Transparent Ceramics: Technologies and Global Markets
The global market for transparent ceramics reached $122.3 million and $143 million in 2013 and 2014, respectively. This market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 22.4% reaching $392.6 million in 2019.
This report provides:
An overview of the global market for transparent ceramics and related technologies
Analyses of global market trends, with data from 2012, 2013 and 2014, and projections of CAGRs through 2019.
Analysis of material properties such as wear resistance, corrosion resistance, temperature resistance, and weight or density composition.
Insight into the different uses for these materials, from basic to end-use applications
Information pertaining to the market's dynamics, including drivers, restraints and potential opportunities.
Comprehensive company profiles of major players in the field.
This report provides an updated review of transparent ceramic materials and their fabrication processes, and identifies current and emerging applications for these materials.
BCC Research delineates the current market status for transparent ceramic materials, defines trends and presents growth forecasts for the next five years. The transparent ceramics market is analyzed based on the following segments: material type, application and region. In addition, technological issues, including key events and the latest process developments, are also discussed.
More specifically, the market analysis conducted by BCC Research for this report is divided into five sections.
In the first section, an introduction to the topic and a historical review of transparent ceramics are provided, including an outline of recent events. In this section, current and emerging applications for transparent ceramics are also identified and described.
The second section provides a technological review of transparent ceramic materials, with a description of their types, and an outline of the most commonly used materials. This section concludes with an analysis of the most important technological developments since 2012, including examples of significant patents recently issued or applied for, as well as highlighting the most active research organizations operating in this field.
The third section entails a global market analysis of transparent ceramics. Global revenues (sales data in millions of dollars) are presented for each segment (material type, application and region) with actual data for the years 2012 and 2013, and estimated revenues for 2014.
The analysis of current transparent ceramics revenues is followed by a detailed presentation of market growth trends based on industry growth, technological trends and regional trends. The third section concludes by providing projected revenues for transparent ceramics within each segment, together with forecast compound annual growth rates (CAGRs) for 2014 through 2019.
