World Pressure Sensitve Tapes

World Pressure Sensitve Tapes

This study analyzes the global pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA, or self-adhesive) tape market. Products covered include single- and double-coated tapes with plastic, paper, cloth, rubber and other (e.g., glass fabric, foam, foil and nonwoven materials) backings and/or release liners. Excluded from the scope of the study are gummed, heat-activated and other non-pressure sensitive tapes; related pressure sensitive items like adhesive bandages and medical patches, pipeline tapes, contact papers and protective films; and PSA labels.

INTRODUCTION xi

I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1

II. MARKET ENVIRONMENT 4
General 4
World Economic Overview 5
Recent Economic Performance 5
Macroeconomic Outlook 7
World Population Overview 10
World Corrugated Box Outlook 12
World Motor Vehicle Outlook 15
Production 15
Vehicle Park 17
World Paint & Coating Trends 19
World Electronics Trends 21
World Building Construction Trends 22
World Health Care Expenditure Trends 24
Competitive Technologies 28
Pricing Trends 30
Environmental & Regulatory Overview 31
International Trade Patterns 34

III. OVERVIEW 36
Regional Demand 36
Tape Types 41
Carton Sealing 43
Masking 44
Electrical & Electronic 46
Double-Sided 49
Medical 50
Other 52
Tape Backing Materials 54
Polypropylene 57
PVC 59
Paper 61
Other Backing Materials 63
Raw Materials 66
Backing Materials 67
Adhesives 67

IV. NORTH AMERICA 70
General 70
Market Trends 73
United States 75
Canada 81
Mexico 86

V. WESTERN EUROPE 93
General 93
Market Trends 96
Belgium 99
France 104
Germany 109
Italy 116
Netherlands 121
Spain 126
United Kingdom 131
Other Western Europe 137

VI. ASIA/PACIFIC 144
General 144
Market Trends 147
Australia 149
China 154
India 163
Indonesia 170
Japan 176
South Korea 183
Taiwan 188
Thailand 195
Other Asia/Pacific 200

VII. OTHER REGIONS 207
General 207
Market Trends 210
Latin America 211
Market Trends 214
Brazil 216
Other Latin America 221
Eastern Europe 226
Market Trends 229
Poland 231
Russia 236
Other Eastern Europe 241
Africa/Mideast 247
Market Trends 249
South Africa 251
Turkey 256
Other Africa/Mideast 261

VIII. INDUSTRY STRUCTURE 266
General 266
Market Share 267
Market Leaders & Competitive Strategies 269
3M 269
tesa 271
Nitto Denko 273
Mergers & Acquisitions 273
Cooperative Agreements 275
Manufacturing 276
Marketing & Distribution 278
Company Profiles 280
ABI Tape Products, see American Biltrite Incorporated
ACHEM Technology, see Asia Chemical Corporation
Adhesives Research Incorporated 281
Advance Tapes International Limited 285
American Biltrite Incorporated 287
Asia Chemical Corporation 290
Avery Dennison Corporation 292
Beiersdorf AG 295
Bemis Company Incorporated 299
Boston tapes SpA, see Chargeurs SA
BSN medical GmbH & Company KG 302
Cantech Industries Incorporated, see CTT Group
Chargeurs SA 304
Chin Tung Chemical Industrial Company Limited 305
Covalence Specialty Materials Corporation 307
CTT Group 310
Daeil Chemical Company Limited 312
Dryvit Systems, see RPM International Incorporated
Ethicon Incorporated, see Johnson & Johnson
Evotape S.p.A 313
FLEXcon Corporation 313
Four Pillars Enterprise Company Limited 315
Globe Industries Corporation 317
Henkel KGaA 319
Ideal Tape Company, see American Biltrite Incorporated
Industrias Tuk SA de CV 322
Intertape Polymer Group Incorporated 324
Johnson & Johnson 327
Koester GmbH, see Lohmann GmbH & Company
Kuhns aps, see Lohmann GmbH & Company
Kuresa SA 328
Lintec Corporation 330
Lohmann GmbH & Company KG 333
MACtac, see Bemis Company Incorporated
Metafol Metall-Kunstoff GmbH, see Lohmann GmbH & Company KG
Morgan Adhesives Company, see Bemis Company
Nichiban Company Limited 337
Nitto Denko Corporation 338
Nomura Holdings Incorporated 344
Oji Paper Company Limited 346
PAL Group plc 347
Permacel, see Nitto Denko Corporation
PT Ekadharma Tape Industries Tbk 349
PT Sliontec Ekadharma Indonesia, see Nomura Holdings and PT Ekadharma Tape Industries
RPM International Incorporated 350
Saint-Gobain 353
Scapa Group plc 355
Sekisui Chemical Company Limited 358
Shurtape Technologies Incorporated 362
Sicad Group SpA 364
Sliontec Corporation, see Nomura Holdings
Supertape 366
Tecnologia Argentina en Cintas SA 367
tesa AG, see Beiersdorf AG
3M Company 369
Tremco Incorporated, see RPM International
Tyco International Limited 377
Vandex International, see RPM International
Venture Tape Corporation 379
Von Roll Holding Limited 382

LIST OF TABLES
TABLE NUMBER PAGE
SECTION I -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Summary Table 3

