Polyimide Film Market and Technical Analys
In 2014, global consumption of polyimide film is about 60,000 tons with the United States, Japan, Europe as the world's biggest consumer markets of polyimide film. In 2014, the consumption of polyimide film in the United States, Japan, Europe respectively was about 18,000 tons, 16,000 tons and 07,000 tons. Experts predict that with an increasing need to polyimide film at a rate of 6% per year, the total consumption in 2016 will reach about 80,000 tons.
Polyimide film is one of the organic polymer materials of beset overall performance. It has been widely applied in the fields of aviation, aerospace, microelectronics, Nano, LCD, separation membranes, laser and other areas. All countries put the research, development and utilization of polyimide film in the list of the most promising engineering plastics in the 21st century. Due to the performance characteristics and synthetic chemistry ofpolyimide, there are polyimide film, polyimide tape, polyimide film heater and other polyimide products well used in all areas.
Currently, polyimide consumption structure varies among countries and regions. In the United States, the main consumer area is plastics, accounting for about 80% of consumption; Europe is a major consumer of polyimidetape, accounting for 70% to 80% of consumption. Japan is the major consumer area for kapton polyimide film, together accounting for about 95% of consumption.
Polyimide film has big potential in high-fiber market. In a wide variety of special engineering plastics, since thepolyimide film has high temperature properties, better tensile strength than similar products, the price is relatively expensive. According to incomplete statistics, there are about 50 polyimide film manufacturers in the world with major polyimide film manufacturers as America DuPont, Mitsui East Asian companies and Japan Ube Kosan Company.
