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Optical Coatings: Technologies and Global Markets
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INTRODUCTION
STUDY GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
This BCC study analyzes the status of global markets for optical coatings. Optical coatings may be devices, but more typically are a value-added feature of an optical element such as a lens or a digital display. Many elements are fabricated and coated in volume and thus have low prices and margins.
Innovation is critical for revenue growth in the coatings industry. The markets with the highest margins and fastest growth for coatings are new applications, where coatings offer a new advantage, and areas where the coating designer and processor may have an advantage. Mass production of devices drives down prices and trims margins.
Custom coating design opportunities support a fragmented but consolidating industry. The economic recession of 2007 to 2009 lead to larger, better capitalized firms buying out smaller entities. The military market remains an important one for optics due to the advent of remote warfare means such as unmanned vehicles and robots. Machine vision optics for the semiconductor industry remains a high margin market.
The miniaturization in medical procedures offers opportunities for innovative coatings. The transportation applications are growing as vehicle designs include cameras, displays and other optical systems. Growth in the telecom sector continues to be slow as the extension of fiber toward the end user remains slow. Coatings for solar panels represent a growing market.
This report considers market conditions and opportunities in regional areas around the globe. The report also considers the potential new high margins coatings applications that will emerge in the next five years.
Optical coatings are used in any application in which the amount of wavelength of light must be precisely realized. Coatings determine which wavelengths of light are transmitted or reflected, which determines the resolution and quality of any display or projected image.
This report provides a standard five-year planning cycle and revenue estimates through 2016. It defines product segments for optical coating technology categories, analyzes technology options, and determines current application markets as well as likely future opportunities. Additionally, this report defines and graphically analyzes these optical coating markets from many perspectives, categorizes and profiles the companies involved, defines unique nomenclature, and details policy organizations, conferences, authors and consortiums.
REASONS FOR DOING THE STUDY
Optical technology in many application markets represents the next level of technological advancement. Any component that influences the path of the light signal will be coated. Optical communications are orders of magnitude faster than electronics; as the amount of video and interaction increases on the Internet, the need for maximum speed, possible only with optical technology, will increase.
Flat screens for television, cell phones, computers and other displays will continue to grow in size and application. Touch screen technology will also become more ubiquitous. Optical components and coatings are critical in flat panel and screens.
In the medical and defense markets, the desire to be able to monitor and act remotely requires optics and optical coatings. In the medical market, optical fiber and associated technology permit physicians to operate less invasively. In the defense market, the rapidly expanding use of unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, has increased the need for optics capable of acquiring high-magnification and high-resolution images to provide accurate actionable information for pilots located at a remote position. In addition, robots and remote sensors detect and report in dangerous environments, allowing personnel to remain at a safe distance.
SCOPE OF REPORT
This BCC business opportunity report covers, with a critical eye, the global optical coatings marketplace. It focuses particularly on the markets and opportunities for optical in the telecommunications, transportation, defense, photography, electronics and medical markets.
This study is presented in easy-to-follow sections that overview this subject, define the technology, segment the market by product type and application, profile companies, and identify suppliers. All dollar amounts are expressed in current 2011 U.S. dollars.
This is a complete source for serious players in the optical coatings marketplace.
METHODOLOGY AND INFORMATION SOURCES
Materials and data presented in this report were obtained from telephone interviews with marketing and engineering personnel at the major companies profiled, as well as from catalogs, the Internet, patterns and the literature search of current articles related to optical coatings technology.
INTENDED AUDIENCE
Investors and project managers will use this report to assess the status of the optical coating market in order to identify suppliers and systems integrators and forecast the future markets. Market managers will be able to assess the competition and identify customers and new suppliers for coatings. Management consultants will determine whether companies divest or invest in optical coating technology based in part on the market projections, competitive strengths and development issues revealed in this report.
Equipment managers will develop or modify existing products to address the coating technology manufacturing concerns emphasized in this report. Material suppliers will identify market opportunities and new customers based on the study's projected growth in applications. Venture capital managers will identify targets for investment, merger or acquisition based on companies identified and described in this report. Strategic planners will identify other companies with critical strains with which to strategically partner so they can share in the overall optical coating technology growth as projected in this report.
