Research and Markets: Building Materials Market Report 2011

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/f94dbb/building_materials) has announced the addition of the "Building Materials Market Report 2011" report to their offering.

This Market Report analyses the UK building materials market, with particular reference to basic building materials, namely aggregates, cement, concrete products and clay products (bricks and tiles). There is also some coverage of metal products and timber. While the UK has a strong position in the heavy materials market, it is extremely reliant on timber.

This report gives production and market value data for major material categories. Building materials account for an estimated 40% of the value of the construction industry. With the 2009 output of the construction industry recorded as being 106.7bn, this gives an estimated value of 42.7bn for the value of building materials. This report also contains details of the number of enterprises in major material/product categories, analysed by turnover and employment.

Structurally the UK building materials sector is heavily dominated by overseas companies, mainly from other European countries. Most of these foreign companies are large and have extensive international operations.

Important issues face the building materials sector, the most immediate of which is the decline in UK construction output. This is a consequence of the downturn in the UK economy and is having a knock-on effect on the building materials market. Housebuilding has been particularly badly affected. Developments are taking place in the way buildings are constructed, with the aim of reducing material/component cost and assembly time on-site. This is an area in which building materials companies are working. There will be less use of some traditional materials in favour of new approaches to construction. Sustainability is a prominent theme in which building materials companies are expected to play an important role, from material sourcing to end-of-use recycling/disposal. Another key issue is reducing carbon emissions; materials companies are active in this respect, both at manufacturing level and in the environmental performance of materials when incorporated into building.
Source Business Wire

Clay Building Materials And Clay Refractories - Global Strategic Business Report
This report analyzes the worldwide markets for Clay Building Materials And Clay Refractories in Millions of US$. The major product segments analyzed are Clay Building Materials (Clay Bricks, Floor & Wall Tiles, & Other Clay Products), and Clay Refractories. The report provides separate comprehensive analytics for the US, Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Middle East, and Latin America. Annual forecasts are provided for each region for the period of 2000 through 2015. The report profiles 359 companies including many key and niche players worldwide such as Austral Brick Company Ltd., Baggeridge Brick Plc, Boral Bricks Inc, Boral Limited, Brampton Brick Limited, CRH PLC, Glen-Gery Corporation, CSR Limited, Florida Tile Industries, Inc., Hanson Building Products UK, Lafarge Roofing GmbH, Lanka Tiles Limited, Mohawk Industries, Inc., Dal-Tile Corporation, Pacific Coast Building Products Inc., RHI AG, Tata Refractories Ltd, US Clay Tile, Vesuvius Group SA, and Wienerberger AG. Market data and analytics are derived from primary and secondary research. Company profiles are mostly extracted from URL research and reported select online sources.