The global ultra-thin glass market size reached USD 12.0 Billion in 2024. Looking forward, IMARC Group expects the market to reach USD 28.2 Billion by 2033, exhibiting a growth rate (CAGR) of 9.46% during 2025-2033.
Ultra-thin glass has a minimal thickness and excellent barrier and scratch-resistant properties. It is used in cover glasses, substrates for flexible organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays, camera systems, novel micro-batteries, processors, and fingerprint and biosensors of smartphones. It is also employed in the manufacturing of glass-based batteries that ensure the connection of small devices and sensors without the requirement of a central power supply. Additionally, as it offers advantages like superior optical quality, mechanical resistance, chemical consistency, and temperature stability compared to plastics, metals, or silicon, ultra-thin glass finds extensive applications in consumer electronics, automotive, and healthcare industries worldwide.
Ultra-thin Glass Market Trends:
Due to the high-frequency electrical properties of ultra-thin glass, it is increasingly being utilized in the semiconductor industry for transferring data from microchips at the highest transfer rates. This, along with the growing demand for the ultra-thin glass in the automotive industry to design car interiors and sensors, represents one of the key factors driving the market. Moreover, there is a rise in its usage in solar products to enhance the efficiency of the cell while increasing the amount of trapping light inside the solar cell and reducing the incident light reflecting from the solar cell. This, coupled with the escalating demand for smart wearable devices, such as fitness bands and smartwatches that require heat, water, and weather-resistant display, is propelling the growth of the market. In addition, it is laminated with transparent materials to build strong and lightweight windows. In line with this, the rising use of ultra-thin glass in the production of electrochromic windows that are used in both residential and non-residential sectors is offering lucrative growth opportunities to industry investors.
Key Market Segmentation:
IMARC Group provides an analysis of the key trends in each sub-segment of the global ultra-thin glass market report, along with forecasts at the global, regional and country level from 2025-2033. Our report has categorized the market based on thickness type, manufacturing process, application and end use industry.
Breakup by Thickness Type:
- <0.1 Mm
- Mm-0.5 Mm
- 0.5 Mm-1.0 Mm
- Float
- Fusion
- Down-Draw
- Semiconductor Substrate
- Touch Panel Displays
- Fingerprint Sensors
- Automotive Glazing
- Others
- Consumer Electronics
- Automotive
- Biotechnology
- Others
- North America
- United States
- Canada
- Asia-Pacific
- China
- Japan
- India
- South Korea
- Australia
- Indonesia
- Others
- Europe
- Germany
- France
- United Kingdom
- Italy
- Spain
- Russia
- Others
- Latin America
- Brazil
- Mexico
- Others
- Middle East and Africa
The competitive landscape of the industry has also been examined along with the profiles of the key players being AGC Inc., Central Glass Co. Ltd., Changzhou Almaden Co. Ltd., Corning Incorporated, CSG Holding Limited, Emerge Glass India Pvt. Ltd., Fraunhofer FEP, Nippon Electric Glass Co. Ltd., Nippon Sheet Glass Co. Ltd, Noval Glass Goup Ltd., Schott AG (Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung) and Taiwan Glass Industry Corporation.
Key Questions Answered in This Report
1.What was the size of the global ultra-thin glass market in 2024?
2.What is the expected growth rate of the global ultra-thin glass market during 2025-2033?
3.What has been the impact of COVID-19 on the global ultra-thin glass market?
4.What are the key factors driving the global ultra-thin glass market?
5.What is the breakup of the global ultra-thin glass market based on the thickness type?
6.What is the breakup of the global ultra-thin glass market based on manufacturing process?
7.What is the breakup of the global ultra-thin glass market based on the application?
8.What is the breakup of the global ultra-thin glass market based on the end use industry?
9.What are the key regions in the global ultra-thin glass market?
10.Who are the key players/companies in the global ultra-thin glass market?