In the fourth section of the study, which covers global industry structure, the report offers a list of the leading manufacturers of transparent ceramics, together with a description of their products. The analysis includes a description of the geographical distribution of these suppliers and an evaluation of other key industry players. Detailed company profiles of the top players are also provided.
The fifth and final section includes an extensive U.S. patent analysis, with a summary of patents related to transparent ceramic materials, fabrication methods and applications. The patents examined in this study were issued from 2011 through 2014. Patent analysis is performed by region, country, assignee, patent category, application and material type.
- 1 INTRODUCTION
- STUDY GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
- REASONS FOR DOING THIS STUDY
- INTENDED AUDIENCE
- SCOPE OF REPORT
- METHODOLOGY AND INFORMATION SOURCES
- RELATED BCC RESEARCH REPORTS
- ANALYST'S CREDENTIALS
- BCC RESEARCH WEBSITE
- DISCLAIMER
- CHAPTER 2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
- SUMMARY TABLE GLOBAL TRANSPARENT CERAMICS MARKET, THROUGH 2019 ($ MILLIONS)
- SUMMARY FIGURE GLOBAL TRANSPARENT CERAMICS MARKET, 2012-2019 ($ MILLIONS)
- CHAPTER 3 OVERVIEW
- INTRODUCTION
- DEFINITION AND STUDY FOCUS
- TRANSPARENT CERAMICS WITHIN THE CERAMIC INDUSTRY
- TABLE 1 THE CERAMICS INDUSTRY, 2014 ($ BILLIONS/%)
- MILESTONES IN THE HISTORY OF TRANSPARENT CERAMICS AND RECENT
- EVENTS
- TABLE 2 TECHNOLOGICAL MILESTONES IN TRANSPARENT CERAMICS
- FIGURE 1 NUMBER OF GLOBAL PATENT APPLICATIONS AND PATENTS ISSUED IN TRANSPARENT CERAMICS, 1971-2014
- APPLICATIONS FOR TRANSPARENT CERAMICS
- TABLE 3 APPLICATIONS OF TRANSPARENT CERAMICS, 2015
- OPTICS AND OPTOELECTRONICS
- AEROSPACE, DEFENSE AND SECURITY
- MECHANICAL/CHEMICAL
- SENSORS AND INSTRUMENTATION
- HEALTHCARE
- CONSUMER
- ENERGY
- CHAPTER 4 TECHNOLOGY
- INTRODUCTION
- TRANSPARENT CERAMICS
- MONOCRYSTALLINE AND POLYCRYSTALLINE INORGANIC MATERIALS
- TABLE 4 TYPICAL RIT VALUES FOR COMMON TRANSPARENT CERAMICS (%)
- Monocrystalline Materials
- POLYCRYSTALLINE CERAMICS
- Fabrication Process
- TABLE 5 BASIC FABRICATION PROCESS FOR POLYCRYSTALLINE TRANSPARENT
- CERAMICS
- Material Types
- TABLE 6 POLYCRYSTALLINE TRANSPARENT CERAMICS, 2015
- Cubic-phase Materials
- Oxides
- Non-oxides
- Mixed Systems
- Non-cubic-phase Materials
- Oxides
- Non-oxides
- COMPARISON BETWEEN TRANSPARENT CERAMICS AND GLASS-CERAMICS
- TABLE 7 TRANSPARENT CERAMICS, TRANSPARENT GLASS-CERAMICS AND GLASS
- LATEST TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS, 2013 TO PRESENT
- POLISHED NET-SHAPE TRANSPARENT CERAMIC
- RARE EARTH-BASED TRANSPARENT CERAMIC OXIDES
- POLYCRYSTALLINE CHALCOGENIDE CERAMICS
- CALCIUM-LANTHANUM FLUORIDE-BASED TRANSPARENT CERAMIC
- STRONG TRANSPARENT CERAMIC MATERIAL FOR ARMOR WINDOWS
- TRANSPARENT CERAMIC BASED ON TERBIUM OXIDE
- NANOCOMPOSITE OPTICAL CERAMIC
- RARE EARTH-BASED MAGNETO-OPTIC NANOCRYSTALLINE OXIDES
- LOW-COST POWDERS FOR TRANSPARENT CERAMICS
- TRANSPARENT CERAMICS BY FLUIDIZED BED GRANULATION
- LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE BASED ON TRANSPARENT CERAMICS
- OTHER RELEVANT R&D ACTIVITIES
- TABLE 8 OTHER RELEVANT R &D ACTIVITIES, 2015
- CHAPTER 5 GLOBAL MARKETS
- ANALYSIS OUTLINE
- GLOBAL MARKET SUMMARY
- TABLE 9 TRANSPARENT CERAMICS: CURRENT MARKET AND FORECAST, THROUGH 2019 ($ MILLIONS)
- FIGURE 2 TRANSPARENT CERAMICS: CURRENT MARKET AND FORECAST, 2012-2019 ($ MILLIONS)
- CURRENT MARKET STATUS
- CURRENT MARKET SUMMARY
- TABLE 10 CURRENT MARKET FOR TRANSPARENT CERAMICS, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS)
- FIGURE 3 CURRENT MARKET FOR TRANSPARENT CERAMICS, 2012-2014 ($ MILLIONS)
- REVENUES BY MATERIAL TYPE
- TABLE 11 TRANSPARENT CERAMICS: GLOBAL REVENUES BY MATERIAL TYPE, ($ MILLIONS/%)
- FIGURE 4 TRANSPARENT CERAMICS: MARKET SHARE BY MATERIAL TYPE, 2014 (%)
- TABLE 12 OXIDES: GLOBAL REVENUES BY MATERIAL, 2014 ($ MILLIONS/%)
- FIGURE 5 OXIDES: MARKET SHARE BY MATERIAL, 2014 (%)
- REVENUES BY APPLICATION
- TABLE 13 TRANSPARENT CERAMICS: GLOBAL REVENUES BY APPLICATION, 2014 ($ MILLIONS/%)
- FIGURE 6 TRANSPARENT CERAMICS: MARKET SHARE BY APPLICATION, 2014 (%)
- REVENUES BY REGION
- TABLE 14 TRANSPARENT CERAMICS: REVENUES BY REGION, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS)
- FIGURE 7 TRANSPARENT CERAMICS: MARKET SHARE BY REGION, 2014 (%)
- MARKET GROWTH TRENDS
- INDUSTRY GROWTH
- Optics and Optoelectronics
- Light-Emitting Diodes
- Lasers
- Optical Fibers
- TABLE 15 FORECAST - OPTICAL FIBERS: GLOBAL MARKET, THROUGH 2019 ($ MILLIONS/MILLIONS OF KILOMETERS)
- Smartphones, Tablets and Ultrathin Displays
- Paper-thin and Touchscreen Displays
- AEROSPACE, DEFENSE AND SECURITY
- TABLE 16 FORECAST - AEROSPACE: GLOBAL REVENUES BY REGION, THROUGH 2019 ($ BILLIONS)
- MECHANICAL/CHEMICAL
- TABLE 17 FORECAST - APPLICATIONS WITHIN THE MECHANICAL/CHEMICAL SECTOR:
- GLOBAL REVENUES, THROUGH 2019 ($ BILLIONS)
- SENSORS AND INSTRUMENTATION
- Sensors
- TABLE 18 SENSORS: GLOBAL REVENUES BY TYPE, THROUGH 2019 ($ MILLIONS)
- Medical Imaging and Instrumentation
- TABLE 19 FORECAST - MEDICAL ELECTRONICS: GLOBAL REVENUES BY SEGMENT, THROUGH 2019 ($ BILLIONS)
- HEALTHCARE
- Cranio-maxillofacial Surgery
- Spinal and Orthopedic Bone Grafting Procedures
- TABLE 20 FORECAST- VERTEBRAL AND ORTHOPEDIC BONE GRAFTS AND BONE
- GRAFT REPLACEMENTS: REVENUES BY REGION, THROUGH 2019 ($ MILLIONS)
- Orthopedic Implants
- TABLE 21 FORECAST-ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANTS: REVENUES BY REGION, THROUGH 2019 ($ BILLIONS)
- Dentistry/Periodontics/Orthodontics
- CONSUMER
- ENERGY
- Photovoltaic Cells and Modules
- TABLE 22 FORECAST - PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES: GLOBAL PRODUCTION BY TYPE,
- THROUGH 2019 (MW)
- FIGURE 8 PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES PRODUCTION SHARE BY TYPE, 2019 (%)
- OTHER TECHNOLOGICAL TRENDS
- Replacement for Single Crystals
- Precision Optics and Photonics
- Nanotechnology
- TABLE 23 THE NANOTECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY, 2015
