AMA
Research has published the ‘Wood Panels Market – UK 2006-2010’. This
report analyses the UK market for wood-based panels, focusing on the use
of OSB, plywood, particleboard, fibreboard and
decorative panels within key end-use sectors. It incorporates
both original input and primary research, and represents a comprehensive
evaluation of this increasingly competitive and volatile market.
Key Areas Covered:-
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Overview
of Wood Panels Market.
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Market
Assessment of Product Sectors – OSB, plywood,
particleboard, fibreboard and decorative panels.
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Distribution Channels and Key Suppliers.
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End Use
Applications.
The wood panels market has experienced a relatively
volatile trading period in the last decade with global factors such as
production over-capacity and under-capacity continuing to affect the
overall value of the UK market. The supply of cheaper products from
countries such as Malaysia and, more recently, China, as well as the
competition for raw material (wood) supply from the increasingly
important Renewable Energy sector are also exerting a major influence on
the current market. Material substitution remains an issue with OSB and,
in particular, OSB3 continuing to take volume share in areas of
traditional strength for plywood and particleboard. This new report
assesses the current situation and forecasts likely market developments
over the short-medium term future.
Of Particular Interest:-
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Growth of total wood panels market.
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Growth of OSB.
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Global factors which continue to influence the UK market.
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Complexity of supply and distribution channels.
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Trends in key end-use sectors such as construction and furniture
manufacture.
Key
areas of coverage in the report include:-
TOTAL WOOD PANELS MARKET
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Overview of UK wood panels market – market
size, forecasts of market performance to 2010, key product sectors,
key factors influencing trends, etc.
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Product
Mix – plywood, particleboard, fibreboard,
OSB and decorative wood panels.
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Role of
International Trade – UK as a net importer
of wood panels, international trade by value since 2000, key import
source countries for wood panels.
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Future
Prospects – forecasts of market
performance to 2010, key factors influencing future market growth.
PRODUCT MIX
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Oriented Strand Board (OSB) – market size and development,
factors influencing growth, effects of competitive pricing, product
types and end-use sectors, forecasts of market performance to 2010.
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Plywood
– market development since 2000, forecasts to 2010, effects of
substitution by other wood panel materials, significance of
international trade.
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Particleboard – market size and characteristics, factors
influencing market growth/decline, key end-use sectors,
international trade, forecasts of market performance to 2010.
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Fibreboard – performance of market since 2000 with forecasts of
future growth to 2010, growing influence of MDF within the market,
increased production by UK based manufacturers.
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Decorative Panels – definition and types of decorative coatings
and surface types, market size and characteristics, key end-use
sectors, estimates of market performance to 2010.
KEY
SUPPLIERS & DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS
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Review
of leading suppliers in the wood panels market
- including manufacturers, importers, distributors, timber merchants
and wholesalers.
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Identification of key distribution channels
– review of major sectors such as builders merchants, DIY multiples,
etc
KEY END USE SECTORS
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Review of Construction, Furniture Manufacture and Shop-Fitting
Markets – characteristics and market
performance of leading sectors, key factors influencing growth,
market size, identification of key sub-sectors for wood panels, etc.
FUTURE PROSPECTS / KEY INFLUENCES
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