TRANSPARENT CERAMICS: TECHNOLOGIES AND GLOBAL MARKETS

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1 TRANSPARENT CERAMICS: TECHNOLOGIES AND GLOBAL MARKETS AVM115A March 2015 Margareth Gagliardi Project Analyst ISBN: BCC Research 49 Walnut Park, Building 2 Wellesley, MA USA (toll-free within the USA), or (+1) information@bccresearch.com

2 TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 2 STUDY GOALS AND OBJECTIVES 2 REASONS FOR DOING THIS STUDY 2 INTENDED AUDIENCE 3 SCOPE OF REPORT 4 METHODOLOGY AND INFORMATION SOURCES 5 RELATED BCC RESEARCH REPORTS 6 ANALYST'S CREDENTIALS 7 BCC RESEARCH WEBSITE 8 DISCLAIMER 8 CHAPTER 2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 10 SUMMARY TABLE GLOBAL TRANSPARENT CERAMICS MARKET, THROUGH 2019 ($ SUMMARY FIGURE GLOBAL TRANSPARENT CERAMICS MARKET, ($ CHAPTER 3 OVERVIEW 13 INTRODUCTION 13 DEFINITION AND STUDY FOCUS 13 TRANSPARENT CERAMICS WITHIN THE CERAMIC INDUSTRY 14 TABLE 1 THE CERAMICS INDUSTRY, 2014 ($ BILLIONS/%) 14 MILESTONES IN THE HISTORY OF TRANSPARENT CERAMICS AND RECENT EVENTS TABLE 2 TECHNOLOGICAL MILESTONES IN TRANSPARENT CERAMICS 16 FIGURE 1 NUMBER OF GLOBAL PATENT APPLICATIONS AND PATENTS ISSUED IN TRANSPARENT CERAMICS, APPLICATIONS FOR TRANSPARENT CERAMICS 18 TABLE 3 APPLICATIONS OF TRANSPARENT CERAMICS, OPTICS AND OPTOELECTRONICS 20 AEROSPACE, DEFENSE AND SECURITY 20 MECHANICAL/CHEMICAL 21 SENSORS AND INSTRUMENTATION 21 HEALTHCARE 21 CONSUMER 21 ENERGY CHAPTER 4 TECHNOLOGY 24 INTRODUCTION 24 TRANSPARENT CERAMICS 24 MONOCRYSTALLINE AND POLYCRYSTALLINE INORGANIC MATERIALS 24 TABLE 4 TYPICAL RIT VALUES FOR COMMON TRANSPARENT CERAMICS (%) 24 Monocrystalline Materials 25 POLYCRYSTALLINE CERAMICS 25 Fabrication Process 25

3 TABLE 5 BASIC FABRICATION PROCESS FOR POLYCRYSTALLINE TRANSPARENT CERAMICS Material Types 27 TABLE 6 POLYCRYSTALLINE TRANSPARENT CERAMICS, Cubic-phase Materials 29 Oxides 29 Non-oxides 29 Mixed Systems 30 Non-cubic-phase Materials 30 Oxides 30 Non-oxides 31 COMPARISON BETWEEN TRANSPARENT CERAMICS AND GLASS-CERAMICS 31 TABLE 7 TRANSPARENT CERAMICS, TRANSPARENT GLASS-CERAMICS AND GLASS 31 LATEST TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS, 2013 TO PRESENT 32 POLISHED NET-SHAPE TRANSPARENT CERAMIC 32 RARE EARTH-BASED TRANSPARENT CERAMIC OXIDES 33 POLYCRYSTALLINE CHALCOGENIDE CERAMICS 33 CALCIUM-LANTHANUM FLUORIDE-BASED TRANSPARENT CERAMIC 34 STRONG TRANSPARENT CERAMIC MATERIAL FOR ARMOR WINDOWS 35 TRANSPARENT CERAMIC BASED ON TERBIUM OXIDE 35 NANOCOMPOSITE OPTICAL CERAMIC 36 RARE EARTH-BASED MAGNETO-OPTIC NANOCRYSTALLINE OXIDES 37 LOW-COST POWDERS FOR TRANSPARENT CERAMICS 38 TRANSPARENT CERAMICS BY FLUIDIZED BED GRANULATION 39 LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE BASED ON TRANSPARENT CERAMICS 40 OTHER RELEVANT R&D ACTIVITIES 41 TABLE 8 OTHER RELEVANT R &D ACTIVITIES, CHAPTER 5 GLOBAL MARKETS 44 ANALYSIS OUTLINE 44 GLOBAL MARKET SUMMARY 44 TABLE 9 TRANSPARENT CERAMICS: CURRENT MARKET AND FORECAST, THROUGH 2019 ($ FIGURE 2 TRANSPARENT CERAMICS: CURRENT MARKET AND FORECAST, ($ CURRENT MARKET STATUS 46 CURRENT MARKET SUMMARY 47 TABLE 10 CURRENT MARKET FOR TRANSPARENT CERAMICS, THROUGH 2014 ($ FIGURE 3 CURRENT MARKET FOR TRANSPARENT CERAMICS, ($ REVENUES BY MATERIAL TYPE 48 TABLE 11 TRANSPARENT CERAMICS: GLOBAL REVENUES BY MATERIAL TYPE, 2014 ($ MILLIONS/%) FIGURE 4 TRANSPARENT CERAMICS: MARKET SHARE BY MATERIAL TYPE, 2014 (%) 48 TABLE 12 OXIDES: GLOBAL REVENUES BY MATERIAL, 2014 ($ MILLIONS/%) 49 FIGURE 5 OXIDES: MARKET SHARE BY MATERIAL, 2014 (%) 49 REVENUES BY APPLICATION

