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Polybutene-1
Polybutylene (polybutene-1, poly(1-butene), PB-1) is a polyolefin or saturated polymer with the chemical formula (C4H8)n. It should not be confused with polybutene, a low molecular weight oligomer.
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Polybutylene (polybutene-1, poly(1-butene), PB-1) is a polyolefin or saturated polymer with the chemical formula (C4H8)n. It should not be confused with polybutene, a low molecular weight oligomer.
Polybutylene is produced by polymerisation of 1-butene using supported Ziegler-Natta catalysts. PB-1 is a high molecular weight, linear, isotactic, and semi-crystalline polymer. PB-1 combines typical characteristics of conventional polyolefins with certain properties of technical polymers.
PB-1, when applied as a pure or reinforced resin, can replace materials like metal, rubber and engineering polymers. It is also used synergistically as a blend element to modify the characteristics of other polyolefins like polypropylene and polyethylene. Because of its specific properties it is mainly used in pressure Plumbing System, flexible packaging, water heaters, compounding and hot melt adhesives.
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Market Structure
Global Polybutene-1 Market by Size, by Type, by Application, by Region, History and Forecast 2021-2032
Market perspective
Polybutylene (polybutene-1, poly(1-butene), PB-1) is a polyolefin or saturated polymer with the chemical formula (C4H8)n. It should not be confused with polybutene, a low molecular weight oligomer.
Polybutylene is produced by polymerisation of 1-butene using supported Ziegler-Natta catalysts. PB-1 is a high molecular weight, linear, isotactic, and semi-crystalline polymer. PB-1 combines typical characteristics of conventional polyolefins with certain properties of technical polymers.
PB-1, when applied as a pure or reinforced resin, can replace materials like metal, rubber and engineering polymers. It is also used synergistically as a blend element to modify the characteristics of other polyolefins like polypropylene and polyethylene. Because of its specific properties it is mainly used in pressure Plumbing System, flexible packaging, water heaters, compounding and hot melt adhesives.
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LyondellBasell, Mitsui Chemicals, Ylem Technology and Shandong Hongye Chemical are the leaders of the Polybutene-1 industry, which take about 100% market share. Europe is the major region of the global market, which takes about 30% market share.
The report provides an overview of the global Polybutene-1 market in terms of capacity, output, revenue, and price, analyzing global market trends using historical revenue and sales data for 2021-2025, estimates for 2026, and projected CAGRs through 2032.
The study covers key producers of Polybutene-1 and consumption patterns in major regions and countries, assesses future market potential, and highlights priority regions and countries for segmenting the market into sub-sectors, with country-specific market value data for the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Brazil, China, Japan, South Korea, Southeast Asia, India, Germany, the U.K., Italy, the Middle East, Africa, and other countries.
The report also presents Polybutene-1 sales, revenue, market share, and industry ranking for the main manufacturers for 2021-2026, identifies the major stakeholders in the global market, and analyzes their competitive landscape and market positioning based on recent developments and segmental revenues.
In addition, the report analyzes segment data by type and application—covering sales, revenue, and price—for 2021-2032, and evaluates and forecasts the Polybutene-1 market size, projected growth trends, production technologies, key applications, and end-use industries.
Polybutene-1 Segment by Company
LyondellBasell
Mitsui Chemicals
Ylem Technology
Shandong Hongye Chemical
Polybutene-1 Segment by Type
Extrusion Grade PB-1
Injection Molding Grade PB-1
Extrusion Blow Molding Grade PB-1
Polybutene-1 Segment by Application
Plumbing System
Packaging Material
Hot Melt Adhesives
Others
Polybutene-1 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
Middle East & Africa
Egypt
South Africa
Israel
Türkiye
GCC Countries
Study Objectives
1. To analyze and research the global status and future forecast, involving, production, value, consumption, growth rate (CAGR), market share, historical and forecast.
2. To present the key manufacturers, capacity, production, revenue, market share, and Recent Developments.
3. To split the breakdown data by regions, type, manufacturers, and Application.
4. To analyze the global and key regions market potential and advantage, opportunity and challenge, restraints, and risks.
5. To identify significant trends, drivers, influence factors in global and regions.
6. To analyze competitive developments such as expansions, agreements, new product launches, and acquisitions in the market.
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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 Polybutene-1 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 Polybutene-1 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 Polybutene-1.
7. This report helps stakeholders to identify some of the key players in the market and understand their valuable contribution.
Chapter Outline
Chapter 1: Provides an overview of the Polybutene-1 market, including product definition, global market growth prospects, production value, capacity, and average price forecasts (2021-2032).
Chapter 2: Analysis key trends, drivers, challenges, and opportunities within the global Polybutene-1 industry.
Chapter 3: Detailed analysis of Polybutene-1 market competition landscape. Including Polybutene-1 manufacturers' output value, output and average price from 2021 to 2026, as well as competition analysis indicators such as origin, product type, application, merger and acquisition information, etc.
