INDUSTRY MARKET RESEARCH FOR BUSINESS LEADERS, STRATEGISTS, DECISION MAKERS CLICK TO VIEW Table of Contents 2 List of Tables & Charts 3 Study Overview 4 Sample Text, Table & Chart 5 Sample Profile, Table & Forecast 6 Order Form & Corporate Use License 7 About Freedonia, Custom Research, Related Studies, 8 Wood-Plastic Composite & Plastic Lumber Industry Study with Forecasts for 2013 & 2018 Study #3145 | June 2014 | $5300 | 364 pages The Freedonia Group 767 Beta Drive www.freedoniagroup.com Cleveland, OH • 44143-2326 • USA Toll Free US Tel: 800.927.5900 or +1 440.684.9600 Fax: +1 440.646.0484 E-mail: [email protected] Study #3145 June 2014 Wood-Plastic Composite $5300 364 Pages & Plastic Lumber US Industry Study with Forecasts for 2018 & 2023 Table of Contents Wood-Plastic Composite & Plastic Decking .......... 92 New ............................................................ 179 Wood-Plastic Composite Decking .................... 94 Improvement & Repair ................................... 182 Demand by Function ................................ 96 Demand by Application .................................. 184 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Demand by Market ................................... 97 Agricultural ...................................................... 185 Demand by Material Type .......................... 98 Product Characteristics ............................. 99 MARKET ENVIRONMENT Product Development ............................. 102 REGIONS General ...............................................................4 Suppliers .............................................. 102 General ........................................................... 188 Macroeconomic Overview ........................................5 Plastic Decking ......................................... 103 Regional Demographic & Economic Activity ........... 189 Consumer Trends ...................................................9 Demand by Function .............................. 104 Population Patterns ....................................... 189 Personal Income & Expenditures ........................ 10 Demand by Market ................................. 105 Economic Outlook ......................................... 193 Consumer Financing ......................................... 12 Demand by Material Type ........................ 106 Construction Activity ..................................... 196 Demographic Outlook........................................... 15 Suppliers .............................................. 109 Housing Trends ............................................. 199 Construction Outlook ........................................... 20 Molding & Trim ................................................. 110 Regional Wood-Plastic Composite Building Construction ...................................... 23 Molding & Trim Outlook .................................. 111 & Plastic Lumber Demand ................................. 202 Residential Buildings ................................... 25 Wood-Plastic Composite/Plastic Molding & Trim . 114 Northeast ..................................................... 204 Housing Completions................................ 27 Wood-Plastic Composite Molding & Trim ........ 115 New England ............................................. 206 Housing Stock ......................................... 32 Demand by Market ................................. 116 Middle Atlantic ......................................... 207 Improvement & Repairs ............................ 36 Product Characteristics ........................... 117 Midwest ....................................................... 208 Nonresidential Buildings ............................... 37 Plastic Molding & Trim ............................... 118 East North Central ..................................... 212 New ....................................................... 38 Demand by Market ................................. 118 West North Central ..................................... 213 Nonresidential Building Stock .................... 40 Product Characteristics ........................... 119 South .......................................................... 214 Improvement & Repairs ............................ 42 Resins .................................................. 119 South Atlantic .......................................... 216 Nonbuilding Construction ................................. 43 Suppliers .................................................. 122 East South Central ..................................... 217 Construction Expenditures ............................ 44 Fencing ........................................................... 123 West South Central .................................... 218 Nonbuilding Construction Stock ..................... 45 Fencing Outlook ............................................ 124 West ........................................................... 219 Pricing .............................................................. 47 Wood-Plastic Composite & Plastic Fencing ......... 126 Mountain ................................................. 221 Environmental Issues ........................................... 49 Wood-Plastic Composite Fencing .................. 128 Pacific ..................................................... 223 Regulations & Standards ...................................... 53 PVC Fencing.............................................. 128 Building Codes ................................................ 53 HDPE & Other Plastic Fencing ...................... 129 Materials Standards ......................................... 55 INDUSTRY STRUCTURE Suppliers ..................................................... 130 Treated Lumber ............................................... 56 General ........................................................... 225 Landscaping & Outdoor Products ......................... 131 Foreign Trade ..................................................... 57 Industry Composition ........................................ 226 Landscaping & Outdoor Products Outlook .......... 132 World Market ...................................................... 58 Market Share .................................................... 230 Wood-Plastic Composite & Plastic Landscaping North America ................................................ 59 Manufacturing .................................................. 234 & Outdoor Products Demand.......................... 133 Western Europe ............................................... 60 Extrusion ..................................................... 234 Demand by Product Type ............................. 134 Asia/Pacific .................................................... 61 Injection Molding.......................................... 235 Demand by Material & Market ...................... 136 Other Regions ................................................. 62 Equipment ................................................... 236 Suppliers .................................................. 138 Developments ............................................... 237 Windows & Doors .............................................. 139 Product Development ......................................... 238 MATERIALS Windows & Door Outlook ................................ 140 Competitive Strategies ....................................... 239 General ............................................................. 63 Wood-Plastic Composite & Marketing ........................................................ 240 Material Demand ................................................. 64 Plastic Windows & Doors .............................. 142 Distribution ..................................................... 243 Wood-Plastic Composite Lumber ............................ 65 Demand by Material & Market ...................... 144 Mergers & Acquisitions ....................................... 244 Material Characteristics .................................... 67 Product Characteristics & Suppliers............... 145 Cooperative Agreements ..................................... 246 Cellulosic Material ........................................... 68 Other Applications ............................................ 147 Plastic Resins ................................................. 71 Demand by Market ......................................... 148 Polyethylene ............................................... 72 Demand by Application .................................. 149 COMPANY PROFIles PVC ........................................................... 73 Suppliers ..................................................... 150 ACT Composite Timbers ...................................... 256 Other Resins ............................................... 74 Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies .... 257 American Vinyl Concepts .................................... 260 Additives & Modifiers ....................................... 75 MARKETS Plastic Lumber .................................................... 75 Andersen Corporation ........................................ 261 General ........................................................... 151 Material Characteristics .................................... 78 Associated Materials .......................................... 264 Residential Buildings ......................................... 154 PVC ............................................................... 78 Atrium Corporation ............................................ 269 New ...........................................................