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US sales to increase 3.3% per annum through 2013

Sales of decorative laminates in the US are forecast to rise 3.3 percent per year to 14.3 billion square feet in 2013, valued at $8.9 billion. Gains will be sparked by increased demand from the flooring industry, where shipments of laminate flooring are projected to advance about twelve percent per year to almost three billion square feet in 2013. Increases in shipments of laminate flooring will continue to be supported by the product's low cost, ease of installation and low maintenance requirements. Laminate flooring manufacturers are expected to continue to increase US production capacity, spurring demand for laminate materials used in the production of the flooring. Cabinets are expected to remain the leading market for decorative laminates in 2013, with demand for laminates in cabinets reaching three billion square feet. Advances will be derived from the rebounding housing market, as increasing housing completions will spur demand for cabinets in new housing. However, demand gains will be restrained by rising competition from cabinets made from other materials, especially solid wood. Manufacturers of laminates will continue to offer a wide range of product styles and textures, especially those that resemble natural and exotic woods, metals and three-dimensional natural stone surfaces. Laminate producers will continue to offer customers aesthetically pleasing surfacing choices that cost less than other materials. Despite these advantages, laminates will face strong competition from other surfacing materials. For example, in the countertops market, granite, engineered quartz, and solid surfacing materials are often used instead of laminates.

High-pressure laminates to register most rapid gains

Laminates made from low-pressure overlays, including low-basis weight papers, saturated papers, decorative foils and vinyl films, are forecast to account for over three-quarters of decorative laminate sales volume in 2013. Demand will be driven by increased use of saturated papers in the high-growth flooring market and continued adoption of low-pressure laminates as low-cost decorative surfacing products for furniture, cabinets and store fixtures. However, high-pressure laminates are expected to post the most rapid gains in demand through 2013. Demand for these laminates will continue to benefit from their enhanced decorative properties, long-term durability and resistance to scratches and other types of damage caused by wear and tear. High-pressure laminates are used in the production of flooring, countertops, cabinets and other items with horizontal surfaces.

Study coverage

Decorative Laminates, a new industry study, presents historical demand data (1998, 2003, 2008) plus forecasts for 2013 and 2018 by product, market, raw material and process. The study also considers market environment factors, evaluates company market share and profiles 39 industry competitors.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION x

