PART 01: Executive summary • Highlights PART 02: Scope of the report • Market overview • Top-vendor offerings PART 03: Market research methodology • Research methodology • Economic indicators PART 04: Introduction • Key market highlights PART 05: Market landscape • Market size and forecast • Five forces analysis • Chemical sales strategy model • Distribution channel PART 06: Market segmentation by type • Global third-party chemical distribution market by distribution type • Global third-party chemical distribution in commodity chemical market • Global third-party chemical distribution in specialty chemical market PART 07: Market segmentation by geography • Global third-party chemical distribution by geography • Third-party chemical distribution market in APAC • Third-party chemical distribution market in Americas • Third-party chemical distribution market in Europe • Third-party chemical distribution market in MEA PART 08: Market drivers • Growth in developing economies of APAC • Growing demand for value-added services • Sourcing chemical products from developing regions • Cost reduction by using third-party services PART 09: Impact of drivers PART 10: Market challenges • Falling prices of crude oil • Higher cost of operations and competitive pricing • Environmental concerns with specialty chemicals segment • Abiding with stringent legislations PART 11: Impact of drivers and challenges PART 12: Market trends • Emerging economies to drive chemical distribution market • Growth prospects of specialty chemicals over commodity chemicals • Increase in number of partnerships PART 13: Vendor landscape • Competitive scenario • Other prominent vendors PART 14: Key vendor analysis • Brenntag • HELM • Univar • Nexeo Solutions • IMCD PART 15: Appendix • List of abbreviations PART 16: Explore Technavio List of Exhibits Exhibit 01: Global third-party chemical distribution market Exhibit 02: Global third-party chemical distribution market by distribution type Exhibit 03: Global third-party chemical distribution market by geography Exhibit 04: Product offerings Exhibit 05: Third-party chemical distribution market growth driven by emerging economies 2015-2020 Exhibit 06: Global third-party chemical distribution market 2015-2020 ($ billions) Exhibit 07: Five forces analysis Exhibit 08: Four channel-strategy model Exhibit 09: Chemical distribution channel Exhibit 10: Chemical sales distribution in Europe 2013 Exhibit 11: Chemical sale distribution in Europe 2015 Exhibit 12: Global third-party chemical distribution market by distribution type 2015 Exhibit 13: Global third-party chemical distribution market by distribution type 2020 Exhibit 14: Third-party chemical distribution market by type 2015-2020 ($ billions) Exhibit 15: Third-party chemical distribution in commodity chemical market 2015-2020 ($ billions) Exhibit 16: Third-party chemical distribution in specialty chemical market 2015-2020 ($ billions) Exhibit 17: Global third-party chemical distribution market by geography 2015 Exhibit 18: Global third-party chemical distribution market by geography 2020 Exhibit 19: Global third-party chemical distribution market by geography 2015-2020 ($ billions) Exhibit 20: Third-party chemical distribution market in APAC 2015-2020 ($ billions) Exhibit 21: Leading chemical distributors in APAC Exhibit 22: Third-party chemical distribution market in Americas 2015-2020 ($ billions) Exhibit 23: Leading chemical distributors in Americas Exhibit 24: Chemical industry sales in European Union 2014 Exhibit 25: Chemical industry sales in European Union 2015 Exhibit 26: Third-party chemical distribution market in Europe 2015-2020 ($ billions) Exhibit 27: Leading chemical distributors in MEA Exhibit 28: Third-party chemical distribution market in MEA 2015-2020 ($ billions) Exhibit 29: Construction market in APAC ($ billions) Exhibit 30: Chemical sales of top 10 countries 2014 ($ billions) Exhibit 31: Cost reduction of manufacturers by using third-party services 2015 Exhibit 32: Impact of drivers Exhibit 33: Crude oil price 2009-2015 ($ per barrel) Exhibit 34: Impact of drivers and challenges Exhibit 35: Share of global chemical market in European Union 2015 Exhibit 36: Specialty and full-liner vendors by region Exhibit 37: Global third-party chemical distributors market in 2015 Exhibit 38: Leading chemical distributors by region in 2015 Exhibit 39: M&A by geography 2015 Exhibit 40: M&A deal value and volume 2009-2014 Exhibit 41: Growth strategies adopted by key players Exhibit 42: Brenntag: Geographical segmentation by revenue 2015 Exhibit 43: Key takeaways Exhibit 44: HELM: Geographical segmentation by revenue 2015 Exhibit 45: Key takeaways Exhibit 46: Univar: Geographical segmentation by revenue 2015 Exhibit 47: Key takeaways Exhibit 48: Nexeo Solutions: Geographical segmentation by revenue 2015 Exhibit 49: Nexeo Solutions: Business segmentation by revenue 2015 Exhibit 50: Key takeaways Exhibit 51: IMCD: Geographical segmentation by revenue 2015 Exhibit 52: Key takeaways

Brenntag, Univar, HELM, Nexeo Solutions, IMCD, ICC Chemical, Biesterfeld, Jebsen & Jessen, Azelis, and Stockmeier Chemie.