ANALYST CREDENTIALS
The author received a Ph.D. in material science and engineering from the University of Arizona in 1993, based on a dissertation on the fabrication and characteristics of sol gel optical waveguides. She then worked for two years at Sandia National Labs on the development of thin-film zeolite filters for gas separation applications. Since 1996, she has covered the transportation market as both a contributing editor and editor of Advanced Transportation Technology News and authored numerous Business Opportunity Reports in advanced materials and transportation for BCC.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 1
STUDY GOALS AND OBJECTIVES . 1
REASONS FOR DOING THE STUDY 2
SCOPE OF REPORT 2
METHODOLOGY AND INFORMATION SOURCES. 3
INTENDED AUDIENCE 3
ANALYST CREDENTIALS 3
RELATED REPORTS . 3
BCC ON-LINE SERVICES . 4
DISCLAIMER . 4
CHAPTER TWO: SUMMARY 5
SUMMARY TABLE GLOBAL VALUE FOR OPTICAL COATINGS,
THROUGH 2016 ($ MILLIONS). 5
SUMMARY FIGURE GLOBAL VALUE FOR OPTICAL COATINGS ($
MILLIONS) 6
CHAPTER THREE: OVERVIEW 7
INDUSTRY DEFINITION 7
IMPORTANCE OF THE INDUSTRY 7
COATINGS ON GLASS SURFACES 7
COATINGS ON PLASTIC SURFACES 7
AR COATINGS . 8
REFLECTIVE COATINGS 8
CONDUCTIVE COATINGS 8
ELECTROCHROMIC COATINGS 9
HISTORY 9
TABLE 1 COATING TECHNOLOGY TIMELINE . 9
TELECOMMUNICATIONS 10
FLAT-SCREEN TV 11
MILITARY PROJECTS PUSH INNOVATION 11
FORESEEABLE FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS 11
TOUCH SCREENS 11
CELL PHONES 12
LAPTOPS 12
SOLAR PANELS 12
LIGHTING 13
GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS . 13
ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS 13
SOLAR FUNDING . 13
CHAPTER FOUR: MATERIALS . 14
GLOBAL VALUE BY MATERIAL CATEGORY . 14
TABLE 2 GLOBAL VALUE FOR OPTICAL COATINGS BY MATERIAL,
THROUGH 2016 ($ MILLIONS). 14
OXIDE COATINGS 15
FIGURE 1 GLOBAL VALUE OF OXIDE COATINGS, 2010-2016 ($
MILLIONS) 15
FLUORIDE COATINGS 15
FIGURE 2 GLOBAL VALUE FOR FLUORIDE COATINGS, 2010-2016 ($
MILLIONS) 16
METAL COATINGS . 16
FIGURE 3 GLOBAL VALUE FOR METAL COATINGS, 2010-2016 ($
MILLIONS) 17
OTHER COATINGS . 17
FIGURE 4 GLOBAL VALUE FOR OTHER COATINGS, 2010-2016 ($
MILLIONS) 18
COATING CHARACTERISTICS . 18
REFRACTIVE INDEX . 19
TABLE 3 MOST COMMON COATING MATERIALS . 19
TABLE 3 (CONTINUED) . 20
OXIDES 21
Alumina 21
Silica . 22
Indium Tin Oxide 22
Titania 22
Tantalum Oxide . 23
Zirconium Oxide 23
FLUORIDE COATINGS 23
Magnesium Fluoride 23
IR Coatings 24
METALS . 24
Aluminum and Silver 24
Gold 25
TABLE 4 METALS COMMONLY USED IN OPTICAL THIN FILMS . 26
CHAPTER FIVE: TECHNOLOGY 27
REVENUES BY DEPOSITION TECHNIQUE . 27
TABLE 5 GLOBAL VALUE OF OPTICAL COATINGS MARKET BY
DEPOSITION TECHNOLOGY, THROUGH 2016 ($ MILLIONS) . 27
EVAPORATIVE 28
FIGURE 5 GLOBAL VALUE FOR EVAPORATIVE COATINGS, 2010-
2016 ($ MILLIONS) . 28
Vacuum Chambers 29
Pumping Systems 29
Substrate Processing . 29
Power Supply . 30
Evaporation Sources 30
Thermal Evaporation 30
Electron Beam (E-Beam) Bombardment 31
