Chemical and petrochemical industry is NICHEM’s major focusing area. NICHEM completed hundreds of custom market studies. By combining insightful industry knowledge with extensive consulting expertise in every sector of the chemical industry, such as plastics, petrochemicals, basic chemicals, intermediates and specialty chemicals etc., NICHME responds quickly and proficiently to clients’ needs for custom research and analysis. Several areas of strength for NICHEM include plastics and polymers, petrochemicals, organic chemical intermediates, and fine & specialty chemicals.

Plastics and polymers
Polymer industry is one of core focusing areas for NICHEM. Demand of polymer has been experiencing dramatic growth in China and China is going to be the world’s largest polymer market. The importance of China in polymer business becomes more evident and many overseas companies enter the China market. Manufacturers must address challenges of complex business environment dominated by downsizing and price-cutting. NICHEM assists clients in better understanding and appreciating the market dynamics and future, and identifying opportunities to simulate growth and enhancing competitive position in China.

NICHEM professional staffs are experts in primary and secondary information gathering and analysis. The extensive knowledge and expertise that NICHEM developed in polymers encompass all areas of the polymer industry. Several areas of strength for NICHEM include:

     • High-density polyethylene (HDPE)
     • Low-density polyethylene (LDPE)
     • Linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE)
     • Polyethylene (PP)
     • PVC
     • Polystyrene (HIPS/GPPS/EPS)
     • ABS
     • Engineering thermoplastics
     • Polyester chips (PET)
     • Polyester resins, unsaturated (UPR)
     • Amino moulding compounds/Amino resin
     • PMMA

Much of the work by NICHEM in the polymer industry consists of single-client studies on specific issues. NICHEM completes about a hundred of custom studies, more than 80% of studies are for multinational, focusing on:

     •Detail on producers and producer strategies—Capacity, process and technology,

      technology sources, start up, operating status, key brands/application, development, raw

      material source and expansion plan etc.
     •Supply/demand analysis—historical and forecast supply, demand and trade data.
     •Market segmentations and market share analysis—market size, market segmentations

      by sector, market segmentations by process, the market segmentations of import resins

      by process, and the market segmentations of domestic resins by process.
     •Industry trends, demand analysis and market drivers in various application segments in

      the coming decade. .
     •Analysis of substitution trends among materials.
     •Resin consumption in export product and Influence of export products on demand in

      various market segments.
     •Analysis of processing by imported materials and processing/assembling by supplied

      materials.
     •Main suppliers and main brands in various application segments.
     •The supply and demand in China’s different regions—supply./demand data, market

      segmentations of different region by process, and product flow direction among different

      region etc.
     •Import analysis—imports by country of origin, imports by trade form, imports by province

      and region, imports by the port of entry, imports by process.
     •Competitive intelligence—detail on competitors (domestic suppliers and overseas

      suppliers), marker share, competitors’ position, the commercial and market strategic

      analysis of main competitors, competitive positioning, and development of competitive

      strategies.
     •Price of main brands or main suppliers
     •Strategic planning assistance
     •Customer intelligence and satisfaction surveys
     •Purchasing and distribution—distribution modes of main suppliers, main traders and

      distributors profiles, analysis of purchasing and distribution changes
     •Analysis of transportation, logistics and freight
     •Customer profiles—consumption, source, brand, payment and purchase strategies
     •Supply of raw materials
     •Policy advisory