Flexible Print Circuits (FPC), TAB, Flexible Copper-Clad Laminate (FCCL), Insulator Films, and Copper Foils (Sheets)

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I   Current Status and Future Outlook of Flexible Copper-Clad Laminate (FCCL) and Related Markets

1. Flexible Print Circuit (FPC) Market Trends
2. TAB Market Trends
3. FCCL Market Trends
4. Current Status and Future Outlook of Flexible Copper-Clad Laminate (FCCL) and Related Markets

• The market players should escape from price competition
• The market players should find out some kind of mechanism that can be selected not only from prices
• User needs should be accuratedly grasped.  It is important to generate growth market with users involved.
• Manufacturers themselves should develop the application of what they create, which should lead to sustainable growth of FCCL

II   Flexible Copper-Clad Laminate (FCCL) Market Trends and Outlook

1. Insulator Film Market Trends

• Improvement needed in profitability by enhancement of cost competitiveness and generation of new demands
• Expansion of the graphite-sheet market has raised SKC KOLON PI to be the largest maker based on the weight
• The largest sales based on square measure have been competed between Kaneka and SKC KOLON PI. 
• The PI film market has been boosted by those for FPC and also for graphite sheets
• PI application development other than films are also noteworthy.

2. Copper Foil (Sheet) Market Trends

• As for those for FPC, use of rolled copper foils has been on the rise
• Electrolytic copper foils for LiBs have rapidly increased.  Facility expansion and reinforcement likely to continue until 2020 according to demand
• Those for circuit boards are developed placing importance on high frequency and high speed
• Those for LiB should be more thin and strong which should determine the future business development

III   Perspectives and Strategies of FCCL Manufacturers

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