Ion-beam-assisted Deposition (IAD) . 31
SPUTTERING 32
FIGURE 6 GLOBAL FORECAST FOR SPUTTERED COATINGS, 2010-
2016 ($ MILLIONS) . 32
SPUTTERING DEPOSITION CHARACTERISTICS. 33
Magnetron Sputtering . 33
Ion Beam Sputtering . 34
VAPOR DEPOSITION . 34
FIGURE 7 GLOBAL FORECAST FOR VAPOR DEPOSITION
COATINGS, 2010-2016 ($ MILLIONS) . 35
SOLUTION CHEMISTRY . 36
FIGURE 8 GLOBAL FORECAST FOR SOLUTION CHEMISTRY
COATINGS, 2010-2016 ($ MILLIONS) 37
Unpromising Early Results . 37
COATING POLYMERS . 38
PATENTS 38
IMPORTANCE OF PATENTS 38
PATENT CENSUS . 39
TABLE 6 U.S. PUBLISHED PATENTS AND APPLICATIONS 2009-2011 . 40
CHAPTER SIX: MARKETS BY COATING TYPE 41
GLOBAL VALUE BY COATING TYPE 41
TABLE 7 GLOBAL VALUE FOR OPTICAL COATINGS MARKET BY
PRODUCTS, THROUGH 2016 ($ MILLIONS) 41
REVENUE MODEL 42
PRICING MODEL 42
TABLE 8 AVERAGE PRICE FOR HIGH VOLUME OPTICAL
COATINGS, THROUGH 2016 ($/M2) . 43
Coating Price as a Function of Volume 44
TABLE 9 FACTORS IN PRICING 45
COATING TYPES . 45
AR COATINGS . 45
FIGURE 9 GLOBAL VALUE FOR AR COATINGS, 2010-2016 ($
MILLIONS) 46
REFLECTIVE . 47
FIGURE 10 GLOBAL VALUE OF REFLECTIVE COATINGS, 2010-2016
($ MILLIONS) 48
Metallic 48
FILTERS . 48
Multilayer Stacks 49
Multilayer Reflecting Stacks . 49
FIGURE 11 GLOBAL VALUE OF FILTER COATINGS, THROUGH 2016
($ MILLIONS) 50
CONDUCTIVE COATINGS 50
FIGURE 12 GLOBAL VALUE OF CONDUCTIVE COATINGS, 2010-2016
($ MILLIONS) 51
ELECTROCHROMIC COATINGS 51
FIGURE 13 GLOBAL VALUE OF ELECTROCHROMIC COATINGS,
2010-2016 ($ MILLIONS) 52
DEVICES . 53
MIRRORS . 53
MULTILAYER STACKS 53
Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) 54
Beamsplitters . 54
Wideband Beamsplitters 54
Dichroic Beamsplitters . 54
TRANSPARENT CONDUCTORS . 55
FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES . 55
ALTERNATIVE CONDUCTIVE COATINGS 55
Nanotube Carbon or Graphene . 55
Low-temperature Materials 56
Low Cost . 56
High-index Option . 56
CHAPTER SEVEN: MARKETS BY APPLICATION 57
TOTAL GLOBAL VALUE BY APPLICATION . 57
TABLE 10 GLOBAL VALUE OF OPTICAL COATINGS MARKET BY
APPLICATION, THROUGH 2016 ($ MILLIONS) . 57
CONSUMER ELECTRONICS . 58
TABLE 11 GLOBAL VALUE FOR CONSUMER ELECTRONICS BY
CATEGORY, THROUGH 2016 ($MILLIONS) 59
TELEVISIONS . 59
TABLE 12 GLOBAL MARKET FORECAST FOR TELEVISIONS,
THROUGH 2016 (UNITS AS NOTED) 60
AR Coatings . 60
ITO Coatings 61
Regional Markets . 61
Americas 61
EMEA 61
Asia 62
COMPUTERS . 62
TABLE 13 GLOBAL MARKET FORECAST FOR COMPUTERS,
THROUGH 2016 (UNITS AS NOTED) 62
TABLE 13 (CONTINUED) . 63
Laptops . 63
AR Coatings 64
ITO Coatings . 64
Metallic Coatings 64
Desktop Computers . 64
AR Coatings 65
Metallic Coatings 65
Tablet Computers 65
AR Coatings 66
ITO Coatings . 66
Kinect . 66
AR Coatings 67
ITO Coatings . 67
Filter Coatings 67
Regional Markets . 67
Americas 67
EMEA 68
Asia 68
MOBILE DEVICES 68
TABLE 14 VALUE MARKET FORECAST FOR MOBILE DEVICES,
THROUGH 2016 (UNITS AS NOTED) 69
TABLE 14 (CONTINUED) . 70
Cell Phones 70
AR Coatings 71
Metallic Coatings 71
ITO Coatings . 71