I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1

II. MARKET ENVIRONMENT 4

General 4

Macroeconomic Environment 4

Demographic Trends 9

Consumer Spending Environment 12

Building Construction Outlook 14

Residential Building Construction 17

Housing Completions 19

Housing Stock 24

Improvements & Repairs 28

Nonresidential Building Construction 29

Office & Commercial Construction 32

Institutional Construction 33

Industrial Construction 34

Transportation & Other Building Construction 34

Improvements & Repairs 35

Pricing 36

Environmental & Other Considerations 38

Foreign Trade 42

World Market 44

Western Europe 44

Asia/Pacific 45

Other Regions 46

III. RAW MATERIALS & PROCESSES 47

General 47

Raw Materials 48

Plastics 49

Phenolics 51

Polyvinyl Chloride 52

Melamine 53

Other Plastics 54

Adhesives 55

Waterborne 57

Hot Melts 57

Solvent-Based 58

Paper, Vinyl Film & Other Materials 59

Wood Substrates 60

Particleboard 61

Medium-Density Fiberboard 62

Other Substrates 64

Manufacturing Processes 65

High-Pressure Processes 66

Low-Pressure Processes 67

Continuous Processes 68

Direct Lamination Processes 68

Types of Laminates 69

IV. PRODUCTS 71

General 71

Low-Pressure Laminates 74

Low-Basis Weight Papers 77

Product Characteristics 78

Markets & Suppliers 80

Saturated Papers 81

Product Characteristics 82

Markets & Suppliers 85

Vinyl Films 86

Product Characteristics 87

Markets & Suppliers 89

Decorative Foils 90

Product Characteristics 91

Markets & Suppliers 93

High-Pressure Laminates 94

Product Characteristics 95

Markets & Suppliers 99

Edgebanding 101

Product Characteristics 103

Markets & Suppliers 105

V. MARKETS 107

General 107

Cabinets 111

Cabinets Industry Outlook 112

Laminates Demand by Type 113

Low-Pressure Laminates 116

High-Pressure Laminates 118

Edgebanding 119

Laminates Demand by Submarket & Application 119

Competitive Materials 122

Furniture 123

Furniture Industry Outlook 124

Laminates Demand by Type 126

Low-Pressure Laminates 129

High-Pressure Laminates 131

Edgebanding 132

Laminates Demand by Submarket 132

Residential 133

Nonresidential 135

Competitive Materials 137

Store Fixtures 138

Office & Commercial Construction Stock 138

Laminates Demand in Store Fixtures 139

Laminates Demand by Type 142

Low-Pressure Laminates 142

High-Pressure Laminates 143

Edgebanding 144

Competitive Materials 144

Flooring 145

Flooring Industry Outlook 145

Laminates Demand by Type 147

Saturated Papers 148

High-Pressure Laminates 149

Laminates Demand by Submarket & Customer 150

Residential 150

Nonresidential 152

Demand by Customer 154

Competitive Materials 155

Wall Panels 155

Wall Panels Outlook 156

Laminates Demand by Type 158

Low-Pressure Laminates 160

High-Pressure Laminates 161

Laminates Demand by Submarket 162

Competitive Materials 164

Countertops 165

Countertops Industry Outlook 165

Laminates Demand by Type 166

Low-Pressure Laminates & Edgebanding 167

High-Pressure Laminates 168

Laminates Demand by Submarket & Application 168

Demand by Submarket 170

Demand by Application 173

Competitive Materials 173

Other Markets 176

Laminates Demand in Other Markets 177

Laminates Demand by Type 180

VI. INDUSTRY STRUCTURE 182

Industry Composition 182

Market Share 187

Competitive Strategies 189

Research & Development 192

Distribution 193

Marketing 195

Acquisitions & Divestitures 198

Cooperative Agreements 199

Company Profiles 202

Allen Extruders, see Sekisui Chemical Company

Arclin 203

ArjoWiggins, see Sequana Capital

Armstrong World Industries Incorporated 204

ATC Panels Incorporated 206

BauschLinnemann, see SURTECO

Berkshire Hathaway Incorporated 208

Canplast, see SURTECO

CFC International, see Illinois Tool Works

Columbia Forest Products Incorporated 209

Coveright Surfaces Holding GmbH 212

Cytec Industries Incorporated 214

Dai Nippon Printing Company Limited 215

Doellken-Woodtape, see SURTECO

DSM Melamine, see Royal DSM

Edgemold Products, see Fiberesin Industries

Faus Group 217

Fiberesin Industries Incorporated 219

Flakeboard Company Limited 220

Fletcher Building Limited 223

Flexible Materials Incorporated 226

Formica, see Fletcher Building

