Innovative high-tech fillers can give materials amazing properties: glass panes that cloud up when exposed to sunlight and create shadows, 3D printed components without heat distortion or, for example, colors that store light and release it again in the dark. The classic fillers remain indispensable for numerous industries, whether as powder, fibers or small balls: the consumption of natural calcium carbonate (GCC), precipitated calcium carbonate (PCC), kaolin, talc, wollastonite, mica, carbon black (industrial carbon black) and other fillers is expected to rise to nearly 89 million tonnes per year by 2032. The latest, seventh edition of the Ceresana study on the world market for fillers expects sales growth of an average of 3.6% annually.
Tailor-made functional fillers
Without soot and other additives there would be no rubber and no car tires: Elastomers are the largest area of application for fillers, accounting for around 28% of global consumption. For plastics, the second largest application, the current Ceresana market report expects filler demand to increase by 2.5% per year. Highly filled compounds with tailor-made properties are increasingly being manufactured. Technical plastics in particular are only able to be used for demanding applications thanks to insoluble additives: mineral fillers help make cars lighter, bioplastics more durable, and wind turbines and solar systems more weatherproof. Fillers not only increase the volume of materials and reduce their costs – they also make it possible to specifically change the properties of materials. Mica, for example, is used for heat-resistant coatings; ground feldspar is used as an anti-blocking agent in packaging films; Fine graphite flour reduces the friction of plastic surfaces. Other functional fillers improve, for example, flame retardancy, thermal conductivity or electrical insulation. Thanks to fillers, paper becomes opaque, white and smooth.
Calciumcarbonat und Carbon Black
The Stone Age is far from over, because lime is by far the most commonly used filler: natural calcium carbonate (ground calcium carbonate, GCC) has a market share of around 34%. Ceresana forecasts further growth of 2.6% per year for the GCC until 2032. GCC is primarily used for plastics, paints, varnishes and paper. Precipitated calcium carbonate (PCC) has many properties identical to GCC and is particularly used for paper production, followed by use in paints and varnishes. After these lime products, industrially produced soot is one of the world‘s best-selling fillers: around 13.7 million tons of carbon black are currently used every year, primarily to reinforce tires or other rubber and rubber products. In Asia, manufacturers of elastomer products purchase more than 33% of all fillers – in Western Europe this share is only 18%. In Western Europe, however, the paper industry accounts for 30% of total filler consumption. The regional and country-specific characteristics of filler demand are examined in detail for different areas of application in Ceresana’s new market report.
Current market study “Fillers – World”:
Chapter 1 provides a presentation and analysis of the global fillers market – including forecasts up to 2032: consumption and sales of fillers are explained for each region of the world. The product types considered are: natural calcium carbonate (GCC), precipitated calcium carbonate (PCC), carbon black, kaolin, talc, other fillers. Well-founded for the respective areas of application: plastics, elastomers, paper, paints and varnishes, adhesives and sealants.
In Chapter 2, filler sales and consumption are analyzed in detail for 29 countries, the largest national markets. Demand is divided into individual applications and product types; The consumption of the individual product types is also examined for each application area.
Chapter 3 offers a useful manufacturer directory of the most important filler producers, clearly structured according to contact details, sales, profits, product range and product types, production sites, and short profile. Detailed company profiles are provided by 75 manufacturers, such as CSRC, Huber, Imerys, Kunal, Longxing, Orion and SCR Sibelco.
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