World Pressure Sensitive Tapes

Global demand to increase 4.9% annually through 2012

World demand for pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA, self-adhesive) tapes is forecast to expand 4.9 percent per year through 2012, in the process surpassing 35 billion square meters. In value terms, tape sales will rise a slower 4.0 percent annually to around $30 billion, as raw material costs stabilize following the 2004-2007 run-up. Projected growth in tape production will generate demand for around three billion kilograms of raw materials in 2012, including adhesives and various backing substrates.

Double-sided, specialty tapes to grow the fastest

Corrugated carton sealing tapes will remain by far the most widely used tape type, accounting for two-thirds of demand in 2012. Nevertheless, gains in this market will decline relative to the performance of the 2002-2007 period due to a deceleration in overall global food and beverage spending growth.

Masking tapes, the second largest product type, will continue to register slowest gains, with growth hindered by weak housing and motor vehicle markets (particularly in 2008 and 2009) and shifts toward less tape-intensive industrial coating technologies. Among the other tape types, the best opportunities exist for double-sided tapes, with medical and other specialty tapes also performing favorably.

Developing countries enjoy favorable growth prospects

The US accounts for one-fifth of global demand, although its share of the world market will continue to decline due to decelerating economic growth and mature key tape consuming industries such as food and beverage and construction.

The same can be said for most other developed countries in Western Europe and the Asia/Pacific regions, where annual tape demand growth will average 2.0 percent per year through 2012. By contrast, there is substantial room for additional market penetration in the world's developing countries, with China, India, and Eastern Europe in particular enjoying favorable prospects. China is expected to expand its share of the world tape market from 28 percent in 2007 to 32 percent in 2012, with gains driven by strong (albeit decelerating) economic growth and the massive tape requirements of China's vast and continually expanding export-oriented manufacturing complex.

