Information technology and electronic industries are emerging as the two bastions of advanced ceramics' market since late '90s. Rising demand for high-performance electronic, computing and communication devices is propping the large-scale adoption of advanced ceramic compositions within these industries. Cross-application synergies are also upstaging, unveiling newer and more sophisticated application platforms for advanced ceramics. Thus, with the revenue charts increasingly tipping towards the high-end markets, the industry's end user profile is undergoing rapid transformation, away from the conventional end-use markets such as defense equipment, chemical processing, and glass industries. With the spurt unlikely to die down any sooner, the IT and electronic industries are projected to remain dominant and aggressively growing end users of advanced ceramics.

Commercial use of advanced ceramics is limited by the complexity and high costs of implementation; skepticism about the long-term stability and consistency of material properties, coupled with lack of industry-wide standardization, high cost of components and absence of performance tracking deterring the full-scale commercialization of advanced ceramics until recently. However, burgeoning research and developments and new product innovations are expected to drive new opportunities for advanced ceramics in the coming years. Additionally, growing impetus for environmental protection is likely to bolster demand for the use of the materials in replacement applications that are touted as environmentally unsafe. Of late, rising shipments of commercial and military aircrafts and future orders, particularly from the US and Asian countries, is expected to assure a stable market for advanced ceramic coatings in the next five years.
 

TABLE OF CONTENTS 

ADVANCED CERAMICS				BMR-7037


                                      CONTENTS



  1. METHODOLOGY                                                           1
      Study Reliability and Reporting Limitations                          1
      Disclaimers                                                          2
      Quantitative Techniques & Reporting Level                            3

  2. INDUSTRY OVERVIEW                                                     4
      Major Markets of Advanced Ceramics                                   4

  3. MARKET SNAPSHOTS                                                      4
      Asia Dominates Global Advanced  Ceramics Market                      4
      Twin Growth Strategy: Adding New  Dimensions to Advanced Ceramics    5
      Industry Experiences Strong Demand  from IT/Electronic Industries    5
      Electronic Ceramics Continue to Rule  Advanced Ceramics Market       5
      Development of Niobium and Tantalum  Propel Electronic
       Ceramics Market                                                     6
      Rising Demand for Ceramic Armor Fueling  Structural Ceramics
       Sales                                                               6
      Medical Field to Emerge as Major End-Use  Area for Advanced
       Ceramics                                                            6
      Aerospace Sector Drives Growth for  Ceramic Coatings                 6
      Challenges for Commercialization of  Advanced Ceramics               6
      Cost-Effective Manufacturing Regions  Attract Foreign Companies      7

  4. EMERGING APPLICATIONS                                                 7
      Smart Ceramics Zoom Ahead                                            7
      Fuel Cells and Batteries Promising  a Huge Potential                 8
      High-Performance Ceramics Grab  Significant Position in
       Automobile  Sector                                                  8
      Piezo ceramic components Open  New Avenues                           9
      Metal Matrix Composite - A Prominent  Species                        9
      Ceramic Products Aid in Process  Reliability                         9
      Superconductors Driving Demand  for Advanced Ceramics                10
      Energy Sector Spurs New Opportunities  for Advanced Ceramics         10

  5. PRODUCT FACTS                                                         11
      Electronic Ceramics                                                  11
      Chemical Processing & Environmental  Ceramics                        12
      Ceramic Coatings                                                     12
      Structural Ceramics                                                  12

