High performance films of various types and materials

Film manufacturers and processing companies

I   Outlook of High-Performance Film Market

1. The manufacturers should hammer out growth strategies for the next 10 years

• High-performance films have survived for the past 10 years by expanding the areas and high-end oriented attitude
• Is there any ways to take measures against commoditization of the products and overseas companies having closing in?
• As for foldable terminals, overseas companies are more advanced than the domestic manufacturers
• "Distance" to the makers of the final products that can make difference when developing new-generation products
• Automobile related market which is expected to replace the current display products
• There is still room to for the market to newly expand further by exploring interior decoration and coating substitution films
• More information and suggestion that leads to solve some problems should be issued to the market and the users
• Participating to future manufacturing events and programs is expected to generate a seed or a bud of the next story

II    PET Films Market Analysis

1. PET Film Market Analysis

• Functions and Values required in films must be reviewed
• Something that leads to new market should be developed and suggested
• "Pursuit of scale" have ended, and reorganization of facility aiming for optimum location and abilities continues
• Some augmentation shown at European/U.S. bases of manufacturing PET films that develop non-optical products
• Among various PET films for optical products, those used for secondary materials have been stably demanded, but there is no way to stop shrinking of those used for components
• About 30% of white color films for reflection has been occupied by Chinese manufacturers due to their price competitiveness
• Because PET films for smartphone and tablet terminals has become matured, those films to be used for touchscreen components have been smaller
• PET films for polarizing films replacing TAC has been expanding, also, there are some development on the way for new entry

2. Protective Films

• Protective films have expanded dramatically accompanied by the growth rate of polarizing plate which is the leading application of those films.  The market size is likely to attain604.2 million ㎡ by 2016
• Chinese factories of Sun A. Kaken Co., Ltd. and Taiwan business base by Fujimori Kogyo Co., Ltd. are to start operation in summer 2016
• The key is whether the film manufacturing can catch up with expanding production of polarizing plates in China
• Other than the application of the films, which are for shipping polarizing plates have not been growing, accompanied by slowdown of the films for Touchscreens

3. Release Films

• Investment on facilities in Taiwan and China by manufacturers aiming to capture Chinese market has been flourishing
• Mitsubishi Plastics, Inc. has expanded the market share of release films for polarizign plates, thanks to favorable location
• 8 manufacturers

III   Noteworthy High-Performance Film Market Trends

1. Automobile Interior/Exterior Decorative Films

1. PMMA films
2. PC-related films
3. PET films
4. PP films

2. QD Barrier Films
3. CNF films
4. Attention-winning films

IV Future Perspectives and Strategies by Industrial High-Performance Film Manufacturers

20 enterprises and 2 universities