Chapter 4: 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 5: 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 6: 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 7: Production/Production Value of Polybutene-1 by region. It provides a quantitative analysis of the market size and development potential of each region in the next six years.
Chapter 8: Consumption of Polybutene-1 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 9: Analysis of industrial chain, including the upstream and downstream of the industry.
Chapter 10: Concluding Insights of the report.
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Scope & coverage.
Types
- Extrusion Grade PB-1
- Injection Molding Grade PB-1
- Extrusion Blow Molding Grade PB-1
Applications
- Plumbing System
- Packaging Material
- Hot Melt Adhesives
- Others
Companies covered
- LyondellBasell
- Mitsui Chemicals
- Ylem Technology
- Shandong Hongye Chemical
Inside the report.
1 Market Overview
- 1.1 Product Definition
- 1.2 Global Market Growth Prospects
- 1.2.1 Global Polybutene-1 Production Value Estimates and Forecasts (2021-2032)
- 1.2.2 Global Polybutene-1 Production Capacity Estimates and Forecasts (2021-2032)
- 1.2.3 Global Polybutene-1 Production Estimates and Forecasts (2021-2032)
- 1.2.4 Global Polybutene-1 Market Average Price (2021-2032)
- 1.3 Assumptions and Limitations
- 1.4 Study Goals and Objectives
2 Global Polybutene-1 Market Dynamics
- 2.1 Polybutene-1 Industry Trends
- 2.2 Polybutene-1 Industry Drivers
- 2.3 Polybutene-1 Industry Opportunities and Challenges
- 2.4 Polybutene-1 Industry Restraints
3 Polybutene-1 Market by Manufacturers
- 3.1 Global Polybutene-1 Production Value by Manufacturers (2021-2026)
- 3.2 Global Polybutene-1 Production by Manufacturers (2021-2026)
- 3.3 Global Polybutene-1 Average Price by Manufacturers (2021-2026)
- 3.4 Global Polybutene-1 Industry Manufacturers Ranking, 2024 VS 2025 VS 2026
- 3.5 Global Polybutene-1 Key Manufacturers Manufacturing Sites & Headquarters
- 3.6 Global Polybutene-1 Manufacturers, Product Type & Application
- 3.7 Global Polybutene-1 Manufacturers Established Date
- 3.8 Market Competitive Analysis
- 3.8.1 Global Polybutene-1 Market CR5 and HHI
- 3.8.2 Global Top 5 and 10 Polybutene-1 Players Market Share by Production Value in 2025
- 3.8.3 2025 Polybutene-1 Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3
4 Polybutene-1 Market by Type
- 4.1 Polybutene-1 Type Introduction
- 4.1.1 Extrusion Grade PB-1
- 4.1.2 Injection Molding Grade PB-1
- 4.1.3 Extrusion Blow Molding Grade PB-1
- 4.2 Global Polybutene-1 Production by Type
- 4.2.1 Global Polybutene-1 Production by Type (2021 VS 2025 VS 2032)
- 4.2.2 Global Polybutene-1 Production by Type (2021-2032)
- 4.2.3 Global Polybutene-1 Production Market Share by Type (2021-2032)
- 4.3 Global Polybutene-1 Production Value by Type
- 4.3.1 Global Polybutene-1 Production Value by Type (2021 VS 2025 VS 2032)
- 4.3.2 Global Polybutene-1 Production Value by Type (2021-2032)
- 4.3.3 Global Polybutene-1 Production Value Market Share by Type (2021-2032)
5 Polybutene-1 Market by Application
- 5.1 Polybutene-1 Application Introduction
- 5.1.1 Plumbing System
- 5.1.2 Packaging Material
- 5.1.3 Hot Melt Adhesives
- 5.1.4 Others
- 5.2 Global Polybutene-1 Production by Application
- 5.2.1 Global Polybutene-1 Production by Application (2021 VS 2025 VS 2032)
- 5.2.2 Global Polybutene-1 Production by Application (2021-2032)
- 5.2.3 Global Polybutene-1 Production Market Share by Application (2021-2032)
- 5.3 Global Polybutene-1 Production Value by Application
- 5.3.1 Global Polybutene-1 Production Value by Application (2021 VS 2025 VS 2032)
- 5.3.2 Global Polybutene-1 Production Value by Application (2021-2032)
- 5.3.3 Global Polybutene-1 Production Value Market Share by Application (2021-2032)
6 Company Profiles
- 6.1 LyondellBasell
- 6.1.1 LyondellBasell Company Information
- 6.1.2 LyondellBasell Business Overview
- 6.1.3 LyondellBasell Polybutene-1 Production, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.1.4 LyondellBasell Polybutene-1 Product Portfolio
- 6.1.5 LyondellBasell Recent Developments
- 6.2 Mitsui Chemicals
- 6.2.1 Mitsui Chemicals Company Information
- 6.2.2 Mitsui Chemicals Business Overview
