[176 Pages] Polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) film is widely used for packaging and production of polarizer film. Polyvinyl alcohol films is a water soluble biodegradable film and facilitates water soluble small dose packaging of detergents, water treatment chemicals, agrochemicals, and dyes. Those small water soluble doses provides ease-of-use and avoid human contact from the inside material. Apart from packaging applications, the Polyvinyl alcohol film is also used for laundry bags and embroidery applications where the film is used as water soluble film.

Polarizer is another major application of Polyvinyl alcohol films where the film facilitates polarization property. Polarizer film is made using PVA and TAC films as raw material and is an essential component in liquid crystal display (LCD) panel.

This report divides polyvinyl alcohol films market by water soluble and polarizer applications. For water soluble application, the market is further segmented into detergent, agrochemical, water treatment chemical, embroidery, dyes, and laundry bags applications.

For water soluble applications, in the past few years polyvinyl alcohol films has been gaining attention globally due to its salient features such as water solubility and ease-of-use in applications such as detergents and agrochemical packaging. Therefore, there is an influx of players vying for a share in this market. The global polyvinyl alcohol films market is studied by key applications and geography.

Asia-Pacific is the largest producer and North America is the largest consumer of Polyvinyl alcohol films for water soluble applications. In 2011, estimated production share of Asia-Pacific was 60% while consumption share of North America was 34%. From growth perspective, Asia-Pacific is the most essential market since the region has highest growth rate of PVA film consumption for next five years. Majority of Polyvinyl alcohol film is consumed for detergent and agrochemical packaging. For detergent packaging, North America is the largest market while for agrochemical packaging Asia Pacific has the largest consumption share. The other water soluble applications with significant consumption are water treatment chemical packaging, embroidery, and laundry bags. This report identifies Polyvinyl alcohol film consumption for water soluble applications in all major geographies viz. North America, South America, Eastern Europe, Western Europe, and Asia-Pacific. The market size is estimated in both volume (metric tons) and value ($Million) and regions have been further segmented into major nations, identified based on their consumption share.

In case of polarizer application, the polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) film is used to manufacture polarizer film which is used in LCD panels, lenses and optical filters etc. LCD panels holds 95% consumption share of global polarizer production. The market of Polyvinyl alcohol film, which is used for LCD panel based polarizer film, is monopolized by Japan-based two manufacturers viz. Kuraray Co. Ltd. and Nippon Gohsei. Both companies have their production plants in Japan and thus Japan is the only producer of Polyvinyl alcohol films for polarizer. Since all the polarizer manufacturers have their manufacturing facilities either in South Korea, Japan, Taiwan or Japan, those are the only markets consume PVA film in polarizer application. Worldwide demand of PVA film for polarizer is estimated to be 225 million square meters in 2011.

The report �Polyvinyl Alcohol (PVA) Films Market � Global Trends & Forecasts (2011 � 2016)� identifies all market applications of PVA film with significant consumptions and gives current and future market size estimations in terms of volume and value for all.

The report, which is based on 80% primary research, covers the trends and forecasts for the year 2016 in consumption of PVA films for all geographies in the world. The report covers qualitative analysis of competing materials, value chain, and profiles of major players. The Polyvinyl alcohol films market by geography includes market for U.S., Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, U.K., France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Russia, Poland, and Ukraine. For polarizer used PVA film, the markets covered are South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and China. The report also covers recommendations based on expert interviews, analysis, and secondary findings.

Market Covered

This report covers markets in North America, South America, Asia Pacific, Eastern Europe and Western Europe. For each geographic market, PVA film consumption by application has been provided. For polarizer application, PVA film consumption has only been provided for Japan, South Korea and Taiwan since only those countries have polarizer production.

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Polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) film is a water soluble biodegradable film and consumed for packaging of detergents, agrochemicals, water treatment chemicals, disinfectants and dyes, laundry bag production, and in embroidery. All those applications are associated with the water soluble property of polyvinyl alcohol films.

Polyvinyl Alcohol (PVA) Film Consumption for Water Soluble Applications, 2011

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Almost 33% of polyvinyl alcohol films are consumed in North America for water soluble applications. U.S-based MonoSol LLC which is the world�s largest producer of PVA film holds a major portion of North America�s market. Western Europe comes second in consumption after North America with 24% share. Both North America and Western Europe are the mature markets where PVA film is utilized for all type of water soluble applications. Asia-Pacific is an emerging market and yet to emerge in few applications such as detergent packaging. Asia-Pacific is a major producer of PVA film from where 60% of the film is exported to other regions.

South America and Eastern Europe seem to be the major importers of polyvinyl alcohol films (imported primarily from China, Japan, and India). As these regions do not have any significant production of PVA films, hence the consumption is mainly driven by imports. In South America, PVA films are mainly used for embroidery and agrochemical packaging applications whereas in East European countries it is mainly used for detergent packaging applications.

Polyvinyl Alcohol (PVA) Film Consumption in Polarizer Production, 2011

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Another major use of PVA film is polarizer production. Polarizer film is an essential part of liquid crystal display (LCD) panel. Since all the polarizer film producers have their manufacturing location either of South Korea, Japan, Taiwan or China, those are the only market with PVA film consumption in polarizer production. Korea-based LG Chemical and Japan-based Nitto Denko and Sumitomo Chemical are the major consumers of polyvinyl alcohol films with 80% of combined production share of polarizer film.