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Epichlorohydrin
Epichlorohydrin (ECH) is a clear colorless liquid with an irritating chloroform-like odor. It is a highly reactive organochlorine compound and is used in the production of glycerol, plastics, epoxy glues and resins, and elastomers. In contact with water, epichlorohydrin hydrolyzes to 3-MCPD, a carcinogen found in food. Epichlorohydrin is readily biodegradable and is not expected to persist in the environment. Epichlorohydrin has a low potential to bioaccumulate, and is not expected to adsorb to soil or sediment. In water, epichlorohydrin will be rapidly broken down by both biological and non-biological mechanisms. In air, epichlorohydrin will rapidly dissipate and break down. In the case of soil exposure, epichlorohydrin will mostly remain in groundwater rather than soil particulates, and will be rapidly degraded.
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Epichlorohydrin (ECH) is a clear colorless liquid with an irritating chloroform-like odor. It is a highly reactive organochlorine compound and is used in the production of glycerol, plastics, epoxy glues and resins, and elastomers. In contact with water, epichlorohydrin hydrolyzes to 3-MCPD, a carcinogen found in food. Epichlorohydrin is readily biodegradable and is not expected to persist in the environment. Epichlorohydrin has a low potential to bioaccumulate, and is not expected to adsorb to soil or sediment. In water, epichlorohydrin will be rapidly broken down by both biological and non-biological mechanisms. In air, epichlorohydrin will rapidly dissipate and break down. In the case of soil exposure, epichlorohydrin will mostly remain in groundwater rather than soil particulates, and will be rapidly degraded.
ECH was first described in 1848 and was isolated during studies on reactions between glycerol and gaseous hydrogen chloride.
ECH is classified by several international health research agencies and groups as a probable or likely human carcinogen in humans. Prolonged oral consumption of high levels of epichlorohydrin could result in stomach problems and an increased risk of cancer.
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Epichlorohydrin Industry Research Report 2026
Market perspective
Epichlorohydrin (ECH) is a clear colorless liquid with an irritating chloroform-like odor. It is a highly reactive organochlorine compound and is used in the production of glycerol, plastics, epoxy glues and resins, and elastomers. In contact with water, epichlorohydrin hydrolyzes to 3-MCPD, a carcinogen found in food. Epichlorohydrin is readily biodegradable and is not expected to persist in the environment. Epichlorohydrin has a low potential to bioaccumulate, and is not expected to adsorb to soil or sediment. In water, epichlorohydrin will be rapidly broken down by both biological and non-biological mechanisms. In air, epichlorohydrin will rapidly dissipate and break down. In the case of soil exposure, epichlorohydrin will mostly remain in groundwater rather than soil particulates, and will be rapidly degraded.
ECH was first described in 1848 and was isolated during studies on reactions between glycerol and gaseous hydrogen chloride.
ECH is classified by several international health research agencies and groups as a probable or likely human carcinogen in humans. Prolonged oral consumption of high levels of epichlorohydrin could result in stomach problems and an increased risk of cancer.
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World of Epichlorohydrin production presents two characteristics: one is less production countries and regions, and regional development imbalance, China, the United States, Germany, Japan and China's Taiwan region total production capacity of more than 85% of the world's total production capacity. The second is capacity more concentrated, and the world more than 50% of capacity is concentrated in Dow (Dow) chemistry, Shandong Haili, Solvay (Solvay), Formosa Plastics and other minority several companies.
Report Scope
This report quantifies the global Epichlorohydrin market in revenue (US$ million) and, where applicable, sales volume (K MT), using 2025 as the base year and providing annual historical and forecast data for 2021–2032.
It standardizes definitions of types and applications, harmonizes vendor attribution, and presents comparable time series by company, type, application, and region/country, including indicative price bands (US$/K MT) and concentration ratios (CR5/CR10).
The outputs are intended to support strategy development, budgeting, and performance benchmarking for manufacturers, new entrants, channel partners, and investors; the report also reviews technology shifts and notable product introductions relevant to Epichlorohydrin.
