Lithium-ion Battery Components (Separators)

LiB Separator makers

I   Current Status and Future Outlook of Small Consumer-Use LiB Market

1. Trends in Consumer-Use LiB Market by Application

• Small consumer-use LiB market in 2016 rose to 105.6% of the size of the previous year, based on the capacity.
• Electric tools have shown larger existence, being in place of stagnant IT devices.
• Those for Note PCs and feature phones have continued going below the previous-year results.
• Though the momentum has temporarily quietened down, cells for smartphones continue intending to be high-capacity.
• Those for electric tools have begun intending to be high-capacity.
• Those for drones may form a promising market required to come up with highly added values.

2. Trends of Small Consumer-Use LiB Market by Cell Type

• Laminated cells have established a certain position. Cylinder types are likely to be on the rise again.

3. Transition of Small Consumer-Use LiB Market Share by Manufacturer

• ATL and Coslight have rapidly growing with increasing shipment of laminated cells.
• SDI, Panasonic, and LGC have respectively trying to survive by maintaining their existing domain.

II   Current Status and Future Outlook of LiB Market for Vehicles (HEV/PHEV/EV)

1. Trends of LiB Market for Vehicles

• LiB Market for Vehicles continue being on the rise due to expansion of xEV market
• The market size in 2017 is likely to exceed that of previous year.

2. Trends of LiB Market for Vehicles by Cell Type

• Attentions have been attracted to cylinder types in 2017.

3. Trends of Global LiB Market for Vehicles Share by Manufacturer

• The era of survival of the fittest has started in In 2017.
• Strict cost issues are required to be responded.

III   Current Status and Future Outlook of Lithium-ion-Battery Separator Market

The market size in 2017 is likely to expand to three-times larger of what in 2013.

1. Trends in Entire LiB Separator Market
2. Trends in LiB Separator Market by Cell Size (Small consumer cells, Mid-size cells)
3. Trends in LiB Separator Products
4. Transition of Size of Trends in LiB Separator Market by Type (Small consumer type, Large or midsize cell type, coating or non-coating)
5. Trends of Separator Market Price
6. Transition of LiB Separator Market Share by Manufacturer
7. Transition of LiB Separator Market Share by Country
8. Transition of Production Capacity of Manufacturers of LiB Separators

IV   Trends and Strategies by Separator Manufacturers

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