Global Wax Industry: Market Analysis and Opportunities

The shift from conventional petroleum wax-based products to synthetic and vegetable waxes is becoming intense.
Non-conventional waxes, particularly Fischer-Tropsch’s and hydrogenated vegetable, are increasingly becoming the
focus for growth in the wax business. Interestingly, the wax landscape is also changing on the end-use side. Demand for
conventional mainstream wax applications, such as candles, has slowed down. Relatively newer rheology and surface
applications are the fastest-growing applications. The ability of new and growing applications to adapt to non-petroleum
wax types will now set the stage for future wax supply and demand balance.

This Report Will Help Subscribers to:

• Analyze current and projected supply of petroleum waxes, synthetic waxes, vegetable and plant waxes, and select specialty waxes
• Analyze current and projected supply by wax types by key regions
• Evaluate key wax types in terms of their current supply and demand
• Analyze current and projected demand for petroleum waxes, synthetic waxes, vegetable and plant waxes, and select specialty waxes by application
• Understand wax pricing and positioning trends
• Evaluate market opportunities and challenges

Report Contents

Introduction

Executive Summary

• An overview of key findings

Wax Industry Overview

• Wax types, properties, and grades
• Wax applications
• Wax application by type of wax

Profile of Regional Markets
Detailed regional profiles focusing on key markets
in each region (covering Asia-Pacific, Europe, North
America, and Latin America) will be provided,
covering the following information:

• Wax supply
• Wax demand
• Wax supply-demand balance and trade
• Wax pricing and inter-material competition
• Market outlook opportunities and threats

Wax Market Profiles
Detailed wax market profiles will be provided for:

• Petroleum waxes – FRP, SRP/scale, slack, petrolatum, microcrystalline
• Synthetic waxes – polyolefin, Fischer-Tropsch’s, alpha-olefin
• Vegetable and plant waxes
• Modified and other specialty waxes

Each of the above wax profile will covering the following information:

• Wax supply
• Wax applications and demand
• Wax pricing
• Wax supply-demand outlook
• Wax market outlook, opportunities, and threats

Wax Positioning, Pricing, and Intermaterial Competition

• Historical wax pricing trends
• Current wax pricing by wax type

* Subject to charter subscriber input

Global Wax Industry: Market Analysis and Opportunities will provide a detailed independent
appraisal of the complex wax market and will explore market opportunities and challenges for
manufacturers and marketers of wax, worldwide. Key insights provided in the report will include
the following:

• Detailed wax market profiles for leading petroleum waxes, synthetic waxes, vegetable and plant waxes, and select specialty waxes
• Global and regional wax supply and demand by wax type
• Global and regional wax supply and demand outlook by wax type
• Analysis of wax positioning and pricing
• Analysis of market trends, growth drivers, and restraints
• Evaluation of market opportunities and challenges

This report will assist wax producers, blenders, marketers, and other market participants in
identifying opportunities and challenges within the industry. It will also serve as an invaluable
tool in the strategic planning process. Specifically, the report will help subscribers:

• Identifying future growth potential for key wax types
• Develop business strategies by understanding the trends and developments that are driving the global wax market
• Understand demand, supply, technology, substitution, and other trends and their impact on the wax industry
• Design and develop products and marketing strategies for key end-use industries by assessing unmet needs
• Design products and develop strategies for end-use businesses for alternative wax types
• Identify end-use markets and applications with high potential for growth and the challenges and barriers for catering these opportunities
• Evaluate key market opportunities and challenges facing the business