Chemical and plastic markets are expected to enjoy robust growth driven by economic expansion in emerging economies and a number of macrotrends such digital commerce, sustainability, Energy Transition, and urbanization. Even so, chemical and plastic companies face a number of challenges including rising costs and economic challenges, increasing competition, demanding customers, and supply chain complexity. Competing in such an environment will require commodity and specialty companies to understand and build deep proprietary insights into market and customer segments, refine and adjust corporate and growth strategies, optimize costs and economic, and assess and deploy new technologies and innovation.
How ADI Chemical Market Resources helps chemical and plastic companies
ADI, which acquired the assets of Chemical Market Resources in 2017, brings deep domain expertise and rich experience across chemicals, petrochemicals, polymers, and plastics to support a wide range of clients active in these segments including operators, engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) companies, investors, and policy makers. In addition, ADI Chemical Market Resources maintains numerous models, analytics, databases, and multi-client reports covering over 40 different segments in chemicals, petrochemicals, polymers, and plastics.
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Relevant examples
A few examples of our work in the chemical and plastic sector are presented here. Please contact us to learn more about how ADI can help you.
Strategic planning
- Sourcing strategies for acrylates, ionomers, and acid copolymers for a leading plastics producer
- Options-based market entry strategy for levulinic acid technology start-up in plasticizers, coatings, and adhesives
- ADI Analytics recently helped a venture-funded bio-based chemicals start-up with its strategic options.
- A materials manufacturer requested ADI’s support to accelerate speed and improve impact of its innovation efforts.
Costs and economics
- Ethane sourcing strategy with cost, economic, and logistical feasibility for Asian petchem major
- Technology, cost, and economic feasibility of on-purpose C3-4 olefins for U.S. chemical major
- The Methanol Institute requested ADI Analytics to develop an assessment of the economic impact of the methanol industry using both quantitative and qualitative metrics.
- A leading European polymer producer requested ADI’s Chemical Market Resources to evaluate the forecast the global polyolefin elastomer and plastomer markets.
- A leading methanol industry stakeholder requested ADI to summarize and analyze industry practices and strategies for methanol contracting and pricing.
Technology assessment
- Innovation strategy, R&D performance benchmarking, and organization design for Asian chemical major
- Technology application and growth opportunities in oilfield chemicals for polyol / polyurethane player
- A Fortune 50 company asked ADI Analytics to assess and forecast the market for their novel manufacturing technology for a specialty chemical.
- An integrated oil and gas major approached ADI Analytics for a technology assessment study including customer receptivity and market sizing study for a new corrosion monitoring technology for oil and gas facilities.
- ADI Analytics was tasked to perform an overarching technology and strategy assessment for an early-stage chemical company with a unique process.
- An oxo-chemical producer engaged ADI Analytics to study the feasibility of on-purpose olefins production.
- A leading supplier and technology licensor asked ADI Analytics to provide a technology and economic assessment of a new technology which removes contaminants from petrochemical feedstocks
- ADI conducted an independent assessment of methanol’s potential for power generation and developed a white paper for public consumption.
Competitive intelligence
- Improved competitiveness of specialty chemicals firm by analyzing peers and refining customer engagement
- Peer adoption use-cases and analysis of digital solutions and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) for chemical major
- ADI was asked to conduct a VOC focused on pipeline operator preferences for a specialty chemical manufacturer.
- A leading chemical major serving the automotive market requested ADI Analytics to gather competitive intelligence for framing their corporate strategy goals.
- Assessed the competitive landscape and growth potential of the global DRA (drag reducing agent) market.
M&A support
- Growth strategy with acquisition target and joint venture partner identification and profiling for oxo-alcohols player
- Led market- and customer- focused due diligence on pipeline chemicals firm for chemicals-focused private equity firm
Due diligence
- ADI Analytics helps a number of private equity investors with due diligence on transactions.
- A leading lubricants producer engaged ADI Analytics to conduct due diligence on a specialty chemicals firm in support of an acquisition.
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