GLEN ALLEN, Va., May 29, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via PRWEB - Industry analyst firm NanoMarkets today announced a new upcoming report to the firm's schedule titled, "Silver Inks and Pastes Markets: 2014-2021" that will be released in June 2014. The report continues the firm's coverage of the silver inks and pastes market dating back to 2005. NanoMarkets is offering the report on a pre-publication basis through mid-June. Additional details of the report are available at: http://nanomarkets.net/market_reports/report/silver-inks-and-pastes-markets-2014-2021
Customers who pre-order the 2014 report will receive a copy of the previous 2013 report at no additional charge.
About the Report:
This is the latest in NanoMarkets' ongoing series of industry analysis reports on silver inks and pastes. In this report we analyze how the changes within the applications for silver inks and pastes have impacted the business and what this means over the coming years.
On the positive side, the solar panel industry is reviving and is much more oriented toward crystalline silicon (c-Si) panels than before the great solar crash. This is good news for the silver pastes business, because c-Si panels are major consumes of silver. Silver inks and pastes suppliers also have some reason to be hopeful about the likelihood of large OLED lighting and displays panels finally being commercialized, since silver undoubtedly has a role to play in OLED electrodes.
The negatives for the silver inks and pastes business include the fact that plasma televisions and membrane switches, both of which have consumed a considerable amount of silver pastes are phasing out and printed electronics is gradually being abandoned as a viable application by many suppliers.
This report also examines the commercial implications for silver inks and paste markets. In this year's report, we place a special emphasis on the replacement of silver by copper in critical applications such as solar panels. We also re-examine the future of silver inks and pastes in the light of the rising Internet-of-Things meme and address whether or not there will there be demand for printed silver used within all those sensors and smart objects. Finally, we take one more look to see if nanosilver inks will ever make it out of the "research material" category.
In this evolving market environment, this report identifies which market opportunities for silver inks and pastes are likely to be the most important over the next decade. And as with other NanoMarkets reports, we also include detailed eight-year forecasts in both volume and value terms, with breakouts by application, type of material and type of printing process used. The report also contains an assessment of the product/market strategies of leading silver inks and pastes firms – both the traditional and the new suppliers that appearing from China and India.
Table of Contents
Executive Summary
- What Growth in PV Means for Silver Inks and Pastes Revenues
- Older Thick Film Applications: Signs of Life
- Future Revenue Generation for Silver Inks/Pastes from Lighting, Displays, and Sensors
- Key Firms to Watch in the Silver Inks and Pastes Business
- Traditional Suppliers: DuPont, Henkel, and Heraeus
- Competition from Around the World
- The Future of Silver in Printed Electronics: Is there One?
Silver Inks and Pastes – Materials, Processes and Suppliers
- Legacy Materials: Thick Film Pastes and Thin Film Inks
- Does Nanosilver Have Opportunities Beyond the R&D Market?
- Competing Materials
- Copper as a Potential Threat
- Carbon-based Conductive Inks
- Shifts in Processing and Printing Methods to Meet the Demand of Different Applications
- Key Suppliers of Silver Inks and Pastes
- Traditional Silver Materials Suppliers Focus on PV
- Offerings from PCB Materials Suppliers
- Nanosilver Suppliers Address Challenges
- New Competition from China and India
Photovoltaic Panels: Opportunities and Challenges for Silver Inks and Pastes
- Growth in Crystalline Si Helps Silver Paste Market
- Efforts to Reduce the Amount of Silver in Panels
- How Efforts to Improve Solar Cell Efficiency Affect Silver Paste Suppliers
- Competing PV Technologies a Potential Threat
- Eight-Year Forecast of Silver Inks/Pastes for PV– by PV Type and Type of Ink/Paste
- Eight-Year Forecast of Silver Inks/Pastes for PV – by Type of Printing Process
Displays and Lighting as Markets for Silver Inks and Pastes
- Plasma TVs – a Dying Breed
- Opportunities for Silver in LCD Displays
- Silver in Touch Displays
- Will OLED Lighting and OLED TVs Provide a New Opportunity for Silver Inks/Pastes?
- Eight-Year Forecasts of Silver Inks/ Pastes for Displays – by Display Type and Type of Ink/Paste
- Eight-Year Forecast of Silver Inks/Pastes for Displays – by Type of Printing Process
- Eight-Year Forecasts of Silver Inks/ Pastes for OLED Lighting – by Type of Ink/Paste
- Eight-Year Forecast of Silver Inks/Pastes for OLED Lighting – by Type of Printing Process
Opportunities for Silver Inks/Pastes in Sensors
- Will the IoT be Good for Silver?
- RFID/ Sensor Antennas: Eight-Year Forecast by Type of Ink/Paste
- RFID and Sensor Electrodes: Eight-Year Forecast by Type of Ink/Paste
- Silver Inks/Pastes for RFID and Sensors by Type of Printing Process
Ongoing Opportunities for Silver Pastes in Thick-Film Electronics
- Membrane Switches
- PCBs
- Other Thick-Film Applications
About NanoMarkets:
NanoMarkets tracks and analyzes emerging market opportunities in energy, solid-state lighting, electronics and other markets created by developments in advanced materials. The firm is a recognized leader in industry analysis and forecasts for the silver inks and pastes business and has been covering this market for more than six years.
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