The global prepreg market is expected to reach an estimated value of $6.1 billion by 2019. From aerospace to sporting goods to wind energy, prepreg is rapidly gaining acceptance as an alternative material to metals and plastics, and is becoming more widely recognized for its high-performance characteristics.
The companies producing prepregs are exploring market opportunities with starkly different strategies. Lucintel, a leading global management consulting and market research firm, has analyzed the global prepreg producers and has come up with a comprehensive research report, “Worldwide Prepreg Competitive Analysis and Leadership Study 2014.” This report offers a full competitive analysis from target markets to product mapping, and from selling strategy to production capabilities. Lucintel's analysts have examined and profiled five of the world’s leading prepreg producers in this report.
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Lucintel built profiles of each competitor based on the following criteria:
Company overview
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Company Description and Business Segments
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Company Statistics
Prepreg business overview
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Prepreg Business Segments
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Global Prepreg Operations
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Key Differentiators and Strengths
Products and product positioning
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Product Line Overview
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Product Mapping
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Product Positioning in Market Segments
Production
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Global Manufacturing Operations
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Financial Condition
The resulting research report represents the most complete strategic and tactical assessment of the prepreg producer landscape available. In terms of the total revenue generated by leading prepreg producers, Hexcel ranks number one, followed by Cytec. The larger companies also include Toray and Gurit.
The detailed analysis of each company offers a critical view into key strategic areas, including:
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Prepreg producer target markets
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Key differentiators, strengths, competitors, and other insights
Designed for the composites industry professionals, financial services firms, and industrial users of prepreg, Lucintel's “Worldwide Prepreg Competitive Analysis and Leadership Study 2014” is the industry’s first comprehensive examination of the prepreg producers’ competitive landscape.
The dynamics of the prepreg industry extends beyond routine macro-economic elements of supply and demand. It is the relationship between buyer's needs and seller's capabilities as well as the macroeconomic forces at work that affect the market. It is how well and how efficiently the sellers meet the needs of the buyers that determine long-term success.
In Lucintel's newest competitive research study on the world's leading prepreg producers, “Worldwide Prepreg Competitive Analysis and Leadership Study 2014”, we thoroughly profile the Five Leaders with detailed competitive assessments. The detailed analysis of each company offers a critical view into key strategic areas, including:
· Prepreg producer target markets
· Key differentiators, strengths, competitors
· Product line overview, positioning, and mapping
· Market position in global prepreg business
· Revenue breakdown by market segments and regions
· Global manufacturing operations
· Innovation and market leadership
· Marketing, sales, and organizational capabilities
· Management commitment and track record
· Financial strength
Collected from a series of primary vendor interviews and secondary sources, Lucintel also provides its own scorecard for determining which of these companies is better aligned with future market opportunities and which has the ability to gain additional market share. Using its proprietary research methodology, Lucintel developed a comparative analysis named the Lucintel Leadership Quadrant which identifies leaders and challengers in the prepreg industry and rated each prepreg maker on two primary criteria as shown below:
1. Alignment with market opportunity
2. Ability to gain market share
Ability to gain market share was analyzed using following parameters:
· Product portfolio
· Financial strength
· Asset position
· Execution skill
· Customer experience
Alignment with market opportunity was analyzed using following parameters:
· Target growth markets
· New product development
· Corporate and functional strategy
· Presence within the industry
In addition to the Lucintel Leadership Quadrant, this comprehensive research report also offers consumers of prepreg as well as the investment community which producers have the production capacity, service capabilities and vision to deliver fully on its promises.
