Report Highlights
The global market for sputtering targets and sputtered films should grow from $3.4 billion in 2021 to $4.6 billion by 2026 with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.9% for the period of 2021-2026.
Report Includes
- 96 data tables and 42 additional tables.
- An overview of the global markets and technologies for sputtering targets and sputtered films
- Estimation of the market size and analyses of the global market trends, with data from 2020, estimates for 2021, with projection of CAGR through 2026
- Analysis of new opportunities, challenges, and technological changes within the industry and highlights of the market potential for sputtering targets and sputtered films by material type, application and region
- Details of the milestones in the history of the sputtering process and recent events; latest developments in the sputtering process, and discussion on the impact of nanotechnology on sputtering targets and sputtered films industry
- Description of multi-station sputtering and cleaning system, roll-to-roll sputtering with in-situ annealing and other production methods
- Detailed analysis of the current market trends and forecast, relevant R&D activities and discussion of regulatory elements that are affecting the future marketplace
- Market share analysis of the key companies of the industry and coverage of events like mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures, collaborations or partnerships, and other key market strategies
- Company profiles of major players in the market, including Corning Precision Materials Co. Ltd., Daido Steel, Furuya Metal, Hitachi Metals, Honeywell Electronic Materials, and Kobe Steel.
Report Scope
This report will cover all the sputtering targets and sputtered films material types that are actively being consumed in various applications. A separate section titled “Market Dynamics” includes detailed descriptions of the recent drivers and restraints in the sputtering targets and sputtered films.
The report includes a separate section highlighting the impact of COVID-19 on sputtering targets and sputtered films at the global level. The section will include the COVID-19 impact on supply and demand of sputtering targets and sputtered films, price impacts and various strategic decisions taken by governments to boost the market.
The market size and estimations are provided in terms of value ($ millions), using 2020 as base year. The market forecast will be given from 2021 to 2026. Market sizes at the regional and country levels are also covered. The impact of COVID-19 was also considered when deriving the market estimations. For companies reporting their revenue in U.S. dollars, the revenues are taken from their annual reports. For companies reporting their revenue in other currencies, the average annual currency conversion rate is used for the particular year to convert the revenue into U.S. dollars.
In terms of material type, sputtering targets and sputtered films are segmented into:
- Metals and pure elements.
- Oxides.
- Alloys and intermetallics.
- Others.
In terms of application, the sputtering targets and sputtered films are segmented into:
- Microelectronics.
- Data storage media.
- Advanced displays.
- Mechanical/chemical devices.
- Energy devices.
- Optical coatings.
- Others.
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Report Highlights
The global market for sputtered films and sputtering targets should grow from $3.2 billion in 2018 to $4.2 billion by 2023 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.1% for the period of 2018-2023.
Report Includes
- 107 data tables and 26 additional tables
- Industry analysis of global market for sputtering targets and sputtered films
- Analyses of global market trends with data from 2016, 2017 and 2018, and projections of compound annual growth rates (CAGRs) through 2023
- Information on the most advanced sputtering methods and emerging processes along with the reviewed latest methods for fabricating sputtering targets
- Qualitative and quantitative analysis of the global market by application, material type and geographical region
- An overview of the new technological developments in fabrication of sputtering targets, while outlining technical issues
- Identification of current technological trends with an objective analysis of trends in recently issued U.S. patents
- Company profiles of key market players, including Hitachi Metals, Honeywell Electronic Materials, Mitsubishi Materials Corp., Praxair and ULVAC
Report Highlights
The global market for sputtered films and sputtering targets should reach over $3.2 billion by 2021 from nearly $2.9 billion in 2016 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 2.2%, from 2016 to 2021.
Report Includes
- An overview of the global market for sputtering targets and sputtered films.
- Analyses of global market trends, with data from 2015, estimates for 2016, and projections of compound annual growth rates (CAGRs) through 2021.
- An update on the most advanced sputtering methods as well as emerging processes.
- An overview of materials commonly used for the fabrication of sputtering targets and identification of new materials to be used in the future.
- Highlights of new technological developments in the fabrication of sputtering targets while outlining technical issues.
- Trends in related U.S. patents and worldwide patents issued during the most recent years.
- Profiles of major players in the industry.
Report Highlights
BCC Research projects that the global market for sputtering targets and sputtered films will grow from $3.0 billion in 2013 to $3.2 billion in 2018, a CAGR of 1.3% over the five year period.
Report Includes
- An overview of the global market for sputtering targets and sputtered films.
- Analyses of global market trends, with data from 2013, and projections of compound annual growth rates (CAGRs) through 2018.
- An update on the most advanced sputtering methods as well as emerging processes.
- An overview of materials commonly used for the fabrication of sputtering targets and identification of new materials to be used in the future.
- Highlights of new technological developments in the fabrication of sputtering targets while outlining technical issues.
- Trends in related U.S. patents and worldwide patents issued during the most recent years.
- Profiles of major players in the industry.
Report Highlights
The global market for sputtering targets is estimated to reach $3.3 billion in 2011 and further to reach $5.9 billion by 2016 with a CAGR of 12.3% over the five year period.
Report Highlights
- The global market for sputtering targets and sputtered films reached $2.8 billion in 2007. It should reach $5.9 billion by 2012, a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 15.8%.
- The microelectronics sector has been the largest consumer of sputtering targets but will be eclipsed by advanced displays and solar cells over the next 5 years.
- Sputtering target consumption will rise at a slower rate than production of sputtered films over the next 5 years due to higher target utilization rates and decreased film thickness in certain market segments.
Report Highlights
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The global market for sputtering targets is expected to reach $1.94 billion in 2005 and will increase at an average annual growth rate (AAGR) of 9.7%, nearing $3.1 billion by 2010.
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A total of 1.29 million targets will be consumed to deposit 1,003.3 million square meters of films in 2005, rising to 1.6 billion square meters while units drop to 700,000 due to larger target sizes by 2010.
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Major applications include semiconductors, microcomponents, flat panel displays, magnetic and optical storage devices, wear and corrosion resistant coatings, solar cells and others.
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Some 12,181.8 thousand lbs. of material will be consumed in 2005 to produce targets and 15,865.5 thousand lbs. by 2010.
Report Highlights
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The worldwide market for sputtering targets reached $871.5 million in 2001. Rising at an average annual growth rate (AAGR) of 15.4%, this market will approach $1.8 billion in 2006.
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Sputter deposition accounted for 486.1 million square meters of thin films in 2001, a figure expected to exceed 1.0 billion square meters in 2006, rising at an AAGR of 16.5%.
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The market totaled about 305.9 thousand targets in 2001 and is expected to reach 496.8 thousand units in 2006, a 10.2% AAGR. This represents 2,365.7 and 4,373.1 thousand kg of material, respectively.
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Target consumption will rise at a slower rate than production of sputtered films primarily due to more efficient use of material, film thickness decreases in some market segments and a transition to larger target sizes in some segments.
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