FDCA(Furandicarboxylic Acid) 시장의 장래성 및 부문 예측

Furandicarboxylic acid or FDCA is an oxidized furan derivative and is a highly stable compound. Owing to its potential of being used as a substitute to a wide variety of petrochemicals such as adipic acid and terephthalic acid, there has been extensive R&D over the past decade. FDCA was classified by the US Department of Energy as one of 12 priority chemicals for establishing the "green" chemistry industry of the future. Until today, FDCA was never commercialized in industrial volumes as the production process was not economically viable. The key concern for economic production of FDCA is the instability of the intermediate needed for the production of FDCA - 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF). The synthesis of 2,5-Furandicarboxylic acid is much easier than the synthesis of HMF, where the main problems are the need of expensive catalysts, need of high pressure, decomposition of HMF to levulinic and formic acid, separation of DMSO and toxicity of byproducts if DMSO if used as a solvent. FDCA currently supplied is used for scientific purpose and the supply is customized based on client requirement.

Economic production of FDCA is expected lead to a huge demand for bio-based FDCA as it has the potential to replace a large number of petrol based chemicals and also bio based intermediates such as levulinic acid and succinic acid. The properties of FDCA result in superior end product and lesser by products. Avantium recently announced it had developed an economic way to manufacture FDCA from sugar. However, the availability of raw material would be a key matter of concern over the next six years. The mass production of FDCA has to be served by huge feedstock input which would make the raw material suppliers a key part of the market. Cargill is one of the largest suppliers of bio based raw materials such as sugar. Avantium has collaborated with Cargill for the supply of starch based feed stock in order to run their pilot plant.

The report is based on market potential for FDCA over the next six years taking into account the economic production of FDCA by Avantium post commercialization in 2016. There can also be other potential producers, as several patents in the area of HMF, and FDCA synthesis were filed in the past few years. E.g. the Wisconsine Alumni Research Foundation has developed a method for selective dehydration of carbohydrates to produce furan derivatives (mainly HMF) with high yields in a separation friendly solvent. Despite of this and other patents available in this area, no other than Avantium published agreements on commercialization were done yet.

Application Insights

The potential application segments covered in the report include PET, polyamides, polycarbonates, plasticizers and polyester polyols. The use of FDCA in the production of PET is expected to have highest market potential by 2020, accounting for over 60% of global FDCA consumption. Since PET is used is food and packaging industry, there is key interest in the development of bio based PET. With replacement of terephthalic acid by FDCA and by using of renewable EG, a 100% renewable polyester, such as 2,5-furandicarboxylate (PEF) can be produced which can be used as a substitute to PET. The other important application of FDCA is expected to be polyamides. The segment is expected to account for over 15% of FDCA consumption in 2013. FDCA is expected to gain importance in the development of novel property bio products. Plasticizers is another key application segment due to the need for substitute for phthalate-based plasticizers and FDCA esters can be ideal replacement.

Competitive Insights

As of 2013, there are very few companies that manufactured and sell FDCA on demand due to the lack to economic viability. The main current producers of FDCA are Synbias, V & V Pharma Industries, Carbone Scientific Tokyo Chemical Industry and Chemsky. However, Aventium has announced a new technology involving a reactive separation technology and catalyst which would result in economic production of FDCA at USD 1000 per ton from 2016. The company is currently running a pilot plant with a 40 ton per annum capacity in Geelen. The company plans to start industrial production in 2016 with a capacity between 30,000 to 50,000 tons per annum. The real commercialization is planned for 2018 with capacity exceeding 300,000 tons per annum.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Executive Summary

• 1.1 FDCA -Critical Success Factors (CSFs)

Chapter 2 FDCA Industry Outlook

• 2.1 Market Segmentation
• 2.2 Market Potential and Growth Prospects
• 2.3 FDCA Value Chain Analysis
• 2.4 FDCA Market Dynamics
  • 2.4.1 Market driver analysis
    • 2.4.1.1 Increased demand for bio based PET
    • 2.4.1.2 Stringent regulation for use of phthalate based plasticizers
    • 2.4.1.3 Use of FDCA as a replacement to bio based adipic acid
  • 2.4.2 Market restraint analysis
    • 2.4.2.1 Economically unviable manufacturing process
    • 2.4.2.2 Availability of raw materials
• 2.5 Key Opportunities Prioritized
• 2.6 Industry Analysis - Porter's
• 2.7 FDCA - PESTEL Analysis
• 2.8 Addressable Market for FDCA, 2013