Key Companies & Market Share Insights
This section profiles leading manufacturers, combining 2021–2025 results with a 2026–2032 outlook. It reports revenue, market share, price bands, product and application mix, regional and channel mix, and key developments (M&A, capacity additions, certifications). It also provides global revenue, average price, and—where applicable—sales volume by manufacturer, and calculates CR5/CR10 and rank changes to support comparative benchmarking.
Epichlorohydrin Market by Company
Dow Chemical
Solvay
NAMA Chemicals
Hanwha Chemical
Formosa Plastics
Momentive Specialty Chemicals
Sumitomo Chemical
Tamilnadu Petroproducts
Samsung Fine Chemicals
Aditya Birla Chemicals
Shandong Haili Chemical Industry
Jiangsu Yangnong Chemical
Ningbo Huanyang Chemicals
Jiangsu Haixing
Dongying Liancheng
Epichlorohydrin Segment by Type
Above 99.9%
99.8%~99.9%
99.5%~99.8%
Epichlorohydrin Segment by Application
Epoxy Resins
Synthetic Glycerin
Epichlorohydrin Rubber
Epichlorohydrin Segment by Region
North America
United States
Canada
Mexico
Europe
Germany
France
U.K.
Italy
Russia
Spain
Netherlands
Switzerland
Sweden
Poland
Asia-Pacific
China
Japan
South Korea
India
Australia
Taiwan
Southeast Asia
South America
Brazil
Argentina
Chile
Colombia
Middle East & Africa
Egypt
South Africa
Israel
Türkiye
GCC Countries
Key Drivers & Barriers
High-impact rendering factors and drivers have been studied in this report to aid the readers to understand the general development. Moreover, the report includes restraints and challenges that may act as stumbling blocks on the way of the players. This will assist the users to be attentive and make informed decisions related to business. Specialists have also laid their focus on the upcoming business prospects.
Reasons to Buy This Report
1. This report will help the readers to understand the competition within the industries and strategies for the competitive environment to enhance the potential profit. The report also focuses on the competitive landscape of the global Epichlorohydrin market, and introduces in detail the market share, industry ranking, competitor ecosystem, market performance, new product development, operation situation, expansion, and acquisition. etc. of the main players, which helps the readers to identify the main competitors and deeply understand the competition pattern of the market.
2. This report will help stakeholders to understand the global industry status and trends of Epichlorohydrin and provides them with information on key market drivers, restraints, challenges, and opportunities.
3. This report will help stakeholders to understand competitors better and gain more insights to strengthen their position in their businesses. The competitive landscape section includes the market share and rank (in volume and value), competitor ecosystem, new product development, expansion, and acquisition.
4. This report stays updated with novel technology integration, features, and the latest developments in the market
5. This report helps stakeholders to gain insights into which regions to target globally
6. This report helps stakeholders to gain insights into the end-user perception concerning the adoption of Epichlorohydrin.
7. This report helps stakeholders to identify some of the key players in the market and understand their valuable contribution.
Chapter Outline
Chapter 1: Research objectives, research methods, data sources, data cross-validation;
Chapter 2: Introduces the report scope of the report, executive summary of different market segments (by region, product type, application, etc), including the market size of each market segment, future development potential, and so on. It offers a high-level view of the current state of the market and its likely evolution in the short to mid-term, and long term.
Chapter 3: Detailed analysis of Epichlorohydrin manufacturers competitive landscape, price, production and value market share, latest development plan, merger, and acquisition information, etc.
Chapter 4: Provides profiles of key players, introducing the basic situation of the main companies in the market in detail, including product production/output, value, price, gross margin, product introduction, recent development, etc.
Chapter 5: Production/output, value of Epichlorohydrin by region/country. It provides a quantitative analysis of the market size and development potential of each region in the next six years.
