Carbon Nanotubes Market by Type, Application & Geography - Global Trends & Forecasts To 2018

Carbon nanotubes are minuscule allotropes of carbon having sizes to the scale of nanometers. The physical, electrical, and thermal properties make these a special material for number of applications. CNTs have very high tensile strength, excellent electrical conductivity, and the ability to bear high working temperatures. However, not withstanding some challenges like high cost of production and integration issues, the CNTS application markets have made great breakthroughs.

The "Carbon Nanotubes Market by Type, Application & Geography - Global Trends & Forecasts To 2018" report gives a competitive scenario between the major players in the CNTs market. We have also profiled leading players of this industry with their recent developments and other strategic initiatives in the industry. This gives a holistic view about the long term plans of the key market players in CNTs industry. Furthermore, the report also profiles these companies in order to provide elaborative information such as company overview, financials, products and services, developments, and SWOT analysis. These include major players in the global CNTs market: Arkema S.A. (France), CNano Technology Ltd. (U.S.), Hyperion Catalysis International Inc. (U.S.), Nanocyl S.A. (Belgium), Showa Denko K.K. (Japan), and many other market players.

Carbon nanotubes enabled nanotechnology to become one of the most sought-after technologies and have made a huge impact on a wide range of applications such as electronics, medicine, aerospace, defense, automotives, energy, construction, etc. With some of the big producers stepping up their production capacities, the prices of CNTs are bound to come down and this will induce a spiraling effect on the application areas; thereby pushing up the demand for CNTs. With extensive research regarding CNTs being carried out by almost all the leading companies in the above mentioned application areas, the challenges of integration of CNTs will eventually loosen out and in a nutshell, it would be said that CNTs are the hottest nanomaterials in the time to come.

The global market for Carbon nanotubes has grown during the past few years, driven by superior properties and adaptability of CNTs in major end-user industry applications. The CNTs market is expected to register a healthy growth on account of growth in the key end-user industries. The Asia-Pacific market is a major consumer of CNTs with highest usage in electronics & semiconductors and advanced materials industries. In 2012, the production and revenue generation of CNTs was witnessed to be high in the Asia-Pacific region, followed by the North America region.

This study basically aims to estimate the global market of Carbon nanotubes for 2013 and to forecast the expected demand of the same in 2018. This market research study provides a detailed qualitative and quantitative analysis of the global CNTs market. It provides a comprehensive review of major market drivers, restraints, opportunities, winning imperatives, challenges, and key issues in the market. The market is further segmented and forecasted for major regions of North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and Rest of the World (ROW). The major countries with market volumes and revenues are covered for each region.

For this report, various secondary sources such as encyclopedia, directories, chemical & material magazines, technical handbooks, company annual reports, industry association publications, articles, trade websites, and databases have been referred to identify and collect information useful for this extensive commercial study of the Carbon nanotubes market. The primary sources – experts from related industries and suppliers–have been interviewed to obtain and verify critical information as well as to assess the future prospects and market estimations of CNTs.

Scope of the report:

On the basis of types: The CNTs market is segmented on the basis of major CNTs types including Single-walled and Multi-walled CNTs. Each type is further described in detail in the report, with a forecast of its volume and revenue.

On the basis of End-User Industry: The Carbon nanotubes market is segmented on the basis of end-user industry such as electronics & semiconductors, chemical & polymers, batteries & capacitors, energy, medical, composites, and aerospace & defense. Each industry is further described in detail in the report with the forecast of its volume and revenue.

On the basis of geography: North America, Western Europe, Asia-Pacific, ROW, and the key countries in these regions.

This research report categorizes the global market for Carbon nanotubes on the basis of types, applications, and geography; forecasting volumes & revenues and analyzing trends in each of the submarkets.