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The Global Market for Nanotubes to 2015
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(Nanowerk News) Carbon nanotubes open up tremendous possibilities for materials enhancement in a wide range of markets. Contrary to most hyperbolic estimates, the current global market for carbon nanotubes has been measured by Nanoposts.com at approximately $90.5million. At present nanotubes represent a niche materials additives market; but one with limitless revenue potential.
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New functionalised nanotubes applications will come onto the market in the next few years that will greatly increase global revenues to $1.4 billion plus by 2015; driven mainly by the needs of the electronics and data storage, defence, energy, aerospace and automotive industries. As commercial-scale production ramps up, the significant decrease in cost for these high performance materials will also drive new applications. Up to now, most carbon nanotubes production has been on a pilot-scale level; however scale-up of production by large multi-nationals such as Arkema, Bayer MaterialsScience and Showa Denko and access to cheaper nanotubes from Russian and China will greatly increase commercialization opportunities.
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The 87 page report “The Global Market for Nanotubes to 2015: A realistic assessment” provides in-depth coverage of one of the most active and commercially important areas of nanotechnology and includes:
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Global revenue figures and projections 2006-2015 across all markets
Key drivers across all markets
Products, applications and market trends
Profiles of over 80 major and minor companies developing commercial applications of nanotubes including: Bayer MaterialScience, BASF, Thomas Swan, Nanocomp, Nanocyl, Arkema, Mitsui, Toray, IBM, Surrey Nanosystems, Nanotero, Natural Nano, Unidym and Eikos.
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Sectors covered include:
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Aerospace & Aviation
Automotive
Construction
Defence
Electronics & Data Storage
Energy
Environment
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Personal Care
Printing & Packaging
Sporting Goods
Textiles
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To view an abridged executive summary and table of contents for this report, or to order, go to http://www.nanoposts.com/index.php?mod=reports. The report is available as hard copy and PDF.
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