Chapter 6: Consumption of Epichlorohydrin in regional level and country level. It provides a quantitative analysis of the market size and development potential of each region and its main countries and introduces the market development, future development prospects, market space, and production of each country in the world.
Chapter 7: Provides the analysis of various market segments by type, covering the market size and development potential of each market segment, to help readers find the blue ocean market in different market segments.
Chapter 8: Provides the analysis of various market segments by application, covering the market size and development potential of each market segment, to help readers find the blue ocean market in different downstream markets.
Chapter 9: Analysis of industrial chain, including the upstream and downstream of the industry.
Chapter 10: Introduces the market dynamics, latest developments of the market, the driving factors and restrictive factors of the market, the challenges and risks faced by manufacturers in the industry, and the analysis of relevant policies in the industry.
Chapter 11: The main points and conclusions of the report.
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Scope & coverage.
Types
- Above 99.9%
- 99.8%~99.9%
- 99.5%~99.8%
Applications
- Epoxy Resins
- Synthetic Glycerin
- Epichlorohydrin Rubber
Companies covered
- Dow Chemical
- Solvay
- NAMA Chemicals
- Hanwha Chemical
- Formosa Plastics
- Momentive Specialty Chemicals
- Sumitomo Chemical
- Tamilnadu Petroproducts
- Samsung Fine Chemicals
- Aditya Birla Chemicals
- Shandong Haili Chemical Industry
- Jiangsu Yangnong Chemical
- Ningbo Huanyang Chemicals
- Jiangsu Haixing
- Dongying Liancheng
Inside the report.
1 Preface
- 1.1 Scope of Report
- 1.2 Reasons for Doing This Study
- 1.3 Research Methodology
- 1.4 Research Process
- 1.5 Data Source
- 1.5.1 Secondary Sources
- 1.5.2 Primary Sources
2 Market Overview
- 2.1 Product Definition
- 2.2 Epichlorohydrin by Type
- 2.2.1 Market Value Comparison by Type (2021 VS 2025 VS 2032) & (US$ Million)
- 2.2.2 Above 99.9%
- 2.2.3 99.8%~99.9%
- 2.2.4 99.5%~99.8%
- 2.3 Epichlorohydrin by Application
- 2.3.1 Market Value Comparison by Application (2021 VS 2025 VS 2032) & (US$ Million)
- 2.3.2 Epoxy Resins
- 2.3.3 Synthetic Glycerin
- 2.3.4 Epichlorohydrin Rubber
- 2.4 Global Market Growth Prospects
- 2.4.1 Global Epichlorohydrin Production Value Estimates and Forecasts (2021-2032)
- 2.4.2 Global Epichlorohydrin Production Capacity Estimates and Forecasts (2021-2032)
- 2.4.3 Global Epichlorohydrin Production Estimates and Forecasts (2021-2032)
- 2.4.4 Global Epichlorohydrin Market Average Price (2021-2032)
3 Market Competitive Landscape by Manufacturers
- 3.1 Global Epichlorohydrin Production by Manufacturers (2021-2026)
- 3.2 Global Epichlorohydrin Production Value by Manufacturers (2021-2026)
- 3.3 Global Epichlorohydrin Average Price by Manufacturers (2021-2026)
- 3.4 Global Epichlorohydrin Industry Manufacturers Ranking, 2024 VS 2025 VS 2026
- 3.5 Global Epichlorohydrin Key Manufacturers, Manufacturing Sites & Headquarters
- 3.6 Global Epichlorohydrin Manufacturers, Product Type & Application
- 3.7 Global Epichlorohydrin Manufacturers Established Date
- 3.8 Global Epichlorohydrin Market CR5 and HHI
- 3.9 Global Manufacturers Mergers & Acquisition
4 Manufacturers Profiled
- 4.1 Dow Chemical
- 4.1.1 Dow Chemical Epichlorohydrin Company Information
- 4.1.2 Dow Chemical Epichlorohydrin Business Overview
- 4.1.3 Dow Chemical Epichlorohydrin Production Capacity, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 4.1.4 Dow Chemical Product Portfolio
