2024-2031年全球塑膠母粒市場

Plastic Masterbatches Market, Global, 2024-2031

出版日期: 2025年07月09日 | 出版商:

Frost & Sullivan | 英文 44 Pages | 商品交期: 最快1-2個工作天內

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簡介目錄

永續、多功能、高價值母粒解決方案的開發帶來新的成長機會

母粒市場包括顏色、添加劑、白色、黑色和填充物部分，並分為兩個最終產品組：熱塑性塑膠和熱固性塑膠。

製造商使用母粒更有效地將顏料和添加劑添加到聚合物樹脂和彈性體中。這些化合物透過增強分散性來提高產品的均勻性和製程穩定性。它們還不含危險化學品，因此處理起來更安全。母粒以無塵顆粒的母粒供應，可保持生產區域清潔，減少交叉污染，並加快產品轉換速度。因此，與傳統的顏料和添加劑相比，包裝、農業、紡織和醫療保健等行業越來越青睞母粒。

2024年，添加劑和母粒佔據全球市場佔有率的首位（無論在價值或數量上），預計在預測期內仍將保持領先地位。添加劑母粒可改善塑膠的性能，而母粒則可增強聚合物的多功能性，使製造商能夠滿足多樣化的最終用途需求。

預計到2024年，熱塑性塑膠（包括熱塑性聚合物和彈性體）將佔據全球母粒消費量的最大佔有率。製造商利用母粒來獲得一致的著色效果並增強基礎樹脂的性能。相較之下，熱固性產品（例如合成橡膠和熱固性樹脂）使用的母粒較少，預計這一趨勢將持續下去。這些領域的最終用戶傾向於選擇成本較低的粉末和液體顏料及添加劑，而不是固體和液體母粒。

發展中國家，尤其是亞太地區和中東及非洲地區，中產階級人口和家庭收入正在快速成長。這種轉變推動了商品化熱塑性產品的可自由支配支出的增加。隨著這些地區最終產品開發的不斷擴展，母粒的無塵處理和多功能性優勢正在推動其應用。

同時，北美和歐洲的成熟市場優先考慮高性能、永續的材料，領先的製造商提供先進的母粒，以確保出色的色彩一致性、均勻的添加劑分散、無塵加工、可回收性以及與各種載體樹脂的兼容性。

成長指標
母粒市場概況與範圍
母粒製造程序
成長動力
成長動力分析
成長抑制因素
成長抑制因素分析
新產品開發
熱塑性塑膠的促進因素和限制因素圖形摘要
促進因素與限制因素的圖形摘要：熱固性樹脂
收益和銷售預測
收益和出貨量預測分析
母粒市場價格趨勢及預測
價格趨勢及預測分析
各地區收益預測
各地區銷售預測
按地區分類的收益和銷售預測分析
按用途細分的數量和收益
母粒市場價值鏈
競爭環境

成長引擎：熱塑性塑膠

熱塑性母粒市場：細分特徵與概述
收益和銷售預測
預測分析
按產品分類的收益預測
各產品出貨量預測
針對特定產品的預測分析

生長發生器：熱固性樹脂

熱固性樹脂母粒市場：細分特徵和概述
收益和銷售預測
預測分析
按產品分類的收益預測
各產品出貨量預測
針對特定產品的預測分析

成長機會宇宙

成長機會1：注重質量
成長機會二：促進永續性
成長機會三：創新合作

附錄與後續步驟

成長機會的益處和影響
後續步驟Next steps
材料清單
免責聲明

簡介目錄

Product Code: PFR8-86

Development of Sustainable, Multifunctional, and Value-added Masterbatch Solutions Is Driving New Growth Opportunities

The masterbatches market includes color, additive, white, black, and filler segments. It also comprises 2 end-product families: thermoplastics and thermosets.

