By 2027 the high-performance pigments market will be worth $8.60 billion. This report looks at the technological innovations driving developments in the high-performance pigment industry, including nano-pigment technology, smart pigments, bio-based and natural pigments.
High-performance pigments are those that provide an extra level of performance to the end-product in which they are formulated; be it excellent exterior durability and colour fastness, thermal stability or heat resistance, special decorative effects, or interactivity with the environment. These pigments include organic and inorganic colour pigments, metallic and pearlescent pigments, as well as interactive pigments such as fluorescents, thermochromic or photochromic.
Innovations in high-performance pigments technologies are producing new pigments that are easier to use to reduce customer production costs. Increased functionality of pigments can provide additional benefits, such as the use of infrared-reflective coloured pigments in coatings for roofs and architectural components to improve building energy efficiency.
The global high-performance pigments market is 241,344 tonnes in 2022 and is expected to reach 274,759 tonnes in 2027, a growth rate of 2.6%. By 2027 the high-performance pigments market will be worth $8.60 billion. Organic high-performance pigments accounted for a market of 38,551 tonnes in 2022 with a value of $2.18 billion. Inorganic pigment demand in 2022 was 52,422 tonnes with a value of $1.94 billion.
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- The impact of stricter environmental regulations, such as those introduced in China and India, particularly in respect to waste treatments and emissions. These are forcing pigment producers in these countries to make major investment in their plants to meet the new requirements
- Technological innovations driving developments in the high-performance pigment industry, including nano-pigment technology, smart pigments, bio-based and natural pigments.
The Smithers Methodology
This report is based on extensive primary and secondary research. Primary research consisted of targeted interviews with material suppliers, converters and experts drawn from key markets. This was supported by secondary research in the form of extensive literature analysis of published data, official government statistics, domestic and international trade organisation data, company websites, industry reports, trade press articles, presentations, and attendance at trade events.
Who should buy this report?
- Manufacturers of high-performance pigments
- Distributors of high-performance pigments
- Independent consultants and analysts.
About the author
Keith Jacques has many years' experience in carrying out market research projects on a wide range of topics covering the coatings and raw materials industries; backed up by over 40 years' industry experience in a variety of roles in technical, sales and marketing and new business development.
Table of Contents
Executive summary Introduction & methodology
Introduction
- Scope
- Pigment types
- End-use sectors
- Geographic regions
- Objectives
- Methodology
- Definitions
- Organic pigments
- Inorganic pigments
- Effect pigments
- Colour terminology
- Colour printing
- Other definitions
Key drivers and trends
- Introduction
- World economic outlook
- High-performance pigment supply chain
- Leading pigment suppliers
- Regulations
- Drivers and trends for high-performance pigments
- Consumer trends
- Automotive coatings
- Cosmetics
- Packaging
- Industry trends
- Transportation
- Price increases
- Sustainability
Cutting-edge technological developments in the high-performance pigment industry
- Introduction
- Nano-pigment technology
- Commercial nano pigments
- Nano pigment developments
- Instrumental colour measurement
- Extending the colour space
- Organic and inorganic pigments
- Special effect pigments
- Smart pigments
- Infrared reflective (IR) pigments
- 'Cool' buildings
- Other applications for IR-reflective pigments » Plastic recyclability » 'Cool' automotive applications
- Pigments for body colours for autonomous vehicles
- Other smart pigments
- Bio-based feedstocks
- Pigments from natural sources
- Pigments from fruit and vegetables
- Pigments from algae
- Pigments from enzymatic fermentation
- Bioenergy and fuels
- Biodegradable pigments
- Pigment impact on plastics recycling processes
High-performance pigment market by pigment type
- Overview
- Organic high-performance pigments
- Benzimidazolone
- Quinacridones
- Perylenes
- Dioxazine violet
- Isoindolinones & isoindolines
- Disazo condensation
- Phthalocyanines
- Diketo-pyrrolopyrroles
- Other organic HPPs
- Inorganic pigments
- Complex inorganic colour pigments (CICP)
- Ultramarine blue
- Others
- Hybrid pigments
- Iron oxide and chromium oxide
