PU sole (Footwear Polyurethane) Market

Table Of Contents

1 Introduction
    1.1 Market Scope
           1.1.1  Market Definition
           1.1.2  Market Covered
                    1.1.2.1 PU Sole (Footwear Polyurethane) Market, By Raw Materials
                    1.1.2.2 PU Sole (Footwear Polyurethane) Market, By End-Use
                    1.1.2.3 PU Sole (Footwear Polyurethane) Market, By Region
           1.1.3  Estimation Years Considered for The Study
           1.1.4  Currency
           1.1.5  Package size
           1.1.6  Limitations
    1.2 Stakeholders 

2 Research Methodology
    2.1 Market Size Estimation
    2.2 Market Share Estimation
           2.2.1  Key Data from Secondary Sources
           2.2.2  Key Data from Primary Sources
                    2.2.2.1 Key Industry Insights
           2.2.3  Assumptions

3 Executive Summary 

4 Premium Insights 

5 Market Overview
    5.1 Introduction
    5.2 Market Dynamics
           5.2.1  Drivers
           5.2.2  Restraints
           5.2.3  Opportunities
           5.2.4  Challenges
    5.3 Porter’s Five Forces Analysis 
    5.4 Innovation (Patent Analysis) 
    5.5 Value Chain Analysis 
    5.6 Pricing Analysis
    5.7 YC, YCC shift
    5.8 Macroeconomic Overview 

6 PU Sole (Footwear Polyurethane) Market, By Raw Material – Forecast till 2024 (in USD Million and KT)
    6.1 Methylene Diisocyanate (MDI)
    6.2 Toluene Diisocyanate (TDI)
    6.3 Polyols

7 PU Sole (Footwear Polyurethane) Market, By Application – Forecast till 2024 (in USD Million and KT)
    7.1 Casuals
    7.2 Boots
    7.3 Slippers & Sandals
    7.4 Sports
    7.5 Formals

8 PU Sole (Footwear Polyurethane) Market, By Region – Forecast till 2024 (in USD Million and KT)
    8.1 Introduction
    8.2 North America
           8.2.1  U.S.
           8.2.2  Canada
           8.2.3  Mexico
    8.3 Europe
           8.3.1  Germany
           8.3.2  UK
           8.3.3  France
           8.3.4  Spain
           8.3.5  Italy
           8.3.6  Rest of the Europe
    8.4 Asia-Pacific
           8.4.1  China
           8.4.2  India
           8.4.3  Japan
           8.4.4  South Korea
           8.4.5 Thailand
           8.4.6  Rest of APAC
    8.5 Rest of the World (RoW)
           8.5.1 Middle East & Africa
           8.5.2 South America

9 Competitive Landscape
    9.1  Introduction
    9.2  New Product Launches
    9.3  Expansion Activities
    9.4  Partnerships, Agreements and Collaborations
    9.5  Mergers and Acquisitions 
    9.6 Industry structure 
           9.6.1 Market share / capacities of key players / operational growth drivers
           9.6.2 Industry consolidation / fragmentation

10 Company Profiles
(Business Overview, Financials^, Products & Services, Key Strategy, and Recent Developments. Winning Imperatives, Current focus on strategies, Threat from competition and Right to win) 
     10.1 Huntsman Corporation
     10.2 BASF
     10.3 Dow Inc
     10.4 COIM
     10.5 Wanhua Chemical Company
     10.6 Lubrizol 
     10.7 LANXESS
     10.8 Covestro
     10.9 Manali Petrochemical
     10.1 INOAC Corporation
     10.11 Eurofoam Group
     10.12 Asahi Kasei Corporation
     10.13 Trelleborg
     10.14 Headway Group
     10.15 Cellular Mouldings
     10.16 ERA Polymers
     10.17 Perstorp
     10.18 Kasodur
     10.19 VCM Polyurethanes
     10.2 Rogers Corporation
Note: The above list of suppliers is tentative. We will identify top ten and 10 other key players and profile them during the study.^ Financials will be available for companies provided they have annual reports  

The study involves four major activities in estimating the current market size of footwear polyurethane. Exhaustive secondary research was done to collect information related to the PU sole (footwear polyurethane) market. The next step was to validate these findings, assumptions, and sizing with industry experts across the value chain through primary research. Both top-down and bottom-up approaches were employed to estimate the overall market size. After that, market breakdown and data triangulation were used to estimate the market size of segments and subsegments.

Secondary Research

In the secondary research process, various secondary sources, such as Hoovers, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, and Dun & Bradstreet, were referred to for identifying and collecting information for this study. These secondary sources included annual reports, press releases & investor presentations of companies, white papers, certified publications, articles by recognized authors, gold standard & silver standard websites, regulatory bodies, trade directories, and databases.

Primary Research

The PU sole (footwear polyurethane) market comprises several stakeholders, such as raw material suppliers, technology developers, derivative manufacturers, and regulatory organizations in the supply chain. The development of application usage characterizes the demand side of this market. The supply side is characterized by advancements in technology and diverse application segments. Various primary sources from both the supply and demand sides of the market were interviewed to obtain qualitative and quantitative information.

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Market Size Estimation

Both top-down and bottom-up approaches were used to estimate and validate the size of the global PU sole (footwear polyurethane) market and estimate the sizes of various other dependent submarkets. The research methodology used to estimate the market size included the following steps:

• The key players in the industry were identified through extensive secondary research.
• The supply chain of the industry and market size, in terms of value and volume, were determined through primary and secondary research.
• All percentage split and breakdowns were determined using secondary sources and verified through primary sources.
• All possible parameters that affect the markets covered in this research study were accounted for, viewed in extensive detail, verified through primary research, and analyzed to obtain the final quantitative and qualitative data.
• The research included the study of reports, reviews, and newsletters of the key industry players, along with extensive interviews with key officials, such as directors and marketing executives.

Data Triangulation

After arriving at the overall market size from the process explained above, the total market was split into several segments and subsegments. The data triangulation and market breakdown procedures were employed, wherever applicable. In order to complete the overall market estimation process and arrive at the exact statistics for all segments and subsegments, the data was triangulated by studying various factors and trends from the demand and supply sides. Along with this, the market was validated using both the top-down and bottom-up approaches.

Report Objectives

• To define, describe, and forecast the market size of footwear polyurethane, in terms of value and volume
• To provide information about the major factors (drivers, restraints, opportunities, and challenges) influencing the market growth
• To analyze and forecast the PU sole (footwear polyurethane) market size based on application and  raw material
• To forecast the market size of different segments with respect to four regions, namely, APAC, Europe, the Americas, and the Middle East and Africa.
• To forecast the PU sole (footwear polyurethane) market size of different segments with respect to key countries of each region
• To analyze the opportunities in the market for stakeholders by identifying its high-growth segments
• To strategically profile the key players and comprehensively analyze their growth strategies

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Regional Analysis:

• Country-level analysis of the PU sole (footwear polyurethane) market

Company Information:

• Detailed analysis and profiles of additional market players