Cenospheres are hollow ceramic microspheres that are a by-product of coal burning power plants. They are the lighter particles that are contained within the fly ash. The spherical shape of Cenospheres improves flowability in most applications and provides a more even distribution of the filler material. They are highly used in oil drilling, paints, fillers industries etc. The size range of cenospheres varies from 1 to 500 microns with 3000+ psi average compressive strength. In low-density concrete, cenosphere can be used as fillers; and they are also used in plastics and composite materials such as kayaks, surfboards, bowling balls. In automotive components they are used in floor tiles, fire bricks, and other industrial materials.
There are few factors that contributes chiefly to the surging demand of the cenosphere in industrial sector. As its role is to improve the durability and increase the strength of products along with allowing weight reduction and being cost effective. These factors enhance its application and demand as it interests governments, business and industrialist. The global cenospheres market is anticipated to grow strong for its increasing applications in different industries. New thermal power plants are one of the factors driving the increasing demand. It has been analysed that the growth of this segment is forecasted to its high demand in countries like Europe, North America, and Asia Pacific like India, China and Singapore. Due to rise in the production activities in Middle East countries and increase in exploration of hale gas in North America, it is expected that the demand of cenosphere will increase over the forecast period.
The report analyses the global cenospheres market based on type, end use and geography.
Based on type, the market is categorized into grey cenospheres and white cenospheres. Grey cenospheres naturally occur more frequent than white cenospheres and are used in many applications as a light weight aggregate in for example concretes, resins, plastics, paints, coatings, bricks, rubbers, foils and fillers.
Various end uses of this market are segmented into automotive; construction including production aid and volumetric filler; oil & gas such as drilling mud and well cementing; paints & coating and others including refractory, bulk fillers, etc. Cenospheres are excellent potential raw material for the manufacture of construction material like light weight building block and concrete. They yield many benefits such low density, excellent mechanical strength and reasonable cost when used as a light weight aggregate or as an additive in concrete production.
By geography, the global cenospheres market is studied across the countries of key regions such as, North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and rest of the world regions which includes Latin America, and Middle East & Africa. APAC accounted for the largest market share in 2018, primarily driven by increasing manufacturing output coupled with supportive government regulations. The industries in APAC are witnessing growth owing to the increasing per capita expenditure and growing urbanization. Moreover, the growing demand for cenospheres in thermal insulation, paints and light weight concrete products in countries, such as China, Japan, and India also contribute to the growth of the APAC cenospheres market.
The leading cenospheres market players are Petra India Group (India), Cenosphere India Pvt. Ltd. (India), Durgesh Merchandise Pvt. Ltd. (India), Omya AG (Switzerland), Qingdao Eastchem Inc. (China), Envirospheres (Australia), Scotash Limited (U.K.), PR Ecoenergy Pvt. Ltd. (India), Ceno Technologies (U.S.), Reslab Microfiller (Australia) AkzoNobel (Netherland), 3M Company (U.S.), Dennert Poraver GmbH (Germany), Merit Medical Systems (U.S.), and Momentive (U.S.).
The global cenospheres market is segmented based on type, end use and geography. Based on type, the market is categorized into grey cenospheres and white cenospheres. Grey cenospheres naturally occur more frequent than white cenospheres and are used in many applications as a light weight aggregate in for example concretes, resins, plastics, paints, coatings, bricks, rubbers, foils and fillers. Various end uses of this market are segmented into automotive; construction including production aid and volumetric filler; oil & gas such as drilling mud and well cementing; paints & coating and others including refractory, bulk fillers, etc. By geography, the global cenospheres market is studied across the countries of key regions such as, North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and rest of the world regions which includes Latin America, and Middle East & Africa. APAC accounted for the largest market share in 2018, primarily driven by increasing manufacturing output coupled with supportive government regulations.
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