- Lead chromates and molybdates
- Cadmium pigments
- Special effect pigments
- Aluminium and bronze metallic pigments
- Aluminium pigments » End-use applications for leafing and non-leafing pigments » Trends in aluminium pigments
- Vapour metallised pigments (VMPs)
- Gold bronze pigments
- Pearlescent pigments
- Other effect pigments
- Fluorescent and phosphorescent pigments
- Other speciality pigments » Pigments which respond to external changes » Optically variable pigments » Laser sensitive pigments
High-performance pigment market by end use
- Overview
- Coatings
- Transportation coatings
- Decorative coatings
- DIY market
- Trade market
- Colour in decorative paints
- Other coatings
- Plastics
- Packaging
- Construction
- Transportation
- Others
- Printing inks
- Cosmetics
- Textiles
- Electronics
- Non-impact printing
- Inkjet printing
- 3D printing
- Others
- Building materials
- Glass & ceramics
High-performance market by region
- Overview
- Western Europe
- Benelux
- France
- Germany
- Iberia
- Italy
- United Kingdom
- Other Western Europe countries
- Eastern Europe
- Russia
- Other Eastern Europe
- North America
- South and Central America
- Brazil
- Other South and Central America
- Asia
- China
- India
- Japan
- South Korea
- Other Asia
- Middle East & Africa
- Turkey
- Other Middle East & Africa
- Australasia
Tables
- High-performance pigments: summary of key issues and challenges to 2027
- Overview of World Economic Outlook, October 2021 (percentage change)
- Leading suppliers of high-performance pigments
- Key regulations affecting highperformance pigment industry
- Solar reflectance of dark shade, IRreflective vs standard pigmentation
- Summary of high-performance pigment technology trends, 2022-27
- Global high-performance pigment consumption by category, 2017-27 (tonnes and $ millions)
- Global high-performance organic pigment consumption by type, 2017-27 (tonnes and $ millions)
- Global high-performance inorganic pigments consumption by type (tonnes and $ million)
- Typical examples of complex inorganic colour pigments
- Global high-performance special effect pigment consumption by type, 2017-27 (tonnes)
- Influence of pigment particle size on appearance
- Summary of high-performance pigment market trends, 2022-27
- Global high-performance pigments consumption by end use (tonnes and $ millions), 2017-27
- Global coatings consumption by highperformance pigment type (tonnes and $ millions), 2017-27
- Typical high-performance pigments used in exterior masonry paints
- Global plastics consumption by highperformance pigment type (tonnes and $ million), 2017-27
- Purity limits for pigments for sensitive applications
- Global printing inks consumption by high-performance pigment type (tonnes and $ million), 2017-27
- Global cosmetics consumption by high-performance pigment type (tonnes and $ million), 2017-27
- Global textiles consumption by highperformance pigment type (tonnes and $ million), 2017-27
- Global electronics consumption by high-performance pigment type (tonnes and $ million), 2017-27
- Global non-impact printing consumption by high-performance pigment type (tonnes and $ million), 2017-27
- 3D printing technologies
- Global others consumption by highperformance pigment type (tonnes and $ million), 2017-27
- Summary of end market trends for high-performance pigments, 2022- 2027
- Global high-performance pigment consumption by pigment type, 2017-27 (tonnes and $ millions)
- Global high-performance pigment consumption by region, 2017-27 (tonnes and $ millions)
- Western Europe high-performance pigment consumption by pigment type, 2017-27 (tonnes and $ millions)
- Western Europe high-performance pigments consumption by end use (tonnes and $ millions)
- Western Europe: Benelux highperformance pigment consumption by pigment type, 2017-27 (tonnes and $ millions)
- Western Europe: France highperformance pigment consumption by pigment type (tonnes and $ millions)
- Western Europe: Germany highperformance pigment consumption by pigment type (tonnes and $ millions)
- Western Europe: Iberia highperformance pigment consumption by pigment type (tonnes and $ million)
- Western Europe: Italy highperformance consumption by pigment type, 2017-27 (tonnes and $ million)
- Western Europe: UK high-performance pigments consumption by pigment type, 2017-27 (tonnes and $ million)
- Western Europe: Others highperformance pigments consumption by pigment type, 2017-27 (tonnes and $ million)
- Eastern Europe High-performance pigment consumption by pigment type, 2017-27 (tonnes and $ millions)
- Eastern Europe high-performance pigments consumption by end use, 2017-27 (tonnes and $ millions)
- Eastern Europe: Russia highperformance pigments consumption by pigment type, 2017-27 (tonnes and $ million)
- Eastern Europe: Others highperformance pigments consumption by pigment type, 2017-27 (tonnes and $ million)
