Global Markets, Technologies and Materials for Thin and Ultrathin Films

March 06, 2012

Wellesley, Mass. – According to a new technical market research report, GLOBAL MARKETS, TECHNOLOGIES AND MATERIALS FOR THIN AND ULTRATHIN FILMS (SMC057B) from BCC Research (www.bccresearch.com), the global market for thin and ultrathin films was valued at nearly $9.3 billion in 2011 and is expected to increase to $14.9 billion in 2016, a five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10%.

The ultrathin film material market can be broken down into two main segments: chemical and physical processes. 

The chemical processes segment accounted for nearly $5.1 billion in 2011 and is expected to increase at a CAGR of 7.8% to reach $7.4 billion in 2016.

The physical processes segment accounted for nearly $4.2 billion in 2011 and is expected to increase at a CAGR of 12.3% to reach nearly $7.5 billion in 2016.

The global market for thin film technologies including equipment, materials and services is currently valued at more than $50 billion and continues to grow. Ongoing miniaturization in the semiconductor industry also affects other sectors. As a result, there is a continuous effort to create components and products that are smaller, thinner, lighter, and, for certain applications, flexible. New developments in nanotechnology also are contributing to advances in materials and fabrication methods for producing very thin films, that is, those films of less than 30 nanometers or those with a thickness measured in atoms. 

There are various types of thin materials, and these materials can be deposited by a variety of physical or chemical methods; they find application in the fabrication process of numerous devices within several industrial sectors, including electronics, optoelectronics, mechanical/chemical, energy, optical coatings, life science, and decorative coatings.

This study will be of primary interest to companies that manufacture, sell, and distribute materials for producing thin films; fabricate thin film devices or coated products; offer coating services to the thin film industry; manufacture processing and characterization equipment (physical vapor deposition equipment, chemical vapor deposition equipment, and analytical instruments) utilized by producers of thin films; or plan to enter the thin film industry as suppliers, manufacturers, or end users.

In addition to SMC057B, BCC also has published SMC076A, SMC077A, SMC078A, SMC079A, SMC080A, andSMC081A. These reports cover thin and ultrathin films with focuses, respectively, on the electronics, optoelectronics, mechanical/chemical, energy, optical coatings, and life science applications markets.

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Global Markets, Technologies and Materials for Thin and Ultrathin Films( SMC057B )
Publish Date: Feb 2012    

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