World Gaskets & Seals with forecasts to 2005 and 2010

New study finds: • The world market for gaskets and seals is projected to increase 5.7 percent per year through 2005 (including price increases), reaching US$28.7 billion • Among product types, high-performance products such as mechanical face seals, rotary oil seals and nonmetallic gaskets constructed from advanced materials -- for example, carbon and aramid fibers, expanded graphite, specialty elastomers and polymers -- will have above average growth prospects • The top four gaskets and seals producers -- Freudenberg-NOK, Federal Mogul, the Smiths Group and Parker-Hannifin -accounted for over 18 percent of total world demand in 2000

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Brochure Table of Contents Study Highlights ............................................................................... 2 Study Table of Contents and List of Tables and Charts ................... 4 Sample Pages and Tables from: Market Environment .................................................... 6 World Supply & Demand ............................................ 7 Supply and Demand by Country & Region ................. 8 Industry Structure ........................................................ 9 Company Profiles ...................................................... 10 List of Companies Profiled ........................................ 11 Forecasting Methodology ............................................................... 12 About the Company ....................................................................... 13 Advantages of Freedonia Reports ................................................... 13 About Our Customers .................................................................... 14 Related Studies ............................................................................... 15 Ordering Information ..................................................................... 16

Study Highlights •

The world market for gaskets and seals is projected to increase 5.7 percent per year through 2005 (including price increases), reaching US$28.7 billion.

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Gains will accelerate in Asia since many of the countries most directly affected by the 1997-1998 financial crisis -- Indonesia, Malaysia, South Korea, Thailand, etc. -- were previously among the world's fastest-growing markets and are expected to recover.

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The advanced nations of North America, Western Europe and Asia/Pacific (e.g., Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore) comprise mature, highly cyclical markets for gaskets and seals.

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Motor vehicles will continue to be the largest market, due to the wide range of applications involved.

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Among product types, high-performance products such as mechanical face seals, rotary oil seals and nonmetallic gaskets constructed from advanced materials -- for example, carbon and aramid fibers, expanded graphite, specialty elastomers and polymers -- will have above average growth prospects.

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The top four gaskets and seals producers -Freudenberg-NOK, Federal Mogul, the Smiths Group and Parker-Hannifin -- accounted for over 18 percent of total world demand in 2000.

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World Gaskets & Seals Demand by Region North America 32.0%

Latin America 3.1%

Western Europe 27.9%

Asia/Pacific 29.7%

Eastern Europe 4.5% Africa/Mideast 2.8%

World Gaskets & Seals (million US dollars) % Annual Growth Item

1995

2000

2005

2010

00/95

05/00

Gross Fixed Investment (bil 1998 US$) 6638 $ fixed invest/capita 1170

8340 1377

10610 1652

13630 2006

4.7 --

4.9 --

Population (million persons) $ gasket & seals/capita

5675 2.9

6058 3.6

6424 4.5

6795 5.6

1.3 --

1.2 --

Gaskets & Seals Demand by Region 16640 North America: 5330 United States 4800 Canada & Mexico 530 Latin America 470 Western Europe 4465 Eastern Europe 820 Africa/Mideast 475 Asia/Pacific: 5080 Japan 2400 China 1000 Other Asia/Pacific 1680

21730 6950 6000 950 670 6065 975 610 6460 2700 1700 2060

28660 8685 7400 1285 1015 7820 1335 820 8985 3300 2650 3035

37840 5.5 11330 5.5 9600 4.6 Sample Table 1730 12.4 1530 7.3 9740 6.3 1850 3.5 1090 5.1 12300 4.9 4000 2.4 3900 11.2 4400 4.2

5.7 4.6 4.3 6.2 8.7 5.2 6.5 6.1 6.8 4.1 9.3 8.1

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Table of Contents

I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Summary Table ................................................................ 3 II. MARKET ENVIRONMENT

Tables and Charts are featured for each region and country. Historical data and forecasts are presented for 1995, 2000, 2005 and 2010.