  6. CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS                                                13
      Metalico Acquires American CatCon  Holdings                          13
      CTS Corp Acquires TUSONIX                                            13
      Johnson Matthey Acquires Argillon                                    13
      Yageo Partners with OEMs and ODMs to  Promote Wireless Solutions     13
      Ceradyne Obtains Ceramic Body  Armor Order                           13
      ESK Ceramics Wins €35 Million Contract                               14
      Taiyo Yuden Launches Two New Group  Companies                        14
      CoorsTek Releases New Design Guide  for Thick-Film Ceramic
       Substrates                                                          14
      Yageo Introduces 8010 Ceramic Chip  Antenna                          15
      Kyocera to Launch New Ceramic Utility  Knife Colors                  15
      TDK Corporation Develops First-of-its-kind Multilayer Ceramic
       Chip Capacitor                                                      15
      AVX Corporation Acquires American  Technical Ceramics                16
      Souriau Holding Acquires Pacific  Aerospace & Electronics            16
      Du-Co Ceramics Company Acquires  Saxonburg Ceramics                  16
      North Coast Angel Fund Acquires Minority  Interest in Stanton
       Ceramics                                                            16
      SIC Investment Acquires Toshiba  Ceramics                            16
      CoorsTek Takes Over Gaiser                                           16
      Advent and Carlyle Completes the  Acquisition of H.C. Starck         17
      Cree and Digi-Key Enter into  a Distribution Pact                    17
      Ceradyne Obtains Ceramic Body Armor  Delivery Order from the
       US Army                                                             17
      CPS Becomes CPS Technologies  Corporation                            18
      Ceradyne Opens First Solar Energy  Ceramic-Associated Factory
       in China                                                            18
      NGK Insulators to Construct New  Manufacturing Facility in Mexico    18
      CoorsTek Plans to Open New Facility  in the US                       18
      Samsung Electro-Mechanics Offers  MLCC Library to Ansoft             19
      ATC Rolls Out 800 Series Multilayer  Capacitor Products              19
      CoorsTek Launches CeraPure™ Ceramics                                 20
      CoorsTek Launches DuraStrate™  Ceramic Substrates                    20
      Momentive Performance Materials  Launches New Series of PBN
       Coatings,  Heaters and Crucibles                                    20
      KEMET Introduces FE-CAP Line                                         21
      Kyocera Launches the Ceramic Pot                                     21
      Morgan Electro Ceramics Launches  New Line of Co-Fired PCMAs         21
      Morgan Electro Ceramics Launches New  Piezoelectric Composite
       Components                                                          22
      Morgan Electro Ceramics Unveils New  Piezoelectric Actuator
       Plates                                                              23
      Vishay Releases Latest Range of High- Intensity White SMD LED
       Series                                                              23
      Advanced PhaseSiC™ Hybrid Liquid- Phase Silicon Carbide Substance    23
      AVX Extends TLJ Series Portfolio                                     23
      Large-Case SMD MLCC from KEMET                                       24
      Vishay Launches VJHVArc Guard  Capacitors                            24
      SEM Develops First-Ever 4.7uF/6.3V/1005 MLCC                         24
      Ceramic Electronic Component from  Japanese Inventors                24
      Low Resistivity SiC from the US Inventors                            25
      Epitaxial Silicon Carbide Layer Production  Process from
       Swedish Engineers                                                   25
      Japanese Researchers Introduce New  Ceramic Electronic Component     25
      Silicon Carbide Composite Substance  from the US Researcher          25
      New Production Process for Ceramic  Electronic Components            25
      Microelectromechanical Structures  on SiC Substrate                  26

  7. MAJOR PLAYERS                                                         26
      Applied Ceramics Inc. (USA)                                          26
      Ceradyne, Inc. (USA)                                                 26
      CPS Technologies Corporation (USA)                                   26
      CeramTec AG (Germany)                                                26
      COI Ceramics Inc. (USA)                                              27
      Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (France)                                27
       Saint-Gobain Advanced Ceramics  Hamilton Ltd. (Canada)              27
       Saint-Gobain Advanced Ceramics  Lauf GmbH (Germany)                 27
       Saint-Gobain Ceramics & Plastics Inc.  (USA)                        27
        Saint-Gobain Advanced Ceramics Inc.  (USA)                         28
       Saint-Gobain Quartz SAS (France)                                    28
      CoorsTek, Inc. (USA)                                                 28
      Covalent Materials Corporation (Japan)                               28
      General Electric Company (USA)                                       29
      International Ceramic Engineering (USA)                              29
      KEMET Corporation (USA)                                              29
      Kyocera Corporation (Japan)                                          29
       AVX Corp. (USA)                                                     29
        American Technical Ceramics Corp.  (USA)                           29
       Kyocera Industrial Ceramics Corporation  (USA)                      30
      Momentive Performance Materials, Inc.  (USA)                         30
      Morgan Electro Ceramics (UK)                                         30
      Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Japan)                                30
      NGK Insulators Ltd. (Japan)                                          31
      Rauschert GmbH (Germany)                                             31
      Samsung Electro-Mechanics Company Ltd.  (Korea)                      31
      Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (Japan)                                        31
      TDK Corporation (Japan)                                              32
      Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (USA)                                   32
      Yageo Corp. (Taiwan)                                                 32

  8.  GLOBAL MARKET ANALYTICS                                              33

  9.  THE UNITED STATES                                                    38
      Electronic Ceramics: The Largest Segment                             38
      Structural Ceramics: Spearheading Growth                             38
      Issues Impacting Growth of Advanced  Ceramics Market                 38

  10. CANADA                                                               40

  11. JAPAN                                                                41

  12. EUROPE                                                               42

  a. France                                                                44

  b. Germany                                                               45

  c. The United Kingdom                                                    46

  d. Italy                                                                 47

  e. Spain                                                                 48

  f. Russia                                                                49

  g. Rest of Europe                                                        50

  13. ASIA-PACIFIC                                                         51

  14. THE MIDDLE EAST                                                      52

  15. LATIN AMERICA                                                        53


 EXHIBITS

      Table 1: Global Advanced Ceramics Market by Region for the
      Period 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million)

