Silane Market Size, Share & Industry Analysis, By Type (Organo-functional Silane, Mono/Chloro Silane), By Function (Coupling agents, Adhesion promoters, Hydrophobing and dispersing agents, Moisture scavengers, Silicate stabilizers), By Application (Fiberglass, Plastic & Composites, Paints & Coatings, Inks, Adhesive & Sealants, Others) Others and Regional Forecast, 2024-2032

Silane is a chemical compound, derived from a family of silicon and other atoms such as carbon, nitrogen and hydrogen. Silane consists of chain of silicon atoms which are bounded covalently to hydrogen atoms. Industrially, silane is produced from the metallurgical grade silicon in two-steps process. In the initial step, powdered silicon is reacted with hydrochloric acid at around 300˚C to produce trichlorosilane along with hydrogen gas. The tricholorosilane is then boiled on a resinous bed containing a catalyst, which produce silane and silicon tetrachloride. Silanes are used in various industrial and medical applications as it greatly improves wetting properties, compression strength, shear strength, and others.

Rapidly increasing paints & coatings industry is the major market driver. Building & construction activity is increasing in developing regions such as Asia Pacific and Middle East & Africa, and thus resulting in increasing demand for paints & coatings. Furthermore, growing demand from the automotive industry is expected to increase silane sales, as it is used in plastics on a large scale.

The key market restraint for saline market is the increase in the pricing of raw materials used for the production of silane. The silane price is completely based on the availability of the raw material, and in the case of fossil fuel raw material, its prices tend to change. Also, the price associated with the product is high, hence hindering the market for wax emulsion.

SILANE MARKET Segmentation ANALYSIS:

Based on the type, the market has been segmented into Organo-functional Silane, and Mono/Chloro Silane. Based on function, the market has been segmented into Coupling agents, Adhesion promoters, Hydrophobing and dispersing agents, Moisture scavengers, Silicate stabilizers. Key applications included in the report are Fiberglass, Plastic & Composites, Paints & Coatings, Inks, Adhesive & Sealants, Others. From a geographical standpoint, the market is categorized into North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America, and the Middle East and Africa.

Key Players Covered:

• BRB International BV


• Qufu Chenguang Chemical Co. Ltd.


• Dow Inc.


• Gelest Inc.


• Onichem, Evonik Industries


• OCI


• Nanjing Union Silicon Chemical Co., Ltd.


• Silar


• Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. Ltd.


• Others

Regional ANALYSIS:

Geographically silane market is divided into North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and Middle East & Africa. Asia-Pacific dominates silane due to increase in building & construction activities in the region. In China and India there is significant demand from infrastructure industry and has resulted into robust growth in the China and India construction industry, and thus increase in demand for silane market in this region. High demand for paints & coatings industry in North America is expected to have positive impact on the demand of silane market in this region. Europe silane market is driven by the increase in demand for fuel-efficient cars with less CO₂ emission, will further increase a demand for composite based cars. The market for silane in Middle East & Africa is expected to increase due to the heavy form paints & coatings activities in this region. The market for floor coating in Latin America is expected to grow at a slow space due to less commercialization and building & construction activities and less demand for silane in paints & coatings industry.

Segmentation

Key Industry Developments

• July 2019, Gelest Inc., announced the acquisition of Bimax, a leading manufacturer and marketer of high purity methacrylate and specialty monomers of Pennsylvania, USA. These prodcuts will complement Gelest’s reactive siloxane materials for manufacturer of contact lenses, dental composition and other products.


• January 2017, Momentive Performance Materials Inc. has acquired the operating assets of Sea Lion Technology, Inc. located in Texas City, Texas. Sea Lion is a contract chemical manufacturer which as manufactured silane products for Momentive more than decade including silanes sold under Momentive’s NXT brand. Sea Lion will continue to manufacture NXT silane as an integrated part of Momentive’s global supply chain and will join company’s 24 other manufacturing facilties around the world.