US Decorative Laminates Market 2018 Forecasts

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Decorative Laminates to 2018byFreedonia Group

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• US demand to rise 5.0 annually through 2018
• Demand for decorative laminates in the US is
  forecast to grow 5.0 percent per year to 12
  billion square feet in 2018, a rebound from the
  declines of the 2008- 2013 period. Renewed
  economic growth, along with rebounding
  construction activity, heightened credit
  availability, increased interest in home
  improvements, and pent-up demand for
  nonresidential upgrades, will provide
  opportunities for decorative laminates. These
  materials are utilized to surface a variety of
  building components such as cabinets,
  countertops, store fixtures and wall panels. The
  perception of decorative laminates as the
  workhorse surfacing material will support sales,
  particularly among value-conscious users. In
  addition, laminate manufacturers continue to
  focus on improved textures and printing
  techniques that rival the aesthetics of solid
  wood, natural stone and other materials, but at a
  lower cost.
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• Competition from alternative materials, however,
  continues to restrain gains. Decorative laminates
  will face intense competition from wood in
  cabinet and flooring applications, and natural
  stone in countertops. Additionally, while
  recovering from the recession, end-users may have
  the resources to select higher-value materials.
  Laminates will also face competition as the
  number of potential surfacing options widens. For
  example, increased consumer awareness of luxury
  vinyl tile in flooring, engineered stone in
  countertops, and powder coatings in store
  fixtures will place some pressure on laminates as
  early adopters of new trends focus on these
  materials rather than the tried and true
  laminates.
• Low-pressure overlays to post above-average
  growth
• Demand for laminates made from lowpressure
  overlays (i.e., low-basis weight papers,
  saturated papers, decorative foils, and vinyl
  films), which account for more than 80 percent of
  decorative laminate sales in area terms, is
  forecast to post above-average growth through
  2018.
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• Demand will be driven by increased penetration of
  saturated papers in several markets, including
  cabinets and store fixtures, where the cost
  savings of lowpressure laminates outweigh the
  durability benefits of higher-priced
  high-pressure laminates. Performance improvements
  in all types of low-pressure laminates are
  continuing to fuel their adoption as a lowcost
  decorative surfacing material for furniture,
  cabinets, and store fixtures. Sales of
  high-pressure laminates will continue to benefit
  from their enhanced decorative properties, and
  advanced performance characteristics such as
  longterm durability, and resistance to scratches
  and other types of damage caused by wear and
  tear. Edgebanding demand will be limited by
  increased popularity of postforming and other
  curved edges, reducing requirements.
• Cabinets to lead gains among the largest markets
• Cabinets, furniture, and store fixtures were the
  largest markets for laminates in 2013, accounting
  for a combined 65 percent of total demand. Of
  these, the cabinet market is projected to post
  the most rapid gains, primarily due to a rebound
  in the housing market, which will provide greater
  cabinet requirements as cabinets are included in
  nearly all housing and are commonly replaced
  during home remodeling. Additionally, more
  cabinets will feature engineered wood, such as
  particleboard and mediumdensity fiberboard, and
  laminates will benefit from this trend.
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• Company Profiles
• Profiles for participants in the US industry
  including Arclin, Formica (Fletcher
  Building),OMNOVA Solutions, Panolam and Wilsonart
• Additional Information
• This study analyzes the US market for decorative
  laminates. Historical data are provided for 2003,
  2008, and 2013, with forecasts provided for 2018
  and 2023. Demand is presented for US sales of
  decorative laminates by type (low-basis weight
  papers, saturated papers, vinyl films, decorative
  foils, highpressure laminates, and edgebanding)
  and by market (cabinets, furniture, store
  fixtures, flooring, wall panels, countertops, and
  other markets). Demand is presented in millions
  of square feet and millions of US dollars at the
  manufacturers level. The entire study is framed
  within the overall industrys economic and market
  environment. Electrical, electronic, and other
  industrial laminates are not included within the
  scope of this study because they do not perform
  any decorative functions.
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• Throughout this study, several assumptions have
  been made in order to ease understanding or to
  facilitate comparisons. For example, many
  decorative laminates are produced and sold in
  roll form to furniture producers or other
  manufacturers, who then bond the laminate to a
  rigid substrate as part of their manufacturing
  process. This is frequently done with decorative
  foils and vinyl films. However, in the case of
  some decorative laminates, such as saturated
  papers, the laminates are bonded to a substrate
  by the laminate producer and not by the customer,
  due to the expense inherent in purchasing and
  operating the necessary machinery. So as not to
  skew the results (since some laminates are sold
  already bonded to a substrate and are therefore
  more expensive), all data treat laminates as
  unmounted, and pricing and other data have been
  modified accordingly.
• TABLE OF CONTENTS
• INTRODUCTION  ix
• I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY  1
• II. MARKET ENVIRONMENT  4
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• General  4Macroeconomic Environment 
  4Demographic Trends  8Consumer Spending
  Environment  12Building Construction Outlook 
  15Residential Building Construction  17Housing
  Completions  19Housing Stock  24Residential
  Building Improvements Repairs 
  27Nonresidential Building Construction 
  28Nonresidential Building Stock 
  31Nonresidential Building Floor Space 
  32Nonresidential Building Improvements
  Repairs  35Competitive Products Overview 
  36Pricing  39Environmental Other
  Considerations  41Foreign Trade  45World
  Decorative Laminates  47
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• III. RAW MATERIALS PROCESSES  50General 
  50Raw Materials  50Plastics  52Phenolic 
  54Melamine  55Other Plastics  56Overlays
  Demand  56Paper  57Vinyl Film Other Overlays 
  59Adhesives  60Wood Substrates 
  63Particleboard  65Medium Density Fiberboard 
  67Other Substrates  68Manufacturing Processes 
  69High-Pressure Processes  70Low-Pressure
  Processes  71Continuous Processes  72Direct
  Lamination Processes  72
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