Chemicals

Identify growth opportunities

Access the tools you need to enter new markets successfully.

In a $750 billion global chemical market, the competition for new prospects and projects can be intense. The market’s heightened volatility in recent years adds yet another layer of complexity as uncertainty can make it difficult to see future opportunities and conduct accurate demand planning. To enter new markets, you need to understand current and forecasted market conditions, existing players and barriers to entry. Your proposals must include a realistic assessment of growth potential as well as the future budget and revenue needed to drive long-term value and effectively capitalize on the opportunity.

What IHS Markit can do for you:

Enter new markets with a detailed understanding of current market dynamics and the extended outlook for more than 300 chemical markets
Identify the factors that could impact the success of your initiatives with knowledge of the upside-downside sensitivities to our long-term forecast
Uncover new growth opportunities with historical and forecasted production capacity data, supply-demand balances and long-term analysis of fundamental market trends
Evaluate industry collaborations, new ventures, alliances, licensing or acquisition of new technologies with up-to-date news and analysis
Execute merger and acquisition transactions based on sound and insightful due diligence

Products & Solutions

World Analysis (WA) + Scenarios

Long-term capacity, supply/demand, price forecasts and trade data
Customers gain online access to historical and 10-year forecasts of chemical production capacity data, supply/demand balances, country-by-country trade grids, and 10-year price, cost and margin forecasts. Certain studies also provide production economics, production process and technology overviews as well as derivative capacity data and analysis, and summaries of the strategic issues, sensitivities to the forecasts and emerging trends impacting global and regional markets.
Market Advisory Services

Near-term pricing and market dynamics
Comprehensive price discovery, near-term analysis and forecasts of global chemical markets. Our experts leverage years of industry experience and extensive professional contacts to help clients improve market portfolio planning and make better buying, selling and operating decisions. Reports are provided weekly, biweekly, and/or monthly, depending upon the service. For some actively traded chemicals, Market Daily Services are offered.
Consulting Services

Client-tailored solutions, including market research, process evaluations, feasibility services, competitive structures, macroeconomics, strategic planning, benchmarking and M&A due diligence.
Specialty Chemicals Update Program (SCUP)

Industry-specific analysis of global players, markets, applications and strategic issues
Customers receive individual reports containing strategic analysis of 38 specialty chemical businesses, including market size, growth rates, industry structure, dynamics and major players, as well as critical success factors, market threats and opportunities.
Chemical Economics Handbook (CEH)

Product-specific analysis of global markets, producers, demand and applications
Customers receive individual reports containing a summary of commercial manufacturing processes, 5-year market outlooks, as well as supply/demand, trade and price data (available for over 300 chemicals).
Competitive Cost & Margin Analytics (CCMA) + Scenarios

Cost and margin curves with production costs by plant and feedstock
Customers receive a cost curve model of pro-forma plant costs and margin positions of individual chemical plants, both regionally and globally. Now includes additional scenarios for feedstock prices.
Chemical Week

Latest news and analysis of chemical industry, corporate, and economic developments
With a tradition of over 100 years, IHS Chemical Week is the world’s leading news source for chemical industry executives and professionals around the globe.
Strategic Reports

Comprehensive analysis of critical and time-sensitive industry issues.
Recently published Strategic Reports include: Maximizing Value in C5 Petrochemicals Business; Crude Oil Turmoil and the Global Impact on Petrochemicals; Chemical Industry Capital Costs: A Global Spending Outlook.

IHS Markit Industry Insight

Customer Testimonial

“We are able to get business development research faster … [and] reduce our time to market. Without IHS Markit, it would take us months to pull all of this information. We do it now … in just weeks.”

Industry Success Stories

Alberta's Industrial Heartland Association Uncovers Strengths and Attracts Unprecedented Interest from Global Investors

Dedicated to promoting sustainable development of Canada’s largest hydrocarbon processing region, this leading association gained objective, third party expertise/credibility for investor research that identified Alberta's 4 most competitive chemical products -- and brought 11 companies to Alberta for tours and discussions .

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Toray Industries America Implements Strategic Roadmap to Uncover New Markets for Aggressive Growth by 2020

This US subsidiary of the global industry leader – with headquarters in Japan and operations in 25 countries – compiled a list of more than 400 market opportunities before selecting 5 priorities and developing action plans to accelerate entry and increase traction in new markets. All five plans were approved by the parent company's CEO.

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Chemtura Uncovers Market Trends to Drive Innovation and Open Up New Business Opportunities

As a leader in the global specialty chemicals market, this US-based company has compressed business development research efforts from several months to a few weeks − supporting faster time to market -- as well as promoting a broader understanding of customer needs and uncovering fresh ideas from other fields.

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