Manufacturers use masterbatches to incorporate pigments and additives into polymer resins and elastomers more efficiently. These compounds improve product uniformity and process stability by enhancing dispersion. They also encapsulate hazardous chemicals, making handling safer. Supplied in dust-free pellet form, masterbatches keep production areas cleaner, reduce cross-contamination, and speed up product changeovers. As a result, industries such as packaging, agriculture, textiles, and medical increasingly prefer masterbatches over conventional pigments and additives.

In 2024, additive and color masterbatches accounted for the largest global market shares by both value and volume. They are likely to maintain this lead during the forecast period. Additive masterbatches enhance plastic performance, while color masterbatches increase polymer versatility, allowing manufacturers to meet diverse end-use requirements.

Thermoplastics-including thermoplastic polymers and elastomers-represented the largest share of global masterbatch consumption in 2024. Manufacturers rely on them for consistent color addition and performance enhancement of base resins. By contrast, thermoset-based products, such as synthetic rubbers and thermoset resins, showed lower masterbatch usage-a trend that is expected to persist. End-users in these segments often choose powdered or liquid pigments and additives, which offer lower costs than solid or liquid masterbatches.

Developing countries, particularly in APAC and MEASA, have witnessed a sharp rise in middle-class populations and household incomes. This shift has increased discretionary spending on commoditized thermoplastic products. The dust-free handling and multifunctional benefits of masterbatches are driving their adoption as end-product development expands in these regions.

Meanwhile, mature markets in North America and Europe are prioritizing high-performance and sustainable materials. Leading producers are offering advanced masterbatches that ensure superior color consistency, uniform additive dispersion, dust-free processing, recyclability, and compatibility with various carrier resins.

The Impact of the Top 3 Strategic Imperatives on the Plastic Masterbatches Industry

Competitive Intensity

Why:
By definition, masterbatches provide plastic processors with a method for incorporating required pigments and additives into compounds. However, alternative routes to market exist that do not rely on masterbatches, keeping competitive intensity high.
Companies offering substitute forms continually evolve their products, requiring masterbatch specialists to stay vigilant and responsive to these developments.
Frost Perspective:
Although masterbatches offer customers significant convenience, they often cost more than in-house compounding. As a result, cost-conscious customers pose one of the biggest risks to masterbatch suppliers.
Technical innovations in alternative solutions also present a threat-particularly those that enhance convenience and erode the competitive edge of masterbatches, such as liquid colors and additives.

Industry Convergence

Why:
Relatively few masterbatch suppliers remain "pure-play," as many also operate in other tiers of the plastics value chain.
Companies often pursue vertical integration as a key advantage in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity. For example, LyondellBasell acquired A. Schulman in 2018, and PolyOne acquired Clariant Masterbatches in 2020 to form Avient-adding masterbatch capabilities to broader portfolios.
Since then, M&A activity in the industry has focused heavily on acquiring regional and local players to expand geographic reach.
Frost Perspective:
Mergers, acquisitions, and strategic collaborations-such as Sukano's acquisition of KAYS Kft. and the Hubron-Graphenest alliance-are intensifying competition and accelerating market consolidation in the masterbatch industry.
While these moves strengthen larger players, they create pressure on smaller manufacturers, leading to an uneven market share and differentiation landscape.

Transformative Mega Trends

Why:
As in other markets, environmental sustainability is taking center stage in the plastics industry.
Regulatory bodies are pushing for higher recycled content through circular economy mandates, driving manufacturers to adapt their formulations by incorporating more post-consumer resin (PCR).
Frost Perspective:
Stricter plastic waste regulations and the growing focus on the circular economy pose a significant risk to masterbatch manufacturers.
As recycled plastics gain traction, demand for new masterbatches declines because recycled materials often already contain additives and colors.

Research Scope

Masterbatches Market Overview and Scope
Segmentation

Strategic Imperatives

Why Is It Increasingly Difficult to Grow?
The Strategic Imperative 8
The Impact of the Top 3 Strategic Imperatives on the Plastic Masterbatches Industry
Growth Opportunities Fuel the Growth Pipeline Engine