Specialty Applications Driving Growth of Adhesive Films and Tapes
June 04, 2007
(Nashua, NH) – Recent advances in adhe¬sives technology are creating new opportunities for adhesive films and tapes in a number of industrial applications. These adhesive products are finding new structural bonding and joining applications in the automotive, aerospace, and electronics markets. Films and tapes with enhanced performance are reaching the market as several important developments are occurring which will spur new demand. These findings are contained in a new market report.

In the automotive industry, the drive to reduce car weight and increase quality has renewed interest in film and tape adhesives for structural bonding, Adhesive usage in cars will increase as automakers continue to replace steel with light-weight and corrosion-resistant materials such as plastics, composites and aluminum.

Aerospace applications for tapes and films include primary structural joints involving advanced composites and metals, bonded laminated sheet metal sections, and laminated combinations of sheet metals and high-modulus composites. Heat activated adhesive films are gaining widespread use in the aircraft industry. Their use in bonding aluminum skins to aircraft, missiles and space vehicles continues to increase.

Promising growth potential for films exists in electronics applications ranging from device manufacture and assembly to fabricating circuit boards. Conductive adhesive films are becoming increasingly important in the electronics manufacturing. Conductive tapes which conduct in only one axis are receiving strong interest for EMI applications, joining flexible circuits, and mounting com¬ponents.

These findings are contained in a new and comprehensive report - Adhesive Films & Tapes: Markets and Opportunities. More information is available at www.applieddata.org

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Applied Data Research is a technology commercialization consulting firm focused on market strategies, product commercialization, venture development, and market research. We assist market participants in achieving their business objectives through the creation of detailed business development strategies, product commercialization programs, and comprehensive market and technology research and analysis.

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