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Admixtures are ingredients other than water, aggregates, hydraulic cement, and fibers that are added to the concrete batch immediately before or during mixing, in nominal quantities. A proper use of admixtures offers certain beneficial effects to concrete, including improved quality, acceleration or retardation of setting time, enhanced frost and sulphate resistance, control of strength development, improved workability, and enhanced finish ability. The effectiveness of an admixture depends upon factors such as type, brand, and amount of cementing materials; water content; aggregate shape, gradation, and proportions; mixing time; slump; and temperature of the concrete. Water-reducing admixtures are used to reduce the quantity of mixing water required to produce concrete of a certain slump, reduce water-cement ratio, reduce cement content, or increase slump. Moreover, Air-entraining admixtures are used to purposely introduce and stabilize microscopic air bubbles in concrete. Air entrainment will dramatically improve the durability of concrete exposed to cycles of freezing and thawing.
The global concrete admixtures market is observing significant growth owing to increasing building & construction activities & infrastructure projects, improving quality of construction in developing countries, and requirement for reduction in water usage & construction time. The market is further boosted by increasing demand to improve the practices and materials used in construction. Due to the widespread availability of urban and technologically advanced infrastructure, the demand for concrete admixtures in developed countries is primarily required for further development of existing facilities, which necessitates the innovation of more effective and reliable admixtures. However, the market is hindered by unstable cost of raw materials and energy.
The report analyses the global concrete admixtures market based on type, application and geography.
Based on type, the market is categorized into mineral admixture including fly ash, granulated blast furnace slag, silica fume and rice husk ash; and chemical admixture such as, superplasticizers, normal plasticizers, accelerating agents, retarding agents, air-entraining agents, waterproofing admixtures and others concrete admixtures. Plasticizers, often called superplasticizers, are essentially high-range water reducers. These admixtures are added to concrete with a low-to-normal slump and water-cement ratio to make high-slump flowing concrete.
Furthermore, various applications of this market are categorized into residential, non-residential and infrastructure. Concrete admixtures are used in various areas of infrastructure, such as bridges, roads, dams, tunnels, water reservoirs, sewage and water treatment plants, and subway systems.
By geography, the global concrete admixtures market is studied across the countries of key regions such as, North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and rest of the world. In 2018, APAC held the largest revenue share as emerging countries, such as China and India, offer lucrative opportunities to market players, due to the growing urbanization and industrialization. Thus, significantly large population base, rise in construction activities and increase in disposable income are expected to drive the growth of the market in this region. Furthermore, North America is expected to witness lucrative growth over the forecast period owing to supportive government initiatives and improving infrastructure. Additionally, economic developments in countries, such as Brazil and Middle East are expected to help spur the market growth.
The leading concrete admixtures market players are Ashland Inc., BASF SE, CEMEX Admixtures PLC, CICO Technologies Ltd, Euclid Chemical Company, Fosroc International, MAPEI, Pidilite Industries, RPM International Inc., Sika AG, DowDuPont and GCP Applied Technologies Inc. (W.R. Grace & Co.). These companies have adopted various strategies, such as new product launches, collaborations, technological advancements, M&A, to sustain their position in the market.
The global concrete admixtures market is segmented based on type, application and geography. Based on type, the market is categorized into mineral admixture including fly ash, granulated blast furnace slag, silica fume and rice husk ash; and chemical admixture such as, superplasticizers, normal plasticizers, accelerating agents, retarding agents, air-entraining agents, waterproofing admixtures and others concrete admixtures. Furthermore, various applications of this market are categorized into residential, non-residential and infrastructure. Concrete admixtures are used in various areas of infrastructure, such as bridges, roads, dams, tunnels, water reservoirs, sewage and water treatment plants, and subway systems. By geography, the global concrete admixtures market is studied across the countries of key regions such as, North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and rest of the world. In 2018, APAC held the largest revenue share as emerging countries, such as China and India, offer lucrative opportunities to market players, due to the growing urbanization and industrialization. Thus, significantly large population base, rise in construction activities and increase in disposable income are expected to drive the growth of the market in this region.
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