Polymer Applications
Access invaluable insights into the wide-ranging applications of polymers covering supply, demand, pricing and key growth drivers
Analyse global trends in polymer applications
The purchasing power of the global population drives the ongoing diversity of applications for fibres, speciality films and flexible packaging. Understanding how global and regional trends, issues and government policies will impact these markets is essential to remain competitive.
We provide you with in-depth analysis of the applications markets so you can pinpoint prospective investments and optimise your commercial strategy.
Features and workflows
Strengthen your customer and supplier networks and relationships with an integrated view of the global markets of polymer applications.
Key features of Wood Mackenzie's Application Services:
- Understand the landscape for manmade and natural fibres and explore how different fibre types can be used to meet global needs.
- Analyse global trends in biaxially-oriented polyethylene terephthalate (BOPET) films and flexible packaging to gain strategic insights.
- Understand the factors driving global demand and influencing material choices.
- Identify market opportunities and threats regarding substrates, the converting industry and end-user markets.
Wood Mackenzie's Application Services provide data including:
- Short-term supply, demand capacities and pricing on textile fibres and technical fibres.
- Profiles of key regional flexible packaging convertors.
- European flexible packaging cost index.
- Industry events, market opportunities and threats providing price trends in film and raw materials.
Wood Mackenzie's Application Services enable a number of key workflows including:
Market Analysis
Understand the global and regional supply/demand outlook of synthetic and natural fibres.
Interrogate consumer demand and textile mill consumption data.
Understand the factors which will influence future flexible packaging choices, formats and specifications.
Gain greater insights into your customers and suppliers.
Strategy Planning
Understand the impact of global and regional trends, issues and government policies on the fibres, speciality film and packaging markets.
Assess the implications of transportation and supply challenges on profit margins.
Identify where flexible packaging and added-value speciality film is being produced and consumed to determine growth opportunities.
Procurement
Gain strategic insights into global sourcing options for fibres, films and packaging.
Why choose WoodMac’s Application Services?
Leveraging our Upstream, Downstream and Petrochemical expertise, underpinned by our robust proprietary supply data and analysis, we have in-depth knowledge of the polymer, films and fibres markets and their end-use applications.
Our unique integrated view of global supply and demand, capacities and pricing with granular analysis and expert insights of chemical markets enables you to confidently optimise your sourcing and investment strategies.
Our polymer applications products and solutions
Essential Fibres
Understand the landscape for manmade and natural fibres and explore how different fibre types can be used to meet global needs.
Essential Fibres
Our complete fibres services provide you with a combination of commercial data, historic pricing, price discovery and strategic insight for all the major synthetic and natural fibres, helping yarn producers, spinners and weavers and buyers, throughout the chain, make the right decisions about global markets.
Fibres short-term service
Our fibres short-term report provides a detailed overview of the global fibres industry for the seven major textile fibres:
- Polyamide fibres (both filament and staple)
- Viscose
- Acrylic
- Spandex
- Polypropylene
- Cotton
- Wool
The service is supported by robust proprietary data such has:
- Detailed analysis of the factors which influence and disrupt the market
- Regional coverage of the Americas, Europe, Asia and China
- The latest regional prices for feedstocks and fibres
Fibres long-term service
Our long-term fibres service provides detailed capacities by company and by region for polyamide, polyester and acrylic fibres and yarns, plus annual production by region for polyamide, polyester, acrylic, and by broader region for polypropylene and cellulosic.
Technical fibres short-term service
Our technical fibres short-term service provides a detailed overview of the global industry for the four major fibres used in industrial applications:
- Polyester
- Nylon
- Polypropylene
- Viscose rayon
The service includes coverage of the automobile and tyre sectors, and sustainability and bio-fibre. This report is supported by robust proprietary data, including the latest regional prices for feedstocks and fibres, price tables for approximately 50 fibre products and forecasts for polyester filament and fibres, as well as broad economic, trade, production and price data.
Polyester Film (BOPET)
Analyse global trends in biaxially-oriented polyethylene terephthalate (BOPET) films to gain strategic insights and an understanding of global demand and pricing.
Polyester Film (BOPET)
Raw material suppliers (PTA/MEG) seeking potential customers, polyester film suppliers monitoring their competition and looking for investment and substitution opportunities as well as buyers planning new sourcing strategies benefit from our experience in monitoring global developments in the biaxially-oriented polyester film industry.
BOPET short-term service
We monitor and forecast short-term BOPET film pricing, while also reporting on the factors driving future pricing of BOPET films. This service identifies growth opportunities in added-value specialty films and helps customers build strong relationships with suppliers and customers with greater market understanding.
BOPET long-term service
With our long-term service, we provide insights into supply and demand trends and key growth drivers in the biaxially-oriented polyester film market.
The long-term service includes:
- A market-leading supply and demand data set
- Five-year historic volume statistics and forecasts
- Market volume statistics demand by film type, historic, and forecast
- End-use volume statistics by region / major country
- Detailed reviews of capacity, production, trade flows, and demand by major consuming market
- Capacity statistics by producer
Flexible Packaging
Understand the role of flexible packaging in the global packaging market, identify growth opportunities, and gain strategic insights.
