Biopolymer Coatings Market Size, Share, Industry, Forecast and outlook (2024-2031)

Global Biopolymer Coatings Market is segmented By Monomer (Polynucleotides, Polypeptides, Polysaccharides), By Product (Polybutylene succinate, Polyvinylidene Fluoride, Polylactic acid, Polybutylene adipate/terephthalate, Polyhydroxyalkanoates, Polyurethanes, Others), By End User (Pharmaceutical, Food, Automobile, Packaging, Textile, Construction, Paper, Others), and By Region (North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Middle East, and Africa) – Share, Size, Outlook, and Opportunity Analysis, 2024-2031

Biopolymer Coatings Market Overview

The Global Biopolymer Coatings Market is expected to grow at a high CAGR during the forecast period (2024-2031).

The adverse effects of environmental contamination from non-renewable energy sources and waste from petrochemical items have been greatly concerned. A great deal of research and development has investigated different options in contrast to oil-based things that would be bio-degradable and, consequently, represent a lesser danger to the climate. Biopolymers are one such conceivable answer because they are regularly biodegradable materials gotten from sustainable crude materials. Biopolymers are natural particles that are made of repeating monomers and delivered by living beings; moreover, they have a focal job in keeping or improving food quality. In addition to that, they have chiefly been utilized as organizing or texturizing specialists in food. Biopolymer films have been viewed as likely substitutes for engineered films in food packaging applications in light of a solid promoting pattern toward all the more harmless to the ecosystem materials. Biopolymer-based consumable biopolymer coatings give an extra defensive covering to new items and provide an identical impact as modified atmosphere storage by changing internal gas composition. Edible coatings delivered from biopolymers are applied in fluid-structure straightforwardly to the food surface by submersion or by showering; this application of biopolymer coating is catching great importance and is supposed to be one of the critical factors projecting the growth of this market.

Biopolymer Coatings Market Summary

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Biopolymer Coatings Market Growth Trends

Increasing demand in the packaging industry is likely to drive market growth.

The healthcare sector is a significant market for Biopolymer Coatings. The growing demand for supplanting the oil-based packaging materials with bio-based coatings and containers may give not just an upper hand because of a more sustainable and greener picture yet also some improved specialized properties. Feasible economy uses, for the most part, bio-mass inferred crude materials for high-volume applications, for example, packaging. The latest technologies in the packaging business focus on lighter-weight materials for decreased oil material use, transportation costs, and limiting the measure of waste. Interest in feasible materials joined with hindrance improving fillers will proceed towards continuous development of this market. As single-layer biopolymer films seldom have a serious edge against synthetic films, the blend of individual layers to multilayer structures is fundamental. By multilayer structures, the specialized properties might be drastically improved. Fundamental properties favoring the use of biopolymer coatings for the packaging of various food products are good barrier properties, flexibility, transparency, economic profitability, and compatibility with the environment.

• As indicated by the review of biopolymer coatings application for foods and vegetable packaging, it was seen that they help in preserving the nutritional value and freshness of the item, thereby decreasing the deficiency of shading, nutrients, and minerals, saving the nourishing and tangible qualities, decrease of microbial defilement of the thing during its transportation, distribution and storage so that it increases their timeframe of realistic usability.

Apeel Sciences Announces USD 250M in New Financing to Improve Resilience of Fresh Food Supply Chain and Fight Global Food Waste in addition to that, this organization is battling the worldwide food crisis emergency by using nature's instruments to forestall waste in any case — a practical way to deal with the world's developing food requests. The organization's plant-inferred innovation helps new food cultivators, providers, and retailers keep up product quality and expand the timeframe of realistic usability, limiting food waste from the farm to the retail rack to the kitchen table.

• The application of the coating on dairy products, mainly on cheese, has proved to be very healthy, favoring its increased shell life and preventing it from microbial contamination and meat, poultry. Fish has also given them significant benefits in preserving their nutritional value. Meat consumption worldwide is expected to increase 1.4% per year through 2023, according to data published in the new Packaged Facts report Global Meat & Poultry Trends. Seeing the increasing demand for meat, possible advantages of utilizing Antimicrobial Edibles Films and Coatings (AEFC) for the meat business prevent loss of moisture, flavor, and texture changes, delivering a substantial financial effect expanding the saleable load of items.

The application of biopolymer coatings in biomedical applications is likely to favor market growth.

Biopolymer coatings show extraordinary potential in different biomedical applications because of their versatile functionalization. Biocompatibility, biodegradation and non-cytotoxicity are among the essential properties favoring their use as implantable materials. Biocompatible and biostable polymers are broadly used to bundle embedded gadgets, with the primary standards that incorporate gas porousness and water penetrability of the packaging polymer to ensure the electronic circuit's effective working of the device implanted inside the human body. A new expansion to the polymers being utilized as dental embed biomaterial is polyether ether ketone (PEEK). This material's significant benefit over titanium and zirconium is its flexible modulus (3.6 Gpa), which is nearer to the bone.

