With printed electronics now promising large markets in a few years, we believe that there will be growing opportunities for selling new materials products into this sector. These opportunities will include novel organic and metallic inks, a variety of substrate materials and interesting new solvents, mask making materials, etc. This new direction has potential for firms in the specialty chemical, materials, electronics, semiconductors and printing industries and should also be of interest to investors seeking to make money from an important direction for new materials development.

This report is designed to quantify the opportunities, providing detailed forecasts of materials needed for printed electronics, broken out by chemistry, application and type of printing technology. It will also review the latest R&D and the marketing strategies of firms already active in this sector.

In the research carried out for this report and its companion report on printable electronics applications, it became very obvious that there were many uncertainties about the future of the printable electronics industry and the materials that it would use. The main purpose of this report is therefore to provide clarity about such matters. This report is designed to quantify the opportunities that the emerging printable electronics sector presents for the materials, both currently available and in development. This includes the goal of providing detailed forecasts of such materials, broken out by application, chemistry and type of printing technology. The report also reviews and appraises the latest R&D and the marketing strategies for firms producing inks, substrates and other materials used in the printable electronics business.

• Executive Summary
  • E.1 Summary of Main Opportunities
  • E.2 Leading Firms Active in this Sector
  • E.3 Opportunities for OEMs and Device Manufacturers
  • E.4 Dealing with the Printing Industry
  • E.5 Summary of Forecasts
• Chapter One: Introduction
  • 1.1 Background to this Report: Some Big Questions
  • 1.2 Evolution of Printable Electronics and New Materials Directions
  • 1.3 Objectives of this Report
  • 1.4 Scope of this Report
  • 1.5 Methodology of this Report
  • 1.6 Plan of this Report
• Chapter Two: Markets for Inks
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 Polymer and Other Organic Inks
  • 2.2.1 Inks Currently Being Used
  • 2.2.2 R&D and Likely Future Products
  • 2.2.3 Impact of Printing Technologies Used
  • 2.3 Metallic Inks
  • 2.3.1 Inks Currently Being Used
  • 2.3.2 Impact of Printing Technologies Used
  • 2.4 Other Inks
  • 2.5 Solvents and other Related Chemicals
  • 2.6 Ink Requirements of Specific Printed Electronics Products
  • 2.7 Cost Issues for Inks
• Chapter Three: Markets for Substrates
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 Plastic and Flexible Substrates
  • 3.3 Glass Substrates
  • 3.4 Card and Paper
  • 3.5 Metal
  • 3.6 Other
  • 3.7 Important R&D and Likely Future Products
  • 3.8 Impact of Specific Printing Technologies On Substrates
  • 3.9 Substrate Requirements Of Specific Printed Electronics Products
• Chapter Four: Eight-Year Forecasts of Materials for Printed Electronics
  • 4.1 Forecasting Methodology
  • 4.2 Materials Covered in Forecast
  • 4.3 Forecasting Assumptions and Analysis by Sector
  • 4.4 Forecast of Markets for Organic Inks
  • 4.5 Forecast of Markets for Metallic Electronic Inks
  • 4.6 Forecast of Markets for Semiconductor and Other Inks
  • 4.7 Forecast of Markets for Substrates
• List of Exhibits
  • Exhibit E-1: Seven Signs that Printable Electronics is Nearing its Tipping Point
  • Exhibit E-2: Analysis of Market Opportunities for Printable Electronics Materials
  • Exhibit E-3: Printing Electronics on Non-Standard Substrates
  • Exhibit E-4: Market Distinguishing Strategies for Firms in the Printable Electronics Materials Sector
  • Exhibit E-5: Type of Firms in the Printable Electronics Materials Business
  • Exhibit E-6: Materials Innovations and their Impact Higher Up the Value Chain
  • Exhibit E-7: Market Forecast of Materials for Printable Electronics ($ Millions)
  • Exhibit 1-1: The Printable Electronics Value Chain: Materials Issues and Opportunities
  • Exhibit 2-1: Selected Conductive Polymer Chemistries
  • Exhibit 2-2: Materials Challenges for Printable Applications
  • Exhibit 3-1: Summary of R&D Directions for Substrates
  • Exhibit 3-2: Applications and their Required Substrates
  • Exhibit 4-1: Market Forecast of Materials for Printed Displays ($ Millions)
  • Exhibit 4-2: Market Forecast of Materials for Printed Backplanes ($ Millions)
  • Exhibit 4-3: Market Forecast of Materials for Printed RFID Antennas ($ Millions)
  • Exhibit 4-4: Market Forecast of Materials for Printed Complete RFID Tags ($ Millions)
  • Exhibit 4-5: Market Forecast of Materials for Printed PV Solar Panels ($ Millions)
  • Exhibit 4-6: Market Forecast of Materials for Printed Computer Memory ($ Millions)
  • Exhibit 4-7: Market Forecast of Materials for Printable Sensors ($ Millions)
  • Exhibit 4-8: Market Forecast of Materials for Membrane Keyboards ($ Millions)
  • Exhibit 4-9: Market Forecast of Materials for Printable Toys, Novelties and Greetings Cards ($ Millions)
  • Exhibit 4-10: Market Forecast of Materials for Printable Smart Cards and Ticketing
  • Exhibit 4-11: Market Forecast of Materials for Other Printable Applications ($ Millions)
  • Exhibit 4-12: Market Forecast of Organic Inks by Ink Chemistry ($ Millions)
  • Exhibit 4-13: Market Forecast of Organic Inks by Type of Printing Process ($ Millions)
  • Exhibit 4-14: Market Forecast of Organic Inks by Type of Application ($ Millions)
  • Exhibit 4-15: Market Forecast of Metallic Inks by Material ($ Millions)
  • Exhibit 4-16: Market Forecast of Metallic Inks by Type of Printing Process ($ Millions)
  • Exhibit 4-17: Market Forecast of Metallic Inks by Type of Application ($ Millions)
  • Exhibit 4-18: Market Forecast of Silicon and Other Inks by Material ($ Millions)
  • Exhibit 4-19: Market Forecast of Silicon and Other Inks by Type of Printing Process ($ Millions)
  • Exhibit 4-20: Market Forecast of Silicon and Other Inks by Type of Application
  • Exhibit 4-21: Market Forecast of Printable Electronics Substrates by Material ($ Millions)
  • Exhibit 4-22: Market Forecast of Printable Electronics Substrates by Type of Printing Process
  • Exhibit 4-23: Market Forecast of Printable Electronics Substrates by Type of Application