- 4.1.5 Dow Chemical Recent Developments
- 4.2 Solvay
- 4.2.1 Solvay Epichlorohydrin Company Information
- 4.2.2 Solvay Epichlorohydrin Business Overview
- 4.2.3 Solvay Epichlorohydrin Production Capacity, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 4.2.4 Solvay Product Portfolio
- 4.2.5 Solvay Recent Developments
- 4.3 NAMA Chemicals
- 4.3.1 NAMA Chemicals Epichlorohydrin Company Information
- 4.3.2 NAMA Chemicals Epichlorohydrin Business Overview
- 4.3.3 NAMA Chemicals Epichlorohydrin Production Capacity, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 4.3.4 NAMA Chemicals Product Portfolio
- 4.3.5 NAMA Chemicals Recent Developments
- 4.4 Hanwha Chemical
- 4.4.1 Hanwha Chemical Epichlorohydrin Company Information
- 4.4.2 Hanwha Chemical Epichlorohydrin Business Overview
- 4.4.3 Hanwha Chemical Epichlorohydrin Production Capacity, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 4.4.4 Hanwha Chemical Product Portfolio
- 4.4.5 Hanwha Chemical Recent Developments
- 4.5 Formosa Plastics
- 4.5.1 Formosa Plastics Epichlorohydrin Company Information
- 4.5.2 Formosa Plastics Epichlorohydrin Business Overview
- 4.5.3 Formosa Plastics Epichlorohydrin Production Capacity, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 4.5.4 Formosa Plastics Product Portfolio
- 4.5.5 Formosa Plastics Recent Developments
- 4.6 Momentive Specialty Chemicals
- 4.6.1 Momentive Specialty Chemicals Epichlorohydrin Company Information
- 4.6.2 Momentive Specialty Chemicals Epichlorohydrin Business Overview
- 4.6.3 Momentive Specialty Chemicals Epichlorohydrin Production Capacity, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 4.6.4 Momentive Specialty Chemicals Product Portfolio
- 4.6.5 Momentive Specialty Chemicals Recent Developments
- 4.7 Sumitomo Chemical
- 4.7.1 Sumitomo Chemical Epichlorohydrin Company Information
- 4.7.2 Sumitomo Chemical Epichlorohydrin Business Overview
- 4.7.3 Sumitomo Chemical Epichlorohydrin Production Capacity, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 4.7.4 Sumitomo Chemical Product Portfolio
- 4.7.5 Sumitomo Chemical Recent Developments
- 4.8 Tamilnadu Petroproducts
- 4.8.1 Tamilnadu Petroproducts Epichlorohydrin Company Information
- 4.8.2 Tamilnadu Petroproducts Epichlorohydrin Business Overview
- 4.8.3 Tamilnadu Petroproducts Epichlorohydrin Production Capacity, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 4.8.4 Tamilnadu Petroproducts Product Portfolio
- 4.8.5 Tamilnadu Petroproducts Recent Developments
- 4.9 Samsung Fine Chemicals
- 4.9.1 Samsung Fine Chemicals Epichlorohydrin Company Information
- 4.9.2 Samsung Fine Chemicals Epichlorohydrin Business Overview
- 4.9.3 Samsung Fine Chemicals Epichlorohydrin Production Capacity, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 4.9.4 Samsung Fine Chemicals Product Portfolio
- 4.9.5 Samsung Fine Chemicals Recent Developments
- 4.10 Aditya Birla Chemicals
- 4.10.1 Aditya Birla Chemicals Epichlorohydrin Company Information
- 4.10.2 Aditya Birla Chemicals Epichlorohydrin Business Overview
- 4.10.3 Aditya Birla Chemicals Epichlorohydrin Production Capacity, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 4.10.4 Aditya Birla Chemicals Product Portfolio
- 4.10.5 Aditya Birla Chemicals Recent Developments
- 4.11 Shandong Haili Chemical Industry
- 4.11.1 Shandong Haili Chemical Industry Epichlorohydrin Company Information
- 4.11.2 Shandong Haili Chemical Industry Epichlorohydrin Business Overview
- 4.11.3 Shandong Haili Chemical Industry Epichlorohydrin Production Capacity, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 4.11.4 Shandong Haili Chemical Industry Product Portfolio