- 6.2.3 Mitsui Chemicals Polybutene-1 Production, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.2.4 Mitsui Chemicals Polybutene-1 Product Portfolio
- 6.2.5 Mitsui Chemicals Recent Developments
- 6.3 Ylem Technology
- 6.3.1 Ylem Technology Company Information
- 6.3.2 Ylem Technology Business Overview
- 6.3.3 Ylem Technology Polybutene-1 Production, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.3.4 Ylem Technology Polybutene-1 Product Portfolio
- 6.3.5 Ylem Technology Recent Developments
- 6.4 Shandong Hongye Chemical
- 6.4.1 Shandong Hongye Chemical Company Information
- 6.4.2 Shandong Hongye Chemical Business Overview
- 6.4.3 Shandong Hongye Chemical Polybutene-1 Production, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.4.4 Shandong Hongye Chemical Polybutene-1 Product Portfolio
- 6.4.5 Shandong Hongye Chemical Recent Developments
7 Global Polybutene-1 Production by Region
- 7.1 Global Polybutene-1 Production by Region: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 7.2 Global Polybutene-1 Production by Region (2021-2032)
- 7.2.1 Global Polybutene-1 Production by Region (2021-2026)
- 7.2.2 Global Polybutene-1 Production Forecast by Region (2027-2032)
- 7.3 Global Polybutene-1 Production by Region: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 7.4 Global Polybutene-1 Production Value by Region (2021-2032)
- 7.4.1 Global Polybutene-1 Production Value by Region (2021-2026)
- 7.4.2 Global Polybutene-1 Production Value by Region (2027-2032)
- 7.5 Global Polybutene-1 Market Price Analysis by Region (2021-2032)
- 7.6 Regional Production Value Trends (2021-2032)
- 7.6.1 North America Polybutene-1 Production Value (2021-2032)
- 7.6.2 Europe Polybutene-1 Production Value (2021-2032)
- 7.6.3 Asia-Pacific Polybutene-1 Production Value (2021-2032)
- 7.6.4 South America Polybutene-1 Production Value (2021-2032)
- 7.6.5 Middle East & Africa Polybutene-1 Production Value (2021-2032)
8 Global Polybutene-1 Consumption by Region
- 8.1 Global Polybutene-1 Consumption by Region: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 8.2 Global Polybutene-1 Consumption by Region (2021-2032)
- 8.2.1 Global Polybutene-1 Consumption by Region (2021-2026)
- 8.2.2 Global Polybutene-1 Consumption by Region (2027-2032)
- 8.3 North America
- 8.3.1 North America Polybutene-1 Consumption Growth Rate by Country: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 8.3.2 North America Polybutene-1 Consumption by Country (2021-2032)
- 8.3.3 U.S.
- 8.3.4 Canada
- 8.3.5 Mexico
- 8.4 Europe
- 8.4.1 Europe Polybutene-1 Consumption Growth Rate by Country: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 8.4.2 Europe Polybutene-1 Consumption by Country (2021-2032)
- 8.4.3 Germany
- 8.4.4 France
- 8.4.5 U.K.
- 8.4.6 Italy
- 8.4.7 Netherlands
- 8.5 Asia Pacific
- 8.5.1 Asia Pacific Polybutene-1 Consumption Growth Rate by Country: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 8.5.2 Asia Pacific Polybutene-1 Consumption by Country (2021-2032)
- 8.5.3 China
- 8.5.4 Japan
- 8.5.5 South Korea
- 8.5.6 Southeast Asia
- 8.5.7 India
- 8.5.8 Australia
- 8.6 South America
- 8.6.1 South America Polybutene-1 Consumption Growth Rate by Country: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 8.6.2 South America Polybutene-1 Consumption by Country (2021-2032)
- 8.6.3 Brazil
- 8.6.4 Argentina
- 8.6.5 Chile
- 8.6.6 Colombia
- 8.7 Middle East & Africa
- 8.7.1 Middle East & Africa Polybutene-1 Consumption Growth Rate by Country: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 8.7.2 Middle East & Africa Polybutene-1 Consumption by Country (2021-2032)
- 8.7.3 Egypt
- 8.7.4 South Africa
- 8.7.5 Israel
- 8.7.6 Türkiye
- 8.7.7 GCC Countries
9 Value Chain and Sales Channels Analysis
- 9.1 Polybutene-1 Value Chain Analysis
- 9.1.1 Polybutene-1 Key Raw Materials
- 9.1.2 Raw Materials Key Suppliers
- 9.1.3 Manufacturing Cost Structure
- 9.1.4 Polybutene-1 Production Mode & Process
- 9.2 Polybutene-1 Sales Channels Analysis
- 9.2.1 Direct Comparison with Distribution Share
- 9.2.2 Polybutene-1 Distributors
- 9.2.3 Polybutene-1 Customers
10 Concluding Insights
11 Appendix
- 11.1 Reasons for Doing This Study
- 11.2 Research Methodology
- 11.3 Research Process
- 11.4 Authors List of This Report
- 11.5 Data Source
- 11.5.1 Secondary Sources
- 11.5.2 Primary Sources
- 11.6 Disclaimer
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