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Caprolactone
ε-Caprolactone or simply caprolactone is a lactone (a cyclic ester) possessing a seven-membered ring. Its name is derived from caproic acid. This colorless liquid is miscible with most organic solvents and water and is produced on a large scale as a precursor to caprolactam and polycaprolactone polymers. ε-Caprolactone is a colourless liquid with a melting point of -1.3 °C and a boiling point of 237 °C.
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Understand the product.
ε-Caprolactone or simply caprolactone is a lactone (a cyclic ester) possessing a seven-membered ring. Its name is derived from caproic acid. This colorless liquid is miscible with most organic solvents and water and is produced on a large scale as a precursor to caprolactam and polycaprolactone polymers. ε-Caprolactone is a colourless liquid with a melting point of -1.3 °C and a boiling point of 237 °C.
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Market Structure
Global Caprolactone Market by Size, by Type, by Application, by Region, History and Forecast 2021-2032
Market perspective
ε-Caprolactone or simply caprolactone is a lactone (a cyclic ester) possessing a seven-membered ring. Its name is derived from caproic acid. This colorless liquid is miscible with most organic solvents and water and is produced on a large scale as a precursor to caprolactam and polycaprolactone polymers. ε-Caprolactone is a colourless liquid with a melting point of -1.3 °C and a boiling point of 237 °C.
Europe is the main market for caprolactone, accounting for about 50%, followed by Japan, accounting for about 20%.
Perstorp, Daicel and BASF are the major producers. Perstorp is the world's largest, accounting for about 60% of the market.
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The report provides an overview of the global Caprolactone 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 Caprolactone 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 Caprolactone 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 Caprolactone market size, projected growth trends, production technologies, key applications, and end-use industries.
Caprolactone Segment by Company
Perstorp
Daicel
BASF
Caprolactone Segment by Type
99.5% Purity
99.9% Purity
Caprolactone Segment by Application
Polycaprolactone
Acrylic Resin Modified
Polyesters Modified
Epoxy Resin Modified
Others
Caprolactone 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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2. This report will help stakeholders to understand the global industry status and trends of Caprolactone and provides them with information on key market drivers, restraints, challenges, and opportunities.
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Chapter Outline
Chapter 1: Provides an overview of the Caprolactone 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 Caprolactone industry.
Chapter 3: Detailed analysis of Caprolactone market competition landscape. Including Caprolactone 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 Caprolactone 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 Caprolactone 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
- 99.5% Purity
- 99.9% Purity
Applications
- Polycaprolactone
- Acrylic Resin Modified
- Polyesters Modified
- Epoxy Resin Modified
- Others
Companies covered
- Perstorp
- Daicel
- BASF
Inside the report.
1 Market Overview
- 1.1 Product Definition
- 1.2 Global Market Growth Prospects
- 1.2.1 Global Caprolactone Production Value Estimates and Forecasts (2021-2032)
- 1.2.2 Global Caprolactone Production Capacity Estimates and Forecasts (2021-2032)
- 1.2.3 Global Caprolactone Production Estimates and Forecasts (2021-2032)
- 1.2.4 Global Caprolactone Market Average Price (2021-2032)
- 1.3 Assumptions and Limitations
- 1.4 Study Goals and Objectives
2 Global Caprolactone Market Dynamics
- 2.1 Caprolactone Industry Trends
- 2.2 Caprolactone Industry Drivers
- 2.3 Caprolactone Industry Opportunities and Challenges
- 2.4 Caprolactone Industry Restraints
3 Caprolactone Market by Manufacturers
- 3.1 Global Caprolactone Production Value by Manufacturers (2021-2026)
- 3.2 Global Caprolactone Production by Manufacturers (2021-2026)
- 3.3 Global Caprolactone Average Price by Manufacturers (2021-2026)
- 3.4 Global Caprolactone Industry Manufacturers Ranking, 2024 VS 2025 VS 2026
- 3.5 Global Caprolactone Key Manufacturers Manufacturing Sites & Headquarters
- 3.6 Global Caprolactone Manufacturers, Product Type & Application
- 3.7 Global Caprolactone Manufacturers Established Date
- 3.8 Market Competitive Analysis
- 3.8.1 Global Caprolactone Market CR5 and HHI
- 3.8.2 Global Top 5 and 10 Caprolactone Players Market Share by Production Value in 2025
- 3.8.3 2025 Caprolactone Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3
4 Caprolactone Market by Type
- 4.1 Caprolactone Type Introduction