General ................................................................................. 4 World Economic Outlook .................................................... 5 Recent Economic Performance .......................................... 6 Macroeconomic Outlook .................................................. 9 Table - Gross Domestic Product by Region ................ 10

For each country/region, the following are given: Population per capita GDP Gross Domestic Product % fixed investment Gross Fixed Investment $ gaskets & seals/capita $ gaskets & seals/mil $ GFI $ gaskets & seals/mil $ GDP Motor Vehicle Production

World Fixed Investment Outlook ....................................... 10 Table - Fixed Investment by Region ............................... 14 Chart - Gaskets & Seals Demand/Fixed Investment Relationship, 2000 ....................................................... 15 World Motor Vehicle Production Trends ........................... 16 Table - World Motor Vehicle Production by Region ...... 18 Gaskets & Seals Pricing Patterns ......................................... 18 Table - Gaskets & Seals Pricing Patterns ......................... 20 Gaskets & Seals Technology ....................................... 21 III. SUPPLY & DEMAND General ............................................................................... 23 World Gaskets & Seals Markets .......................................... 24

Gaskets & Seals Demand By Type: Gaskets Seals By Application: Motor Vehicles Industrial Machinery Electrical & Electronic Equipment Others By Source: OEM MRO net exports Gaskets & Seals Shipments

Regional Demand Dynamics .......................................... 25 Table - World Gaskets & Seals Demand by Region .... 27 Chart - World Gaskets & Seals Demand by Region, 2000 ....................................................... 27 Applications .................................................................... 28 Table - World Gaskets & Seals Demand by Application .......................................................... 29 Motor Vehicles ............................................................ 29 Industrial Machinery ................................................... 30 Electrical & Electronic Equipment .............................. 31 Others ......................................................................... 31 World Gaskets & Seals Production ..................................... 32 Producing Countries ....................................................... 32 Table - World Gaskets & Seals Shipments by Region ... 34 Chart - World Gaskets & Seals Shipments by Region, 2000 ....................................................... 34 Gasket & Seal Products ................................................... 35 Table - World Gaskets & Seals Shipments by Type .... 36 Gaskets ....................................................................... 36 Seals ............................................................................ 37 International Trade Flows ................................................... 37 Table - Gaskets & Seals Net Exports by Region .............. 38

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Market Environment IV. NORTH AMERICA General ............................................................................... 39

VIII. AFRICA/MIDEAST General ............................................................................ 162

Overview ........................................................................ 39

Overview ..................................................................... 162

Supply & Demand ......................................................... 41

Supply & Demand ...................................................... 163

United States ...................................................................... 43

Israel ............................................................................. 166

Canada ............................................................................... 47

South Africa .................................................................... 169

Mexico ............................................................................... 51

Turkey ............................................................................ 174 Other Africa/Mideast ....................................................... 178

V. LATIN AMERICA General ............................................................................... 56

IX. ASIA/PACIFIC

Overview ........................................................................ 56

General ............................................................................ 183

Supply & Demand ......................................................... 58

Overview ..................................................................... 183

Argentina ............................................................................ 61

Supply & Demand ...................................................... 185

Brazil ................................................................................ 65

Japan ............................................................................. 187

Other Latin America ........................................................... 70

China ............................................................................. 192 Other Asia/Pacific ............................................................ 197

VI. WESTERN EUROPE

Australia ....................................................................... 200

General ............................................................................... 75

Hong Kong ................................................................. 203

Overview ........................................................................ 75

India ............................................................................ 207

Supply & Demand ......................................................... 77

Indonesia ..................................................................... 211

Germany ............................................................................ 80

Malaysia ....................................................................... 216

France ................................................................................ 84

Singapore ..................................................................... 220

United Kingdom ................................................................ 88

South Korea ................................................................. 223

Italy

................................................................................ 92

Taiwan ........................................................................ 228

Other Western Europe ....................................................... 96

Thailand ...................................................................... 233

Austria ............................................................................ 98

All Other Asia/Pacific Countries ................................... 238

Belgium ....................................................................... 102 Denmark ..................................................................... 106

X. INDUSTRY STRUCTURE

Finland ........................................................................ 110

General ............................................................................ 242

The Netherlands .......................................................... 114

Industry Composition & Market Share ........................... 243

Norway ........................................................................ 118

Chart - World Gaskets & Seals Market Share

Spain ........................................................................... 122

by Company, 2000 ................................................... 246

Sweden ........................................................................ 127

Product Development & Manufacturing ........................ 247

Switzerland .................................................................. 130

Marketing & Distribution ............................................... 248

All Other Western Europe Countries ........................... 134

Table - Selected Cooperative Agreements ..................... 251 Financial Requirements .................................................... 253

VII. EASTERN EUROPE

Mergers, Acquisitions & Industry Restructuring .............. 255

General ............................................................................ 138

Table - Selected Acquisitions & Divestitures ................ 258

Overview ..................................................................... 138

Company Profiles ..................................................... 261-317

Supply & Demand ...................................................... 140 Czech Republic ............................................................... 143 Poland ............................................................................. 147 Russia ............................................................................. 151 Other Eastern Europe ..................................................... 156

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Market Environment The Market Environment Section discusses key indicators that drive demand for gaskets and seals, including technology and motor vehicle production trends and Freedonia’s uniquely developed macroeconomic indicators.