Personal Music Devices . 71
AR Coatings 72
ITO Coatings . 72
Regional Markets . 72
Americas 72
EMEA 72
Asia 73
PERSONAL DEVICES 73
TABLE 15 GLOBAL MARKET FORECAST FOR PERSONAL DEVICES,
THROUGH 2016 (UNITS AS NOTED) 73
Wristband Devices . 73
AR Coatings 74
ITO Coatings . 74
Calculators 74
Cameras . 75
AR Coatings 75
ITO Coatings . 76
Filter Coatings 76
Regional Markets . 76
MEDIA 76
TABLE 16 GLOBAL MARKET FORECAST FOR MEDIA, THROUGH
2016 (UNITS AS NOTED) . 77
CDs . 77
DVDs 78
Regional Markets . 79
TABLE 17 REGIONAL MARKETS FOR PERSONAL DEVICES AND
MEDIA, THROUGH 2016 ($ MILLIONS) 79
Americas 80
EMEA 80
Asia 80
SOLAR . 80
TABLE 18 CATEGORIES OF SOLAR POWER GENERATION 81
MODEL DETAILS . 82
TABLE 19 GLOBAL MARKET FORECAST FOR SOLAR COATINGS,
THROUGH 2016 (UNITS AS NOTED) 82
Solar Photovoltaic Cell Production . 82
Solar Photovoltaic …(Continued) . 83
Concentrated Solar Power . 84
ARCHITECTURE . 84
FLAT GLASS 84
Flat Glass (Continued) 85
TABLE 20 GLOBAL MARKET FORECAST FOR ARCHITECTURE
COATINGS, THROUGH 2016 (UNITS AS NOTED) 86
LIGHTING 87
TRANSPORTATION 88
TABLE 21 GLOBAL VALUE FOR THE TRANSPORTATION BY
CATEGORY, THROUGH 2016 ($ MILLIONS) 88
VEHICLE SALES 89
TABLE 22 GLOBAL VEHICLE SALES, THROUGH 2016 (MILLIONS) . 89
ELECTROCHROMIC MIRRORS 90
TABLE 23 GLOBAL MARKET FORECAST FOR ELECTROCHROMIC
MIRRORS, THROUGH 2016 (UNITS AS NOTED) 90
PROXIMITY SENSORS . 91
TABLE 24 GLOBAL MARKET FORECAST FOR PROXIMITY
SENSORS, THROUGH 2016 (UNITS AS NOTED) 92
NAVIGATION SYSTEMS 93
TABLE 25 GLOBAL MARKET FORECAST FOR NAVIGATION
SYSTEMS, THROUGH 2016 (UNITS AS NOTED) . 93
TABLE 25 (CONTINUED) . 94
AR Coatings . 95
ITO Coatings 95
MEDICAL 96
OPTHALMIC 96
TABLE 26 GLOBAL MARKET FORECAST FOR OPTHALMIC
COATINGS, THROUGH 2016 (UNITS AS NOTED) . 97
Opthalmic (Continued) . 98
ENDOSCOPY . 99
TABLE 27 GLOBAL MARKET FORECAST FOR ENDOSCOPE
COATINGS, THROUGH 2016 (UNITS AS NOTED) . 100
LASERS 101
TABLE 28 GLOBAL MARKET FORECAST FOR LASER COATINGS,
THROUGH 2016 (UNITS AS NOTED) . 102
TELECOMMUNICATIONS . 102
TELECOMMUNICATIONS (CONTINUED) 103
MODEL DETAILS . 104
Fiber Deployed . 104
TABLE 29 GLOBAL MARKET FORECAST FOR
TELECOMMUNICATIONS, THROUGH 2016 (UNITS AS NOTED) . 105
Fiber Deployed by Network Type . 106
Global Coating Value . 106
Regional Markets . 107
Americas 107
EMEA 108
Asia 108
GROWTH DRIVERS 108
FTTH deployment 108
High-bandwidth Consumers. 108
Smart Appliances 109
Online Schooling . 109
Video Conferencing . 109
GROWTH INHIBITORS 110
Inadequate Return on Investment 110
Long-haul Fiber Glut . 110
DEFENSE AND SECURITY 111
TABLE 30 GLOBAL MARKET FORECAST FOR MILITARY COATINGS,
THROUGH 2016 (UNITS AS NOTED) . 112
PERSONNEL EQUIPMENT . 112
Night Vision goggles 113
LASERS 114
SECURITY CAMERAS 114
WEAPONRY AND VEHICLES . 115
Smart Munitions 115
Unmanned or Drone Aircraft 116
Manned Aircraft 116
INDUSTRIAL 117
TABLE 31 GLOBAL MARKET FORECAST FOR INDUSTRIAL
COATINGS, THROUGH 2016 (UNITS AS NOTED) . 118
MACHINE VISION 118
LASER COATINGS 119
Laser Coatings (Continued) 120
