Irfab Multi-client Study

Specialist and Functional
Architectural Coatings Market 2008 ‒ 2018

The Specialist and Functional Architectural Coatings Market study will be the first of its kind on the European and Middle Eastern Markets providing a unique source of data and insights on this fragmented sector. It is intended to concentrate on the architectural coatings with functional properties.

The study will bring you the benefit of this vital information base when formulating your global strategies – from technology to marketing. It will enable you to identify both the threats from competing technologies and future opportunities. Thus, the report will represent a reference guide for your long term strategic planning and provides a basis for more detailed segmental analysis.

The scope of the study will include Industrial, Commercial, Institutional, Residential, and Recreational Buildings. Systems with additional functional purposes to the expected aesthetic and protective properties of coatings will be described in the study. Whilst an overview will be given on the global market for architectural and decorative coatings, analysis of standard interior paints, and Do It Yourself ‘DIY’ market will not be included.

The study will bear all the hallmarks of a typical Irfab study: detailed explanations, intelligent graphical illustrations, succinct tables and informative case studies.

The Specialist and Functional
Architectural Coatings Market Study

Provisional Contents

Overview
Market Definition
Overview on the Global Architectural Paints Market
Macro Drivers and Economic Indicators: including regulations and building codes
Technology
Resins, Pigments and Additives
Current Technologies and Shares
New Developments (nano chemistry, photocatalysis, ‘smart’ coatings, etc)
Relevant Case Studies
Industry Standards, Product Approval Process and Testing
Practices
Markets
Regional Market Size and Growth
EU-27 countries, Switzerland, Norway, Russia, Ukraine, Turkey, and Middle East
Regional Building Methods and Architectural trends
Sales Channels: Professional Contractors, Retail and Wholesale
Applications
Exterior (by function)
Interior (by function)
Roofing
Flooring

Various systems with specialist and functional properties will be investigated including:

  • Biocidal and hygienic properties: mould and mildew protection and anti-microbial
  • Mechanical properties: anti-abrasion, hardness with wear and scratch resistance
  • Physio- Chemical properties: hydrophilic and hydrophobic properties, damp proof and condensation prevention, waterproofing and weather resistance
  • Chemical resistance
  • Electrical properties: antistatic, conductive coatings
  • Thermal Properties: Insulation, UV absorption and reflection, IR heat radiation reflectance
  • Modified surface properties: Self-cleaning, Dirt Pick up resistance, Stain blocking (e.g. Nicotine), Graffiti prevention and control
  • Intumescence and fire resistance
  • Other: High flexibility and crack bridging, Anti carbonation systems (CO2 barrier)

The Team

PRA’s Irfab team is made up of coatings professionals from the resins, additives, pigments, paint and coatings industries with specific expertise in the architectural coatings field. In conducting its work the team has the access to our international network of consultants, our comprehensive database of coatings markets around the world and our exhaustive library of product literature and company information.

The highly regarded Irfab reports have been produced for over 30 years, specialising in market assessment and longterm technology forecasting in the paint, coatings and related raw materials markets.

Subscription

By subscribing pre-publication, a special discount is available; price includes multi-user license:

PRA Members €22,500

Non- Members €25,000

50% Payable by December 2008, 50% on completion during 2009.

For further information contact:

Heena Mehta
PRA Coatings Technology Centre
14 Castle Mews, High Street, Hampton TW12 2NP
United Kingdom

Direct Telephone +44 20 8487 0848
Direct Fax +44 20 8487 0805