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Silver Conductive Inks for Printable Electronics
Market to Grow to $1.2 Billion by 2014
(05/29/2007 12:15 PM EDT)
GLEN ALLEN, Va., May 29 /PRNewswire/ -- According to a new report from
NanoMarkets, a leading industry analyst firm based here, the market for silver
conductive inks is expected to reach $1.2 billion ($US) by 2014, compared with
$176 million in 2007. Details about the firm's latest report are available at
press@nanomarkets.net . Members of the press may request an executive summary by
emailing . The firm will be hosting a teleconference on Wednesday, June 13th to
present findings from the new report. Interested persons can register on the
NanoMarkets website.
Key findings from the report include: -- Nanoparticulate silver inks promise
to lower the costs of printed electronics by reducing the need for
high-temperature processing and enabling less material to be used. Because lower
temperatures are needed to cure nanoinks they are also more suitable for use on
flexible substrates that typically use thermally sensitive plastics. According
to NanoMarkets, the market for silver "nanoinks" is expected to reach $844
million by 2014. -- At present 95 percent of the silver conductive ink market is
represented by traditional "thick-film" applications in which screen printing is
used in the creation of PCBs, automobile heaters, EMI shielding and membrane
switches. By 2014, such applications will have fallen to just over 20 percent of
the silver ink market with the now- negligible RFID sector accounting for more
than 30 percent of the market. Silver is the material of choice for RFID
antennas and printing RFID tags is seen as the most likely way to reduce their
costs to a point where such tags can be widely used on cost sensitive items such
as food packages. -- In the past, silver conductive inks have been strongly
associated with screen printing, but because ink-jet printing offers lower
material wastage and creates finer features, it is likely to be used more with
silver inks in the future. This will create an opportunity for ink makers to
design new silver inks that are viscous enough to create individual droplets but
also able to flow through the print head. By 2014, ink-jet silver inks are
expected to reach $404 million. And, as volumes in the printable electronics
market ramp up there will also be a need for more use of flexo and gravure inks,
which are expected to reach $398 million by 2014. -- NanoMarkets predicts that
there will be more investments in smaller materials and ink manufacturers by
larger specialty chemical and materials companies looking to enter the business
through partnerships or controllable IP. The firm points to investments by
companies such as National Starch, Air Products and ChevronTexaco as recent
examples and goes on to say acquisitions will likely be seen in the near term
future as well.
About the Report:
The new NanoMarkets report, "Silver powders and Inks for Printable
Electronics: 2007-2014" forecasts major markets for conductive silver inks in
emerging applications such as displays, backplanes, RFID, photovoltaics,
lighting, disposable electronics, memory sensors and traditional thick film
applications. The report discusses the strategies of leading suppliers and
technology developers including Advanced Nano Products, Cabot, Cima NanoTech,
Creative Materials, DuPont, Ferro, Five Star Technologies, Harima Chemical,
NanoDynamics, NanoGram NanoMas, National Starch (Acheson and Xink), NovaCentrix,
Parelec, PChem and Sun Chemical. This report builds upon the firm's ongoing
coverage of the printable electronics applications and materials.
About NanoMarkets:
NanoMarkets tracks and analyzes emerging market opportunities created by
developments in advanced materials. The firm has published numerous reports
related to organic, thin film and printable electronics materials and
applications. The firm also publishes a blog found at http://www.nanotopblog.com
.
CONTACT: Robert Nolan of NanoMarkets, +1-804-360-2967, info@nanomarkets.net
Web site: http://www.nanotopblog.com/ http://www.nanomarkets.net/
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