      Table 2: Percentage Breakdown of Global Advanced Ceramics
      Market by Region  for the Years 2008 & 2012

      Table 3: Global Electronic Ceramics Market by Region for the
      Period 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million)

      Table 4: Percentage Breakdown of Global Electronic Ceramics
      Market by Region  for the Years 2008 & 2012

      Table 5: Global Chemical Processing & Environmental Ceramics
      Market by  Region for the Period 2007-2015  (Sales in US$
      Million)

      Table 6: Percentage Breakdown of Global Chemical Processing &
      Environmental Ceramics Market by Region for the  Years 2008 &
      2012

      Table 7: Global Ceramic Coatings Market  by Region for the
      Period 2007-2015  (Sales in US$ Million)

      Table 8: Percentage Breakdown of Global Ceramic Coatings
      Market by Region for  the Years 2008 & 2012

      Table 9: Global Structural Ceramics Market  by Region for the
      Period 2007-2015  (Sales in US$ Million)

      Table 10: Percentage Breakdown of Global Structural Ceramics
      Market by Region for  the Years 2008 & 2012

      Table 11: Advanced Ceramics Market by Product Segment in the
      US: 2007-2015  (Sales in US$ Million)

      Table 12: Percentage Breakdown of Advanced Ceramics Market by
      Product Segment in the US for the Years 2008 & 2012

      Table 13: Advanced Ceramics Market by Product Segment in
      Canada: 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million)

      Table 14: Percentage Breakdown of Advanced Ceramics Market by
      Product Segment in Canada for the Years 2008 & 2012

      Table 15: Advanced Ceramics Market by Product Segment in
      Japan: 2007-2015  (Sales in US$ Million)

      Table 16: Percentage Breakdown of Advanced Ceramics Market by
      Product Segment in  Japan for the Years 2008 & 2012

      Table 17: Advanced Ceramics Market by Region in Europe:
      2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million)

      Table 18: Percentage Breakdown of  Advanced Ceramics Market by
      Region  in Europe for the Years 2008 & 2012

      Table 19: Advanced Ceramics Market by Product Segment in
      Europe: 2007-2015  (Sales in US$ Million)

      Table 20: Percentage Breakdown of Advanced Ceramics Market by
      Product Segment in Europe for the Years 2008 & 2012

      Table 21: Advanced Ceramics Market by Product Segment in
      France: 2007-2015  (Sales in US$ Million)

      Table 22: Percentage Breakdown of Advanced Ceramics Market by
      Product Segment in France for the Years 2008 & 2012

      Table 23: Advanced Ceramics Market by Product Segment in
      Germany: 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million)

      Table 24: Percentage Breakdown of Advanced Ceramics Market by
      Product Segment in Germany for the Years 2008 & 2012

      Table 25: Advanced Ceramics Market by Product Segment in
      Italy: 2007-2015  (Sales in US$ Million)

      Table 26: Percentage Breakdown of Advanced Ceramics Market by
      Product Segment in Italy for the Years 2008 & 2012

      Table 27: Advanced Ceramics Market by Product Segment in the
      UK: 2007-2015  (Sales in US$ Million)

      Table 28: Percentage Breakdown of Advanced Ceramics Market by
      Product Segment in the UK for the Years 2008 & 2012

      Table 29: Advanced Ceramics Market by Product Segment in
      Spain: 2007-2015  (Sales in US$ Million)

      Table 30: Percentage Breakdown of Advanced Ceramics Market by
      Product Segment in  Spain for the Years 2008 & 2012

      Table 31: Advanced Ceramics Market by Product Segment in
      Russia: 2007-2015  (Sales in US$ Million)

      Table 32: Percentage Breakdown of Advanced Ceramics Market by
      Product Segment in Russia for the Years 2008 & 2012

      Table 33: Advanced Ceramics Market by Product Segment in Rest
      of Europe:  2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million)

      Table 34: Percentage Breakdown of Advanced Ceramics Market by
      Product Segment in Rest of Europe for the Years 2008 & 2012

      Table 35: Advanced Ceramics Market by Product Segment in
      Asia-Pacific: 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million)

      Table 36: Percentage Breakdown of Advanced Ceramics Market by
      Product Segment in  Asia-Pacific for the Years 2008 & 2012

      Table 37: Advanced Ceramics Market by Product Segment in
      Middle East: 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million)

      Table 38: Percentage Breakdown of Advanced Ceramics Market by
      Product Segment in Middle East for the Years 2008 & 2012

      Table 39: Advanced Ceramics Market by Product Segment in Latin
      America:  2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million)

      Table 40: Percentage Breakdown of Advanced Ceramics Market by
      Product Segment in  Latin America for the Years 2008 & 2012


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