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Will the Surge in PDP Shipments Continue Through the End of the Year?
Jul 29, 2010
By Ken Park – Senior Manager, Korean FPD Market and Technology Research, DisplaySearch
According to PDP panel module shipment data in the Global TV Shipment and Forecast Report, PDP module shipments had 42% and 49% Y/Y growth in Q1’10 and Q2’10, respectively. Samsung SDI and LGE are squeezing more from their capacity, and COC is expected [...]
Applied Materials Turn-Key Exit Highlights Control Held by Top-Tier Cell Makers in PV Tool Adoption
Jul 28, 2010
By Charles Annis – Vice President, Manufacturing Research, DisplaySearch and Finlay Colville, Senior Analyst, Solarbuzz
Applied Materials has more experience depositing high quality silicon thin films on large glass substrates than any other company in the world, based on its PECVD tools for the production of TFT LCDs. So it seemed to offer a credible solution to [...]
German Nanotechnology Companies Are Positive
Jul 20, 2010
© jurvetsonIn Germany, the years of the economic crisis in 2008 and 2009 were hard-hitting for the industries for microtechnology, nanotechnology and advanced materials. However, this economic trend is now changing, as more than half of these German companies are reporting positive outlooks for the second half of 2010.
Many nanotechnology companies expect a more stable business environment in the coming months. The primary reason is that nanotech companies report an increase in foreign demand. This nanotech demand is mainly sourced from Asian export ...
Intel Researchers Turn Counter Tops Into Touchscreens
Jul 1, 2010
Researchers from Intel can turn any surface -- including kitchen counter tops and coffee tables -- into a touchscreen display.
NanoMarkets Hosting Conference Call On Transparent Conductor Market Opportunities
Jun 16, 2010
Glen Allen, VA: NanoMarkets, a leading industry analyst in advanced materials and emerging electronics and energy markets will be hosting a dial in teleconference to present findings from the firm’s new report on transparent conductor markets. The date of the event is Tuesday, June 29th at 10:00 AM EDT. Persons interested in participating in the event can request access to the call by contacting the firm via their website at http://www.nanomarkets.net/site/contact . There is no cost associated with attending the call.
About the Call:
The conference call will present NanoMarkets’ latest findings from its ongoing coverage of the market for indium tin oxide ( ITO ) and alternative transparent conductors. In a recent news release the firm stated that suppliers of ITO alternatives were facing extremely favorable market opportunities in light of changes in ITO prices as well as developments in application markets. On the call Dr. Paul Markowitz, the report’s lead author, and Lawrence Gasman, NanoMarkets’ principal analyst will address a host of questions surrounding where new opportunities are available for materials suppliers, how the competitive landscape has changed in the past year and what the implications will be for the next twelve to eighteen months. Further commentary on companies and specific product segments will also be provided.
About the report:
The NanoMarkets report, “ Transparent Conductor Markets 2010: ITO and the Alternatives ” analyzes the transparent conductor market, covering ITO, ITO inks, other TCOs, organic conductors, transparent nanotube and graphene coatings and nano-metallic coatings. The report examines how each of these materials fits into the current and future requirements for a broad variety products including flat panel displays, e-paper and flexible displays, touch-screen displays, OLED lighting, thin-film and organic PV and EMI/RFI coatings. In addition, it will be of interest to any firm that is concerned about the changing value propositions of transparent conductors, in the display, PV and lighting industries and it includes eight-year volume and value forecasts of ITO and ITO alternatives as well as a discussion of strategies for market success in this market.
About NanoMarkets:
NanoMarkets tracks and analyzes emerging market opportunities in energy and electronics markets created by developments in advanced materials. Visit www.nanomarkets.net for a full listing of NanoMarkets' reports and other services.
New NanoMarkets Report States That Times Have Never Been Better for Alternative Transparent Conducto
Jun 14, 2010
Glen Allen, Virginia: After years of playing second fiddle to indium tin oxide, ITO, alternative transparent conductors have reached their market takeoff point. So says a just-released report from NanoMarkets, an industry analyst firm based here that tracks the transparent conductor market. The report titled, “ Transparent Conductor Markets 2010: ITO and the Alternatives ” says that while alternative transparent conductors will account for just 5 percent of transparent conductor revenues in 2010, by 2015 that share will have grown to almost 20 percent. According to NanoMarkets latest projections, the entire transparent conductor market (including ITO) will be worth $5.6 billion in 2015.
Further details about the report including a table of contents and an excerpt can be found on the firm’s website at www.nanomarkets.net.
NanoMarkets’ new report states that the fast growth projected for alternative transparent conductors is due to the fact that the cost of ITO is once again rising leading to pressures on profit margins for display makers. At the same time, transparent conductors have matured technologically and are capable of delivering higher performance giving display makers a good reason to consider using them. The market for ITO alternatives is also being driven by the continued growth in the thin-film solar panel market where ITO alternatives have been in widespread use for some time.