Flexible Packaging
Whether you are a substrate producer or polymer supplier who needs market forecasts, a substrate converter looking for new product opportunities, a flexible packaging company needing to make informed choices on different packaging formats or a waste handling company providing end of use solutions, our dedicated subscription services and regional supply/demand market services help you make better decisions and reduce business risks.
Flexible packaging short-term service
We provide an unbiased, independent analysis of the drivers of changes within the industry and all relevant industry announcements and new developments, including environmental and waste handling trends impacting flexible packaging markets. This service highlights market opportunities and threats regarding substrates, converting industry, and end-use markets.
Flexible packaging long-term service
With our long-term service, we provide analysis of the major factors driving demand in the converted flexible packaging market by end-use and by country. We include statistical tables and figures of historic growth by value and volume and 5-year value forecasts.
Essential Fibres
Our complete fibres services provide you with a combination of commercial data, historic pricing, price discovery and strategic insight for all the major synthetic and natural fibres, helping yarn producers, spinners and weavers and buyers, throughout the chain, make the right decisions about global markets.
Fibres short-term service
Our fibres short-term report provides a detailed overview of the global fibres industry for the seven major textile fibres:
- Polyamide fibres (both filament and staple)
- Viscose
- Acrylic
- Spandex
- Polypropylene
- Cotton
- Wool
The service is supported by robust proprietary data such has:
- Detailed analysis of the factors which influence and disrupt the market
- Regional coverage of the Americas, Europe, Asia and China
- The latest regional prices for feedstocks and fibres
Fibres long-term service
Our long-term fibres service provides detailed capacities by company and by region for polyamide, polyester and acrylic fibres and yarns, plus annual production by region for polyamide, polyester, acrylic, and by broader region for polypropylene and cellulosic.
Technical fibres short-term service
Our technical fibres short-term service provides a detailed overview of the global industry for the four major fibres used in industrial applications:
- Polyester
- Nylon
- Polypropylene
- Viscose rayon
The service includes coverage of the automobile and tyre sectors, and sustainability and bio-fibre. This report is supported by robust proprietary data, including the latest regional prices for feedstocks and fibres, price tables for approximately 50 fibre products and forecasts for polyester filament and fibres, as well as broad economic, trade, production and price data.
Polyester Film (BOPET)
Raw material suppliers (PTA/MEG) seeking potential customers, polyester film suppliers monitoring their competition and looking for investment and substitution opportunities as well as buyers planning new sourcing strategies benefit from our experience in monitoring global developments in the biaxially-oriented polyester film industry.
BOPET short-term service
We monitor and forecast short-term BOPET film pricing, while also reporting on the factors driving future pricing of BOPET films. This service identifies growth opportunities in added-value specialty films and helps customers build strong relationships with suppliers and customers with greater market understanding.
BOPET long-term service
With our long-term service, we provide insights into supply and demand trends and key growth drivers in the biaxially-oriented polyester film market.
The long-term service includes:
- A market-leading supply and demand data set
- Five-year historic volume statistics and forecasts
- Market volume statistics demand by film type, historic, and forecast
- End-use volume statistics by region / major country
- Detailed reviews of capacity, production, trade flows, and demand by major consuming market
- Capacity statistics by producer
Flexible Packaging
Whether you are a substrate producer or polymer supplier who needs market forecasts, a substrate converter looking for new product opportunities, a flexible packaging company needing to make informed choices on different packaging formats or a waste handling company providing end of use solutions, our dedicated subscription services and regional supply/demand market services help you make better decisions and reduce business risks.
Flexible packaging short-term service
We provide an unbiased, independent analysis of the drivers of changes within the industry and all relevant industry announcements and new developments, including environmental and waste handling trends impacting flexible packaging markets. This service highlights market opportunities and threats regarding substrates, converting industry, and end-use markets.
Flexible packaging long-term service
With our long-term service, we provide analysis of the major factors driving demand in the converted flexible packaging market by end-use and by country. We include statistical tables and figures of historic growth by value and volume and 5-year value forecasts.
Frequently asked questions
Here you’ll find answers to the most common questions you may have on Wood Mackenzie’s Polymer Applications services. If you have any other questions, get in touch.
The Polymer Applications services available cover the following:
- Fibres and Technical Fibres Services - providing you with a combination of commercial data, historic pricing, price discovery and strategic insight for all the major synthetic and natural fibres including polyamide fibres, viscose, acrylic, spandex, polypropylene, cotton, wool, polyester, nylon, polypropylene and viscose rayon.
- Polyester Film (BOPET) Services - helping you to monitor the competition and discover investment opportunities.
- Flexible Packaging Services - featuring market insights and data so you can understand the role of flexible packaging in the global packaging market.
Our service provides short/medium and long-term forward outlooks at a minimum monthly cadence.
Contact an expert
The fibres, speciality films and flexible packaging industries are impacted by a wide range of market forces. Get in touch with one of experts today to learn how our services can help you make confident decisions and reduce business risks over the short and long term.