• I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
• II. MARKET ENVIRONMENT
  • General
  • World Economic Overview
  • Recent Historical Trends
  • Macroeconomic Outlook
  • World Demographic Outlook
  • World Food & Beverage Outlook
  • World Building Construction Expenditures
  • Residential Building
  • Nonresidential Building
  • World Manufacturing Outlook
  • World Motor Vehicle Outlook
  • Motor Vehicle Production Trends
  • Motor Vehicles in Use
  • World Health Care Expenditure Trends
  • Competitive Technologies
  • Pricing Trends
  • Environmental & Regulatory Overview
• III. OVERVIEW
  • Regional Demand
  • Tape Types
  • Carton Sealing
  • Masking
  • Electrical & Electronic
  • Electrical
  • Electronic
  • Double-Sided
  • Medical
  • Other
  • Tape Backing Materials
  • Polypropylene
  • PVC
  • Paper
  • Other Backing Materials
  • Regional Production
  • International Trade
  • Raw Materials
  • Backing Materials
  • Adhesives
• IV. NORTH AMERICA
  • North America: General
  • Market Trends
  • United States
  • Canada
  • Mexico
• V. WESTERN EUROPE
  • Western Europe: General
  • Market Trends
  • France
  • Germany
  • Italy
  • Netherlands
  • Spain
  • United Kingdom
  • Other Western Europe
• VI. ASIA/PACIFIC
  • Asia/Pacific: General
  • Market Trends
  • Australia
  • China
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Japan
  • South Korea
  • Taiwan
  • Thailand
  • Other Asia/Pacific
• VII. OTHER REGIONS
  • Other Regions: General
  • Market Trends
  • Latin America
  • Market Trends
  • Brazil
  • Other Latin America
  • Eastern Europe
  • Market Trends
  • Poland
  • Russia
  • Other Eastern Europe
  • Africa/Mideast
  • Market Trends
  • South Africa
  • Turkey
  • Other Africa/Mideast
• VIII. INDUSTRY STRUCTURE
  • General
  • Market Share
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Cooperative Agreements
  • Manufacturing
  • Marketing & Distribution
  • Company Profiles
  • ABI Tape Products, see American Biltrite Incorporated
  • ACHEM Technology Corporation
  • Adchem Corporation
  • Adhesives Research Incorporated
  • Advance Tapes International Limited
  • Advanced Flexible Composites Incorporated
  • American Biltrite Incorporated
  • Arques Industries AG
  • ARx LLC, see Adhesives Research Incorporated
  • Avery Dennison Corporation
  • Beiersdorf AG
  • Bemis Company Incorporated
  • Bemistape, see Bemis Company Incorporated
  • Berry Plastics Group Incorporated
  • Boston tapes SpA, see Chargeurs SA
  • BSN medical GmbH & Company KG
  • Canadian Technical Tape Limited, see CTT Group
  • Chargeurs SA
  • Coroplast Fritz Mueller GmbH & Company KG
  • Covalence Specialty Materials Holding Corporation,
  • see Berry Plastics Group Incorporated
  • Covidien Limited
  • CTT Group
  • DeWAL Industries Incorporated
  • Dryvit Systems Incorporated, see RPM International
  • Evotape SpA, see Arques Industries AG
  • FLEXcon Corporation
  • Four Pillars Enterprise Company Limited
  • Guangzhou Wang Cheong Adhesive Product Factory
  • Henkel AG & Company KGaA
  • Hitachi Limited
  • Ideal Tape Company Incorporated, see American Biltrite
  • Industrias Tuk SA de CV
  • Intertape Polymer Group Incorporated
  • Johnson & Johnson
  • Koester GmbH & Company KG, see Lohmann GmbH
  • Lintec Corporation
  • Lohmann GmbH & Company KG
  • MACtac, see Bemis Company Incorporated
  • Metafol Metall-Kunstoff GmbH & Company KG,
  • see Lohmann GmbH & Company KG
  • NAR SpA
  • Nichiban Company Limited
  • Nitto Denko Corporation
  • Nomura Holdings Incorporated
  • Oji Paper Company Limited
  • ORAFOL Europe GmbH
  • Permacel, see Nitto Denko Corporation
  • RPM International Incorporated
  • Saint-Gobain
  • Scapa Group plc
  • Sekisui Chemical Company Limited
  • Shurtape Technologies LLC
  • Sicad Group SpA
  • Sliontec Corporation, see Hitachi Limited
  • Stokvis Tape Group BV
  • tesa AG, see Beiersdorf AG
  • 3M Company
  • Tremco Incorporated, see RPM International
  • Union Thai - Nichiban Company Limited, see Nichiban
  • Company Limited
  • Vandex International Limited, see RPM International
  • Venture Tape Corporation, see 3M Company
  • Von Roll Holding Limited
• LIST OF TABLES
• SECTION I -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
  • Summary Table
• SECTION II -- MARKET ENVIRONMENT
  • 1 World Gross Domestic Product by Region
  • 2 World Population by Region
  • 3 World Food & Beverage Manufacturing Value Added by Region
  • 4 World Building Construction Expenditures by Region & Sector
  • 5 World Residential Construction Expenditures by Region
  • 6 World Nonresidential Building Construction Expenditures by Region
  • 7 World Manufacturing Value Added by Region
  • 8 World Motor Vehicle Production by Region
  • 9 World Motor Vehicles in Use by Region
  • 10 World Health Care Expenditures by Region
• SECTION III -- OVERVIEW
  • 1 World Pressure Sensitive Tape Demand by Region
  • 2 World Pressure Sensitive Tape Demand by Type
  • 3 World Pressure Sensitive Carton Sealing Tape Demand by Region
  • 4 World Pressure Sensitive Masking Tape Demand by Region
  • 5 World Pressure Sensitive Electrical & Electronic Tape Demand by Region
  • 6 World Double-Sided Pressure Sensitive Tape Demand by Region
  • 7 World Pressure Sensitive Medical Tape Demand by Region
  • 8 World Other Pressure Sensitive Tape Demand by Region
  • 9 World Pressure Sensitive Tape Demand by Backing Material
  • 10 World Polypropylene Pressure Sensitive Tape Demand by Region
  • 11 World PVC Pressure Sensitive Tape Demand by Region
  • 12 World Paper Pressure Sensitive Tape Demand by Region
  • 13 World Other Backing Material Pressure Sensitive Tape Demand by Region
  • 14 World Pressure Sensitive Tape Production by Region
  • 15 World Pressure Sensitive Tape Net Exports
• LIST OF TABLES
• SECTION IV -- NORTH AMERICA
  • 1 North America -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand
  • 2 North America -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type & Material
  • 3 United States -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand
  • 4 United States -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type & Material
  • 5 Canada -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand
