INTRODUCTION and OVERVIEW

AMA Research will shortly publish the 3rd Edition of the report "Wood Panels Market - UK 2009-13".  The report assesses developments in the market in terms of market value; trends; product mix; supply and distribution structures; key influencing factors; as well as providing forecasts on future market size and comments on possible future developments.    The report provides detailed analysis of  the following: Overview of Wood Panels Market. Market Assessment of Product Sectors – Decorative panels, particleboard, plywood, fibreboard and OSB. Identification of key end-use sectors. Key Suppliers. Distribution Channels

Areas of particular interest include:-

• Challenging conditions in 2008/09 and market response to construction downturn.

• Issue of pricing volatility and its effects on market performance.

• International trade continuing to influence the UK market.

• Trends in key end-use sectors such as construction, furniture, shopfitting, etc.

• Comment on key market influences and trends with forecasts of market performance to 2013.

Companies included:

Abet, Advanced Technical Panels (ATP), Arnold Laver Timberworld, Barlows Boards, Blackheath Products, Boardcraft, Bushboard, Egger UK, Falcon Panel Products, Finnforrest UK, Finsa, Formica, Hills Panel Products, International Decorative Surfaces, James Latham plc, Kronospan, LW Wedd & Son, Medite Europe Ltd, Montague L Meyer, Norbord, Pfleiderer Industrie, Plasman Laminate Products, Premier Forest Products, Pressbond Fabrications, Sonae UK, SPA, The Worktop Shop, Timbmet, Total Laminate Systems, Unilin UK, Wilsonart, Winwood Products, Yorkshire Postformers. 

Key areas of coverage in the report include:-

THE MARKET

• Market overview of wood panels market – definition; market background; key trends.

• Market size - analysis of size by value.

• Review of key market influences – housing completions; construction output by sector, UK furniture market (by sector), shopfitting, etc. – market values 2004-08.

• International Trade – impact on UK market for wood panels and recent trends in imports and exports of wood based panels.

• Legislation and Environmental issues

• Overview – product mix for total wood panels market share by value (2008) between wood panel types.

• Decorative Panels – market performance from 2003-08 including key influencing factors with current forecasts to 2013; % mix by value for surface materials, international trade in decorative panels and key end-use sectors.

• Particleboard – recent history of market from 2003-08 with current estimates of market performance to 2013, key influencing factors on recent market activity, influence of end-use sectors on the particleboard market, level of international trade and analysis of future prospects.

• Plywood – influence of international trade on the UK plywood market, market history from 2003-08 with forecasts of currently anticipated performance to 2013, identification of key factors underpinning recent market performance and analysis of short-medium term market prospects.

• Fibreboard – influence of price and falling demand on recent sector performance, market history from 2003-08 together with current outlook to 2013, identification of key end-use sectors and their influence on the market, examination of key factors influencing future market growth.

• OSB – review of recent market performance from 2003-08, key influences  on performance including downturn in construction & raw materials pricing, international trade statistics, review of future performance of OSB market to 2013.

SUPPLIERS AND DISTRIBUTION

• Overview – market structure, major suppliers; product ranges offered; market shares of major players.

• Review of leading suppliers – including turnover, product ranges, etc. 

• Distribution structure for wood panels – highlighting complexity in market with large number of competing channels, importers, distributors etc. – problems of overlap and double-counting. 

• Future prospects for the wood panels market – market size forecasts by sector 2008-2013; factors affecting forecast; economic factors; trends in terms of product mix, innovation and development, supply and distribution, etc. 

• Key influencing factors in market – including volatility of raw materials pricing, levels of global demand, prospects for UK construction market, etc.