Global Release Liners Supply, Demand and Key Producers, 2026-2032
Description
The global Release Liners market size is expected to reach $ 12370 million by 2032, rising at a market growth of 5.5% CAGR during the forecast period (2026-2032).
In 2024, global Release Liners production capacity is 70 billion squar meters, with production volume reached approximately 53.12 billion squar meters, with an average global market price of around US$ 0.15 per squar meter. The market gross margin is mainly 30%-40%.
Release Liners refer to special functional substrates used as "release layers, carrier layers, and processing carriers" in products such as adhesive materials, labels, tapes, protective films, composite prepregs, and medical dressings. They include two main systems: release paper (Glassine, CCK, Kraft, PE coated paper) and release film (PET, PE, PP). Controlled release force is provided through silicone oil or non-silicone release coatings, ensuring the operability and cleanliness of adhesive materials during storage, rewinding, die-cutting, and lamination. With the automation of packaging, the upgrading of electro-optical materials, the growth of medical consumables, and the accelerated expansion of composite material production, release liners have become an indispensable component of the global adhesive materials industry chain, characterized by high technological barriers, strong stability requirements, and broad cross-industry demand.
The release material industry chain consists of "substrate → silicone/coating → slitting → rewinding → downstream applications": Upstream includes glassine paper, kraft paper, polyester film (PET), polyolefin film (PE, PP), silicone chemicals (silicone oil, catalysts), and non-silicone release systems (fluorine coatings, special polymers); midstream manufacturers perform precision processing such as silicone coating, adhesive application, drying and curing, online testing, and multi-stage tension control, and then rewind and slit the material to produce single-sided/double-sided release paper or release film; downstream customers cover industries such as PSA labels, industrial tapes, electronic and optical protective films, OCA optical adhesives, medical dressings, composite prepregs, automotive adhesive components, flexible packaging, and express delivery sealing tapes. This industry chain exhibits the typical characteristics of "high concentration of upstream substrates → high technical barriers in midstream silicone coating → wide range of downstream applications and steady growth."
Global Release Liners key players include Loparex, Munksjö, UPM, Mondi, LINTEC etc. Global top five manufacturers hold a share over 30%.
The release liner market has significant future growth potential, driven by core factors including global packaging automation upgrades, the expansion of e-commerce logistics, continuous innovation in electro-optical materials, and increased penetration of medical dressings and prepreg composites. Labels and tapes, as the largest application area, will continue to be driven by e-commerce, food and beverage, smart logistics, and retail digitalization, especially the growth of RFID tags and cold chain tags, which will further boost demand for high-stability release paper/film. The electronics and optics sector is seeing expanding demand for high-cleanliness, high-temperature resistance, and silicone-free release films, encompassing OCA, polarizers, protective films, FPC, thermally conductive materials, and new electronic display technologies such as foldable screens, resulting in the fastest growth rate for high-end PET release films. The medical field is experiencing strong expansion in disposable dressings, patches, and transdermal drug delivery systems, leading to increased structural demand for CCK, PE coated paper, and non-silicone release films. Composite materials and the new energy industry (such as wind turbine blade prepregs and lithium battery separator auxiliaries) are further driving the use of industrial-grade high-performance release materials. Driven by recyclable materials and environmental policies, environmentally friendly release materials based on R-PET and lightweight paper will become a new trend. Overall, the release liner market will maintain steady medium-to-high-speed growth (central 5–7% CAGR), with high-performance release films and electronic-grade non-silicone systems possessing the strongest long-term growth potential.
This report studies the global Release Liners production, demand, key manufacturers, and key regions.
This report is a detailed and comprehensive analysis of the world market for Release Liners and provides market size (US$ million) and Year-over-Year (YoY) Growth, considering 2025 as the base year. This report explores demand trends and competition, as well as details the characteristics of Release Liners that contribute to its increasing demand across many markets.
Highlights and key features of the study
Global Release Liners total production and demand, 2021-2032, (M Sqm)
Global Release Liners total production value, 2021-2032, (USD Million)
Global Release Liners production by region & country, production, value, CAGR, 2021-2032, (USD Million) & (M Sqm), (based on production site)
Global Release Liners consumption by region & country, CAGR, 2021-2032 & (M Sqm)
U.S. VS China: Release Liners domestic production, consumption, key domestic manufacturers and share
Global Release Liners production by manufacturer, production, price, value and market share 2021-2026, (USD Million) & (M Sqm)
Global Release Liners production by Type, production, value, CAGR, 2021-2032, (USD Million) & (M Sqm)
Global Release Liners production by Application, production, value, CAGR, 2021-2032, (USD Million) & (M Sqm)
This report profiles key players in the global Release Liners market based on the following parameters - company overview, production, value, price, gross margin, product portfolio, geographical presence, and key developments. Key companies covered as a part of this study include Loparex, Munksjö, UPM, Mondi, LINTEC, Sappi, Nordic Paper, Delfortgroup, Itasa, Xinfeng Group, etc.
