
The global PVDC market size is predicted to grow from US$ 823 million in 2025 to US$ 1080 million in 2031; it is expected to grow at a CAGR of 4.6% from 2025 to 2031.
Polyvinylidene chloride (PVDC) is a high-performance thermoplastic polymer known for its exceptional barrier properties against gases, moisture, and flavors. Chemically, it is a synthetic resin derived from the polymerization of vinylidene chloride. Its unique molecular structure, characterized by closely packed polymer chains with high crystallinity, gives PVDC superior impermeability to oxygen, carbon dioxide, and water vapor compared to most other polymers.
PVDC is most commonly used in the form of coatings or films, either as a standalone material or as a layer in multilayer packaging. Its primary applications are in the packaging industry, where it is valued for maintaining product freshness, preventing contamination, and extending shelf life. It is also employed in medical, industrial, and construction applications for its durability and resistance to chemicals and UV radiation.
Properties of PVDC:
Barrier Performance: PVDC is highly effective at preventing the permeation of gases and moisture, making it ideal for food, pharmaceutical, and industrial packaging.
Chemical Resistance: It resists most acids, alkalis, and organic solvents, enhancing its utility in industrial and medical applications.
Thermal Stability: PVDC has good thermal stability, allowing it to endure processes such as sterilization and pasteurization.
Transparency and Flexibility: Films made from PVDC are clear and flexible, enabling visual inspection of packaged contents.
Adhesion: PVDC coatings adhere well to substrates like paper, aluminum, and other polymers, making it versatile in multilayer packaging.
The main market drivers include:
Sustainable Alternatives: Manufacturers are investing in developing PVDC variants with reduced environmental impact or alternative materials that replicate its barrier properties.
Nanotechnology Integration: Advances in nanotechnology are expected to enhance PVDC's performance, enabling thinner films with the same or better barrier capabilities.
Growth in Biodegradable and Multilayer Films: PVDC remains integral in multilayer films that combine biodegradable or recyclable materials to meet evolving regulatory and consumer demands.
At present, there are several production companies in the world polyvinylidene chloride (PVDC) industry. The main players are SK geo centric, Kureha, Syensqo (Solvay), Asahi Kasei and Zhejiang Juhua, etc. In 2023, SK geo centric is the world's largest polyvinylidene chloride producer, accounting for 25.32% of the global total sales. In the consumer market, due to the large demand for downstream applications, the United States and China are the main consumption areas. These two regions account for 60% of the global total consumption. In terms of its product category, PVDC can be divided into VDC-VC copolymer resin, VDC-MA copolymer resin, PVDC latex, etc. VDC-VC copolymer resin occupies the largest market share, accounting for more than 50%.
The “PVDC Industry Forecast” looks at past sales and reviews total world PVDC sales in 2024, providing a comprehensive analysis by region and market sector of projected PVDC sales for 2025 through 2031. With PVDC sales broken down by region, market sector and sub-sector, this report provides a detailed analysis in US$ millions of the world PVDC industry.
This Insight Report provides a comprehensive analysis of the global PVDC landscape and highlights key trends related to product segmentation, company formation, revenue, and market share, latest development, and M&A activity. This report also analyzes the strategies of leading global companies with a focus on PVDC portfolios and capabilities, market entry strategies, market positions, and geographic footprints, to better understand these firms’ unique position in an accelerating global PVDC market.
This Insight Report evaluates the key market trends, drivers, and affecting factors shaping the global outlook for PVDC and breaks down the forecast by Type, by Application, geography, and market size to highlight emerging pockets of opportunity. With a transparent methodology based on hundreds of bottom-up qualitative and quantitative market inputs, this study forecast offers a highly nuanced view of the current state and future trajectory in the global PVDC.
This report presents a comprehensive overview, market shares, and growth opportunities of PVDC market by product type, application, key manufacturers and key regions and countries.
Segmentation by Type:
VDC-VC Copolymer Resin
VDC-MA Copolymer Resin
Others
Segmentation by Application:
Food Packaging and Wrap
Pharmaceuticals Packaging
Sterilized Medical Packaging
Others
This report also splits the market by region:
Americas
United States
Canada
Mexico
Brazil
APAC
China
Japan
Korea
Southeast Asia
India
Australia
Europe
Germany
France
UK
Italy
Russia
Middle East & Africa
Egypt
South Africa
Israel
Turkey
GCC Countries
The below companies that are profiled have been selected based on inputs gathered from primary experts and analysing the company's coverage, product portfolio, its market penetration.
