A 300+page market and technology report updated and expanded for: Bonded abrasives, coated abrasives, superabrasives, loose abrasives and abrasive grains. Data on production, consumption, trade, and markets by region, forecasting growth to 2010 Markets in Europe and North America, though the increasingly important Asian sector is also examined Find details of the raw materials and products that makeup the $2 billion business in Western Europe and a $3,6 billion business in North America. All major natural materials used as abrasives including diamond, sand, tripoli, garnet, silica,and others. All major synthetic and man-make materials used as abrasives including diamond, Cubic Boron Nitride, aluminum oxide, silicon carbide, and boron carbide as well as metal shot and grit. Important abrasives processes including grinding,finishing, cleaning, polishing, chemical mechanical planarization. Long and short term trends affecting markets and applications of abrasives. Cause and effects of changes in global abrasives marketplace. While select abrasives with high growth potential receive most of media attention, they hold a relatively small portion of the overall abrasive market, and traditional materials retain dominant positions. Such circumstances insulate the overall market from dramatic market swings and industry performance follows activities of the manufacturing sector of the economy. The largest segment of the world production of industrial abrasives is traditional coated abrasive products with combined sales totaling nearly $3 billion in Europe and North America. Within that group, a relatively few companies control the technology and produce jumbo rolls used to create a myriad of industrial and consumer coated abrasive products. In contrast, bond abrasives, with $2 billion in combined European and North American sales, comprise a more diverse segment of the industry. Download a market brochure.

SCOPE OF THE REPORT MATERIALS, PROPERTIES AND APPLICATIONS MARKETS AND TRADE IN ABRASIVE GRAINS AND ABRASIVE PRODUCTS MARKETS, PRODUCTION AND TRADE BY COUNTRY AND REGION MAJOR PRODUCERS OF ABRASIVES SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS APPENDICES Currency Exchange Rates, Bibliography, Associations, Company Subsidiary Cross Reference, Company Addresses, Multilingual listing of Abrasive Terms IN-DEPTH INFORMATION ON Markets for bonded and coated abrasive products by product type, country/region and applications Markets for superabrasive products (diamond and CBN) by bond type, country/region and applications Growth prospects for abrasives by product type Market shares by company for coated and bonded abrasives and abrasive grains Production and consumption of natural abrasives (garnet, pumice, olivine, emery, silica etc) Markets for synthetic abrasive grains (aluminium oxide, silicon carbide and superabrasive grains) Synthetic diamond production capacity and trade (by country) Markets for metallic, glass and other loose abrasives for blast cleaning, shot peening and water-jet cutting Growth trends in end-user sectors Review of diamond saw and wire saw markets Assessment of technological developments - such as chemo-mechanical polishing (CMP), boron compounds, and aggregated diamond nanorods Import and export statistics for bonded and coated abrasive products Import and export statistics for abrasive grains Over 300 A4 pages and over 150 tables giving market statistics and other data Profiles of multinational, US and European-based abrasives manufacturers Available in hard copy or electronic formats. Payment by major credit cards accepted. Brochure include application form that can sent by fax or as an e-mail attachment. Brochure

SOME OF THE 150+ TABLES FEATURED IN THE REPORT: Market shares of coated abrasives by producers in estern Europe Market shares of bonded abrasives in estern Europe Europe: Market forecasts for bonded, superabrasive and coated abrasives, to 2010. European Union: imports and exports by major country, value and quantity, 2005 Various countries: production statistics and trends for bonded and coated abrasives Synthetic diamond production capacity by country, 1997-2005 European Union: imports and exports of industrial diamonds, value and quantity, 2005 USA: production, trade and consumption of industrial diamonds, 2001-2005 USA: Imports and exports of diamond and CBN abrasive wheels, value and quantity, 2005 Japan: production of diamond and CBN tools by type European consumption and prices of abrasive blasting media (12 types) European producers of steel shot/grit, production and capacity USA: Shipments of metallic abrasives, 2004-2005 USA: Metallic abrasives production and consumption, 2005 USA: Producers of metallic abrasives in 2005 USA: Production of fused aluminium oxide, 2001-2005 USA: Aluminium oxide grain imports, 2001-2005 World production of non-metallurgical aluminium oxide by region, 2005 Capacities of European fused aluminium oxide producers Market shares for European fused aluminium oxide abrasive grain suppliers European Union: imports and exports of artificial corundum, value and quantity, 2005 Main producers of abrasive grade bauxite Capacities of European silicon carbide producers Capacities of North and South American silicon carbide producers World capacity of silicon carbide, 2005 USA: Production and apparent consumption of silicon carbide, 2001-2005 Market shares for European silicon carbide abrasive grain suppliers Trends in prices for aluminium oxide and silicon carbide grain European Union: imports and exports of silicon carbide, value and quantity, 2005 World production of pumice, 2005 World production of garnet, 2005 Trends in garnet production, 2000-2005 USA: Production of tripoli, 2000-2004 China: Imports and exports of bonded and coated abrasives, value and quantity, 2005 Czech Republic: Imports and exports of bonded and coated abrasives, value and quantity, 2005 France: Imports and exports of bonded and coated abrasives, value and quantity, 2005 Germany: Imports and exports of bonded and coated abrasives, value and quantity, 2005 Hungary: Imports and exports of bonded and coated abrasives, value and quantity, 2005 India: Imports and exports of bonded and coated abrasives, value and quantity, 2005 Italy: Imports and exports of bonded and coated abrasives, value and quantity, 2005 Netherlands: Imports and exports of bonded and coated abrasives, value and quantity, 2005 Poland: Imports and exports of bonded and coated abrasives, value and quantity, 2005 Russia: Imports and exports of bonded and coated abrasives, value and quantity, 2005 Spain: Imports and exports of bonded and coated abrasives, value and quantity, 2005 UK: Imports and exports of bonded and coated abrasives, value and quantity, 2005 USA: Imports and exports of bonded and coated abrasives, value and quantity, 2005 Properties of microcrystalline aluminium oxide abrasive grains Properties of fine aluminium oxide lapping materials Mechanical properties of three types of bond for diamond grinding heels Cerium oxide use in the glass industry Typical speeds for coated abrasive belts in finishing various metals Comparison of abrasive grains used in blast cleaning Composition and properties of stainless steel shot Example of steel shot specification Properties of resin blast media Relative durability of blast media Water-jet cutting market by application area Quantity of abrasive media recommended for mass media techniques Comparison of stone cutting techniques Concrete drilling and sawing by country Worldwide semiconductor market growth by region Europe: diamond saw tool market by country Other tables include those giving import and export statistics for Austria, Belgium/Luxemburg, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Japan, Mexico, Norway, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sw>eden, Switzerland, Turkey

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