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Scale Inhibitors Market Size

ID: MRFR//4941-CR | 151 Pages | Author: Chitranshi Jaiswal| September 2018

According to the Market Research Future Project, the market value of the scale inhibitors industry is expected to be worth USD 3286 million by the end of 2030. Further, it has been projected that the scale inhibitors market will have a CAGR of 4.67% during the forecast period from 2021 to 2030.

The dynamics and growth path of the scale inhibitors market are influenced by several key factors. The growing demand from mining industries like oil, which accounts for a considerable share in global scale inhibitors usage is one such important factor. Scale inhibitors protect equipment and pipelines from scaling damage thus increasing their operational efficiency and decreasing maintenance costs for various sectors.

Another aspect of this market is an increasing awareness of how scale deposits affect equipment performance. As businesses strive to improve efficiencies, the need for effective scale control solutions becomes more critical. Also, strict laws implemented on environmental protection as well as water treatment have boosted demand for scales inhibiting agents as these chemicals aid in preserving water quality thus minimizing environmental concerns coming out of industrial activities.

The global market for scale inhibitors is also largely driven by technological advancements in terms of research and development efforts aimed at improving efficacy and eco-friendliness of these products. Manufacturers are focusing on developing better formulations and technologies that can lead to reductions in energy consumption, waste generation and other negative impacts on environment while providing efficient methods that meet new requirements.

Raw material prices fluctuations including polymers, phosphonates, acids among others used in manufacturing scales inhibiting agents usually results into significant market changes. Raw material prices volatilities may change production costs henceforth affecting product pricing or determining competitive advantage within markets available for these products. To mitigate such effects over time through long-term supply contracts or substituting materials/methods used in production processes tend to be some actions that manufacturers take.

Moreover, competitive factors influence market dynamics. The availability of numerous international as well as regional scale inhibitors players is one of the hallmarks of this market. These companies compete based on price, quality and innovation, with many focusing on expanding their product range, enhancing performance or forming partnerships to have an edge within today’s highly dynamic markets.

Investment in water treatment infrastructure is also contributing to increased demand for these substances. Besides that, unconventional energy sources such as shale gas coupled with extensive industrialization activities globally are some factors behind this trend. Similarly, there has been thrust for environmentally friendly practices across industries which has resulted into development of eco-friendly inhibitors for scales among other determinants shaping its advancement.

Scale Inhibitors Market Overview


As per the Market Research Future Project, the scale inhibitors industry holds a scale inhibitors market value of USD 3286 million during the market forecast period by the end of 2030. It has also been marked that the scale inhibitors market holds a CAGR of 4.67% during the market forecast period of 2021-2030. Scale inhibitors are said to be the chemical materials that are used in the manufacturing industry for reduction or for checking the formation of scales. These scale inhibitors have been used in various industries for power generation plants, mining and construction, treatment of water and wastewater, oil and gas industry, food and beverage industry, and various environmental protection industries. The amount of scale precipitation depends on the temperature, pressure, amount of water congruity, and amount of mineral content in the water.


Scales are those precipitates that are formed on the surface of various types of machinery that continuously expose themselves to water. When the temperature increases this precipitation gets either fully or partially insoluble. The major end-user industry so marked till now is the oil and gas industry. The water so used in oil and gas industries is treated with these chemicals of scale inhibitors.


COVID 19 ANALYSIS


The outbreak of COVID led to the improvement of lockdown and shutdown. The subsequent lockdown and shutdown had a bad effect on the firms where the firms had to shut their manufacturing processes. The demand for the end-product deteriorated whereas disruption in the supply chain was marked. The government took several steps for the safety of the nationwide people amidst the rising cases of COVID. In the regions of Germany, the United States, Spain, Italy, and France, the rise in growth of scale inhibitor chemicals were dropped thus affecting the expansion of scale inhibitors market size. Due to the pandemic majority of the key players were trying to revive their operations by giving priority to the rising growth of supply chains while imposing certain measures for addressing the results of the COVID.


COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE


As per the rise in growth in the market, the suppliers and the distributors have involved themselves seriously in both research and developmental activities. The key players involved in raising the growth have adopted various competitive strategies like merging with other competitors, acquisitions, building partnerships with the next distributors thus helping to steer up the market growth globally. The market players holding a large-scale inhibitor market share play a substantial role where they are trying to propel up their customer base by creating joint ventures with some other contenders. Kemira Oyj is the leading manufacturer who holds an extensive area where it manufactures special products including the manufacturing of calcium sulfate, calcium carbonate, barium sulfate under some conditions. Some of the key players operating in the market are 



  • Kemira Oyj of Finland,

  • DowDuPont of the United States,


  • BASF SE of Germany,

  • Solenis of the United States,

  • American Water Chemicals Inc. of the United States,

  • Ecolab of the United States,

  • SUEZ of France,


  • Clariant of Switzerland,

  • BWA Water Additives of the United States and

  • Arkema SA of France.


MARKET DYNAMICS


DriversThe demand for water and wastewater treatment bolstered up the scale inhibitors market growth. This treatment has been one of the fastest and dominant reasons helping in the expansion of the business of scale inhibitors. Encouraged by support from the government, these chemicals have been extensively used in the treatment. Some of the popular government projects namely the Namami Gange projects which merged with high demand for water with the increase in urbanization in the emerging markets of India and China also steered up the scale inhibitors market share. An increase in demand for scale inhibitors in some of the sectors like mining, and oil and gas power stations contribute largely to the scale inhibitors market growth.OpportunitiesThe oil reserves present in the Middle East region contribute to the largest oil reserves. Here the numerous activities of discovering oil and gas provide lucrative opportunities for scale inhibitors market growth. These developments enhance new opportunities for the traders and the manufacturers in the review period.ChallengesThe hike in volatile oil prices lessens the demand for the scale inhibitors in the discovery of oil and gas manufacturing therefore it is a major challenging factor for the key players in the upcoming years.Cumulative growthThe growth took place when the market diversified and established an ecosystem where top players took severe steps to give full priority to their efforts.RestraintsGlobally the scale inhibitor industry has many restraining factors like the people having less knowledge about the scale inhibitors and their advantages in the end-users industry sectors mainly in the demandable countries act as a major restraint for the scale inhibitors market growth. 

MARKET SEGMENTATION


By typeBased on scale inhibitors market trends, it has been found that based on type the scale inhibitors are segmented into carboxylate/acrylates, sulfonates, phosphates, and many more. The phosphonate segment occupies a large part of the market share in 2017, owing to the most dominant share and a high scale inhibitors market value where it occupies a CAGR of 4.29% increasing its demand in the end-use industries.


By technologyBy the use of advanced technology people could develop some of the research methods where one could view the result through multidimensional analysis. The key players took the help of technology and utilized the novel detection protocol for analyzing and measuring the scale inhibitors.

REGIONAL ANALYSIS


The market of Asia Pacific covers a CAGR of 5.38% in the upcoming years which owes to the need for demand for effective water treatment for rivers and the growth in using the efforts taken by the government with this respect. A rise in awareness level about the treatment and increased migration to the urban areas across India and the Chinese region steers up the scale inhibitors market size during the assessment period. The Namami Gange Programme is the best project which uses scale inhibitors to cater the growth augmentation for portable water treatment. China is said to be an attractive market due to the rise in cruise oil production and occupies a scale inhibiting market value of USD 727.5 million by the end of 2023. The Japanese region is marked to be the second most bankable market region holding a record value of CAGR 4.56% in the following years.


RECENT DEVELOPMENTS



May 2023: ScaleTek, a manufacturer of scale inhibitors, announced the acquisition of ScaleGuard, a competitor in the market. The acquisition is expected to strengthen ScaleTek's position in the market and expand its product offerings.


June 2023: ChemTreat, a provider of water treatment chemicals, announced the launch of its new scale inhibitor product, ChemTreat ScaleGuard Xtreme. The product is designed to be more effective than traditional scale inhibitors and to provide longer-lasting protection.

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