Industrial Gas Global Market, Opportunities And Strategies To 2022

Petrochemicals are chemicals products derived from petroleum. They are also called petroleum distillates. Some of the same chemicals compounds as petrochemicals are also obtained from other fossil fuels, such as coal or natural gas, or renewable sources such as corn or sugar cane but, but these are not included in the petrochemicals industry.

Adhesives are substances applied to one surface or both surfaces of two separate items that binds them together and resists their separation. The term ‘adhesives’ is used interchangeably with glue, cement, mucilage, or paste. The adhesives industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing adhesives, glues and caulking compounds.

Ethyl alcohol and other basic organic chemicals are a broad class of substances containing carbon and its derivatives. Many of these chemicals contain hydrogen with or without oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur, phosphorus, and other elements. They exist in either carbon chain or a carbon ring form. Acetic acid, methanol, ethyl alcohol, formaldehyde, citric acid, aromatic polymers and other basic organic chemicals are part of this segment and find their applications in drugs, pesticides, plastics, cosmetics and other products. The ethyl alcohol and other basic organic chemicals industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing basic organic chemicals except petrochemicals, industrial gases and synthetic dyes and pigments.

A fertilizer is any material of natural or synthetic origin that is applied to soils or to plants to supply one or more plant nutrients essential to the growth of plants. The fertilizer industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in nitrogenous fertilizer manufacturing, phosphatic fertilizer manufacturing and fertilizer manufacturing.

The toiletries industry includes companies involved in preparing, blending, compounding, and packaging toiletries. The products that are classified as toiletries include perfumes, shaving preparations, hair preparations, face creams, lotions, sunscreens and other cosmetics. These products are used for cleansing, beautifying, and improving attractiveness and appearance of the human body. For instance, face creams and lotions are used for protection from dust and sunlight, cosmetics are used for beautification, and perfumes and deodorants are used to prevent bad odours.

Industrial gases are also referred to as bulk gases or commodity gases; they are produced in relatively large quantities by companies for use in a variety of industrial manufacturing processes. The industrial gas industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing industrial organic and inorganic gases in compressed, liquid, and solid forms.

Paints are any liquids or liquefiable or mastic compositions which on application to a substrate in a thin layer will convert into a solid film. They are most commonly used to protect, color or provide texture to objects. An industrial coating is a paint or coating defined by its protective, rather than its aesthetic properties, although it can provide both. The most common use of industrial coatings is for corrosion control of steel structures such as offshore platforms, bridges and underground pipelines. The paints and coatings manufacturing industry comprises establishments that primarily mix pigments, solvents, and binders into paints and other coatings, such as stains, varnishes, lacquers, enamels, shellacs, and water repellant coatings for concrete and masonry, and/or manufacture allied paints products, such as putties, paints and varnish removers, paints brush cleaners, and frit.