4 TABLE 13 TRANSPARENT CERAMICS: GLOBAL REVENUES BY APPLICATION, 2014 ($ MILLIONS/%) FIGURE 6 TRANSPARENT CERAMICS: MARKET SHARE BY APPLICATION, 2014 (%) 50 REVENUES BY REGION 51 TABLE 14 TRANSPARENT CERAMICS: REVENUES BY REGION, THROUGH 2014 ($ FIGURE 7 TRANSPARENT CERAMICS: MARKET SHARE BY REGION, 2014 (%) 52 MARKET GROWTH TRENDS 53 INDUSTRY GROWTH 53 Optics and Optoelectronics 53 Light-Emitting Diodes 53 Lasers 53 Optical Fibers 53 TABLE 15 FORECAST - OPTICAL FIBERS: GLOBAL MARKET, THROUGH 2019 ($ MILLIONS/MILLIONS OF KILOMETERS) Smartphones, Tablets and Ultrathin Displays 54 Paper-thin and Touchscreen Displays 54 AEROSPACE, DEFENSE AND SECURITY 54 TABLE 16 FORECAST - AEROSPACE: GLOBAL REVENUES BY REGION, THROUGH 2019 ($ BILLIONS) MECHANICAL/CHEMICAL 55 TABLE 17 FORECAST - APPLICATIONS WITHIN THE MECHANICAL/CHEMICAL SECTOR: GLOBAL REVENUES, THROUGH 2019 ($ BILLIONS) SENSORS AND INSTRUMENTATION 56 Sensors 56 TABLE 18 SENSORS: GLOBAL REVENUES BY TYPE, THROUGH 2019 ($ 56 Medical Imaging and Instrumentation 57 TABLE 19 FORECAST - MEDICAL ELECTRONICS: GLOBAL REVENUES BY SEGMENT, THROUGH 2019 ($ BILLIONS) HEALTHCARE 58 Cranio-maxillofacial Surgery 58 Spinal and Orthopedic Bone Grafting Procedures 58 TABLE 20 FORECAST- VERTEBRAL AND ORTHOPEDIC BONE GRAFTS AND BONE GRAFT REPLACEMENTS: REVENUES BY REGION, THROUGH 2019 ($ Orthopedic Implants 59 TABLE 21 FORECAST-ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANTS: REVENUES BY REGION, THROUGH 2019 ($ BILLIONS) Dentistry/Periodontics/Orthodontics 60 CONSUMER 60 ENERGY 60 Photovoltaic Cells and Modules 60 TABLE 22 FORECAST - PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES: GLOBAL PRODUCTION BY TYPE, THROUGH 2019 (MW) FIGURE 8 PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES PRODUCTION SHARE BY TYPE, 2019 (%) 61 OTHER TECHNOLOGICAL TRENDS 62 Replacement for Single Crystals 62 Precision Optics and Photonics 62 Nanotechnology 63 TABLE 23 THE NANOTECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY,