MARKET ENVIRONMENT

Gaskets & Seals Technology

This information provides you with an understanding and an analysis of the climate in which the global gaskets and seals industry operates and helps you build your market strategy to sustain long-term growth.

Gaskets and seals are basic industrial component-type items designed to prevent fluid leakage and protect sensitive machinery parts from external contamination in a host of industrial, electrical/electronic and transportation settings SAMPLEequipment PAGE (sometimes other functions are involved as well, such as vibration dampening). As a result, basic gasket and seal designs and functions are well-established and wellunderstood. However, the business continues to be impacted by technological innovation with market-expanding potential.

Many of the most important

developments have occurred in the area of advanced materials. Gaskets and seals suppliers have intensively investigated the potential for any number of materials to perform these functions. The result has been the emergence of an array of gasket and seal products constructed wholly or in part (e.g., as fillers) from alternative materials that generally offer performance advantages over traditional materials such as commodity rubber, paper and felt, cork and the like. For example, Gasket King has developed a fiber-reinforced, pre-ceramic silicone composite head gasket. The product, which is being tested by OEMs such as Ford and General Motors, is designed to replace multi-layer steel (MLS) gaskets. The gasket can withstand much higher temperatures than previous silicone products (up to 1,820 degrees Fahrenheit versus 600), and has performance advantages vis-a-vis MLS gaskets. For example, it requires no fasteners and only one layer of material (which therefore needs only one coat of sealant). Another example of new gasketing material is LATTYFLON from Technical Sealing Products (Hampton, Virginia). LATTYFLON 3260LM consists of a plaited polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) impregnated carbon core within a jacket of PTFE impregnated and lubricated yarn. The product is designed for modulating control valves. LATTYGRAF 6940, also from Technical Sealing Products, is

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World Supply & Demand The World Supply and Demand

WORLD SUPPLY & DEMAND

Section presents supply and demand dynamics for the global gaskets and seals market over the past ten years.

Gaskets World gaskets shipments are expected to increase 5.5 percent annually through 2005 to $12.8 billion. Gains will accelerate compared to the 1995-2000 period

This information helps you:

due largely to rising growth in global capital investment levels. Specifically,

SAMPLE PAGE production of key end-use products such as motor vehicles and industrial machin•

Focus your sales and marketing efforts on high growth areas.

ery is expected to experience growth, which in turn will boost gains for components such as gaskets. Product innovations will have both positive and negative effects on growth, since the improved pricing opportunities for higher-end products will be offset somewhat by the extended useful lives.

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Propose new areas for development Nonmetallic gaskets comprise the largest gasket product group, and will experience above-average growth through 2005, due to rising demand for advanced materials such as thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs), carbon and aramid fiber, and expanded graphite. Traditional nonmetallic gaskets (such as rubber, cork and paper), as well as metallic gaskets, will experience limited gains due to competition from the newer nonmetallic materials. Seals Shipments of seals and packings are expected to increase 5.8 percent per annum through 2005 to $15.9 billion. As with gaskets, gains will benefit from rising key end-use products such as motor vehicles and industrial machinWorld Gaskets production & Seals ofDemand by Application ery. In addition, aftermarket opportunities, a result of the aging and repair of

(million U.S. dollars)

equipment in developed nations, will boost gains.

Item

1990 1995above 2000 2005 through 20102005, due to their ability Shaft seals will experience average growth to control fugitive emissions, a major factor in manufacturing applications.

Gross Fixed Investment (bil US 98$) 5885 6638 8340 10610 13630 Molded packings and seals, as well as compression packings, will experience limited $ fixed invest/capita 1118 1170 1377 1652 2006 gains due to competition from shaft seals.

