A recently-released report titled the Global and Indonesia Soda Ash Industry Outlook to 2024, provides a comprehensive analysis of the soda ash industry.
The report details the ecosystem, manufacturing processes, distribution models, revenue streams and challenges for manufacturers and further maps out the structure for the existing and new manufacturers at global, Asia and Indonesia level.
The publication also covers Supply Infrastructure Ecosystem, Regional Trends shaping Global Consumption, Indonesia Outlook for Soda Ash, Consumption Trends, Trading of Raw Materials in Indonesia including Average Trading Price, Global, and Indonesia End-User Industry Landscape and Competitive landscape for Global Manufacturers and Indonesian Distributors.
The report concludes with Prospective Growth areas in the end-user industry owing to the increasing demand and enhanced production capacity due to the rising number of production plants worldwide.
Analysts have also included an investment model for Setting up a New Soda Ash Manufacturing Plant in Indonesia detailing the level of Investment required, Capital Structure, Revenue Projections, and Feasibility Check determining Expected ROE, Break- Even Quantity, Break-Even Years and so on.
Market Overview
The report starts with different manufacturing processes of soda ash with their relative production costs and operating the process from manufacturing to end-users.
Different prevalent distribution processes and revenue streams have also been covered with supply-side ecosystem at Global and Indonesia level (manufacturers, suppliers/distributors, and industry end-users) along with the possible threats to the manufacturers that include trade wars, political instability, environmental regulations and price fluctuations.
Soda Ash Demand and Trading Scenario
Demand and consumption trends worldwide largely affect the soda ash manufacturing industry wherein per capita soda ash consumption being 4kg per person in Asia and 7kg per person in the Middle-East showed an ample room to grow due to growing infrastructural development in glass-based building and number of expats residing in the Middle-East countries.
Future growth in production capacity will be observed in Asian countries owing to the capacity addition measures that include the setup of a new production plant in different nations. The publication includes global, Asia and Indonesia trading scenario of soda ash and its raw materials that are changing with respect to the changing demand from a growing infrastructural sector, economic instability, and government initiatives.
Competitive Landscape
Global soda ash industry is highly concentrated with majorly five manufacturers operating in the industry catering to needs via distributors and suppliers who import their products and sell to different industrial end-users.
Players in the market compete on various parameters including business segments, geographical locations, partnerships with suppliers and distributors, production capacity, business model, operations, commissions, end-user industry and their product portfolio. Major players at global level include Solvay, Ciner, Tata Chemicals, Nirma and Genesis Alkali.
Major suppliers and distributors at global and Indonesia level include ANSAC, Seidler, KPL International, PT Lautan Luas and PT AKR Corporindo competing on various parameters including partnerships with principal suppliers, business models, product portfolio and business strategies.
Global and Indonesian Industrial End-Users
The report also includes industrial end-users (glass, soaps & detergents, chemicals, and others) and their segmentations at global and Indonesia levels with Target Addressable Market and prospective growth areas for new entrant manufacturers in the Indonesian space.
The segment also provides information on the volume of soda ash required by each end-user along with the major players operating in the market.
Investment Model for Setting up a Manufacturing Plant in Indonesia
The report concludes with highlighted opportunities and cautions for new and existing players in the industry and a layout of soda ash manufacturing plant with required assumptions, associated costs, investment and feasibility analysis.