Opportunities of Composites in Worldwide Passenger Railway Market: 2010-2015

Publish date: December 2009, 195 valuable figures/charts and 93 tables are provided in this 337 page report

For an industry which is increasingly looking to new materials and products to sustain long-term growth, “Opportunities of Composites in Worldwide Passenger Railway Market: 2010-2015” is the only publication in the world to provide up to date information on the state of the global passenger rail market. The passenger rail market utilizes composite materials for making of exterior and interior rail components as well as infrastructure components. Interior components made of composites include major items such as ceilings, floorings, bulkheads, vestibules, fire barriers, corridor adapter frames, handrails, and luggage bins or racks. Exterior components made of composites include front ends, skirts, exterior panels, body shells, roofs, end cabs and more. Reinforcements used in the rail market are fiberglass, carbon fiber and aramid fiber, and resins used are phenolics, polyesters and epoxies. The global passenger rail market for new railcars increased at an average rate of 9.1% annually in last 5 years (2004-2009). Uses of composites in the rail industry grew by 10.4% annually in last 5 years. Composites in passenger rail market are expected to grow at 10.5% in next five years with focus on weight reduction, fuel efficiency and with better FST performance. Significant regional shift, in the overall passenger rail market is taking place. This new dimension is likely to provide tremendous growth to regional players and existing companies are expected to face fierce competition in the coming time.

Never before there has been a report addressing the markets and opportunities of the passenger rail industry. This unique report from Lucintel will provide you with all the valuable information and tools that you may need in operating your business successfully. The report can potentially save you hundreds of hours of your personal research time and can significantly benefit you in expanding your business in the rail industry. In today’s global economy, you need every advantage that you can find to keep you ahead in your business. Learn about current and future trends, identify key players, and explore the directions that the passenger rail industry is heading for.

To make any investment, business or strategic decisions, you need timely and adequate information. This market report fulfills this core need. This is an indispensable reference guide for composite material suppliers, product manufacturers, OEMs, investors, researchers, engineers, distributors and many more, who are dealing with the composites industry.

Some of the features of this market report are:

• Global and regional analysis of passenger rail market. The market size and growth rates of the Passenger rail market in Europe, North America and Asia with Rest of World
• Passenger rail market forecast 2010-2015.
• Composite materials consumption in the global passenger rail market. Market break down by different types of resins and fibers.
• Market Parameters and Porter’s Five Forces Model for OEM’s and molders
• Growth opportunities in the rail market
• Composites consumption by region.
• Composites consumption by manufacturing process.
• Composites consumption by applications.
• Growth trends (2004-2009) and forecast (2010-2015) for composites consumption.
• List of railcars using composites with material description
• Rail Composites molders with their product portfolio analysis & customer details
• Description on more than 30 composite applications in the rail market.