SK geo centric
Kureha
Syensqo (Solvay)
Asahi Kasei
Juhua Group
Nantong SKT
Keguan Polymer
Xinglu Chemical
Key Questions Addressed in this Report
What is the 10-year outlook for the global PVDC market?
What factors are driving PVDC market growth, globally and by region?
Which technologies are poised for the fastest growth by market and region?
How do PVDC market opportunities vary by end market size?
How does PVDC break out by Type, by Application?
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1 Scope of the Report
1.1 Market Introduction
1.2 Years Considered
1.3 Research Objectives
1.4 Market Research Methodology
1.5 Research Process and Data Source
1.6 Economic Indicators
1.7 Currency Considered
1.8 Market Estimation Caveats
2 Executive Summary
2.1 World Market Overview
2.1.1 Global PVDC Annual Sales 2020-2031
2.1.2 World Current & Future Analysis for PVDC by Geographic Region, 2020, 2024 & 2031
2.1.3 World Current & Future Analysis for PVDC by Country/Region, 2020, 2024 & 2031
2.2 PVDC Segment by Type
2.2.1 VDC-VC Copolymer Resin
2.2.2 VDC-MA Copolymer Resin
2.2.3 Others
2.3 PVDC Sales by Type
2.3.1 Global PVDC Sales Market Share by Type (2020-2025)
2.3.2 Global PVDC Revenue and Market Share by Type (2020-2025)
2.3.3 Global PVDC Sale Price by Type (2020-2025)
2.4 PVDC Segment by Application
2.4.1 Food Packaging and Wrap
2.4.2 Pharmaceuticals Packaging
2.4.3 Sterilized Medical Packaging
2.4.4 Others
2.5 PVDC Sales by Application
2.5.1 Global PVDC Sale Market Share by Application (2020-2025)
2.5.2 Global PVDC Revenue and Market Share by Application (2020-2025)
2.5.3 Global PVDC Sale Price by Application (2020-2025)
3 Global by Company
3.1 Global PVDC Breakdown Data by Company
3.1.1 Global PVDC Annual Sales by Company (2020-2025)
3.1.2 Global PVDC Sales Market Share by Company (2020-2025)
3.2 Global PVDC Annual Revenue by Company (2020-2025)
3.2.1 Global PVDC Revenue by Company (2020-2025)
3.2.2 Global PVDC Revenue Market Share by Company (2020-2025)
3.3 Global PVDC Sale Price by Company
3.4 Key Manufacturers PVDC Producing Area Distribution, Sales Area, Product Type
3.4.1 Key Manufacturers PVDC Product Location Distribution
3.4.2 Players PVDC Products Offered
3.5 Market Concentration Rate Analysis
3.5.1 Competition Landscape Analysis
3.5.2 Concentration Ratio (CR3, CR5 and CR10) & (2023-2025)
3.6 New Products and Potential Entrants
3.7 Market M&A Activity & Strategy
4 World Historic Review for PVDC by Geographic Region
4.1 World Historic PVDC Market Size by Geographic Region (2020-2025)
4.1.1 Global PVDC Annual Sales by Geographic Region (2020-2025)
4.1.2 Global PVDC Annual Revenue by Geographic Region (2020-2025)
4.2 World Historic PVDC Market Size by Country/Region (2020-2025)
4.2.1 Global PVDC Annual Sales by Country/Region (2020-2025)
4.2.2 Global PVDC Annual Revenue by Country/Region (2020-2025)
4.3 Americas PVDC Sales Growth
4.4 APAC PVDC Sales Growth
4.5 Europe PVDC Sales Growth
4.6 Middle East & Africa PVDC Sales Growth
5 Americas
5.1 Americas PVDC Sales by Country
5.1.1 Americas PVDC Sales by Country (2020-2025)
5.1.2 Americas PVDC Revenue by Country (2020-2025)
5.2 Americas PVDC Sales by Type (2020-2025)
5.3 Americas PVDC Sales by Application (2020-2025)
5.4 United States
5.5 Canada
5.6 Mexico
5.7 Brazil
6 APAC
6.1 APAC PVDC Sales by Region
6.1.1 APAC PVDC Sales by Region (2020-2025)
6.1.2 APAC PVDC Revenue by Region (2020-2025)
6.2 APAC PVDC Sales by Type (2020-2025)
6.3 APAC PVDC Sales by Application (2020-2025)
6.4 China
6.5 Japan
6.6 South Korea
6.7 Southeast Asia
6.8 India
6.9 Australia
6.10 China Taiwan
7 Europe
7.1 Europe PVDC by Country
7.1.1 Europe PVDC Sales by Country (2020-2025)
7.1.2 Europe PVDC Revenue by Country (2020-2025)
7.2 Europe PVDC Sales by Type (2020-2025)
7.3 Europe PVDC Sales by Application (2020-2025)
7.4 Germany
7.5 France
7.6 UK
7.7 Italy