SAMPLE TABLE

Population (million persons) $ gaskets & seals/capita Gaskets & Seals Demand by Market Motor Vehicles Industrial Machinery Electrical & Electronic Equipment Others

5266 2.6

5674.9 2.9

6058.4 3.6

6423.7 4.5

6795.2 5.6

13595 4167 4477 3004 1947

16640 5350 5329 3783 2178

21730 7475 6675 4815 2765

28660 10045 8575 6550 3490

37840 13195 11280 8805 4560

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Supply & Demand by Country & Region The Country Sections analyze supply and demand trends and consider the threats and opportunities in each country and region.

LATIN AMERICA

Argentina - Supply & Demand Argentina comprised a $90 million market for gaskets and seals in 2000, a distant second to Brazil as largest in the region. Demand grew briskly during the several

SAMPLE PAGE

years leading up to the 1998 economic slowdown, with the conspicuous exception of 1995 when gross fixed investment contracted in the recessionary environment. Much gaskets and seals demand derives from the country’s automotive sector, which produced 335,000 vehicles in 2000 -- more than double late 1980s levels even in an adverse macroeconomic climate -- through a combination of knockdown kit assembly and complete vehicle fabrication methods. Although not growing as rapidly in recent years, the Argentine industrial machinery market is also quite sizable, as the country features agricultural, food processing, oilfield and plastics processing machinery industries of significance. Other important gasketsand seals-consuming industries include computers and peripherals; these types of higher value-added industries have been among the major beneficiaries of economic reforms attracting external capital into the country. But outside investment has dried up since& theDemand onset of the economic slowdown in mid 1998, Russia - Gaskets evidently & Seals Supply aggravated by rising interest rates. (million U.S. dollars)

Item

Argentina maintains a small gaskets seals manufacturing industry, one which 1990 1995 2000 and2005 2010 registered shipments of $65 million in 2000, resulting in a trade deficit represent-

Gaskets & Seals Demand By Type: Gaskets Seals

ing nearly710 a third of320 demand. 350 External suppliers to700 the nation include the US, 500 Brazil and Asia. Major multinational gaskets and seals manufacturers with production facilities in the country include Parker-Hannifin and Sabo.

335

150

160

225

320

275is projected 380 to increase 9.2 percent per Demand 375 for gaskets170 and seals 190 in Argentina year through 2005 to $140 million. Fueling gains will be recovery in the economy

By Application: at large and a return of external capital to the country. Motor vehicle production Motor Vehicles 125 90 155 220 310 in particular will provide opportunities, as domestic production is expected to rise Industrial Machinery 225 95 90 125 170 ten percent annually through 2005. Shipments of gaskets and seals from Electrical & Electronic Equipment 150 65SAMPLE 55 80 115 TABLE Argentine210 facilities will through 2005 to $105 million, Others 70 rise 10.1 50 percent75per year105 a little faster than demand but insufficient to prevent a further widening in the

By Source: OEM MRO net exports Gaskets & Seals Shipments

country’s trade deficit.

370 340

165 155

180 170

255 245

345 355

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-125

-100

-150

-300

610

195

250

350

400

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Industry Structure Sample page from Freedonia Industry Study Gain a better global understanding of #1111 World Security Products your temscompetition and analyze your company's position in the industry with information about:

& Sys-

INDUSTRY STRUCTURE

• industry composition & market share Marketing & Distribution

• product development

As in other durable goods components industries, marketing and distribution strategies in the gaskets and seals business have become more sophisticated in recent

• manufacturing

years as the competitive environment has intensified and customers -- on both the OEM and maintenance/repair/operations (MRO) sides -- have become more

• marketing & distribution

demanding. Distribution channels and strategies have also evolved as a result of the growing importance of specialty products. The specialization has generally favored greater use of direct sales arrangements to OEMs -- the principal customers for

• financial requirements

speciality devices. The aftermarket, in contrast, generallyPAGE continues to be serviced SAMPLE by independent sales agents and/or supply distributors (jobbers, wholesalers, etc.).

• mergers & acquisitions Competition in the OEM segment is based on product quality (or perceived

• industry restructuring

product quality), engineering capabilities, timely delivery and price. Similar variables are important in the aftermarket segment as well, with price and timely delivery taking on somewhat relatively greater importance, as is typical with replacement components. It should be noted, however, that in both the OEM and MRO segments the relative importance of the key marketing-related considerations can vary depending upon the nature and technical sophistication of the product (as well as its intended use). Therefore, in the case of commodity items such as elastomeric gaskets or O-rings, price and delivery are the major considerations. For more technically advanced products, such as packings designed to stop fugitive emissions in the chemical industry, quality and performance join pricing as critical variables. Maintenance and service are becoming critically important in all segments where the leak-control capabilities of gaskets and seals are coveted, particularly for users (such as process manufacturers) who are subjected to clean air and other environmental regulations. As gasket and seal products have become more technically complex and diverse (in terms of designs, materials, etc.), suppliers’ marketing requirements have risen © Copyright by The Freedonia Group, Inc.