Table of Contents
1.Competitive and Leadership Analysis
1.1. Introduction
1.2. Competitive Analysis
1.2.1. Product Mapping: Breadth of Product Offerings
1.2.2. Industry Leaders in Terms of Market Share
1.3. Financial Strength
1.4. Regional Reach
1.5. Leadership Quadrant Analysis
1.5.1. Leaders Quadrant (Top Right)
1.5.2. Challengers Quadrant (Bottom Right)
1.5.3. Visionaries (Top Left)
1.5.4. Niche Players (Lower Left)
2.Toray Profile
2.1. Company Overview
2.1.1. Toray Industries Inc. Description and Business Segments
2.1.2. Toray Industries Inc. Statistics
2.2. Prepreg Business Overview
2.2.1. Prepreg Business Segment
2.2.2. Key Differentiators and Strengths
2.2.3. Key Prepreg Competitor
2.3. Products and Product Positioning
2.3.1. Product Line Overview and Mapping
2.3.2. Product Positioning in Market Segments
2.4. Markets and Market Positioning
2.4.1. Market Position in Global Prepreg Business
2.4.2. Revenue Breakdown by Market Segments
2.4.3. Revenue Breakdown by Regions
2.5. Production
2.5.1. Toray Industries Global Manufacturing Operations
2.6. Innovation and Market Leadership
2.7. Marketing, Sales, and Organizational Capabilities
2.7.1. Marketing and Sales
2.7.2. Management Commitment and Track Record
2.8. Financial Strength
3.Cytec Profile
3.1. Company Overview
3.1.1. Cytec Company Description and Business Segments
3.1.2. Cytec Company Statistics
3.2. Prepreg Business Overview
3.2.1. Prepreg Business Segment
3.2.2. Key Differentiators and Strengths
3.2.3. Key Prepreg Competitors
3.3. Products and Product Positioning
3.3.1. Product Line Overview and Mapping
3.3.2. Product Positioning in Market Segments
3.4. Markets and Market Positioning
3.4.1. Market Position in Global Prepreg Business
3.4.2. Revenue Breakdown by Market Segments
3.4.3. Revenue Breakdown by Regions
3.5. Production
3.5.1. Cytec Global Manufacturing Operations
3.6. Innovation and Market Leadership
3.7. Marketing, Sales, and Organizational Capabilities
3.7.1. Marketing and Sales
3.7.2. Management Commitment and Track Record
3.8. Financial Strength
4.Gurit AG Profile
4.1. Company Overview
4.1.1. Gurit AG Company Description and Business Segments
4.1.2. Gurit AG Company Statistics
4.2. Prepreg Business Overview
4.2.1. Prepreg Business Segment
4.2.2. Gurit's Prepreg Market Segmentation
4.2.3. Key Differentiators and Strengths
4.2.4. Key Prepreg Competitors
4.3. Products and Product Positioning
4.3.1. Product Line Overview and Product Mapping
4.4. Markets and Market Positioning
4.4.1. Market Position in Global Prepreg Business
4.4.2. Revenue Breakdown by Market Segments
4.4.3. Revenue Breakdown by Regions
4.5. Production
4.6. Innovation and Market Leadership
4.7. Marketing, Sales, and Organizational Capabilities
4.7.1. Marketing and Sales
4.7.2. Management Commitment and Track Record
4.8. Financial Strength
5.Hexcel Profile
5.1. Company Overview
5.1.1. Hexcel Company Description and Business Segments
5.1.2. Hexcel Company Statistics
5.2. Prepreg Business Overview
5.2.1. Prepreg Business Segment
5.2.2. Hexcel's Prepreg Market Segmentation
5.2.3. Key Differentiators and Strengths
5.2.4. Competitive Landscape: Key Prepreg Competitors
5.3. Products and Product Positioning
5.3.1. Prepreg Product Mapping
5.3.2. Product Positioning in Market Segments
5.4. Markets and Market Positioning
5.4.1. Market Position in the Global Prepreg Business
5.4.2. Revenue Breakdown by Market Segments
5.4.3. Revenue Breakdown by Regions
5.5. Production
5.5.1. Hexcel Global Manufacturing Operations
5.6. Innovation and Market Leadership
5.7. Marketing, Sales, and Organizational Capabilities
5.7.1. Marketing and Sales
5.7.2. Management Commitment and Track Record
5.8. Financial Strength
6.TenCate Profile
6.1. Company Overview
6.1.1. TenCate Company Description and Business Segments
6.1.2. Royal TenCate Company Statistics
6.2. Prepreg Business Overview
6.2.1. Prepreg Business Segment
6.2.2. Key Differentiators and Strengths
6.2.3. Key Prepreg Competitors
6.3. Products and Product Positioning
6.3.1. Product Line Overview and Product Mapping
6.3.2. Product Positioning in Market Segments
6.4. Markets and Market Positioning
6.4.1. Market Position in Global Prepreg Business
6.4.2. Revenue Breakdown by Market Segments
6.4.3. Revenue Breakdown by Regions
6.5. Production
6.5.1. TenCate Advanced Composites Global Manufacturing Operations
6.6. Innovation and Market Leadership
6.7. Marketing, Sales, and Organizational Capabilities
6.7.1. Marketing and Sales
6.7.2. Management Commitment and Track Record
6.8. Financial Strength
7.Conclusion
List of Figures
List of Tables
Abbreviations and Technical Units
Disclaimer
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List of Figures