- 1 Preface
- 2 Scope and Methodology
- 2.1 Objectives of the Study
- 2.2 Stakeholders
- 2.3 Data Sources
- 2.3.1 Primary Sources
- 2.3.2 Secondary Sources
- 2.4 Market Estimation
- 2.4.1 Bottom-Up Approach
- 2.4.2 Top-Down Approach
- 2.5 Forecasting Methodology
- 3 Executive Summary
- 4 Introduction
- 4.1 Overview
- 4.2 Key Industry Trends
- 5 Global Ultra-thin Glass Market
- 5.1 Market Overview
- 5.2 Market Performance
- 5.3 Impact of COVID-19
- 5.4 Market Forecast
- 6 Market Breakup by Thickness Type
- 6.1 <0.1 Mm
- 6.1.1 Market Trends
- 6.1.2 Market Forecast
- 6.2 0.1 Mm-0.5 Mm
- 6.2.1 Market Trends
- 6.2.2 Market Forecast
- 6.3 0.5 Mm-1.0 Mm
- 6.3.1 Market Trends
- 6.3.2 Market Forecast
- 7 Market Breakup by Manufacturing Process
- 7.1 Float
- 7.1.1 Market Trends
- 7.1.2 Market Forecast
- 7.2 Fusion
- 7.2.1 Market Trends
- 7.2.2 Market Forecast
- 7.3 Down-Draw
- 7.3.1 Market Trends
- 7.3.2 Market Forecast
- 8 Market Breakup by Application
- 8.1 Semiconductor Substrate
- 8.1.1 Market Trends
- 8.1.2 Market Forecast
- 8.2 Touch Panel Displays
- 8.2.1 Market Trends
- 8.2.2 Market Forecast
- 8.3 Fingerprint Sensors
- 8.3.1 Market Trends
- 8.3.2 Market Forecast
- 8.4 Automotive Glazing
- 8.4.1 Market Trends
- 8.4.2 Market Forecast
- 8.5 Others
- 8.5.1 Market Trends
- 8.5.2 Market Forecast
- 9 Market Breakup by End Use Industry
- 9.1 Consumer Electronics
- 9.1.1 Market Trends
- 9.1.2 Market Forecast
- 9.2 Automotive
- 9.2.1 Market Trends
- 9.2.2 Market Forecast
- 9.3 Biotechnology
- 9.3.1 Market Trends
- 9.3.2 Market Forecast
- 9.4 Others
- 9.4.1 Market Trends
- 9.4.2 Market Forecast
- 10 Market Breakup by Region
- 10.1 North America
- 10.1.1 United States
- 10.1.1.1 Market Trends
- 10.1.1.2 Market Forecast
- 10.1.2 Canada
- 10.1.2.1 Market Trends
- 10.1.2.2 Market Forecast
- 10.2 Asia-Pacific
- 10.2.1 China
- 10.2.1.1 Market Trends
- 10.2.1.2 Market Forecast
- 10.2.2 Japan
- 10.2.2.1 Market Trends
- 10.2.2.2 Market Forecast
- 10.2.3 India
- 10.2.3.1 Market Trends
- 10.2.3.2 Market Forecast
- 10.2.4 South Korea
- 10.2.4.1 Market Trends
- 10.2.4.2 Market Forecast
- 10.2.5 Australia
- 10.2.5.1 Market Trends
- 10.2.5.2 Market Forecast
- 10.2.6 Indonesia
- 10.2.6.1 Market Trends
- 10.2.6.2 Market Forecast
- 10.2.7 Others
- 10.2.7.1 Market Trends
- 10.2.7.2 Market Forecast
- 10.3 Europe
- 10.3.1 Germany
- 10.3.1.1 Market Trends
- 10.3.1.2 Market Forecast
- 10.3.2 France
- 10.3.2.1 Market Trends
- 10.3.2.2 Market Forecast
- 10.3.3 United Kingdom
- 10.3.3.1 Market Trends
- 10.3.3.2 Market Forecast
- 10.3.4 Italy