SECTION II -- MARKET ENVIRONMENT
1 World GDP by Region 10
2 World Population by Region 12
3 World Corrugated Box Shipments by Region 14
4 World Motor Vehicle Production by Region 17
5 World Paint & Coating Demand by Region 21
6 World Building Construction Expenditures by Region 24
7 World Health Care Expenditures by Region 27
8 World Pressure Sensitive Tape Pricing Trends 31
9 World Pressure Sensitive Tape Net Exports by Region 35

SECTION III -- OVERVIEW
1 World Pressure Sensitive Tape Demand by Region 38
2 World Pressure Sensitive Tape Demand by Type 42
3 World Pressure Sensitive Carton Sealing Tape Demand by Region 44
4 World Pressure Sensitive Masking Tape Demand by Region 45
5 World Pressure Sensitive Electrical & Electronic Tape Demand by Region 47
6 World Double-Sided Pressure Sensitive Tape Demand by Region 50
7 World Pressure Sensitive Medical Tape Demand by Region 52
8 World Other Pressure Sensitive Tape Demand by Region 54
9 World Pressure Sensitive Tape Demand by Backing Material 56
10 World Polypropylene Pressure Sensitive Tape Demand by Region 59
11 World PVC Pressure Sensitive Tape Demand by Region 61
12 World Paper Pressure Sensitive Tape Demand by Region 63
13 World Other Backing Material Pressure Sensitive Tape Demand by Region 65
14 Raw Material Use in Pressure Sensitive Tapes 67

SECTION IV -- NORTH AMERICA
1 North America -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand 72
2 North America -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type & Material 75
3 United States -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand 78
4 United States -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type & Material 80
5 Canada -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand 83
6 Canada -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type & Material 85
7 Mexico -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand 88
8 Mexico -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type & Material 91

SECTION V -- WESTERN EUROPE
1 Western Europe -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand 95
2 Western Europe -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type & Material 99
3 Belgium -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand 101
4 Belgium -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type & Material 103
5 France -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand 106
6 France -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type & Material 108
7 Germany -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand 111
8 Germany -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type & Material 114
9 Italy -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand 118
10 Italy -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type & Material 120
11 Netherlands -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand 123
12 Netherlands -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type & Material 125
13 Spain -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand 128
14 Spain -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type & Material 130
15 United Kingdom -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand 133
16 United Kingdom -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type & Material 135
17 Other Western Europe -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand 139
18 Other Western Europe -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type & Material 141
19 Other Western Europe -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Country 142


SECTION VI -- ASIA/PACIFIC
1 Asia/Pacific -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand 146
2 Asia/Pacific -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type & Material 149
3 Australia -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand 151
4 Australia -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type & Material 153
5 China -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand 157
6 China -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type & Material 158
7 India -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand 165
8 India -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type & Material 168
9 Indonesia -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand 172
10 Indonesia -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type & Material 174
11 Japan -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand 178
12 Japan -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type & Material 180
13 South Korea -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand 185
14 South Korea -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type & Material 187
15 Taiwan -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand 190
16 Taiwan -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type & Material 193
17 Thailand -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand 197
18 Thailand -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type & Material 199
19 Other Asia/Pacific -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand 202
20 Other Asia/Pacific -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type & Material 205

SECTION VII -- OTHER REGIONS
1 Other Regions -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand 209
2 Other Regions -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type & Material 211
3 Latin America -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand 213
4 Latin America -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type
& Material 215
5 Brazil -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand 218
6 Brazil -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type & Material 220


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7 Other Latin America -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply
& Demand 223
8 Other Latin America -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type
& Material 225
9 Eastern Europe -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand 228
10 Eastern Europe -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type
& Material 231
11 Poland -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand 233
12 Poland -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type & Material 235
13 Russia -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand 238
14 Russia -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type & Material 240
15 Other Eastern Europe -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply
& Demand 244
16 Other Eastern Europe -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type
& Material 246
17 Africa/Mideast -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand 249
18 Africa/Mideast -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type
& Material 251
19 South Africa -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand 253
20 South Africa -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type
& Material 255
21 Turkey -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand 258
22 Turkey -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type & Material 260
23 Other Africa/Mideast -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply
& Demand 263
24 Other Africa/Mideast -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type
& Material 264

SECTION VIII -- INDUSTRY STRUCTURE
1 Selected Acquisitions & Divestitures 274
2 Selected Cooperative Agreements 276

LIST OF CHARTS

CHART NUMBER PAGE


SECTION III -- OVERVIEW
1 World Pressure Sensitive Tape Demand by Region, 2005 39
2 PSA Tape Sales per Capita/GDP per Capita Relationship, 2005 40 3 World Pressure Sensitive Tape Demand by Type, 2005 42
4 World Pressure Sensitive Tape Demand by Backing Material,
1995-2015 56

SECTION IV -- NORTH AMERICA
1 North America -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Country,
2005 72

SECTION V -- WESTERN EUROPE
1 Western Europe -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Country,
2005 95

SECTION VI -- ASIA/PACIFIC
1 Asia/Pacific -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Country,
2005 147

SECTION VII -- OTHER REGIONS
1 Other Regions -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Country,
2005 210

SECTION VIII -- INDUSTRY STRUCTURE
1 World Pressure Sensitive Tape Market Share, 2005 269