Thanks to continuous innovations, optical coatings industry is driving new markets and business opportunities with its progressive transformation. The coatings are utilized in various sectors including environmental, chemical, and abrasion resistance; EMI shielding; climate control; biological protection; and high and low temperature operation, in addition to applications in optical fibers and filters. The market is set to experience significant growth buoyed by interest from the nanotechnology, display, and biotechnology sectors. Demand from the electronics and instrumentation sector, where optical coatings are used in flat panel displays, laser optics, computer and television screens, and camera lenses, will propel market expansion. Medical and transportation industries are the other key end-use areas.

TABLE OF CONTENTS 

OPTICAL COATINGS				BMR-2049


                                         CONTENTS



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

  2. MARKET OVERVIEW                                                       3
      Progress in Optical Coatings Drives New Markets and Business
       Opportunities                                                       3

  3. PRODUCT FACTS                                                         4
      Optical Coatings                                                     4
       Review of Select Coating Types                                      4
        Anti-Reflective Coatings                                           4
        Transparent Electrodes                                             4
        Reflective Coatings                                                4
        Filter Coatings                                                    4
        Electrochromic Coatings                                            4
       Overview of Raw Materials                                           4
        Silica                                                             4
        Indium Tin Oxide                                                   5
        Fluorides                                                          5
        Aluminum                                                           5
        Silver                                                             5
        Gold                                                               5
        Copper                                                             5

  4. END-USE ANALYSIS                                                      6
      Electronics and Instrumentation                                      6
      Medical                                                              7
      Transportation                                                       7
      Telecommunications                                                   8
      Architecture                                                         9

  5. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT                                              9
      Tough Anti-Reflective Coatings from IOF                              9
      European Researchers Develop Coatings for Solar Cells                9

  6. CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS                                                10
      ZC&R Coatings for Optics Partners with Abrisa Industrial Glass       10
      JDSU Acquires Fiber Optic Division of Westover Scientific            10
      Ball Aerospace Chooses Barr Associates to Provide Filter
       Assemblies                                                          10
      Coherent to Sell Optics Manufacturing Assets to REO                  11
      PPG Industries Pockets NanoProducts                                  11
      JDSU Releases New Additions to WaveReady™ Product Line               11
      DiCon Releases MEMS Tunable Demux                                    11
      Edmund Optics Unveils TECHSPEC® High Performance Shortpass
       Filters                                                             12
      Edmund Optics Introduces TECHSPEC® F- Theta Scanning Lenses Line     12
      Optoplex Launches Dual-Rate DPSK Demodulator                         13
      Optoplex Introduces New OPM Supporting 40G                           13
      Semrock Rolls Out BrightLine® Dichroic Beamsplitters                 13
      Semrock Expands BrightLine® Family                                   14
      Semrock Launches E-Grade Ultra-steep Raman Edge Filters              14
      Semrock Launches the New EdgeBasic™ Optical Filters                  14
      Bookham Unleashes Zorolight LED Multiplexing Module                  14
      Oerlikon Optics Unveils GoboXtreme™ Blanks                           15
      API Takes Over NanoOpto                                              15
      Vestar Capital Purchases Stake in AZ Electronic Materials            15
      INFICON Takes Over Maxtek                                            15
      Halma Acquires Labsphere                                             16
      Unidym Signs Joint Development Deal with InterPhases                 16
      PPG Acquires Industrial Coatings and Architectural Business          16
      JDSU Forms Partnership with Mintera                                  16
      Abrisa Industrial Glass Acquires ZC &R Coatings                      16
      CVI Melles Griot Acquires Coherent Imaging                           17
      JDSU Acquires Picolight                                              17
      Quantum Coating Acquires Denton Coatings Group                       17
      PPG Industries Plans to Acquire SigmaKalon Group                     17
      PPG Industries Acquires Coatings Resource                            17
      CVI Takes Over Melles Griot                                          17
      Qioptiq Enters Chinese Optics Market                                 18
      Rohm and Haas Divests European Automotive Coatings Business          18
      Opco Introduces VPT CITATION I™ 45-Inch Precision Coating System     18
      BBGR Unleashes Neva Secret Color- Free AR Coating                    19
      DuPont Unveils AR Film Coatings for LCDs                             19
      Performance Coatings International Launches LensGuard                19
      JDSU Releases Two Optical Filters                                    20
      Deposition Sciences Develops New Thin- Film Coatings in the
       Infrared Region                                                     20
      BASF and DaimlerChrysler Launch Environment Friendly Liquid Metal    20
      Semrock Enhances UV Ion Beam Sputtering Capability                   20
      Semrock® Introduces Novel FISH Filters                               21
      Semrock Releases Mercury Line Filters                                21
      Semrock Introduces New Near-infrared Fluorescence Filter Sets        21
      Semrock Expands Superior Performance UV Filter Range                 22
      Semrock Develops New Fluorescence Filters to BrightLine® Family      22
      Semrock Unleashes New Laser Dichroic Filters Line                    22
      Edmund Optics Launches Blackened Optics                              22
      Iridian Spectral Technologies Unleashes New CWDM Ultra-Reflect
       Filters Line                                                        23
      DiCon Introduces MEMS Tunable Filter                                 23
      Oerlikon Launches b-Stage Epoxy Technology                           23
      Princeton Instruments Develops New Silver Coatings                   23
      Bookham to Launch VHB Laser Diode Bar                                24
      JDSU Unveils OCC-56 Smart Optical Channel Checker                    24
      JDSU Rolls Out CWDM OTDR Modules                                     24
      JDSU Launches TLS-55 Smart Optical Tester                            25
      JDSU Releases MTS/T-BERD 6000 LITE                                   25
      JDSU Unveils MAP Variable Optical Attenuator                         26
      JDSU Introduces Optical Component Environmental Test System Plus     26
      JDSU Launches Two New Products                                       26
      JDSU Develops New Fluorescence Filters                               26
      Iridian Spectral Introduces New Ultra Steep Short Pass Filters       27

