Research and Markets has announced the addition of a new report "Hard & Superhard Materials: Forecasts to 2018" to their offering.
This report analyzes the world market for hard and superhard materials by total consumption value, demand trends, end-user markets and applications.
Each product section contains detailed breakdowns including supplier sales and market share, consumption value and volume by region/product type, demand by application. Market trends and forecasts are provided for the years 2012-2018.
Introduction:
- Study Objectives
- Methodology & Sources
- Statistical Notes
Product Types
Industrial Diamonds:
Industrial Diamond Forms:
- Powder
- Grit
- Bort
- PCD
- CVD
- Single Crystal
Boron Nitride:
Ceramics:
- Silicon Carbide (black, green, others.)
- Aluminum Oxides (white, brown, doped, others)
- Other Aluminas
- Boron Carbide
- Cermets
- Silicon Nitride
- Composites
Cemented Carbides:
- Tungsten Raw Materials
- Alloy Materials
- Preforms
- Other
Tool Steels:
- High-Speed Steel
- Hot-work
- Cold-work
- Shock-Resistant
- Mold Steels
- Special-Purpose
Applications Covered:
- Abrasives
- Coatings
- Cutting Tools
- General Medical
- Precision Parts
- Refractory Parts
- Sensors
- Semiconductor Fabrication
- Subsystem Components
- Thermal
- Wear Parts
- Other
End-User Industries Covered:
- Aerospace
- Alternative Energy
- Automotive
- Chemical Processing
- Communications
- Construction
- Defense/Military
- Die & Mold
- Electronic/Optoelectronic
- General Machining
- Medical/Research
- Mining
- Oil & Gas
- Paper & Pulp Industry
- Power Generation
- Railroads
- Shipbuilding
- Other
Geographic Coverage
Each market is specifically broken down by each of the following geographic regions:
- China
- United States
- Germany
- Japan
- Korea
- Italy
- France
- Taiwan
- United Kingdom
- Brazil
- Russia
- CIS
- India
- Spain
- Switzerland
- Other EU
- Other NAFTA
- Other Europe
- Other Asia/Pacific
- Other Latin America
- Rest of World
Key Topics Covered:
Section One: Industry Overview
1. Technology Overview
2. General Technology Trends
- Product Definitions
- Materials Synthesis
- High-Pressure Experiments
- Thin-Film Coatings
- CVD
- PCD
3. General Industry Trends
Section Two: Industrial Diamonds
1. Total World Demand
- Regional Breakdown
- High-Growth Markets
- Market Drivers
2. World Market by Type
- Natural Diamond
- Synthetic Diamond
- CVD Diamond (Chemical Vapor Deposition)
- PCD (Polycrystalline Diamond)
- Single Crystal Diamond
- Bort
- Grit/Microgrit
- Powder
- Stone
3. Market Factors
- World Market by End-User
- World Market by Application
- Pricing by Application Trends
- US Producer Shipments
- Distribution Channels (National, Regional, Local)
- Distributor Markups
- World Competitive Environment
- Industry Trends and Forecasts
- High-Growth Markets
- Technology Trends
- Five-Year Outlook
Section Three: CBN/PCBN
1. Total World Demand
- Regional Breakdown
- High-Growth Markets
- Market Drivers
2. World Market by Type
- Pricing Trends by Type
- PcBN/cBN
- Microgrit
- Powder
3. Market Factors
- World Market by End-User
- World Market by Application
- Pricing by Application Trends
- US Producer Shipments
- Distribution Channels (National, Regional, Local)
- Distributor Markups
- World Competitive Environment
- Industry Trends and Forecasts
- High-Growth Markets
- Technology Trends
- Five-Year Outlook
Section Four: Ceramics
1. Total World Demand
- Regional Breakdown
- High-Growth Markets
- Market Drivers
2. World Market by Type
- Pricing Trends by Type
- Aluminum Oxide
- Silicon Carbide
- Non-Oxides
- Composites
- Other
3. Market Factors
- World Market by End-User
- World Market by Application
- Pricing by Application Trends
- US Producer Shipments
- Distribution Channels (National, Regional, Local)
- Distributor Markups
- World Competitive Environment
- Industry Trends and Forecasts
- High-Growth Markets
- Technology Trends
- Five-Year Outlook
Section Five: Cemented Carbides
1. Total World Demand
- Regional Breakdown
- High-Growth Markets
- Market Drivers
2. World Market by Type
- Pricing Trends by Type
- Powders
- Preforms
- Alloys
3. Market Factors
- World Market by End-User
- World Market by Application
- Pricing by Application Trends
- US Producer Shipments
- Distribution Channels (National, Regional, Local)
- Distributor Markups
- World Competitive Environment
- Industry Trends and Forecasts
- High-Growth Markets
- Technology Trends
- Five-Year Outlook
Section Six: Tool Steels
1. Total World Demand
- Regional Breakdown
- High-Growth Markets
- Market Drivers
2. World Market by Type
- Pricing Trends by Type
- High-Speed Steels
- Hot Work Tool Steels
- Cold-Work
- Special Purpose
3. Market Factors
- World Market by End-User
- World Market by Application
- Pricing by Application Trends
- US Producer Shipments
- Distribution Channels (National, Regional, Local)
- Distributor Markups
- World Competitive Environment
- Industry Trends and Forecasts
- High-Growth Markets
- Technology Trends
- Five-Year Outlook
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