Concrete Admixtures Market: Current Analysis and Forecast (2021-2027)

The global demand of most widely used materials after water i.e., concrete is growing on account of growing construction sector in emerging and developing nations. Infrastructure development plays a crucial role in the economic growth therefore governments in developing countries like China and India are launching various projects resulted in the increasing demand of concrete. For instance, India is building world-longest expressway of length 1,380 kilo meters (km) between Delhi and Mumbai which is likely to be completed by 2023. Around 80 lakh tons (8 million tons) of cement will be consumed for the project, which is approximately 2% of India's annual cement production capacity. As a result, the demand of key components used in the making of concrete is also increasing. Increasing concrete demand, resulted in the increasing consumption of water, cement, aggregates, admixtures, additives, and fibers. Since, in the last few decades, the construction industry has witnessed advancement in the infrastructure activities and to meet the changing requirement, specific kind of concrete is becoming a necessity. As a result, demand of admixtures has witnessed an increasing trend since it can enhance a specific concrete properties such as durability or early and final strength.

Based on type, market is categorized into air-entraining admixture, water-reducing admixture, retarding admixture, accelerating admixture, plasticizers, and others. Among these, air-entraining admixture is likely to showcase significant growth during the forecast period. It is used in the concrete mixture to introduce bubbles during the concrete mixing process to reduce the segregation of concrete mixture. Thus, improves the performance of concrete. Further, air-entraining admixtures can enhance the anti-freeze ability and durability of concrete.

Based on form, the market is bifurcated into liquid and form. Of both, liquid held the significant share in the market in 2020 and is expected to showcase considerable growth during the forecast period

Based on distribution & usage channel, the market is categorized into ready-mix plant, precast component and concrete product producer, contractor, and others. Among these, ready-mix plants held the prominent share in the market. These ready-mix plant can produce large amount of concrete within a limited time therefore in large projects, companies prefer ready-mix plants to prepare concrete.

Based on end-user, the market is categorized into residential and non-residential. Further, non-residential is sub-categorized into commercial/industrial and infrastructure. Among both, non-residential sector is likely to showcase significant growth during the forecast period owing to increasing public and private investment in infrastructure activities to boost the economy.

For better understanding of the market, the report provides detail analysis for major region and country including North America (US, Canada); Europe (Germany, UK, France, Spain, rest of Europe); Asia-Pacific (China, Japan, India, Australia, Rest of Asia-Pacific) and Rest of World. Asia Pacific held the major share in the admixture market owing to large consumption of concrete in the regional countries due to large number of residential and non-residential construction activities. Countries like China, consumed around 2.28 billion tons of cement in 2019 up 4.9% over the year before, and representing 56% of global consumption. Since, much of the cement used in the concrete, thus a large quantity of admixture is also required to produce a specific type of concrete.

Some of the major companies operating in the global Concrete Admixtures market includes SIKA AG, BASF SE, GCP Allied Technologies, RPM International Inc., Fosroc International Inc., Mapei Inc., CICO Technologies Ltd., CHRYSO S.A.S., Concrete Additives and Chemicals Pvt. Ltd., and Rhein Chemotechnik GmbH, among others.