5 TABLE 24 NANOTECHNOLOGY: GLOBAL REVENUES BY SEGMENT, THROUGH 2019 ($ BILLIONS) FIGURE 9 NANOTECHNOLOGY: GLOBAL MARKET SHARE BY SEGMENT, 2014 (%) 65 REGIONAL TRENDS 66 MARKET FORECAST 67 REVENUES BY MATERIAL TYPE 67 TABLE 25 FORECAST- TRANSPARENT CERAMICS: GLOBAL REVENUES BY MATERIAL TYPE, THROUGH 2019 ($ FIGURE 10 FORECAST - TRANSPARENT CERAMICS: MARKET SHARE BY MATERIAL TYPE, 2019 (%) TABLE 26 FORECAST - OXIDES: GLOBAL REVENUES BY MATERIAL, THROUGH 2019 ($ FIGURE 11 FORECAST - OXIDES MARKET SHARE BY MATERIAL, 2019 (%) 69 REVENUES BY APPLICATION 70 TABLE 27 FORECAST - TRANSPARENT CERAMICS: GLOBAL REVENUES BY APPLICATION, THROUGH 2019 ($ FIGURE 12 ORECAST - TRANSPARENT CERAMICS MARKET SHARE BY APPLICATION, 2019 (%) REVENUES BY REGION 71 TABLE 28 FORECAST - TRANSPARENT CERAMICS: REVENUES BY REGION, THROUGH 2019 ($ FIGURE 13 FORECAST - TRANSPARENT CERAMICS MARKET SHARE BY REGION, 2019 (%) CHAPTER 6 GLOBAL INDUSTRY STRUCTURE 75 LEADING SUPPLIERS OF TRANSPARENT CERAMICS 75 TABLE 29 LEADING SUPPLIERS OF TRANSPARENT CERAMICS, TABLE 30 LEADING MANUFACTURERS OF TRANSPARENT CERAMICS BY TYPE, TABLE 31 LEADING SUPPLIERS OF TRANSPARENT CERAMICS BY TYPE AND REGION, 2015 FIGURE 14 LEADING SUPPLIERS OF TRANSPARENT CERAMICS: DISTRIBUTION BY SIZE, 2014 (NUMBER OF COMPANIES) FIGURE 15 HISTORICAL GROWTH OF SUPPLIERS OF TRANSPARENT CERAMICS (NUMBER OF COMPANIES) OTHER INDUSTRY PLAYERS 80 TABLE 32 OTHER RELEVANT INDUSTRY PLAYERS, COMPANY PROFILES 81 BRIGHT CRYSTALS TECHNOLOGY 81 CERAMTEC-ETEC 82 CERANOVA 83 CILAS 84 COORSTEK 84 GENERAL ELECTRIC 85 IBD DEISENROTH ENGINEERING 86 II-VI OPTICAL SYSTEMS 87 KOITO MANUFACTURING 87 KONOSHIMA CHEMICAL 88 MURATA MANUFACTURING 89 OPTOCITY 89 PHILIPS

6 SCHOTT AG 91 SURMET 92 CHAPTER 7 PATENT ANALYSIS 94 INTRODUCTION 94 SUMMARY OF PATENTS AWARDED FROM 2012 THROUGH TABLE 33 TRANSPARENT CERAMICS - U.S. PATENTS, TABLE 34 TRANSPARENT CERAMICS - U.S. PATENTS, TABLE 35 TRANSPARENT CERAMICS - U.S. PATENTS, GENERAL TRENDS 117 TABLE 36 TRANSPARENT CERAMICS: U.S. PATENT TRENDS, THROUGH 2014 (NUMBER OF PATENTS) FIGURE 16 TRANSPARENT CERAMICS: U.S. PATENT TRENDS, (NUMBER OF PATENTS) TRENDS BY COUNTRY AND REGION 118 FIGURE 17 TRANSPARENT CERAMICS: SHARES OF U.S. PATENTS BY REGION, FIGURE 18 TRANSPARENT CERAMICS: U.S. PATENTS BY COUNTRY, 120 TRENDS BY ASSIGNEE 120 TABLE 37 TRANSPARENT CERAMICS: ASSIGNEES OF U.S. PATENTS, FIGURE 19 TRANSPARENT CERAMICS: SHARES OF U.S. PATENTS BY ORGANIZATION TYPE, TRENDS BY PATENT CATEGORY 125 FIGURE 20 TRANSPARENT CERAMICS: SHARES OF U.S. PATENTS BY CATEGORY, TRENDS BY APPLICATION 126 FIGURE 21 TRANSPARENT CERAMICS: SHARES OF U.S. PATENTS BY APPLICATION, TRENDS BY MATERIAL TYPE 128 FIGURE 22 TRANSPARENT CERAMICS: SHARES OF U.S. PATENTS BY MATERIAL TYPE,

