Bio-lubricants: Market Analysis and Opportunities

Bio-lubricants are lubricant products that meet any of the following criteria: biodegradability, bio-source derived, or low toxicity. In the past, bio-lubricants were largely a regulation-driven market, and their usage was confined to environmentally sensitive, mostly low severity applications. Effective coordination between the public sector and private entities, along with the emergence of novel synthetic bio-sourced basestocks, had paved the way for expansion of bio-lubricants into more mainstream applications. The current bio-lubricants market is likely to enjoy unprecedented momentum derived from the recent revision of ecolabel schemes, which have the potential to boost growth in established and new end-use industries.

This Report Will Help Subscribers to:

• Make a reliable and independent assessment of the opportunities and challenges in the bio-lubricants market
• Assess attractiveness of different end-use industries in terms of current penetration of bio lubricants, potential growth, key growth drivers, legislative support, orientation towards bio-lubricants, and roadblocks
• Understand key lubricant product categories where the use of bio-lubricants is growing
• Assess the impact of government procurement, labeling requirements, and other mandates and support to the use of bio-lubricants
• Evaluate key lubricant basestocks used to blend bio-lubricants
• Develop competitive intelligence for use in benchmarking and identifying key bio-lubricant suppliers

Report Contents

Introduction

Overall Market

• Classification of bio-lubricants
• Key bio-lubricants product categories and comparison with petro-lube categories
• Pricing analysis
• Key bio-lubricants basestocks and leading suppliers
• Key suppliers, their product offerings, and focus markets
• Product developments and future trends
• Key end-use applications
• Growth drivers and outlook

Key Bio-Lubricant Markets

• Brazil
• Canada
• China
• France
• Germany
• Italy
• Nordic countries
• South Korea
• United Kingdom
• United States

Each country profile will cover the following:

• Finished lubricants demand overview
• Regulations and legislation regarding bio-lubricants
• Bio-lubricant specifications and products
• Bio-lubricants demand by product category
• Pricing of bio-lubes
• Bio-lubricants demand by end-use
• Key trends in end-use segments
• Bio-lubricants suppliers
• Growth drivers and restraints
• Bio-lubricants demand outlook
• Key opportunities and appraisal

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Bio-lubricants: Market Analysis and Opportunities will provide a detailed appraisal of the global bio-based lubricants market and analyze opportunities existing in key country markets and end-use applications. Specifically, the study will address:

• Overall bio-lubricant demand in key country markets in the base year and five-year outlook
• Environmental regulations, government mandates, and labeling for bio-lubricants
• Demand by key end-use applications and products
• Key suppliers of bio-lubricants
• Growth drivers and restraints and demand outlook for bio-lubricants
• Market opportunities and threats

This report is a syndicated analysis specifically designed to help subscribers understand the key dynamics of this fast-growing and high-value market. The report will help subscribers to:

• Develop business strategies by understanding the economic, technological, and legislative trends shaping and driving the global bio-lubricants market
• Design and develop products, marketing, and sales strategies targeting key end-use segments
• Develop market-entry and market expansion strategies by evaluating current and future demand scenarios
• Evaluate the major global bio-lubricants players and their products to identify gaps in product portfolios and evaluate new product introductions
• Identifying the bio-lubricants market segments poised for strong growth