Global 1, 4- Butanediol Market worth $7.5
Billion by 2017
The report “Butanediol Market By Technology Applications and Geography: Global
Industry Trends & Forecasts to 2017”, defines and segments the global 1,4-butanediol market
by products with analysis and forecasting of the global volume and revenue. As of year 2012,
Asia-Pacific consumed more than half of the 1,4-butanediol produced globally. The major
application segments for tetrahydrofuran, polybutylene terphthalate, gamma butyrolactone,
polyurethane and others; whereas tetrahydrofuran constitutes the major application segment. 1,4butanediol is mainly produced using acetylene, maleic anhydride, butadiene, propylene oxide,
etc. 1,4-butanediol is produced using Reppe technology and Davy process technology.
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The drivers of the industry are identified as high growth in developing regions, high demand in
end-user industries, and high existing production capacities of 1,4-butanediol. Most of the
production capacity of 1,4-butanediol exists in Asian region and high growth in their demand is
mainly observed in developing countries. The high production capacities in the region also give
flexibility to the manufacturers to scale up the production depending upon demand trends. The
restraining factors are identified as raw material price volatility and high manufacturing cost of
the 1,4-butanediol industry. The issues in the market are mainly pertaining to that of a maturing
industry, i.e. steady growth in mature markets such as U.S. and Europe, and environmental
concerns as well. The industry players are following strategies such as consolidation and
capacity expansion to address to the demands generated by end-user industries and developing
countries. Global BDO market is highly concentrated. This can be mainly attributed to the
barriers existing in the sourcing of production technology and raw materials. Few handful
companies are dominating global BDO market. Moreover these companies are actively using
large portion of their BDO produce in the manufacture of their downstream products. This has
restricted outspread of this market across the globe.
The major players in the market are BASF SE (Germany), Dairen Chemicals (Taiwan),
LyondellBasell Chemicals (The Netherlands), Shanxi Sanwei Group (China), International
Specialty Products (U.S.), Invista (U.S.), and Mitsubishi Chemicals (Japan).