Further, this material is being supported with carbon fiber to accomplish a modulus of elasticity of 17.4 Gpa, which is near the cortical bone. Likewise, this material has better tasteful properties as it permits transmission of light and is good in patients who are possibly hypersensitive to titanium. Typical instances of biopolymers utilized as coatings for tissue designing applications incorporate PDA, HA, and chitosan, and their properties have been widely examined lately.

Usage of morpholine is likely to hinder the market growth

The use of morpholine is expected to cause many health complications, including impaired liver or kidney function; moreover, its level ranges from 0.03-.3 ppm is likely to cause low risk, but above this can cause severe damage to the human body. Reasonably high levels (1.1 to 3.85%) of morpholine (MOR) and traces (140 to 670 ppb) of N-nitrosomorpholine (NMOR) were detected in 9 commercial samples of liquid waxes used for coating apples. After ingestion of such wax-coated apples, the possibility of the formation of NMOR in the human stomach is improbable.

Surface treatment of fibers is also among the few reasons hindering market growth.

A large portion of the plant natural fibers contain generally high cellulose content (37-78%). Moreover, they are inalienably hydrophilic and have exceptionally helpless communication with most thermoplastic polymers. This results in the formation of frail interfaces among fibers and matrices, notwithstanding the fibers' non-uniformed scattering inside the matrices. Another downside of utilizing the fibers is the handling temperature of plant fibers under 200° C. They undergo degradation at a higher temperature. Indeed, even with good applicability patterns, biodegradable polymers extracted from sustainable sources present a few weaknesses, like low mechanical properties, quick degradation rate, high hydrophilic limit, and sometimes, poor mechanical properties, particularly in damp conditions rendering their application unviable. The inherent surface properties of polymers, such as poor wettability and low surface area, lead to substandard bioactivity and make it challenging to use these in implants.

Biopolymer Coatings Market Segmentation Analysis

 By monomer, the market is segmented into polynucleotides, polypeptides, and polysaccharides. By product, the market is segmented into Polybutylene succinate, Polyvinylidene Fluoride, Polylactic acid, Polybutylene adipate/terephthalate, polyhydroxyalkanoates, polyurethanes and others. By end-user, the market is segmented into the pharmaceutical industry, food industry, automobile industry, packaging industry, textile industry, construction industry, paper industry and others. Biopolymer‐based coatings have emerged as a powerful tool in the field of organ implants. Due to the increased cardiovascular diseases, the need for biopolymers in the pharmaceutical industry is expected to multiply. Biomaterials are being actively investigated for their use in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine due to their biodegradability and biocompatibility properties. According to a WHO report, by 2020, heart disease and stroke will become the leading cause of both death and disability worldwide, with the number of fatalities projected to increase to over 20 million a year and by 2030 to over 24 million a year.

Biopolymer Coatings Market Geographical Share

Asia-pacific dominates the market for Biopolymer Coatings due to the increasing demand in food packaging. The Asia Pacific area is home to around 62% of the worldwide populace (i.e., roughly 4.4 billion). According to forecasts from Smithers Pira, in 2018, the Asian packaging market will already account for more than 40 per cent of the world market. In emerging countries, such as China, India or Brazil, the affluent middle class is growing, and consumption increases along with prosperity. According to a report, coatings are expected to have a market value of 106 billion U.S. dollars in the Asia Pacific region in 2024, making this region the largest consumer-based on value. Next to that, Europe is expected to be the second-largest market for coatings in the world, valuing around 37.2 billion U.S. dollars. Factor favoring the growth of this market in Europe is the high production rate of vehicles. According to a report, The European auto industry is a global player, delivering quality 'Made in Europe' products worldwide and generating a €74 billion trade surplus for the EU. Germany is one of the largest automotive markets worldwide.

The growth of this industry in North America is favored by the high rise in cardiovascular diseases across the region. The Pharmaceutical industry would be a key player in driving the growth of this market in the area. Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death in the Americas. In Latin America and the Caribbean, 31% of all deaths are attributable to cardiovascular diseases. Mortality rates for ischemic heart disease are high throughout all sub-regions, with the highest North America and Latin Caribbean rates. It is estimated that the number of deaths in the Region attributed to cardiovascular disease will increase by more than 60% between 2000 and 2020 unless preventive measures are introduced.

Biopolymer Coatings Market Companies and Competitive Landscape

The Biopolymer Coatings market is fragmented with the presence of regional and global players. The competitive contour lies with the increase in the regional company and growing investment in upstream application. BASF, Arkema, Bayer, Clariant, Corteva, Covestro, Dow, DuPont, DSM, Evonik, Formosa Plastics, Huntsman, SABIC, Sinopec, Syngenta, Wanhua are the major player in the sensors market. The major players are adopting several growth strategies such as product launches, acquisitions, and collaborations, contributing to growing the Biopolymer Coatings market globally.

EVONIK

It is one of the world’s leading chemical companies. Evonik offers an abundance of raw materials for the coatings business. Be it vehicles, phones, or flooring: materials of assorted types are shielded from obstinate scratches is due to the fine-grained silica or non-composites.  According to a report, Evonik invested over €4 billion in research and development; in addition to that, in 2020, Evonik's revenue amounted to approximately 12.2 billion euros.