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AMA Research will shortly publish the 2nd Edition of the
report “Health and Safety Products Market- UK 2009-2013”, which
focuses on providing a comprehensive and up to date review of the
structure of the Health and Safety Products Market in 2009. The overall
health and safety products market is estimated to be worth over £700
million in 2008 and has experienced relatively stable growth in the
last decade.
Product sectors covered in the
report include:
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Performance of the market is reliant on replacement purchases and on
new or revised legislation, and ‘exceptional circumstances such as
outbreaks of epidemiologic diseases. PPE and hygiene products are the
best performing sectors of the market, whilst first aid products and
safety signs are seeing lower levels of growth. Despite the economic
downturn, the market is still expected to see some growth, reflecting
the diverse customer base and underlying need for many key products.
Areas of particular
interest:
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Review of the
key factors influencing the market
– price
competition, replacement demand.
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Key drivers and
legislation within individual product sectors
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Review of key
suppliers
– shares of major players in each product sector
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Review of key
distribution channels
– major players, shares by channel (Industrial Distributors, H & S
Specialists, etc.
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Forecasts up to
2013
– overall market, short term prospects in 2009-10,
longer term prospects, market drivers.
Contractors included :
3M, Ansell (UK) Ltd, Arco Ltd, BM Polyco, Bollé Safety,
Brammer, Capital Safety, Cederroth, Centurion Safety Products, Comasec,
Crest Medical Cromwell Group (Holdings) Ltd, Deb Ltd, Dupont, ERIKS UK,
Frank Sammeroff FWB Products Ltd, Georgia-Pacific, Gojo Industries
Europe Ltd, Greenham, HC Slingsby, Honeywell Life Safety, Impacto, JSP,
Key Industrial Equipment Kimberly-Clarke, Kruger Tissue, Kwintet,
Microgard, Mine Safety Appliances Monks and Crane Industrial Group,
North Safety Products, Pal International Parker Merchanting, Praybourne,
RS Components, Safety First Aid, SCA Tissue Europe, Scott Health and
Safety Ltd, Screwfix Direct, Seton, Showa Glove, SIG, Spartan Safety
Ltd, Sperian Protection, Stoko Skin Care, Sundström Safety, The BSS
Group, The Sioen Group, The Viking Rubber Company, Uvex, Wallace
Cameron.
Key areas of coverage in the report include:-
MARKET OVERVIEW
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Overall market
size in value terms
from 2003-2008, with forecasts through to 2013, current
developments and future prospects in the market.
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Key market
influences
including health & safety regulations and exceptional
circumstances such as natural disasters and virulent disease
outbreaks, growing level of imports and increasing price competition,
product development, declining manufacturing base, short term
prospects in 2009-10, key end-use markets etc.
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Overall product
mix by sector:
PPE, hygiene products, first aid products and safety signs, and key
trends influencing each sector.
PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT
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Market size in value
terms from 2003-2008, with forecasts through to 2013, current
developments and future prospects.
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Key market
influences
including the Noise Regulations of 2005, the wide spread floods of
2007 and recent
disease
outbreaks
(sine flu, bird flu etc), performance of construction market,
increasing price competition etc.
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Product mix and
product trends
for head, eye & face, ear, hand, respiratory and fall protection
equipment, as well as protective clothing and safety shoes.
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Supply structure
of
the PPE sector including market shares of leading suppliers.
HYGIENE PRODUCTS
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Market size in
value terms
from 2003-2008, with forecasts through to 2013, current
developments and future prospects.
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Key market
influences
including the Food Hygiene Regulations of 2006,
plans
for tackling superbugs such as the ‘clean your hands’ campaign, swine
flu,
bird flu etc.
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Product mix and
product trends -
shares
for skin care and washroom products.
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Supply structure
of the hygiene products sector including market shares of leading
suppliers.
FIRST AID PRODUCTS
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Market size in
value terms
from 2004-2008, with forecasts through to 2013, current
developments and future prospects.
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Product mix and
product trends
– shares for general purpose kits, special purpose kits, refills.
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Supply structure
of the first aid products sector including market shares of leading
suppliers.
SAFETY SIGNS
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Market size in
value terms
from 2003-2008, with forecasts through to 2013, current
developments and future prospects.
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Key market
influences
including the smoke free regulations of July 2007, decline of
manufacturing base, problems in 2008-09 etc.
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Product mix and
product trends
for hazard/warning, mandatory, prohibition, safe condition and fire
fighting signs.
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Supply structure
of the safety signs sector of leading suppliers.
SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION
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Profiles of the
main manufacturers of health & safety products, e.g. Sperian
Protection, Tyco, Aearo, 3M, Martindale, JSP, North, Bollé, Uvex,
Polyco, Comasec, Ansell, Globus, Moldex, Deb, Gojo, Degussa,
Kimberly-Clark, SCA Hygiene, Georgia Pacific and Wallace Cameron etc.
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Market shares by
distribution channel (General ‘catalogue’ distributors, H +S
specialists, Equipment Hire, Others) and by distributor – key players.
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Profiles of the
main distributors of health & safety products – Arco, RS, Parker
etc.
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