- TABLE 24 NANOTECHNOLOGY: GLOBAL REVENUES BY SEGMENT, THROUGH ($ BILLIONS)
- FIGURE 9 NANOTECHNOLOGY: GLOBAL MARKET SHARE BY SEGMENT, 2014 (%)
- REGIONAL TRENDS
- MARKET FORECAST
- REVENUES BY MATERIAL TYPE
- TABLE 25 FORECAST- TRANSPARENT CERAMICS: GLOBAL REVENUES BY MATERIAL
- TYPE, THROUGH 2019 ($ MILLIONS)
- FIGURE 10 FORECAST - TRANSPARENT CERAMICS: MARKET SHARE BY MATERIAL TYPE, 2019 (%)
- TABLE 26 FORECAST - OXIDES: GLOBAL REVENUES BY MATERIAL, THROUGH
- ($ MILLIONS)
- FIGURE 11 FORECAST - OXIDES MARKET SHARE BY MATERIAL, 2019 (%)
- REVENUES BY APPLICATION
- TABLE 27 FORECAST - TRANSPARENT CERAMICS: GLOBAL REVENUES BY
- APPLICATION, THROUGH 2019 ($ MILLIONS)
- FIGURE 12 ORECAST - TRANSPARENT CERAMICS MARKET SHARE BY APPLICATION, 2019 (%)
- REVENUES BY REGION
- TABLE 28 FORECAST - TRANSPARENT CERAMICS: REVENUES BY REGION,
- THROUGH 2019 ($ MILLIONS)
- FIGURE 13 FORECAST - TRANSPARENT CERAMICS MARKET SHARE BY REGION, 2019 (%)
- CHAPTER 6 GLOBAL INDUSTRY STRUCTURE
- LEADING SUPPLIERS OF TRANSPARENT CERAMICS
- TABLE 29 LEADING SUPPLIERS OF TRANSPARENT CERAMICS, 2015
- TABLE 30 LEADING MANUFACTURERS OF TRANSPARENT CERAMICS BY TYPE, 2015
- TABLE 31 LEADING SUPPLIERS OF TRANSPARENT CERAMICS BY TYPE AND REGION, 2015
- FIGURE 14 LEADING SUPPLIERS OF TRANSPARENT CERAMICS: ISTRIBUTION BY SIZE, 2014 (NUMBER OF COMPANIES)
- FIGURE 15 HISTORICAL GROWTH OF SUPPLIERS OF TRANSPARENT CERAMICS (NUMBER OF COMPANIES)
- OTHER INDUSTRY PLAYERS
- TABLE 32 OTHER RELEVANT INDUSTRY PLAYERS, 2015
- COMPANY PROFILES
- BRIGHT CRYSTALS TECHNOLOGY
- CERAMTEC-ETEC
- CERANOVA
- CILAS
- COORSTEK
- GENERAL ELECTRIC
- IBD DEISENROTH ENGINEERING
- II-VI OPTICAL SYSTEMS
- KOITO MANUFACTURING
- KONOSHIMA CHEMICAL
- MURATA MANUFACTURING
- OPTOCITY
- PHILIPS
- SCHOTT AG
- SURMET
- CHAPTER 7 PATENT ANALYSIS
- INTRODUCTION
- SUMMARY OF PATENTS AWARDED FROM 2012 THROUGH 2014
- TABLE 33 TRANSPARENT CERAMICS - U.S. PATENTS, 2014
- TABLE 34 TRANSPARENT CERAMICS - U.S. PATENTS, 2013
- TABLE 35 TRANSPARENT CERAMICS - U.S. PATENTS, 2012
- GENERAL TRENDS
- TABLE 36 TRANSPARENT CERAMICS: U.S. PATENT TRENDS, THROUGH (NUMBER OF PATENTS)
- FIGURE 16 TRANSPARENT CERAMICS: U.S. PATENT TRENDS, 2012-2014 (NUMBER OF PATENTS)
- TRENDS BY COUNTRY AND REGION
- FIGURE 17 TRANSPARENT CERAMICS: SHARES OF U.S. PATENTS BY REGION, 2012-2014 (%)
- FIGURE 18 TRANSPARENT CERAMICS: U.S. PATENTS BY COUNTRY, 2012-2014 (%)
- TRENDS BY ASSIGNEE
- TABLE 37 TRANSPARENT CERAMICS: ASSIGNEES OF U.S. PATENTS, 2012-2014
- FIGURE 19 TRANSPARENT CERAMICS: SHARES OF U.S. PATENTS BY ORGANIZATION TYPE, 2012-2014 (%)
- TRENDS BY PATENT CATEGORY
- FIGURE 20 TRANSPARENT CERAMICS: SHARES OF U.S. PATENTS BY CATEGORY, 2012-2014 (%)
- TRENDS BY APPLICATION
- FIGURE 21 TRANSPARENT CERAMICS: SHARES OF U.S. PATENTS BY APPLICATION, 2012-2014 (%)
- TRENDS BY MATERIAL TYPE
- FIGURE 22 TRANSPARENT CERAMICS: SHARES OF U.S. PATENTS BY MATERIAL TYPE, 2012-2014 (%)
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