CHAPTER EIGHT: INDUSTRY STRUCTURE 121
DRIVING FORCES IN INDUSTRY . 121
GLOBAL ECONOMIC FACTORS . 121
Real Estate Collapse 121
Effect of Consumer Debt Levels . 122
Collapse of Debt Financing . 122
Government Spending . 123
Inflation or Deflation? . 123
Future Rates . 123
EMERGING MARKETS 124
Political Risks 124
Political Risks (Continued) 125
Cultural Shifts . 126
INDUSTRY STRUCTURE . 126
CONSOLIDATION . 126
SHRINKING MARGINS 127
Defense No Longer Immunized Against Falling Prices . 127
NICHE OPPORTUNITIES 128
CHAPTER NINE: COMPANY PROFILES . 129
TABLE 32 MARKET LEADING COATING COMPANIES, 2011 (UNITS
AS NOTED) 129
3M PRECISION OPTICS . 129
ABRISA GLASS & COATINGS INC. . 130
ZC&R COATINGS FOR OPTICS 130
ACCUCOAT INC. . 131
ALIGN OPTICS 131
AMERINA . 131
ANDOVER CORPORATION 131
APOGEE 132
VIRATEC THIN FILMS 132
APPLIED COATINGS GROUP 132
APPLIED FILM CORPORATION . 133
A.R.W. OPTICAL CORPORATION 133
ARTEMIS INTERNATIONAL . 133
AXSYS TECHNOLOGIES 134
BREWER SCIENCE INC. 134
CARL ZEISS 134
CHROMA TECHNOLOGY . 135
CLEVELAND CRYSTALS 135
CRYSTAL TECHNO . 135
DAHENG OPTICS 136
DELTA LIGHT & OPTICS . 136
DENTON VACUUM LLC . 136
DEPOSITION SCIENCES . 137
DICON FIBEROPTICS INC. 137
DISPLAYS & OPTICAL TECHNOLOGIES 137
DONTECH INC. . 138
DYNASIL. 138
EVAPORATED METAL FILMS 138
EVAPORATED COATINGS INC. 139
FERSON TECHNOLOGIES 139
FLIR SYSTEMS OPTRONICS . 139
FOSTA-TEK OPTICS INC. 139
FRAUNHOFER-INSTITUT F? ANGEWANDTE OPTIK UND
FEINMECHANIK . 140
FUZHOU SENVIEW OPTICS CO. LTD. . 140
GOODRICH CORPORATION 141
GUERNSEY COATING LABS . 141
H.L. CLAUSING 141
HALMA . 141
OCEAN THIN FILMS 142
OERLIKON BALZERS THIN FILMS . 142
HAMPTON SCIENTIFIC INC. 142
HELIA PHOTONICS 142
HUDSON OPTICAL LABORATORIES INC. 143
IDEX 143
ADVANCED THIN FILMS 143
CVI MELLES GRIOT INC. 144
SEMROCK 144
II-VI . 144
IMT MASKEN UND TEILUNGEN AG . 145
INTEGRATED OPTICAL SERVICES . 145
IRD GLASS . 145
IRIDIAN SPECTRAL TECHNOLOGIES LTD 146
ISP OPTICS CORPORATION 146
JANOS TECHNOLOGY . 146
JDSU . 146
KODAK INDUSTRIAL MATERIALS GROUP . 147
LAMBDA RESEARCH OPTICS INC. 148
LAYERTEC . 148
MAGNOLIA SOLAR . 148
MAJESTIC OPTICAL COATINGS 148
MATERION . 149
BARR ASSOCIATES 149
CERAC INC. . 149
EIS OPTICS 150
METAVAC . 150
ML OPTIC CORP 150
NACL INDUSTRIAL OPTICAL DIVISION 150
NEWPORT 151
OPHIR OPTRONICS LTD. 151
NIPPON SHEET GLASS 151
PILKINGTON PLC 152
OCLARO 152
OPTICAL COATINGS JAPAN . 152
OPTICS BALZERS . 153
OPTICS BALZERS JENA 153
OPTOPLEX CORPORATION 154
OPTOSIGMA . 154
OXFORD INSTRUMENTS . 154
PFG PRECISION OPTICS . 155
PPG 155
PHOTONIC PRODUCTS GROUP INC. 155
PRÄZISIONS GLAS & OPTIK GMBH 156
PRECISION PHOTONICS . 156
PRINCETON INSTRUMENTS 156
REYNARD CORPORATION 156
SOLUTIA . 157
SOUTHWALL TECHNOLOGIES . 157
TIGOLD CORPORATION 157
TOPPAN 158
TORAY ENGINEERING 158
TOYOTEC . 158
UNIVERSE COATING SERVICES . 158
XINXIANG BAIHE O.E. CO. LTD . 159
YANGZHOU HUASHENG OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS FACTORY 159
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