This report also provides key insights about market drivers, restraints, opportunities, new product launches or approvals.
Stakeholders would have ease in decision-making through various strategy matrices used in analyzing the World Release Liners market
Detailed Segmentation:
Each section contains quantitative market data including market by value (US$ Millions), volume (production, consumption) & (M Sqm) and average price (USD/Sqm) by manufacturer, by Type, and by Application. Data is given for the years 2021-2032 by year with 2025 as the base year, 2026 as the estimate year, and 2027-2032 as the forecast year.
Global Release Liners Market, By Region:
United States
China
Europe
Japan
South Korea
ASEAN
India
Rest of World
Global Release Liners Market, Segmentation by Type:
Release Linear Paper
Release Linear Film
Global Release Liners Market, Segmentation by Coating Type:
Silicone Release Liner
Non-silicone Release Liner
Global Release Liners Market, Segmentation by Single-sided/Double-sided Classification:
Single-Side Release Liner
Double-Side Release Liner
Global Release Liners Market, Segmentation by Application:
Composites
Graphic Arts
Hygiene
Labels
Tapes
Industrial
Medical
Envelopes
Others
Companies Profiled:
Loparex
Munksjö
UPM
Mondi
LINTEC
Sappi
Nordic Paper
Delfortgroup
Itasa
Xinfeng Group
Siliconature
Laufenberg
Polyplex
Dupont
Saint-Gobain
Rossella S.r.l
Fujiko
Formula
COTEK PAPERS LIMITED
DPP
Xianhe Papaer
Key Questions Answered:
1. How big is the global Release Liners market?
2. What is the demand of the global Release Liners market?
3. What is the year over year growth of the global Release Liners market?
4. What is the production and production value of the global Release Liners market?
5. Who are the key producers in the global Release Liners market?
6. What are the growth factors driving the market demand?
In 2024, global Release Liners production capacity is 70 billion squar meters, with production volume reached approximately 53.12 billion squar meters, with an average global market price of around US$ 0.15 per squar meter. The market gross margin is mainly 30%-40%.
Release Liners refer to special functional substrates used as "release layers, carrier layers, and processing carriers" in products such as adhesive materials, labels, tapes, protective films, composite prepregs, and medical dressings. They include two main systems: release paper (Glassine, CCK, Kraft, PE coated paper) and release film (PET, PE, PP). Controlled release force is provided through silicone oil or non-silicone release coatings, ensuring the operability and cleanliness of adhesive materials during storage, rewinding, die-cutting, and lamination. With the automation of packaging, the upgrading of electro-optical materials, the growth of medical consumables, and the accelerated expansion of composite material production, release liners have become an indispensable component of the global adhesive materials industry chain, characterized by high technological barriers, strong stability requirements, and broad cross-industry demand.
The release material industry chain consists of "substrate → silicone/coating → slitting → rewinding → downstream applications": Upstream includes glassine paper, kraft paper, polyester film (PET), polyolefin film (PE, PP), silicone chemicals (silicone oil, catalysts), and non-silicone release systems (fluorine coatings, special polymers); midstream manufacturers perform precision processing such as silicone coating, adhesive application, drying and curing, online testing, and multi-stage tension control, and then rewind and slit the material to produce single-sided/double-sided release paper or release film; downstream customers cover industries such as PSA labels, industrial tapes, electronic and optical protective films, OCA optical adhesives, medical dressings, composite prepregs, automotive adhesive components, flexible packaging, and express delivery sealing tapes. This industry chain exhibits the typical characteristics of "high concentration of upstream substrates → high technical barriers in midstream silicone coating → wide range of downstream applications and steady growth."
Global Release Liners key players include Loparex, Munksjö, UPM, Mondi, LINTEC etc. Global top five manufacturers hold a share over 30%.
