Key vendors are strategically establishing production units to increase their sales across regions
Technavio, a company that develops over 2000 pieces of research every year and covers more than 500 technologies across 80 countries, has announced the top five leading vendors for the global activated alumina market in their latest research report. This report also lists four other prominent vendors who are expected to contribute to this market’s growth between 2016-2020.
To identify the top vendors, Technavio’s market research analysts have taken into account the revenue generated by the sales of activated alumina to the following end-users.
- Oil & Gas: The compound is used as a desiccant in pipeline gas heaters, gas processing, waste heat recovery systems, air dehydration, natural gas storage, and gas field gathering systems and infiltration process due to its high adsorption capacity.
- Petrochemicals: The primary uses of activated alumina are for drying organic gasses and liquids like aromatic solvents, gasoline, fluorocarbons, liquefied petroleum gas, and steam cracked liquids.
This Technavio report, under metals and minerals vertical, is based on the synthesis, analysis, and interpretation of information about the global activated alumina market collected from specialized sources. The analysts have derived insights using a mix of primary and secondary research with an aim to provide a holistic picture of the market.
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Competitive vendor landscape
Generally, activated alumina is produced by specialized manufacturing units across the globe. The manufacturing units need suitable technology, modern manufacturing techniques, equipment, and availability of suitable raw material to meet the demand and requirements for these compounds. The market consists of many regional and international players, and Europe is the leading country in the market. The increase in the application areas for activated alumina from emerging economies like APAC and M&A, vendors are focused on establishing production units in these regions. The sellers in the market are developing advanced products with advanced manufacturing technologies to offer customized products and sustain the competition in the market.
“There is an increase in the use of activated alumina in the natural gas industry, as a result of which, many vendors are investing in technology to meet the consumer requirements. The manufacturers are focusing on the purification, storage, and transportation processes of these gasses with the help chemical compounds. The application of activated alumina is the most for separation methods in the natural gas industry,” says Amit Gawali, a lead analyst at Technavio for research on metals and minerals.
Top five vendors in the activated alumina market space
Almatis
The company is a major developer and manufacturer of alumina and alumina-based products. It operates manufacturing facilities worldwide that include main sales and supply chain centers, application, and development labs. The manufacturing facilities are located in Germany, the Netherlands, India, Japan, China, and the US. Recently, the company acquired Ormet’s alumina refinery in Louisiana, the US which enabled its feedstock for alumina production, supplementing external sources.
Key products: Activated alumina and Tabular alumina.
Axens
Axens manufactures and licenses advanced technologies like catalysts and absorbents. It also provides consulting services to the petrochemical, refining, and alternative fuels industries. Its services in the oil and gas sector include liquefied petroleum gas sweetening, vacuum residue conversion and the provision of engineering design packages like HAZOP studies and engineering review. In recent times, the company holds a joint venture establishment called Axens KGNT Energy Efficiency in Kazakhstan.
Key products: AxSorb, AxTrap, and ActiGuard.
BASF
The company offers a wide portfolio of chemicals, plastics, performance and crop protection products, and oil and gas. The company’s products and solutions account to ensuring nutrition, conserving resources, and improving the quality of life. It caters to a variety of standard and customized activated alumina for catalytic applications and adsorption in hydrocarbon process in various industries. Recently, it inaugurated a new production plant in Europe to support the increasing demand for form release agents based on renewable raw materials.
Key products: Selexsorb and F200.
UOP
UOP is a subsidiary of Honeywell International, and it supplies and licenses process technology, adsorbents, catalysts, equipment, and consulting services. The company offers a solution to various industries like petrochemical, petroleum refining, and gas processing businesses. It offers catalyst solutions for a range of applications including hydrocracking, hydrotreating, reforming, isomerization, and merox treating. In recent times, the company opened a new manufacturing center in China to produce catalysts used to develop components for the production of plastics.
Key products: Activated alumina and Molecular sieves.
W.R. Grace
W.R. Grace offers specialty chemicals and materials across the globe. The company provides its products and technologies to the catalyst, chemical processing, construction, food and beverage, general industrial, packaging, paints, coatings and inks, personal care, pharmaceutical and biotechnology, and plastics and rubber industries. Recently, it announced that its manufacturing facility in Worms, Germany receives good manufacturing practice certification from EXCiPACT.
Key products: Aluminum oxides are manufactured in three ways, Activated alumina, Smelter-grade alumina, and Calcined alumina.
Other prominent vendors in this market include Huber Materials, Pingxiang Zhongying packing, Sorbead India, and Shanghai Hengye Chemical.
A more detailed analysis is available in the Technavio report, Global Activated Alumina Market 2016-2020. Technavio also customizes reports by other regions and specific segments upon request.
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