The market research analysis categorizes the global industrial high-shear mixers market into the following type of end-user segments. They are:

Food and beverage industry
Pharmaceutical industry
Chemical and petrochemical industry

Global industrial high-shear mixers market in food and beverage industry

The global industrial high-shear mixers market in the food and beverage industry is experiencing substantial growth due to an increase in the consumption of packaged food around the world. In developing economies such as China and India, consumer preferences are changing rapidly with a growing interest in ready-to-eat processed dairy and bakery products. This is increasing the scope of the food and beverage industry to grow during the forecast period. In 2016, the Americas occupied a major share of 36% of the total consumer spending on eating out, followed by APAC and EMEA.

Global industrial high-shear mixers market in pharmaceutical industry

The pharmaceutical industry is one of the major consumers of industrial high-shear mixers, occupying a share of over 24% in 2016. In this industry, industrial high-shear mixers are used extensively in the preparation of ointments, medicated solutions, balms, creams, and eye drops. The mixers are available in horizontal and vertical configurations that allow the rotor to turn at high speed and continuously draw materials to one end of the mixing head and expel at high velocity through the opening of the stator. The generation of hydraulic shear enables fast mixing and breaks down the agglomerations, forming a homogeneous mixture.

Global industrial high-shear mixers market in chemical and petrochemical industry

The chemical industry includes organic chemicals, dye and dyestuff, alkali chemicals, inorganic chemicals, and pesticides. Petrochemical products cover the entire spectrum of daily use items such as clothing, housing, construction, furniture, and electrical and electronics. The demand for end-user products is the vital driving force for the chemical and petrochemical industry. The influence of this growth can be observed in all the related machinery and equipment used in plants.

High-shear industrial mixers are an important equipment in chemical plants as they are used to mix, break down the products, and dissolve the solvents irrespective of their viscosities. Some of the applications where the use of high-shear mixers is of importance are in the preparation of hot melts, formulated epoxies, rubber solutions, urethanes, plastisol, polyester dispersions, specialty coatings, paints, magnetic coatings, asphalt, and silicones.