- 4.11.5 Shandong Haili Chemical Industry Recent Developments
- 4.12 Jiangsu Yangnong Chemical
- 4.12.1 Jiangsu Yangnong Chemical Epichlorohydrin Company Information
- 4.12.2 Jiangsu Yangnong Chemical Epichlorohydrin Business Overview
- 4.12.3 Jiangsu Yangnong Chemical Epichlorohydrin Production Capacity, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 4.12.4 Jiangsu Yangnong Chemical Product Portfolio
- 4.12.5 Jiangsu Yangnong Chemical Recent Developments
- 4.13 Ningbo Huanyang Chemicals
- 4.13.1 Ningbo Huanyang Chemicals Epichlorohydrin Company Information
- 4.13.2 Ningbo Huanyang Chemicals Epichlorohydrin Business Overview
- 4.13.3 Ningbo Huanyang Chemicals Epichlorohydrin Production Capacity, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 4.13.4 Ningbo Huanyang Chemicals Product Portfolio
- 4.13.5 Ningbo Huanyang Chemicals Recent Developments
- 4.14 Jiangsu Haixing
- 4.14.1 Jiangsu Haixing Epichlorohydrin Company Information
- 4.14.2 Jiangsu Haixing Epichlorohydrin Business Overview
- 4.14.3 Jiangsu Haixing Epichlorohydrin Production Capacity, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 4.14.4 Jiangsu Haixing Product Portfolio
- 4.14.5 Jiangsu Haixing Recent Developments
- 4.15 Dongying Liancheng
- 4.15.1 Dongying Liancheng Epichlorohydrin Company Information
- 4.15.2 Dongying Liancheng Epichlorohydrin Business Overview
- 4.15.3 Dongying Liancheng Epichlorohydrin Production Capacity, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 4.15.4 Dongying Liancheng Product Portfolio
- 4.15.5 Dongying Liancheng Recent Developments
5 Global Epichlorohydrin Production by Region
- 5.1 Global Epichlorohydrin Production Estimates and Forecasts by Region: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 5.2 Global Epichlorohydrin Production by Region: 2021-2032
- 5.2.1 Global Epichlorohydrin Production by Region: 2021-2026
- 5.2.2 Global Epichlorohydrin Production Forecast by Region (2027-2032)
- 5.3 Global Epichlorohydrin Production Value Estimates and Forecasts by Region: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 5.4 Global Epichlorohydrin Production Value by Region: 2021-2032
- 5.4.1 Global Epichlorohydrin Production Value by Region: 2021-2026
- 5.4.2 Global Epichlorohydrin Production Value Forecast by Region (2027-2032)
- 5.5 Global Epichlorohydrin Market Price Analysis by Region (2021-2026)
- 5.6 Global Epichlorohydrin Production and Value, YOY Growth
- 5.6.1 North America Epichlorohydrin Production Value Estimates and Forecasts (2021-2032)
- 5.6.2 Europe Epichlorohydrin Production Value Estimates and Forecasts (2021-2032)
- 5.6.3 China Epichlorohydrin Production Value Estimates and Forecasts (2021-2032)
- 5.6.4 Japan Epichlorohydrin Production Value Estimates and Forecasts (2021-2032)
6 Global Epichlorohydrin Consumption by Region
- 6.1 Global Epichlorohydrin Consumption Estimates and Forecasts by Region: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 6.2 Global Epichlorohydrin Consumption by Region (2021-2032)
- 6.2.1 Global Epichlorohydrin Consumption by Region: 2021-2026
- 6.2.2 Global Epichlorohydrin Forecasted Consumption by Region (2027-2032)
- 6.3 North America
- 6.3.1 North America Epichlorohydrin Consumption Growth Rate by Country: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 6.3.2 North America Epichlorohydrin Consumption by Country (2021-2032)
- 6.3.3 United States
- 6.3.4 Canada
- 6.3.5 Mexico
- 6.4 Europe
- 6.4.1 Europe Epichlorohydrin Consumption Growth Rate by Country: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 6.4.2 Europe Epichlorohydrin Consumption by Country (2021-2032)
- 6.4.3 Germany
- 6.4.4 France
- 6.4.5 U.K.