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Company Profiles The Profiles Section analyzes 33 companies active in the world gaskets and seals industry. These profiles represent a sampling or cross-section of the types of companies involved in

COMPANY PROFILES

the industry. SKF AB 415 50 Goteburg

Divisions, subsidiaries, joint

Sweden

ventures, etc., are discussed under

46-31-371000

appropriate parent companies.

Chicago Rawhide 735 Tollgate Road

Sources for profiles included:

Elgin, IL 60123 847-742-7840

• Information provided by key staff members in the respective companies

SKF is reportedly the leading global supplier of products, solutions and services to the seals and rolling bearing industries. The Company produces the steel and seals for bearings as well as the completed bearings. SKF operates in six divisions: Seals, Industrial, Automotive, Electrical, Service and Steel. As of 2000, seals and

• Annual reports

bearings production represented about 90 percent of the Company’s total manufacturing operations. In 2000, the Company had sales of $4.3 billion (Sweden accounted for $202 million, other European countries for $2.1 billion and

SAMPLE PAGE

• 10-K reports

other areas for $863 million). SKF employed 40,400 in 2000.

In Germany, the Company produces gas spring seals through CR Elastomere GmbH

• Security analysts reports

(Leverkusen). CR Elastomere is a leading producer of valve stem seals and has a manufacturing facility in Leverkusen. SKF’s RFT SpA (Varese, Italy) is reportedly Europe’s leading bearing seals company. RFT offers a full line of metric seals and

• Corporate product literature

maintains production facilities in Varese and Villanova d’Asti, Italy. In 2000, the Varese plant utilized 720 metric tons of rubber and 10,000 metric tons of metal in the production of seals. SKF’s Chicago Rawhide subsidiary is a leading supplier of elastomeric seals to the North American market and reportedly the leading supplier of radial seals in the

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Companies Profiled AMETEK Incorporated Armstrong World Industries Incorporated Burgmann (Feodor) Dichtungswerke GmbH Gustav Espey Chesterton (AW) Company Chicago Rawhide, see SKF Cooper Tire & Rubber Company Jin Young Standard Company Nishikawa Standard Company Standard Products Company Dana Corporation GemStone Gasket Company Industrias Serva SA Nippon Reinz REINZ Dichtungs GmbH & Company Victor Reinz DESC SA de CV UNIK SA de CV Eagle-Picher Industries Incorporated Wolverine Gasket Econosto NV Temac a.s. ElringKlinger AG Versatech Sealing Systems ZWL Grundbesitz-und Beteiligungs AG Emerson Electric Company Federal-Mogul Corporation Fel-Pro Incorporated Flowserve Corporation Frenzelit-Werke GmbH & Company KG Freudenberg & Company Detroit Gasket Company Farnam Meillor Sealing Systems Meillor SA NOK Corporation Verco Seal Incorporated Vibracoustic GenCorp Incorporated GDX Automotive HENNIGES Elastomer-und Kunststofftechni Goodrich Corporation Coltec Industries Incorporated France Compressor Products Garlock Sealing Technologies Gore (WL) & Associates Incorporated

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Henkel KGaA Loctite Corporation Interface Solutions Incorporated Armstrong Industrial Specialties Invensys plc Ishikawa Gasket Company Limited Yantai Ishikawa Gasket Company Kaydon Corporation Lydall Incorporated Madison Capital Partners Holm Industries Industrie Ilpea SpA Nippon Valqua Industries Limited Parker-Hannifin Corporation Goshen Rubber Gummi-Metall Scheufele & Gienger Wynn’s International Sabo Industria e Comercio Limitada KACO GmbH + Company Saint-Gobain Furon Company Norton Company SKF AB CR Elastomere GmbH RFT SpA Sealpool AB Smiths Group plc Busak & Shamban GmbH Crane (John) Incorporated Forsheda Polypac SpA TI Group plc Safematic Oy Wills Polymers Limited Total Fina Elf SA ATOFINA Hutchinson SA Stillman Seal United Polymers Limited

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