7 LIST OF TABLES TABLE HEADING SUMMARY TABLE GLOBAL TRANSPARENT CERAMICS MARKET, THROUGH 2019 ($ TABLE 1 THE CERAMICS INDUSTRY, 2014 ($ BILLIONS/%) 14 TABLE 2 TECHNOLOGICAL MILESTONES IN TRANSPARENT CERAMICS 16 TABLE 3 APPLICATIONS OF TRANSPARENT CERAMICS, TABLE 4 TYPICAL RIT VALUES FOR COMMON TRANSPARENT CERAMICS (%) 24 TABLE 5 BASIC FABRICATION PROCESS FOR POLYCRYSTALLINE TRANSPARENT CERAMICS TABLE 6 POLYCRYSTALLINE TRANSPARENT CERAMICS, TABLE 7 TRANSPARENT CERAMICS, TRANSPARENT GLASS-CERAMICS AND GLASS 31 TABLE 8 OTHER RELEVANT R &D ACTIVITIES, TABLE 9 TRANSPARENT CERAMICS: CURRENT MARKET AND FORECAST, THROUGH 2019 ($ TABLE 10 CURRENT MARKET FOR TRANSPARENT CERAMICS, THROUGH 2014 ($ TABLE 11 TRANSPARENT CERAMICS: GLOBAL REVENUES BY MATERIAL TYPE, 2014 ($ MILLIONS/%) TABLE 12 OXIDES: GLOBAL REVENUES BY MATERIAL, 2014 ($ MILLIONS/%) 49 TABLE 13 TRANSPARENT CERAMICS: GLOBAL REVENUES BY APPLICATION, 2014 ($ MILLIONS/%) TABLE 14 TRANSPARENT CERAMICS: REVENUES BY REGION, THROUGH 2014 ($ TABLE 15 FORECAST - OPTICAL FIBERS: GLOBAL MARKET, THROUGH 2019 ($ MILLIONS/MILLIONS OF KILOMETERS) TABLE 16 FORECAST - AEROSPACE: GLOBAL REVENUES BY REGION, THROUGH 2019 ($ BILLIONS) TABLE 17 FORECAST - APPLICATIONS WITHIN THE MECHANICAL/CHEMICAL SECTOR: GLOBAL REVENUES, THROUGH 2019 ($ BILLIONS) TABLE 18 SENSORS: GLOBAL REVENUES BY TYPE, THROUGH 2019 ($ 56 TABLE 19 FORECAST - MEDICAL ELECTRONICS: GLOBAL REVENUES BY SEGMENT, THROUGH 2019 ($ BILLIONS) TABLE 20 FORECAST- VERTEBRAL AND ORTHOPEDIC BONE GRAFTS AND BONE GRAFT REPLACEMENTS: REVENUES BY REGION, THROUGH 2019 ($ TABLE 21 FORECAST-ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANTS: REVENUES BY REGION, THROUGH 2019 ($ BILLIONS) TABLE 22 FORECAST - PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES: GLOBAL PRODUCTION BY TYPE, THROUGH 2019 (MW) TABLE 23 THE NANOTECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY, TABLE 24 NANOTECHNOLOGY: GLOBAL REVENUES BY SEGMENT, THROUGH 2019 ($ BILLIONS) TABLE 25 FORECAST- TRANSPARENT CERAMICS: GLOBAL REVENUES BY MATERIAL TYPE, THROUGH 2019 ($ TABLE 26 FORECAST - OXIDES: GLOBAL REVENUES BY MATERIAL, THROUGH 2019 ($ TABLE 27 FORECAST - TRANSPARENT CERAMICS: GLOBAL REVENUES BY APPLICATION, THROUGH 2019 ($ TABLE 28 FORECAST - TRANSPARENT CERAMICS: REVENUES BY REGION, THROUGH 2019 ($ TABLE 29 LEADING SUPPLIERS OF TRANSPARENT CERAMICS, TABLE 30 LEADING MANUFACTURERS OF TRANSPARENT CERAMICS BY TYPE,