- 10.3.4.1 Market Trends
- 10.3.4.2 Market Forecast
- 10.3.5 Spain
- 10.3.5.1 Market Trends
- 10.3.5.2 Market Forecast
- 10.3.6 Russia
- 10.3.6.1 Market Trends
- 10.3.6.2 Market Forecast
- 10.3.7 Others
- 10.3.7.1 Market Trends
- 10.3.7.2 Market Forecast
- 10.4 Latin America
- 10.4.1 Brazil
- 10.4.1.1 Market Trends
- 10.4.1.2 Market Forecast
- 10.4.2 Mexico
- 10.4.2.1 Market Trends
- 10.4.2.2 Market Forecast
- 10.4.3 Others
- 10.4.3.1 Market Trends
- 10.4.3.2 Market Forecast
- 10.5 Middle East and Africa
- 10.5.1 Market Trends
- 10.5.2 Market Breakup by Country
- 10.5.3 Market Forecast
- 11 SWOT Analysis
- 11.1 Overview
- 11.2 Strengths
- 11.3 Weaknesses
- 11.4 Opportunities
- 11.5 Threats
- 12 Value Chain Analysis
- 13 Porters Five Forces Analysis
- 13.1 Overview
- 13.2 Bargaining Power of Buyers
- 13.3 Bargaining Power of Suppliers
- 13.4 Degree of Competition
- 13.5 Threat of New Entrants
- 13.6 Threat of Substitutes
- 14 Price Analysis
- 15 Competitive Landscape
- 15.1 Market Structure
- 15.2 Key Players
- 15.3 Profiles of Key Players
- 15.3.1 AGC Inc.
- 15.3.1.1 Company Overview
- 15.3.1.2 Product Portfolio
- 15.3.1.3 Financials
- 15.3.1.4 SWOT Analysis
- 15.3.2 Central Glass Co. Ltd.
- 15.3.2.1 Company Overview
- 15.3.2.2 Product Portfolio
- 15.3.2.3 Financials
- 15.3.2.4 SWOT Analysis
- 15.3.3 Changzhou Almaden Co. Ltd.
- 15.3.3.1 Company Overview
- 15.3.3.2 Product Portfolio
- 15.3.3.3 Financials
- 15.3.4 Corning Incorporated
- 15.3.4.1 Company Overview
- 15.3.4.2 Product Portfolio
- 15.3.4.3 Financials
- 15.3.4.4 SWOT Analysis
- 15.3.5 CSG Holding Limited
- 15.3.5.1 Company Overview
- 15.3.5.2 Product Portfolio
- 15.3.5.3 Financials
- 15.3.6 Emerge Glass India Pvt. Ltd.
- 15.3.6.1 Company Overview
- 15.3.6.2 Product Portfolio
- 15.3.7 Fraunhofer FEP
- 15.3.7.1 Company Overview
- 15.3.7.2 Product Portfolio
- 15.3.8 Nippon Electric Glass Co. Ltd.
- 15.3.8.1 Company Overview
- 15.3.8.2 Product Portfolio
- 15.3.8.3 Financials
- 15.3.9 Nippon Sheet Glass Co. Ltd
- 15.3.9.1 Company Overview
- 15.3.9.2 Product Portfolio
- 15.3.9.3 Financials
- 15.3.9.4 SWOT Analysis
- 15.3.10 Noval Glass Goup Ltd.
- 15.3.10.1 Company Overview
- 15.3.10.2 Product Portfolio
- 15.3.11 Schott AG (Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung)
- 15.3.11.1 Company Overview
- 15.3.11.2 Product Portfolio
- 15.3.11.3 SWOT Analysis
- 15.3.12 Taiwan Glass Industry Corporation
- 15.3.12.1 Company Overview
- 15.3.12.2 Product Portfolio
- 15.3.12.3 SWOT Analysis
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