- 4.1.1 99.5% Purity
- 4.1.2 99.9% Purity
- 4.2 Global Caprolactone Production by Type
- 4.2.1 Global Caprolactone Production by Type (2021 VS 2025 VS 2032)
- 4.2.2 Global Caprolactone Production by Type (2021-2032)
- 4.2.3 Global Caprolactone Production Market Share by Type (2021-2032)
- 4.3 Global Caprolactone Production Value by Type
- 4.3.1 Global Caprolactone Production Value by Type (2021 VS 2025 VS 2032)
- 4.3.2 Global Caprolactone Production Value by Type (2021-2032)
- 4.3.3 Global Caprolactone Production Value Market Share by Type (2021-2032)
5 Caprolactone Market by Application
- 5.1 Caprolactone Application Introduction
- 5.1.1 Polycaprolactone
- 5.1.2 Acrylic Resin Modified
- 5.1.3 Polyesters Modified
- 5.1.4 Epoxy Resin Modified
- 5.1.5 Others
- 5.2 Global Caprolactone Production by Application
- 5.2.1 Global Caprolactone Production by Application (2021 VS 2025 VS 2032)
- 5.2.2 Global Caprolactone Production by Application (2021-2032)
- 5.2.3 Global Caprolactone Production Market Share by Application (2021-2032)
- 5.3 Global Caprolactone Production Value by Application
- 5.3.1 Global Caprolactone Production Value by Application (2021 VS 2025 VS 2032)
- 5.3.2 Global Caprolactone Production Value by Application (2021-2032)
- 5.3.3 Global Caprolactone Production Value Market Share by Application (2021-2032)
6 Company Profiles
- 6.1 Perstorp
- 6.1.1 Perstorp Company Information
- 6.1.2 Perstorp Business Overview
- 6.1.3 Perstorp Caprolactone Production, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.1.4 Perstorp Caprolactone Product Portfolio
- 6.1.5 Perstorp Recent Developments
- 6.2 Daicel
- 6.2.1 Daicel Company Information
- 6.2.2 Daicel Business Overview
- 6.2.3 Daicel Caprolactone Production, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.2.4 Daicel Caprolactone Product Portfolio
- 6.2.5 Daicel Recent Developments
- 6.3 BASF
- 6.3.1 BASF Company Information
- 6.3.2 BASF Business Overview
- 6.3.3 BASF Caprolactone Production, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.3.4 BASF Caprolactone Product Portfolio
- 6.3.5 BASF Recent Developments
7 Global Caprolactone Production by Region
- 7.1 Global Caprolactone Production by Region: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 7.2 Global Caprolactone Production by Region (2021-2032)
- 7.2.1 Global Caprolactone Production by Region (2021-2026)
- 7.2.2 Global Caprolactone Production Forecast by Region (2027-2032)
- 7.3 Global Caprolactone Production by Region: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 7.4 Global Caprolactone Production Value by Region (2021-2032)
- 7.4.1 Global Caprolactone Production Value by Region (2021-2026)
- 7.4.2 Global Caprolactone Production Value by Region (2027-2032)
- 7.5 Global Caprolactone Market Price Analysis by Region (2021-2032)
- 7.6 Regional Production Value Trends (2021-2032)
- 7.6.1 North America Caprolactone Production Value (2021-2032)
- 7.6.2 Europe Caprolactone Production Value (2021-2032)
- 7.6.3 Asia-Pacific Caprolactone Production Value (2021-2032)
- 7.6.4 South America Caprolactone Production Value (2021-2032)
- 7.6.5 Middle East & Africa Caprolactone Production Value (2021-2032)
8 Global Caprolactone Consumption by Region
- 8.1 Global Caprolactone Consumption by Region: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 8.2 Global Caprolactone Consumption by Region (2021-2032)
- 8.2.1 Global Caprolactone Consumption by Region (2021-2026)
- 8.2.2 Global Caprolactone Consumption by Region (2027-2032)
- 8.3 North America
- 8.3.1 North America Caprolactone Consumption Growth Rate by Country: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 8.3.2 North America Caprolactone 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 Caprolactone Consumption Growth Rate by Country: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 8.4.2 Europe Caprolactone 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 Caprolactone Consumption Growth Rate by Country: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 8.5.2 Asia Pacific Caprolactone 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 Caprolactone Consumption Growth Rate by Country: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 8.6.2 South America Caprolactone 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 Caprolactone Consumption Growth Rate by Country: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 8.7.2 Middle East & Africa Caprolactone 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 Caprolactone Value Chain Analysis
- 9.1.1 Caprolactone Key Raw Materials
- 9.1.2 Raw Materials Key Suppliers
- 9.1.3 Manufacturing Cost Structure
- 9.1.4 Caprolactone Production Mode & Process
- 9.2 Caprolactone Sales Channels Analysis
- 9.2.1 Direct Comparison with Distribution Share
- 9.2.2 Caprolactone Distributors
- 9.2.3 Caprolactone 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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