CNF (Cellulose Nano Fiber)

Manufacturers, R&D institutions

I   Perspectives of CNF (Cellulose Nano Fiber) Market

• Suggestions and ideas of CNF applications that makes people feel excited may generate new market to emerge
• Development phase steps up from "trial" to "consideration for implementation"
• The CNF production in 2022 is expected to expand to 80 tons, 140% of the size of the previous year, from what used to have tended to level off
• It is indispensable to balance between the performance and the price, in order to be implemented in the market by 2030 and secure profits by then.
• New process development and pursuit for user-friendliness such as optimal degree of defiberation that meet demand are the challenges to be solved
• Surprising ideas that exceed users' expectation will encourage market generation
• Brand new applications such as CNF power storage are emerging

II   Trends of CNF Market

1. Trends of CNF by Production Method
   1) Chemical Defiberation
   2) Defiberating machines
   3) Trend of CMF (Cellulose Microfiber, Cellulose microfibril)
2. Trends of CNF by Application
   1) Functional additive
   2) Resin composite
   3) Others
3. Trends of CNF Products (Implementation expanded in the industrial fields including electricity, electronics, painting materials, adhesive, housing materials, etc.)
   1) Electricity, electronics,
   2) Automobiles
   3) Industries
   4) Construction, civil engineering
   5) Sports
   6) Cosmetics, toiletry
   7) Food
   8) Daily necessities, sundries, etc.

III  Trends and Strategies at Manufacturers

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