Chapter 1. Competitive and leadership analysis
Figure 1.1: Industry-wise prepreg product map based on fiber type
Figure 1.2: Industry-wise prepreg product map based on resin type
Figure 1.3: Prepreg manufacturers' market share globally in 2013
Figure 1.4: Total revenue trend for major prepreg suppliers
Figure 1.5: Total revenue operating income for major prepreg suppliers
Figure 1.6: Total net income trend for major prepreg suppliers
Figure 1.7: Prepreg manufacturers' market share in industrial market in 2013
Figure 1.8: Prepreg manufacturers' market share in market sporting goods in 2013
Figure 1.9: Prepreg manufacturers' market share in aerospace market in 2013
Figure 1.10: 2008-2013 market vs. 2008-2013 capacity growth by company
Figure 1.11: Prepreg manufacturers' market share in North America in 2013
Figure 1.12: Prepreg manufacturers' market share in Europe in 2013
Figure 1.13: Prepreg manufacturers' market share in Asia and other in 2013
Figure 1.14: Relative position of each prepreg manufacturer in four quadrants
Chapter 2. Toray profile
Figure 2.1: Various forms of Toray prepregs and composite materials
Figure 2.2: Toray prepreg product line by type of weave and reinforcement
Figure 2.3: Toray prepreg product line by type of resin system
Figure 2.4: Toray prepreg product line by market segments
Figure 2.5: Toray’s prepreg revenues by market segment in 2013
Figure 2.6: Share of prepreg market segment revenues by Toray in 2013
Figure 2.7: Toray’s prepreg sales by regions in 2013
Figure 2.8: Toray’s prepreg market share by regions in 2013
Figure 2.9: Manufacturing locations
Figure 2.10: CFCM account team: designed to address customer needs and priorities
Chapter 3. Cytec Profile
Figure 3.1: Cytec prepreg product line by type of weave and reinforcement
Figure 3.2: Cytec prepreg product line by type of resin system
Figure 3.3: Prepregs and industry applications
Figure 3.4: Cytec prepreg product line by market segments
Figure 3.5: Cytec’s prepreg revenues by market segment in 2013
Figure 3.6: Share of prepreg market segment revenues by Cytec in 2013
Figure 3.7: Cytec’s prepreg sales by regions in 2013
Figure 3.8: Cytec’s prepreg market share by region in 2013
Figure 3.9: Cytec prepreg manufacturing locations
Chapter 4. Gurit Profile
Figure 4.1: Gurit prepreg product line by type of weave and reinforcement
Figure 4.2: Gurit prepreg product line by type of resin system
Figure 4.3: Gurit prepreg product line offering by market segment
Figure 4.4: Gurit 2013 prepreg revenues by market segment
Figure 4.5: Gurit 2013 prepreg market share by market segment
Figure 4.6: Gurit 2013 prepreg revenues by region
Figure 4.7: Gurit 2013 prepreg market share by region
Figure 4.8: Gurit’s prepreg manufacturing sites
Chapter 5. Hexcel profile
Figure 5.1: Hexcel prepreg product line by type of weave and reinforcement
Figure 5.2: Hexcel prepreg product line by type of resin system
Figure 5.3: Hexcel prepreg product line offering by market segment
Figure 5.4: Hexcel 2013 prepreg revenue by market segment
Figure 5.5: Hexcel 2013 prepreg share by market segment
Figure 5.6: Hexcel 2013 prepreg revenue by region
Figure 5.7: Hexcel 2013 prepreg market share by region
Figure 5.8: Hexcel’s prepreg manufacturing locations
Figure 5.9: Hexcel’s employee allocation by function
Chapter 6. TenCate Profile
Figure 6.1: TenCate prepreg product line by type of weave and reinforcement
Figure 6.2: TenCate prepreg product line by type of resin system
Figure 6.3: TenCate prepreg product line by market segment
Figure 6.4: TenCate 2013 prepreg revenue by market segment
Figure 6.5: TenCate 2013 prepreg share by market segment
Figure 6.6: TenCate 2013 prepreg revenue by region
Figure 6.7: TenCate 2013 prepreg share by region
Figure 6.8: TenCate prepreg global manufacturing sites
List of Tables
Chapter 1. Competitive and leadership analysis
Table 1.1: Properties of various prepreg materials
Table 1.2: Ranking of suppliers based on prepreg revenue
Table 1.3: Ranking of prepreg suppliers based on parent company revenue in 2008-2013
Table 1.4: Ranking of leaders in industrial, aerospace, and sporting goods market
Table 1.5: Ranking of leaders in North America, Europe, and Asia
Table 1.6: Prepreg leaders’ manufacturing sites
Table 1.7: Major parameters for Lucintel’s leadership quadrant analysis
Chapter 2. Toray profile
Table 2.1: Toray’s revenues and net income (loss) trends
Chapter 3. Cytec Profile
Table 3.1: Revenues and net income (loss) trends
Chapter 4. Gurit Profile
Table 4.1: Gurit revenues and EBIT trends
Chapter 5. Hexcel profile
Table 5.1: Hexcel revenues and net income (loss) trends
Chapter 6. TenCate Profile
Table 6.1: Revenues and net income (loss) trends