7.8 Russia
8 Middle East & Africa
8.1 Middle East & Africa PVDC by Country
8.1.1 Middle East & Africa PVDC Sales by Country (2020-2025)
8.1.2 Middle East & Africa PVDC Revenue by Country (2020-2025)
8.2 Middle East & Africa PVDC Sales by Type (2020-2025)
8.3 Middle East & Africa PVDC Sales by Application (2020-2025)
8.4 Egypt
8.5 South Africa
8.6 Israel
8.7 Turkey
8.8 GCC Countries
9 Market Drivers, Challenges and Trends
9.1 Market Drivers & Growth Opportunities
9.2 Market Challenges & Risks
9.3 Industry Trends
10 Manufacturing Cost Structure Analysis
10.1 Raw Material and Suppliers
10.2 Manufacturing Cost Structure Analysis of PVDC
10.3 Manufacturing Process Analysis of PVDC
10.4 Industry Chain Structure of PVDC
11 Marketing, Distributors and Customer
11.1 Sales Channel
11.1.1 Direct Channels
11.1.2 Indirect Channels
11.2 PVDC Distributors
11.3 PVDC Customer
12 World Forecast Review for PVDC by Geographic Region
12.1 Global PVDC Market Size Forecast by Region
12.1.1 Global PVDC Forecast by Region (2026-2031)
12.1.2 Global PVDC Annual Revenue Forecast by Region (2026-2031)
12.2 Americas Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
12.3 APAC Forecast by Region (2026-2031)
12.4 Europe Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
12.5 Middle East & Africa Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
12.6 Global PVDC Forecast by Type (2026-2031)
12.7 Global PVDC Forecast by Application (2026-2031)
13 Key Players Analysis
13.1 SK geo centric
13.1.1 SK geo centric Company Information
13.1.2 SK geo centric PVDC Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.1.3 SK geo centric PVDC Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.1.4 SK geo centric Main Business Overview
13.1.5 SK geo centric Latest Developments
13.2 Kureha
13.2.1 Kureha Company Information
13.2.2 Kureha PVDC Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.2.3 Kureha PVDC Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.2.4 Kureha Main Business Overview
13.2.5 Kureha Latest Developments
13.3 Syensqo (Solvay)
13.3.1 Syensqo (Solvay) Company Information
13.3.2 Syensqo (Solvay) PVDC Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.3.3 Syensqo (Solvay) PVDC Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.3.4 Syensqo (Solvay) Main Business Overview
13.3.5 Syensqo (Solvay) Latest Developments
13.4 Asahi Kasei
13.4.1 Asahi Kasei Company Information
13.4.2 Asahi Kasei PVDC Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.4.3 Asahi Kasei PVDC Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.4.4 Asahi Kasei Main Business Overview
13.4.5 Asahi Kasei Latest Developments
13.5 Juhua Group
13.5.1 Juhua Group Company Information
13.5.2 Juhua Group PVDC Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.5.3 Juhua Group PVDC Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.5.4 Juhua Group Main Business Overview
13.5.5 Juhua Group Latest Developments
13.6 Nantong SKT
13.6.1 Nantong SKT Company Information
13.6.2 Nantong SKT PVDC Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.6.3 Nantong SKT PVDC Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.6.4 Nantong SKT Main Business Overview
13.6.5 Nantong SKT Latest Developments
13.7 Keguan Polymer
13.7.1 Keguan Polymer Company Information
13.7.2 Keguan Polymer PVDC Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.7.3 Keguan Polymer PVDC Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.7.4 Keguan Polymer Main Business Overview
13.7.5 Keguan Polymer Latest Developments
13.8 Xinglu Chemical
13.8.1 Xinglu Chemical Company Information
13.8.2 Xinglu Chemical PVDC Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.8.3 Xinglu Chemical PVDC Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.8.4 Xinglu Chemical Main Business Overview
13.8.5 Xinglu Chemical Latest Developments
14 Research Findings and Conclusion
*If Applicable.
