Thermal Interface Materials: Technologies, Applications and Global Markets

Report Code: SMC071A

Publish Date: Jun 2011

Publisher: BCC Publishing

Category: Semiconductors

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Report Highlights

The global market for thermal interface materials was worth $390 million in 2010. The market is expected to grow to $425.8 million in 2011 and $626.8 million in 2016, a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8% between 2011 and 2016.

Report Scope

The report addresses the global market for thermal interface materials products during the period from 2010 through 2016, including:

  • Thermal greases
  • Thermal compounds
  • Thermal pads
  • Adhesive films and tapes
  • Epoxies
  • Phase-change materials
  • Metal-based TIM.

The report format includes the following major elements:

  • Executive summary
  • Overview of TIM
  • TIM technologies and products
  • Applications and end users
  • Developers and suppliers
  • Market estimates and projections
  • Industry structure and competition
  • Patent analysis.

The geographic scope for this report is the global market.

Analyst Credentials

Mr. McWilliams, who is the author responsible for this update, is a partner in the Boston-based international technology and marketing consulting firm, 43rd Parallel LLC. Mr. McWilliams is the author of several other Business Communications Co. reports related to thermal management, semiconductors, and electronic products, including SMC024F The Market for Thermal Management Technologies; IFT061A Enabling Technologies for High-performance Computing; SMC065A Analog and Mixed Signal Devices; IFT054A Data Storage Media: Materials, Technologies, Markets; IFT049A Digital Image Sensing, Storage and Transfer; SMC048A Semiconductor Microlithography: Materials and Markets; SMC064B Semiconductor/Microelectronics Cleaning; and IFT066A Printed Electronics: The Global Market.

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Table of Contents

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Title/Chapter NamePagesMember Price
Full Report: Thermal Interface Materials: Technologies, Applications and Global Markets164Free
Chapter- 1: INTRODUCTION5Free
Chapter- 2: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY3Free
Chapter- 3: OVERVIEW31Free
Chapter- 4: THE IMPORTANCE OF THERMAL MANAGEMENT8Free
Chapter- 5: THERMAL INTERFACE MATERIALS17Free
Chapter- 6: THERMAL GREASES14Free
Chapter- 7: THERMAL COMPOUNDS9Free
Chapter- 8: THERMAL PADS10Free
Chapter- 9: THERMAL ADHESIVE TAPES10Free
Chapter- 10: EPOXY THERMAL INTERFACE MATERIALS10Free
Chapter- 11: PHASE-CHANGE MATERIALS9Free
Chapter- 12: METALLIC THERMAL INTERFACE MATERIALS15Free
Chapter- 13: INDUSTRY STRUCTURE3Free
Chapter- 14: APPENDIX A: COMPANY PROFILES15Free
Chapter- 15: APPENDIX B: PATENT ANALYSIS5Free

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Report Includes

    Total Number of Tables in this Report: 41

  • Summary Table: GLOBAL CONSUMPTION OF THERMAL INTERFACE MATERIALS, THROUGH 2016
  • Table 1: PROPERTIES OF THERMAL INTERFACE MATERIALS
  • Table 2: TYPES OF THERMAL INTERFACE MATERIAL
  • Table 3: WORLD THERMAL MANAGEMENT MARKET BY END USE, THROUGH 2016
  • Table 4: WORLD THERMAL MANAGEMENT MARKET, BY REGION, THROUGH 2016
  • Table 5: GLOBAL MARKET FOR THERMAL INTERFACE PRODUCTS BY TYPE OF MATERIAL, THROUGH 2016
  • Table 6: GLOBAL MARKET FOR THERMAL INTERFACE PRODUCTS BY END USE, THROUGH 2016
  • Table 7: MAJOR GEOGRAPHICAL MARKETS FOR THERMAL INTERFACE PRODUCTS, THROUGH 2016
  • Table 8: WORLD THERMAL MANAGEMENT MARKET, THROUGH 2016
  • Table 9: GLOBAL THERMAL MANAGEMENT MARKET BY PRODUCT TYPE, THROUGH 2016
  • Table 10: THERMAL PROPERTIES OF THERMAL INTERFACE FILLER MATERIALS
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