8 TABLE HEADING TABLE 31 LEADING SUPPLIERS OF TRANSPARENT CERAMICS BY TYPE AND REGION, 2015 TABLE 32 OTHER RELEVANT INDUSTRY PLAYERS, TABLE 33 TRANSPARENT CERAMICS - U.S. PATENTS, TABLE 34 TRANSPARENT CERAMICS - U.S. PATENTS, TABLE 35 TRANSPARENT CERAMICS - U.S. PATENTS, TABLE 36 TRANSPARENT CERAMICS: U.S. PATENT TRENDS, THROUGH 2014 (NUMBER OF PATENTS) TABLE 37 TRANSPARENT CERAMICS: ASSIGNEES OF U.S. PATENTS,

9 LIST OF FIGURES FIGURE TITLE SUMMARY FIGURE GLOBAL TRANSPARENT CERAMICS MARKET, ($ FIGURE 1 NUMBER OF GLOBAL PATENT APPLICATIONS AND PATENTS ISSUED IN TRANSPARENT CERAMICS, FIGURE 2 TRANSPARENT CERAMICS: CURRENT MARKET AND FORECAST, ($ FIGURE 3 CURRENT MARKET FOR TRANSPARENT CERAMICS, ($ 47 FIGURE 4 TRANSPARENT CERAMICS: MARKET SHARE BY MATERIAL TYPE, 2014 (%) 48 FIGURE 5 OXIDES: MARKET SHARE BY MATERIAL, 2014 (%) 49 FIGURE 6 TRANSPARENT CERAMICS: MARKET SHARE BY APPLICATION, 2014 (%) 50 FIGURE 7 TRANSPARENT CERAMICS: MARKET SHARE BY REGION, 2014 (%) 52 FIGURE 8 PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES PRODUCTION SHARE BY TYPE, 2019 (%) 61 FIGURE 9 NANOTECHNOLOGY: GLOBAL MARKET SHARE BY SEGMENT, 2014 (%) 65 FIGURE 10 FORECAST - TRANSPARENT CERAMICS: MARKET SHARE BY MATERIAL TYPE, 2019 (%) FIGURE 11 FORECAST - OXIDES MARKET SHARE BY MATERIAL, 2019 (%) 69 FIGURE 12 ORECAST - TRANSPARENT CERAMICS MARKET SHARE BY APPLICATION, 2019 (%) FIGURE 13 FORECAST - TRANSPARENT CERAMICS MARKET SHARE BY REGION, 2019 (%) FIGURE 14 LEADING SUPPLIERS OF TRANSPARENT CERAMICS: DISTRIBUTION BY SIZE, 2014 (NUMBER OF COMPANIES) FIGURE 15 HISTORICAL GROWTH OF SUPPLIERS OF TRANSPARENT CERAMICS (NUMBER OF COMPANIES) FIGURE 16 TRANSPARENT CERAMICS: U.S. PATENT TRENDS, (NUMBER OF PATENTS) FIGURE 17 TRANSPARENT CERAMICS: SHARES OF U.S. PATENTS BY REGION, FIGURE 18 TRANSPARENT CERAMICS: U.S. PATENTS BY COUNTRY, 120 FIGURE 19 TRANSPARENT CERAMICS: SHARES OF U.S. PATENTS BY ORGANIZATION TYPE, FIGURE 20 TRANSPARENT CERAMICS: SHARES OF U.S. PATENTS BY CATEGORY, FIGURE 21 TRANSPARENT CERAMICS: SHARES OF U.S. PATENTS BY APPLICATION, FIGURE 22 TRANSPARENT CERAMICS: SHARES OF U.S. PATENTS BY MATERIAL TYPE,