Funder America Incorporated 228

Georgia-Pacific, see Koch Industries

Hexion Specialty Chemicals Incorporated 229

Illinois Tool Works Incorporated 231

Koch Industries Incorporated 236

Kydex, see Sekisui Chemical Company

Lamin-Art Incorporated 239

Mannington Mills Incorporated 240

MeadWestvaco Corporation 242

Mohawk Industries Incorporated 244

Olon Industries Incorporated 247

OMNOVA Solutions Incorporated 248

Panolam Industries International Incorporated 251

Patrick Industries Incorporated 255

Pergo, see Pfleiderer

Pfleiderer AG 257

Plum Creek Timber Company Incorporated 260

PrimeWood, see Woodcraft Industries

Quick-Step, see Mohawk Industries

Roseburg Forest Products Company 261

Royal DSM NV 264

Sekisui Chemical Company Limited 265

Sequana Capital 266

Shaw Industries, see Berkshire Hathaway

SierraPine Limited 267

Spartech Corporation 269

Stevens Industries Incorporated 271

SURTECO AG 272

Tarkett SAS 276

Temple-Inland Incorporated 278

Timber Products Company 279

Toppan Printing Company Limited 281

Uniboard Canada, see Pfleiderer

Wilsonart International, see Illinois Tool Works

Woodcraft Industries Incorporated 282

Other Producers Mentioned In Study 284

LIST OF TABLES

SECTION I -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Summary Table 3

SECTION II -- MARKET ENVIRONMENT

1 Macroeconomic Indicators 9

2 Population & Households 12

3 Personal Consumption Expenditures 14

4 Building Construction Expenditures 17

5 Residential Building Construction Expenditures 19

6 New Housing Indicators 24

7 Housing Stock by Type 27

8 Residential Improvement & Repair Expenditures 29

9 Nonresidential Building Construction Expenditures 32

10 Nonresidential Building Improvement & Repair Expenditures 36

11 Decorative Laminates Pricing Trends 38

SECTION III -- MATERIALS & PROCESSES

1 Materials Demand in Decorative Laminates 48

2 Plastics Demand in Decorative Laminates 51

3 Adhesives Demand in Decorative Laminates 56

4 Paper, Vinyl Film & Other Materials

Used in Decorative Laminates 60

5 Wood Demand in Decorative Laminates 61

SECTION IV -- PRODUCTS

1 Decorative Laminates Demand by Type 73

2 Low-Pressure Decorative Laminates Demand by Type 76

3 Low-Basis Weight Paper Decorative Laminates Demand 78

4 Saturated Paper Decorative Laminates Demand 82

5 Vinyl Film Decorative Laminates Demand 87

6 Decorative Foil Laminates Demand 91

7 High-Pressure Decorative Laminates Demand 95

8 Edgebanding Demand 103

SECTION V -- MARKETS

1 Decorative Laminates Demand by Market 110

2 Cabinets Industry Outlook 113

3 Cabinets Market for Decorative Laminates by Type 116

4 Cabinets Market for Decorative Laminates

by Submarket & Application 122

5 Furniture Industry Outlook 126

6 Furniture Market for Decorative Laminates by Type 129

7 Furniture Market for Decorative Laminates by Submarket 133

8 Office & Commercial Construction Stock Outlook 139

9 Store Fixtures Market for Decorative Laminates 141

10 Store Fixtures Market for Decorative Laminates by Type 142

11 Flooring Industry Outlook 147

12 Flooring Market for Decorative Laminates by Type 148

13 Flooring Market for Decorative Laminates

by Submarket & Customer 150

14 Wall Panels Industry Outlook 157

15 Wall Panels Market for Decorative Laminates by Type 160

16 Wall Panels Market for Decorative Laminates by Submarket 164

17 Countertops Industry Outlook 166

18 Countertops Market for Decorative Laminates by Type 167

19 Countertops Demand for Decorative Laminates

by Submarket & Application 169

20 Other Markets for Decorative Laminates 180

21 Other Markets for Decorative Laminates by Type 181

SECTION VI -- INDUSTRY STRUCTURE

1 Decorative Laminate Sales by Company, 2008 186

2 Selected Acquisitions & Divestitures 199

3 Selected Cooperative Agreements 201

LIST OF CHARTS

SECTION II -- MARKET ENVIRONMENT

1 Year of Construction of Housing Stock, 2008 27

SECTION IV -- PRODUCTS

1 Decorative Laminates Demand by Type, 2008 74

2 Low-Pressure Decorative Laminates Demand by Type, 2008 77

SECTION V -- MARKETS

1 Decorative Laminates Demand by Market, 2008 111

SECTION VI -- INDUSTRY STRUCTURE

1 Decorative Laminates Market Share, 2008 187

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