This current bullishness about non-ITO transparent conductors is in marked contrast to the situation reported in NanoMarkets’ 2009 ITO report where low ITO prices depressed the ITO alternatives market. In this new report, NanoMarkets shows that, while ITO alternatives will still have advantages in market niches such as the touch-screen market and future applications, notably flexible displays, these alternative materials now have a compelling story to tell for large mass market applications in the display and PV industries.
Highlights of the report:
•Thin-film photovoltaics (TFPV) manufacturers have moved away from ITO and won't be coming back. Other transparent conducting oxides (TCOs) will increasingly substitute for ITO in this application creating a cost-driven market for TCOs that was largely unanticipated a few years back. By 2015, NanoMarkets expects the non-ITO TCO market to reach $320 million, three times what it is today. Manufacturers of thin-film silicon PV are expected to move away from ITO en masse as a way of keeping their panels competitive with other more efficient types of photovoltaics.
•Cambrios and Cima NanoTech have pioneered a new type of transparent conductive inks consisting of a suspension of silver nanowires. The value proposition for transparent nanosilver coatings is not in the material costs—they are higher—but in the savings on deposition equipment and processes. NanoMarkets believes that conservative display makers will adopt it transparent nanosilver first in electromagnetic shielding as a “trial run” before using it in more mission critical applications. By 2015, NanoMarkets projections show transparent nanosilver inks producing $370 million in revenues making it the largest single category of alternative transparent conductor.
•While, alternatives to ITO will grow rapidly, NanoMarkets still expects ITO to dominate the transparent conductor market for years to come. Sales of ITO are expected to reach $4.5 billion by 2015. Initially, the use of ITO will be motivated by short-term concerns about disrupting existing processes or reduce existing economies of scale. However, increasingly ITO will be used only when the highest visual quality and brightness is required.
About the report:
In this new report NanoMarkets analyzes the transparent conductor market, covering ITO, ITO inks, other TCOs, organic conductors, transparent nanotube and graphene coatings and nano-metallic coatings. The report examines how each of these materials fits into the current and future requirements for a broad variety products including flat panel displays, e-paper and flexible displays, touch-screen displays, OLED lighting, thin-film and organic PV and EMI/RFI coatings.
This report will be essential reading for firms making materials intended to challenge ITO in the marketplace as well as the ITO community itself. In addition, it will be of interest to any firm that is concerned about the changing value propositions of transparent conductors, in the display, PV and lighting industries and it includes eight-year volume and value forecasts of ITO and ITO alternatives as well as a discussion of strategies for market success in this market.
Companies mentioned in this report include Agfa, AimCore, Apple, Applied Vacuum Coating, Ascent Solar, Cambridge Display Technology, Cambrios, Chisso, Cima NanoTech, Eikos, Evonik Degussa, Fujitsu, Guardian Industries, GemTech Optoelectronics, Hakusei Tech, H.C. Starck, Heiwagenshi, Henmi Slide Rule, Henkel Electronics, Idemitsu, Indium Corporation, Keeling and Walker, Mitsui Mining and Smelting, Nanophase, Nippon Kodoshi, Patterning Technologies, Philips, Sigma Technologies, Nippon Mining & Metals, Samsung Corning, Silicon Display Technology, Sumitomo Metal Mining, Tosa Denshi, Tosoh, Unidym, Vorbeck Materials, Wistron, Yamazaki Giken and ZNO Lab.
About NanoMarkets:
NanoMarkets tracks and analyzes emerging market opportunities in energy and electronics markets created by developments in advanced materials. The firm has published numerous reports related to electronics and display materials. Visit www.nanomarkets.net for a full listing of NanoMarkets' reports and other services.
Contact:
Robert Nolan
NanoMarkets
(804) 360-2967
rob@nanomarkets.net
A Future for Printed OLEDs
May 31, 2010
On the face of it, OLEDs appear to have a lot of market potential. Their vibrant colors and thin format promise a new generation of televisions and mobile displays much superior in visual quality than LCD displays. And OLED lighting may a new technology that fills the gap when incandescent lights begin to disappear from the market in the 2012/2013 timeframe.
In both cases, price points are going to be crucial to the success of OLEDs and one way to achieve better prices is with printing. As we emphasize in this article, this is largely a matter of finding the right materials. Although printed OLEDs have never quite achieved the success that some have projected for them, as this article shows, a surprisingly large number of the world’s biggest materials and chemical firms are betting on them. The information for this article is drawn from NanoMarkets’ latest research report on OLED materials in which we forecast that sales of polymer OLED materials – the kind of OLED materials used in printed OLEDs – will reach $475 million in sales by 2017.
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Arrowhead getting nanomaterials out of the university and into the market - May 19, 2010
Arrowhead getting nanomaterials out of the university and into the market Nanotechbuzz Getting nanotech breakthroughs out of the university labs and into the marketplace has often been a stumbling block in the development of new nanomaterials. But now at least one ...
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