & Plastic Lumber
WPC & Plastic Lumber with Covid-19 Market Impact Analysis US demand for WPC and plastic lumber is forecast to rise 3.7% per year to $4.9 billion in 2024. Despite anticipated declines in 2020 due to economic weakness and a slowdown in construction related to the COVID-19 pandemic, demand is expected ... Read More
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Commercial Roofing
Commercial Roofing US demand for commercial roofing is forecast to fall 0.6% annually to 88.9 million squares in 2024. A tepid recovery in commercial construction spending after the declines seen during the COVID-19 pandemic will restrain demand advances going forward. Demand will also be negativel ... Read More
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Residential Roofing
Residential Roofing US demand for residential roofing is forecast to rise 0.7% annually to 164.10 million squares in 2024. After a brief contraction in demand to the COVID-19 pandemic, residential roofing demand will be supported by rising housing starts and continuing homeowner interest in repairin ... Read More
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Agricultural Fencing
Agricultural Fencing with Covid-19 Market Impact Analysis Demand for fencing in the agricultural market is forecast to rise 1.8% annually in dollar terms between 2019 and 2024.to $1.1 billion. Demand in linear feet will edge up during this span, posting gains that are roughly in line with long term ... Read More
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Wood Fencing
Wood Fencing with Covid-19 Market Impact Analysis US demand for wood fencing is projected to grow 2.7% annually through 2024 to $2.4 billion. In volume terms, demand is forecast to rise slightly to 319.3 million linear feet. Although wood fencing sales are expected to fall in 2020 due to the drop in ... Read More
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Chain Link Fencing
Chain Link Fencing with Covid-19 Market Impact Analysis Chain link fencing demand is forecast to advance an average of 2.7% per year to $2.6 billion (231.7 million linear feet) in 2024. Growth will be supported by increased use in the backyards of single-family homes, as a security perimeter around ... Read More
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Residential Fencing
Residential Fencing with Covid-19 Market Impact Analysis Demand for residential fencing is forecast to rise 3.3% annually to $4.6 billion in 2024. Sales gains will be driven by increased spending on residential improvement and repair projects, as well as the increased addition of privacy fences to n ... Read More
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Plastic Fencing
Plastic Fencing with Covid-19 Market Impact Analysis Demand for plastic fencing is forecast to increase 5.3% annually to $985 million (101.4 million linear feet) in 2024. The use of plastic fencing will increase in all markets due to plastic fencing’s favorable performance and aesthetic properties. ... Read More
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Home Improvement Consumer Insights 2020
Home Improvement Consumer Insights 2020 Home improvement activity is an important aspect of the construction and building supplies industry. An investigation into consumer trends can give insight to marketing and product development opportunities. This report contains analysis and data-based discuss ... Read More
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Global Geosynthetics
Global geosynthetics demand is expected to rise 4.1% annually through 2024 to 8.2 billion square meters. Demand gains will be driven by: - growth in the use of geosynthetics in construction projects because of their performance properties and long-term cost benefits - the implementation of more str ... Read More
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