Table of Content

1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 Study Deliverables
1.2 Study Assumptions
1.3 Scope of the Study


2 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY


3 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY


4 MARKET DYNAMICS
4.1 Drivers
4.1.1 Rise in Use as an Alternative to Metals and Plastics
4.1.2 Growing Demand in Medical Industry
4.1.3 Environmental Friendly and Reliable to Use
4.2 Restraints
4.2.1 High Capital Cost
4.2.2 Other Restraints
4.3 Industry Value-Chain Analysis
4.4 Porter’s Five Forces Analysis
4.4.1 Bargaining Power of Suppliers
4.4.2 Bargaining Power of Consumers
4.4.3 Threat of New Entrants
4.4.4 Threat of Substitute Products and Services
4.4.5 Degree of Competition
4.5 Patent Analysis
4.6 Price Analysis


5 MARKET SEGMENTATION
5.1 Material Type
5.1.1 Alumina
5.1.2 Titanate
5.1.3 Zirconia
5.1.4 Silicon Carbide
5.1.5 Aluminium Nitride
5.1.6 Silicon Nitride
5.1.7 Magnesium Silicate
5.1.8 Pyrolytic Boron Nitride
5.1.9 Others
5.2 Class Type
5.2.1 Monolithic Ceramics
5.2.2 Ceramic Matrix Composites
5.2.3 Ceramic Coatings
5.3 End-user Industry
5.3.1 Electrical & Electronics
5.3.2 Transportation
5.3.3 Medical
5.3.4 Industrial
5.3.5 Defense & Security
5.3.6 Chemical
5.3.7 Others
5.4 Geography
5.4.1 Asia-Pacific
5.4.1.1 China
5.4.1.2 India
5.4.1.3 Japan
5.4.1.4 South Korea
5.4.1.5 Rest of Asia-Pacific
5.4.2 North America
5.4.2.1 United States
5.4.2.2 Canada
5.4.2.3 Rest of North America
5.4.3 Europe
5.4.3.1 Germany
5.4.3.2 United Kingdom
5.4.3.3 Italy
5.4.3.4 France
5.4.3.5 Rest of Europe
5.4.4 South America
5.4.4.1 Brazil
5.4.4.2 Argentina
5.4.4.3 Rest of South America
5.4.5 Middle East & Africa
5.4.5.1 Saudi Arabia
5.4.5.2 South Africa
5.4.5.3 Rest of Middle East & Africa


6 COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE
6.1 Mergers & Acquisitions, Joint Ventures, Collaborations, and Agreements
6.2 Market Share Analysis**
6.3 Strategies Adopted by Leading Players
6.4 Company Profiles
6.4.1 3M (Ceradyne, Inc.)
6.4.2 Applied Ceramics Inc.
6.4.3 Blasch Precision Ceramics, Inc.
6.4.4 Ceramtec
6.4.5 COI Ceramics Inc.
6.4.6 Coorstek Inc.
6.4.7 H.C. Starck GmbH
6.4.8 International Ceramic Engineering (ICE)
6.4.9 Kyocera Corporation
6.4.10 Materion Corporation
6.4.11 McDanel Advanced Ceramic Technologies
6.4.12 Momentive Performance Materials Inc.
6.4.13 Morgan Advanced Materials PLC
6.4.14 Murata Manufacturing Co Ltd
6.4.15 Rauschert GmbH
6.4.16 Saint-Gobain Advanced Ceramics LLC
6.4.17 Small Precision Tools Inc.
6.4.18 Vesuvius PLC


7 MARKET OPPORTUNITIES AND FUTURE TRENDS
7.1 Opportunities
7.1.1 Increasing Applications of Silicon Carbide (SiC) and Gallium Nitride (GaN)
7.1.2 Growth of Usage in Nanotechnology
7.1.3 Recovery of the Infrastructure Sector
7.1.4 Increasing Usage in Photovoltaic Modules, Wind Turbines, and Pollution Control Applications
7.1.5 Growing Demand for Ceramic Matrix Composites (CMCs) in High Temperature, Corrosion Intensive Applications