Report On Chemical Industry Analysis: Mohammed Juned 4MT18MBA41
Report On Chemical Industry Analysis: Mohammed Juned 4MT18MBA41
Report On Chemical Industry Analysis: Mohammed Juned 4MT18MBA41
Submitted by:
MOHAMMED JUNED
4MT18MBA41
Submitted to:
Senior Professor
Dept. of MBA
Date of Submission:
30/09/2019
Chemical industry, the business of using chemical reactions to turn raw materials, such as coal, oil, and
salt, into a variety of products. During the 19th and 20th cent. Technological advances in the chemical
industry dramatically altered the world's economy. Chemical processes have created pesticides and
fertilizers for farmers, pharmaceuticals for the health care industry, synthetic dies and fibbers for the
textile industry, soaps and beauty aids for the cosmetics industry, synthetic sweeteners and flavours for
the food industry, plastics for the packaging industry, chemicals and celluloid for the motion picture
industry, and artificial rubber for the
The chemical industry is exploring the use of renewable feed stocks to improve sustainability,
prompting the exploration of bioprocesses for the production of chemicals. Attractive features of
biological systems include versatility, substrate selectivity, region selectivity, chemo selectivity,
enantio selectivity and catalysis at ambient temperatures and pressures. However, a challenge
facing bioprocesses is cost competitiveness with chemical processes because capital assets
associated with the existing commercial processes are high. The chemical industry will probably
use biotechnology with existing feed stocks and processes to extract higher values from feed
stocks, process by-products and waste streams. In this decade, bioprocesses that offer either a
process or a product advantage over traditional chemical routes will become more widely used
"Polymers and plastics, especially polyethylene, polypropylene, polyvinyl
chloride, polystyrene and polycarbonate comprise about 80% of the industry’s output
worldwide". These materials are often converted to polymer products and used by the industry to
transport highly corrosive materials. Chemicals are used in a lot of different consumer goods, but
they are also used in a lot of different other sectors; including agriculture manufacturing,
construction, and service industries. Major industrial customers include rubber
and plastic products, textiles, apparel, petroleum refining, pulp and paper, and primary metals.
Chemicals are nearly a $3 trillion global enterprise, and the EU and U.S. chemical companies are
the world's largest producers.
Sales of the chemical business can be divided into a few broad categories, including basic
chemicals (about 35 to 37 percent of the dollar output), life sciences (30 percent), specialty
chemicals (20 to 25 percent) and consumer products (about 10 percent).
Weakness:
General handicap
Technology: low investment in R&D to be able to sell value added products and
compete in developed countries is absent
Cost of disadvantages: location disadvantage, such as extra transport cost raw
materials as well as finished product
Scale of productions: plant size are not comparable to world scale operations
Multiplicity of taxes: multiple levels (various taxes and duties )
Opportunities:
Success stories in dyes and agro chemical have boosted the confidence to take on global
competition squarely
The markets in the developed countries are opening up and India can take advantages of
this. A large number of products are going off patent
With the knowledge available in the country, there is a tremendous potential to grow and
increase exports in dyestuff and agro chemical markets
India has the capacity for major value addition, being close to Middle East. this is
relatively cheaper and abundant source for petrochemical feedstock
Threats:
Quantitative restrictions for imports have been removed already most of the chemical are
now in the open general list of imports
Tariffs levels in India for most chemical are significantly higher than in other countries
manufacturing the chemicals
Pressure on the governments to reduces these tariff levels
Unless industry acquires competitiveness, it may face extinctions
Porter's 5 Force Frame work
Industry competition:
Most of the competition industries in the country with as many as 10,000 different
players
Top players in the country has only 6%market shares and top five have 18%
High growth prospects
Very low entry barriers
Fixed cost requirements is low and need for working capital is high