- North America high-performance pigments consumption by pigment type, 2017-27 (tonnes and $ million)
- North America high-performance pigments consumption by end use (tonnes and $ million)
- North America: Canada highperformance pigments consumption by pigment type, 2017-27 (tonnes and $ million)
- North America: Mexico highperformance pigments consumption by pigment type, 2017-27 (tonnes and $ million)
- North America: USA high-performance pigments consumption by pigment type, 2017-27 (tonnes and $ million)
- South and Central America highperformance pigments consumption by pigment type, 2017-27 (tonnes and $ million)
- South and Central America highperformance pigments consumption by end use, 2017-27 (tonnes and $ million)
- South and Central America: Brazil high-performance pigments consumption by pigment type, 2017-27 (tonnes and $ million)
- South and Central America: Others high-performance pigments consumption by pigment type, 2017-27 (tonnes and $ million)
- Asia high-performance pigments consumption by pigment type, 2017-27 (tonnes and $ million)
- Asia high-performance pigments consumption by end use, 2017-27 (tonnes and $ million)
- Asia: China high-performance pigments consumption by pigment type, 2017-27 (tonnes and $ million)
- Asia: India high-performance pigments consumption by pigment type, 2017-27 (tonnes and $ million)
- Asia: Japan high-performance pigments consumption by pigment type, 2017-27 (tonnes and $ million)
- Asia: Korea high-performance pigments consumption by pigment type, 2017-27 (tonnes and $ million)
- Asia: Others high-performance pigments consumption by pigment type, 2017-27 (tonnes and $ million)
- Middle East & Africa high-performance pigments consumption by pigment type, 2017-27 (tonnes and $ million)
- Middle East & Africa high-performance pigments consumption by end use, 2017-27 (tonnes and $ million)
- Middle East & Africa: Turkey highperformance pigments consumption by pigment type, 2017-27 (tonnes and $ million)
- Middle East & Africa: Others highperformance pigments consumption by pigment type, 2017-27 (tonnes and $ million)
- Australasia high-performance pigment consumption by pigment type, 2017-27 (tonnes and $ million)
- Australasia high-performance pigments consumption by end use, 2017-27 (tonnes and $ million)
Figures
- High-performance pigment demand evolution from 2017-27 (tonnes and $ millions)
- High-performance pigments shares by pigment type 2022 (tonnes)
- High-performance pigment volume shares by end-use application, 2022
- Global high-performance pigment consumption by region, 2017-27 (tonnes and $ millions)
- Asia high-performance pigment shares by country, 2022 (tonnes)
- Western Europe high-performance pigment shares by country, 2022 (tonnes)
- The psychology of colours
- Global industrial production - December 2019 to May 2021
- Value chain for high-performance pigment suppliers
- Share of high-performance pigment categories, 2022
- High-performance pigment demand 2017-27 (tonnes)
- Benzimidazolone pigment shares by end use, 2022
- Quinacridone pigment shares by end use, 2022
- Perylene pigment shares by end use, 2022
- Dioxazine violet shares by end use, 2022
- Isoindolinone & isoindoline pigment shares by end use, 2022
- Disazo condensations shares by end use, 2022
- Phthalocyanine pigment shares by end use, 2022
- Diketo-pyrrolopyrrole shares by end use, 2022
- Other organic pigment shares by end use, 2022
- Summary of synthetic coloured inorganic pigment classification
- Share of inorganic high-performance pigment categories, 2022
- Inorganic pigment shares by end use, 2022
- Metallic pigment shares by end use, 2022
- Aluminium pigment structures
- Pearlescent pigment shares by substrate type and end use, 2022
- Other effect pigment shares by end use, 2022
- High-performance pigment volume shares by end-use application, 2022
- Coating raw material price index development, y-o-y impact (€M)
- Global market for coatings by end-use application by volume
- Global volume shares for highperformance pigments in coatings by application
- Global production for road vehicles, 2017-22
- Global plastics application shares for high-performance pigments by volume, 2022
- Shampoo in coloured plastic bottle
- Pre-coloured plastic seating in railway carriage
- Cosmetics shares by product type
- Global textile production by country
- High-performance pigment regional shares 2022 (tonnes) For each country/region:
- High-performance pigment consumption shares by end-use application (tonnes) List of countries/regions:
- Benelux
- France
- Germany
- Iberia
- Italy
- UK
- Other Western Europe
- Russia
- Other Eastern Europe
- Canada
- Mexico
- USA
- Brazil
- South and Central America others
- China
- India
- Japan
- South Korea
- Asia others
- Turkey
- Middle East & Africa others