- 6.4.6 Italy
- 6.4.7 Russia
- 6.4.8 Spain
- 6.4.9 Netherlands
- 6.4.10 Switzerland
- 6.4.11 Sweden
- 6.4.12 Poland
- 6.5 Asia Pacific
- 6.5.1 Asia Pacific Epichlorohydrin Consumption Growth Rate by Country: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 6.5.2 Asia Pacific Epichlorohydrin Consumption by Country (2021-2032)
- 6.5.3 China
- 6.5.4 Japan
- 6.5.5 South Korea
- 6.5.6 India
- 6.5.7 Australia
- 6.5.8 Taiwan
- 6.5.9 Southeast Asia
- 6.6 South America, Middle East & Africa
- 6.6.1 South America, Middle East & Africa Epichlorohydrin Consumption Growth Rate by Country: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 6.6.2 South America, Middle East & Africa Epichlorohydrin Consumption by Country (2021-2032)
- 6.6.3 Brazil
- 6.6.4 Argentina
- 6.6.5 Chile
- 6.6.6 Turkey
- 6.6.7 GCC Countries
7 Segment by Type
- 7.1 Global Epichlorohydrin Production by Type (2021-2032)
- 7.1.1 Global Epichlorohydrin Production by Type (2021-2032) & (K MT)
- 7.1.2 Global Epichlorohydrin Production Market Share by Type (2021-2032)
- 7.2 Global Epichlorohydrin Production Value by Type (2021-2032)
- 7.2.1 Global Epichlorohydrin Production Value by Type (2021-2032) & (US$ Million)
- 7.2.2 Global Epichlorohydrin Production Value Market Share by Type (2021-2032)
- 7.3 Global Epichlorohydrin Price by Type (2021-2032)
8 Segment by Application
- 8.1 Global Epichlorohydrin Production by Application (2021-2032)
- 8.1.1 Global Epichlorohydrin Production by Application (2021-2032) & (K MT)
- 8.1.2 Global Epichlorohydrin Production Market Share by Application (2021-2032)
- 8.2 Global Epichlorohydrin Production Value by Application (2021-2032)
- 8.2.1 Global Epichlorohydrin Production Value by Application (2021-2032) & (US$ Million)
- 8.2.2 Global Epichlorohydrin Production Value Market Share by Application (2021-2032)
- 8.3 Global Epichlorohydrin Price by Application (2021-2032)
9 Value Chain and Sales Channels Analysis of the Market
- 9.1 Epichlorohydrin Value Chain Analysis
- 9.1.1 Epichlorohydrin Key Raw Materials
- 9.1.2 Raw Materials Key Suppliers
- 9.1.3 Epichlorohydrin Production Mode & Process
- 9.2 Epichlorohydrin Sales Channels Analysis
- 9.2.1 Direct Comparison with Distribution Share
- 9.2.2 Epichlorohydrin Distributors
- 9.2.3 Epichlorohydrin Customers
10 Global Epichlorohydrin Analyzing Market Dynamics
- 10.1 Epichlorohydrin Industry Trends
- 10.2 Epichlorohydrin Industry Drivers
- 10.3 Epichlorohydrin Industry Opportunities and Challenges
- 10.4 Epichlorohydrin Industry Restraints
11 Report Conclusion
12 Disclaimer
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