  7. MAJOR PLAYERS                                                         27
      Abrisa USPG Glass and Coatings (USA)                                 27
       ZC&R Coatings for Optics, Inc. (USA)                                27
      AccuCoat, Inc. (USA)                                                 28
      Princeton Instruments (USA)                                          28
      AFE Technology Coatings Ltd. (UK)                                    28
      Align Optics, Inc. (USA)                                             28
      Andover Corporation (USA)                                            28
      Applied Films Corp. (USA)                                            28
      Applied Coatings, Inc. (USA)                                         29
      Barr Associates, Inc. (USA)                                          29
      Brewer Science, Inc. (USA)                                           29
      CVI Melles Griot (USA)                                               29
      DELTA Light & Optics (Denmark)                                       29
      Denton Vacuum, LLC (USA)                                             30
      DiCon Fiberoptics, Inc. (USA)                                        30
      Dontech, Inc. (USA)                                                  30
      Dynavac (USA)                                                        30
      Edmund Optics, Inc. (USA)                                            30
      EMF Corporation (USA)                                                30
      Evaporated Coatings Inc. (USA)                                       31
      Exotic Electro-Optics, Inc. (USA)                                    31
      Fosta Tek Optics, Inc. (USA)                                         31
      Hampton Scientific, Inc. (USA)                                       31
      Helia Photonics Ltd. (UK)                                            31
      Hoya Corporation USA (USA)                                           32
      VLOC Incorporated (USA)                                              32
      Iridian Spectral Technologies, Ltd. (Canada)                         32
      Janos Technology, Inc. (USA)                                         32
      JDS Uniphase Corporation (USA)                                       32
       Optical Coating Laboratory, Inc. (USA)                              32
      Metavac, Inc. (USA)                                                  33
       Vacuum Process Technology, Inc. (USA)                               33
      Mloptic Corp. (China)                                                33
      mso jena Mikroschichtoptik GmbH (Germany)                            33
      Newport Thin Film Laboratory, Inc. (USA)                             33
      Nikon Corporation (Japan)                                            34
      Opco Laboratory, Inc. (USA)                                          34
      Ophir Optronics Ltd. (Israel)                                        34
      Optical Coatings Japan (Japan)                                       34
      Opticorp, Inc. (USA)                                                 34
      Optoplex Corp. (USA)                                                 35
      OptoSigma Corp. (USA)                                                35
      PFG Optics (USA)                                                     35
      Photonic Products Group, Inc. (USA)                                  35
       Laser Optics Division                                               36
      Präzisions Glas & Optik GmbH (Germany)                               36
      Quantum Coating, Inc. (USA)                                          36
      REFLEX Analytical Corporation (USA)                                  36
      Research Electro-Optics, Inc. (USA)                                  36
      Rocky Mountain Instrument Co. (USA)                                  37
      Semrock, Inc. (USA)                                                  37
      Seoul Precision Optics Co. (South Korea)                             37
      Umicore NV (Belgium)                                                 37
       Umicore Coating Services (UK)                                       38
      Oerlikon Optics (Liechtenstein)                                      38
      Tru Vue, Inc. (USA)                                                  38
      Zygo Corporation (USA)                                               38

  8. MARKET ANALYTICS                                                      39


 EXHIBITS

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

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

      Table 3: Global Optical Coatings Market by Product Type for
      the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million)

      Table 4: Percentage Breakdown of Global Optical Coatings
      Market by Product Type for the Years 2008 & 2012


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