The release liner market has significant future growth potential, driven by core factors including global packaging automation upgrades, the expansion of e-commerce logistics, continuous innovation in electro-optical materials, and increased penetration of medical dressings and prepreg composites. Labels and tapes, as the largest application area, will continue to be driven by e-commerce, food and beverage, smart logistics, and retail digitalization, especially the growth of RFID tags and cold chain tags, which will further boost demand for high-stability release paper/film. The electronics and optics sector is seeing expanding demand for high-cleanliness, high-temperature resistance, and silicone-free release films, encompassing OCA, polarizers, protective films, FPC, thermally conductive materials, and new electronic display technologies such as foldable screens, resulting in the fastest growth rate for high-end PET release films. The medical field is experiencing strong expansion in disposable dressings, patches, and transdermal drug delivery systems, leading to increased structural demand for CCK, PE coated paper, and non-silicone release films. Composite materials and the new energy industry (such as wind turbine blade prepregs and lithium battery separator auxiliaries) are further driving the use of industrial-grade high-performance release materials. Driven by recyclable materials and environmental policies, environmentally friendly release materials based on R-PET and lightweight paper will become a new trend. Overall, the release liner market will maintain steady medium-to-high-speed growth (central 5–7% CAGR), with high-performance release films and electronic-grade non-silicone systems possessing the strongest long-term growth potential.
This report studies the global Release Liners production, demand, key manufacturers, and key regions.
This report is a detailed and comprehensive analysis of the world market for Release Liners and provides market size (US$ million) and Year-over-Year (YoY) Growth, considering 2025 as the base year. This report explores demand trends and competition, as well as details the characteristics of Release Liners that contribute to its increasing demand across many markets.
Highlights and key features of the study
Global Release Liners total production and demand, 2021-2032, (M Sqm)
Global Release Liners total production value, 2021-2032, (USD Million)
Global Release Liners production by region & country, production, value, CAGR, 2021-2032, (USD Million) & (M Sqm), (based on production site)
Global Release Liners consumption by region & country, CAGR, 2021-2032 & (M Sqm)
U.S. VS China: Release Liners domestic production, consumption, key domestic manufacturers and share
Global Release Liners production by manufacturer, production, price, value and market share 2021-2026, (USD Million) & (M Sqm)
Global Release Liners production by Type, production, value, CAGR, 2021-2032, (USD Million) & (M Sqm)
Global Release Liners production by Application, production, value, CAGR, 2021-2032, (USD Million) & (M Sqm)
This report profiles key players in the global Release Liners market based on the following parameters - company overview, production, value, price, gross margin, product portfolio, geographical presence, and key developments. Key companies covered as a part of this study include Loparex, Munksjö, UPM, Mondi, LINTEC, Sappi, Nordic Paper, Delfortgroup, Itasa, Xinfeng Group, etc.
This report also provides key insights about market drivers, restraints, opportunities, new product launches or approvals.
Stakeholders would have ease in decision-making through various strategy matrices used in analyzing the World Release Liners market
Detailed Segmentation:
Each section contains quantitative market data including market by value (US$ Millions), volume (production, consumption) & (M Sqm) and average price (USD/Sqm) by manufacturer, by Type, and by Application. Data is given for the years 2021-2032 by year with 2025 as the base year, 2026 as the estimate year, and 2027-2032 as the forecast year.
Global Release Liners Market, By Region:
United States
China
Europe
Japan
South Korea
ASEAN
India
Rest of World
Global Release Liners Market, Segmentation by Type:
Release Linear Paper
Release Linear Film
Global Release Liners Market, Segmentation by Coating Type:
Silicone Release Liner
Non-silicone Release Liner
Global Release Liners Market, Segmentation by Single-sided/Double-sided Classification:
Single-Side Release Liner
Double-Side Release Liner
Global Release Liners Market, Segmentation by Application:
Composites
Graphic Arts
Hygiene
Labels
Tapes
Industrial
Medical
Envelopes
Others
Companies Profiled:
Loparex
Munksjö
UPM
Mondi
LINTEC
Sappi
Nordic Paper
Delfortgroup
Itasa
Xinfeng Group
Siliconature
Laufenberg
Polyplex
Dupont
Saint-Gobain
Rossella S.r.l
Fujiko
Formula
COTEK PAPERS LIMITED
DPP
Xianhe Papaer
Key Questions Answered:
1. How big is the global Release Liners market?
2. What is the demand of the global Release Liners market?
3. What is the year over year growth of the global Release Liners market?
4. What is the production and production value of the global Release Liners market?
5. Who are the key producers in the global Release Liners market?
6. What are the growth factors driving the market demand?
Table of Contents
163 Pages
- 1 Supply Summary
- 2 Demand Summary
- 3 World Manufacturers Competitive Analysis
- 4 United States VS China VS Rest of the World
- 5 Market Analysis by Type
- 6 Market Analysis Coating Type
- 7 Market Analysis Single-sided/Double-sided Classification
- 8 Market Analysis by Application
- 9 Company Profiles
- 10 Industry Chain Analysis
- 11 Research Findings and Conclusion
- 12 Appendix
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