Chapter 3 FDCA Application Outlook

• 3.1 PET
  • 3.1.1 Market potential of FDCA in PET, 2012 - 2020, (Tons) (USD Million)
• 3.2 Polyamides
  • 3.2.1 Market potential of FDCA in Polyamides , 2012 - 2020, (Tons) (USD Million)
• 3.3 Polycarbonates
  • 3.3.1 Market potential of FDCA in Polycarbonates, 2012 - 2020, (Tons) (USD Million)
• 3.4 Plasticizers
  • 3.4.1 Market potential of FDCA in Plasticizers, 2012 - 2020, (Tons) (USD Million)
• 3.5 Polyester Polyols
  • 3.5.1 Market potential of FDCA in Polyester Polyols, 2012 - 2020, (Tons) (USD Million)
• 3.6 Others
  • 3.6.1 Market potential of FDCA in other applications, 2012 - 2020, (Tons) (USD Million)

Chapter 4 FDCA Competitive Landscape

• 4.1 Avantium
  • 4.1.1 Company Overview
  • 4.1.2 Financial Performance
  • 4.1.3 Strategic Initiatives
• 4.2 Synbias
  • 4.2.1 Company Overview
  • 4.2.2 Financial Performance
  • 4.2.3 Strategic Initiatives
• 4.3 V&V Pharma Industries
  • 4.3.1 Company Overview
  • 4.3.2 Financial Performance
  • 4.3.3 Strategic Initiatives
• 4.4 Carbone Scientific
  • 4.4.1 Company Overview
  • 4.4.2 Financial Performance
  • 4.4.3 Strategic Initiatives
• 4.5 Tokyo Chemical Industry
  • 4.5.1 Company Overview
  • 4.5.2 Financial Performance
  • 4.5.3 Strategic Initiatives
• 4.6 Chemsky
  • 4.6.1 Company Overview
  • 4.6.2 Financial Performance
  • 4.6.3 Strategic Initiatives

Chapter 5 Methodology and Scope

• 5.1 Research Methodology
• 5.2 Research Scope & Assumption
• 5.3 List of Data Sources

List of Tables

• 1. Global FDCA market potential volume and revenue, 2012 - 2020
• 2. Global FDCA market potential volume by application, (Tons), 2012 - 2020
• 3. Global FDCA market potential revenue by application, (USD Million), 2012 - 2020
• 4. Potential market volume of FDCA in PET, 2012 - 2020, (Tons)
• 5. Potential market revenue of FDCA in PET, 2012 - 2020, (USD Million)
• 6. Potential market volume of FDCA in Polyamides , 2012 - 2020, (Tons)
• 7. Potential market revenue of FDCA in Polyamides , 2012 - 2020, (USD Million)
• 8. Potential market volume of FDCA in Polycarbonates, 2012 - 2020, (Tons)
• 9. Potential market revenue of FDCA in Polycarbonates, 2012 - 2020, (USD Million)
• 10. Potential market volume of FDCA in Plasticizers, 2012 - 2020, (Tons)
• 11. Potential market revenue of FDCA in Plasticizers, 2012 - 2020, (USD Million)
• 12. Potential market volume of FDCA in Polyester Polyols, 2012 - 2020, (Tons)
• 13. Potential market revenue of FDCA in Polyester Polyols, 2012 - 2020, (USD Million)
• 14. Potential market volume of FDCA in other application, 2012 - 2020, (Tons)
• 15. Potential market revenue of FDCA in other application, 2012 - 2020, (USD Million)

List of Figures

• 1. FDCA critical success factors (CSFs)
• 2. FDCA market segmentation
• 3. Global FDCA market potential (volume & revenue), 2012 - 2020
• 4. Global FDCA potential market volumes growth by application, (Tons), 2012 - 2020
• 5. FDCA market dynamics
• 6. Key opportunities prioritized
• 7. Industry analysis - Porter's
• 8. FDCA PESTEL analysis, 2013
• 9. FDCA market potential volume share by application, 2020
• 10. Market potential of FDCA in PET, 2012 - 2020, (Tons) (USD Million)
• 11. Market potential of FDCA in Polyamides, 2012 - 2020, (Tons) (USD Million)
• 12. Market potential of FDCA in Polycarbonates, 2012 - 2020, (Tons) (USD Million)
• 13. Market potential of FDCA in Plasticizers, 2012 - 2020, (Tons) (USD Million)
• 14. Market potential of FDCA in Polyester Polyols, 2012 - 2020, (Tons) (USD Million)
• 15. Market potential of FDCA in other application, 2012 - 2020, (Tons) (USD Million)