Global Geosynthetic Clay Liner Market Research Report 2023-Competitive Analysis, Status and Outlook by Type, Downstream Industry, and Geography, Forecast to 2029

Global Geosynthetic Clay Liner Market Research Report 2023-Competitive Analysis, Status and Outlook by Type, Downstream Industry, and Geography, Forecast to 2029

Geosynthetic clay liners are factory-made hydraulic barriers consisting of a layer of bentonite or other extremely low permeability material supported by geotextiles and/or geomembranes, mechanically held together by needling, stitching or chemical bonding.

Market Overview:

The latest research study on the global Geosynthetic Clay Liner market finds that the global Geosynthetic Clay Liner market reached a value of USD 466.06 million in 2022. It’s expected that the market will achieve USD 635.0 million by 2028, exhibiting a CAGR of 5.29% during the forecast period.

Clogging issues

The problems associated with drainage capacity and plugging potential remain factors that limit the wider use of geotextiles in drainage systems, especially in major engineering projects. Clogging issues associated with geotextiles, geosynthetic clay liners are used, are likely to pose a challenge for the geosynthetic clay liner market in the near future.

Raw material price fluctuations

The raw materials of geosynthetic clay liners are mainly bentonite and geotextile (mainly raw materials are polypropylene, polyester, etc.), and the proportion of raw materials accounts for more than 60%. The fluctuation of oil prices has a great impact on the cost of geosynthetic clay liners, and the high cost limits the development of enterprises.

Wide range of uses

As a new type of environmentally friendly ecological composite anti-seepage material, GCL has been widely used in civil engineering such as water conservancy, environmental protection, transportation, railway, civil aviation and so on. Foundation treatment and capping of landfills, seepage prevention of artificial lakes, reservoirs, channels, rivers, roof gardens, basement, subways, tunnels, underground passages, etc.

Region Overview:

Geographically, North America held the largest market share – 35.35% in 2022.

Company Overview:

CETCO - Minerals Technology is one of the major players operating in the Geosynthetic Clay Liner market, holding a share of 12.86% in 2023.

CETCO - Minerals Technology

CETCO provides high-performing products worldwide across a broad range of construction projects. It also provides industry leading environmental solutions for containment and remediation of pollutants. CETCO is the world-leading supplier of state-of-the-art Geosynthetic Clay Liner (GCL) technologies.

GSE Environmental, Inc.

GSE Environmental, Inc. manufactures and installs geosynthetic lining products. The Company produces geomembrane liners, geonets, geosynthetic clay liners, and specialty products including manholes, sumps, and pipe penetration boots. GSE Environmental operates worldwide.

Application Overview:

By application, the Landfill Lining segment occupied the biggest share from 2018 to 2022.

Containment & Waste Water Treatment

Waste disposal refers to the activities required to ensure that waste has minimal impact on the environment. It mainly includes agricultural wastewater treatment, industrial wastewater treatment and sewage treatment.

Landfill Lining

A landfill liner, or composite liner, is intended to be a low permeable barrier, which is laid down under engineered landfill sites. Until it deteriorates, the liner retards migration of leachate, and its toxic constituents, into underlying aquifers or nearby rivers, causing spoliation of the local water.

Construction

Construction is a process of constructing a building or infrastructure. GCL is widely used in the construction industry not only for road paving, housing construction, etc.

Key Companies in the global Geosynthetic Clay Liner market covered in Chapter 3:

TenCate Geosynthetics
Eurobent
Polyfabrics
Geomass
Taian Hongyuan Geotechnical Materials Co., Ltd.
Raven Industries, Inc.
NAUE GmbH & Co. KG
Trisoplast
Officine Maccaferri Spa
Laviosa
Thrace-LINQ, Inc.
CETCO - Minerals Technology
Huesker
GSE Environmental, Inc.
AGRU

In Chapter 4 and Chapter 14.2, on the basis of types, the Geosynthetic Clay Liner market from 2018 to 2029 is primarily split into:

Bentonite Swell Index1
Bentonite Fluid Loss
Bentonite Mass/Area2
GCL Grab Strength3
GCL Peel Strength3
GCL Index Flux4
GCL Hydraulic Conductivity4
GCL Hydrated Internal Shear Strength5

In Chapter 5 and Chapter 14.3, on the basis of Downstream Industry, the Geosynthetic Clay Liner market from 2018 to 2029 covers:

Containment & Waste Water Treatment
Landfill Lining
Construction
Others

Geographically, the detailed analysis of consumption, revenue, market share and growth rate, historic and forecast (2018-2029) of the following regions are covered in Chapter 8 to Chapter 14:

North America (United States, Canada)
Europe (Germany, UK, France, Italy, Spain, Russia, Netherlands, Turkey, Switzerland, Sweden)
Asia Pacific (China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia)
Latin America (Brazil, Mexico, Argentina)
Middle East & Africa (Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt, South Africa)