  • 6 Canada -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type & Material
  • 7 Mexico -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand
  • 8 Mexico -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type & Material
• SECTION V -- WESTERN EUROPE
  • 1 Western Europe -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand
  • 2 Western Europe -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type & Material
  • 3 France -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand
  • 4 France -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type & Material
  • 5 Germany -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand
  • 6 Germany -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type & Material
  • 7 Italy -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand
  • 8 Italy -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type & Material
  • 9 Netherlands -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand
  • 10 Netherlands -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type & Material
  • 11 Spain -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand
  • 12 Spain -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type & Material
  • 13 United Kingdom -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand
  • 14 United Kingdom -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type & Material
  • 15 Other Western Europe -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand
  • 16 Other Western Europe -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type & Material
• LIST OF TABLES
• SECTION VI -- ASIA/PACIFIC
  • 1 Asia/Pacific -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand
  • 2 Asia/Pacific -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type & Material
  • 3 Australia -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand
  • 4 Australia -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type & Material
  • 5 China -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand
  • 6 China -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type & Material
  • 7 India -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand
  • 8 India -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type & Material
  • 9 Indonesia -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand
  • 10 Indonesia -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type & Material
  • 11 Japan -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand
  • 12 Japan -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type & Material
  • 13 South Korea -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand
  • 14 South Korea -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type & Material
  • 15 Taiwan -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand
  • 16 Taiwan -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type & Material
  • 17 Thailand -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand
  • 18 Thailand -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type & Material
  • 19 Other Asia/Pacific -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand
  • 20 Other Asia/Pacific -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type & Material
• SECTION VII -- OTHER REGIONS
  • 1 Other Regions -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand
  • 2 Other Regions -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type & Material
  • 3 Latin America -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand
  • 4 Latin America -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type & Material
  • 5 Brazil -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand
  • 6 Brazil -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type & Material
  • 7 Other Latin America -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand
  • 8 Other Latin America -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type & Material
  • 9 Eastern Europe -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand
  • 10 Eastern Europe -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type & Material
  • 11 Poland -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand
  • 12 Poland -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type & Material
  • 13 Russia -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand
  • 14 Russia -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type & Material
  • 15 Other Eastern Europe -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand
  • 16 Other Eastern Europe -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type & Material
  • 17 Africa/Mideast -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand
  • 18 Africa/Mideast -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type & Material
  • 19 South Africa -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand
  • 20 South Africa -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type & Material
  • 21 Turkey -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand
  • 22 Turkey -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type & Material
  • 23 Other Africa/Mideast -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand
  • 24 Other Africa/Mideast -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type & Material
• SECTION VIII -- INDUSTRY STRUCTURE
  • 1 World Estimated Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Company, 2007
  • 2 Selected Acquisitions & Divestitures
  • 3 Selected Cooperative Agreements
• LIST OF CHARTS
• SECTION III -- OVERVIEW
  • 1 World Pressure Sensitive Tape Demand by Region, 2007
  • 2 PSA Tape Sales per Capita/GDP per Capita Relationship, 2007
  • 3 World Pressure Sensitive Tape Demand by Type, 2007
• SECTION IV -- NORTH AMERICA
  • 1 North America -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Country, 2007
• SECTION V -- WESTERN EUROPE
  • 1 Western Europe -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Country, 2007
• SECTION VI -- ASIA/PACIFIC
  • 1 Asia/Pacific -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Country, 2007
• SECTION VII -- OTHER REGIONS
  • 1 Other Regions -- Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Country, 2007
• SECTION VIII -- INDUSTRY STRUCTURE
  • 1 World Pressure Sensitive Tape Market Share, 2007