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 Accelerating Usage in Optics and Optoelectronics
4.1.2 Increasing Demand in the Aerospace and Defense Sector
4.1.3 Advanced Ceramics Increasingly Replacing Plastics and Metals
4.2 Restraints
4.2.1 High Cost
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


5 MARKET SEGMENTATION
5.1 By Structure
5.1.1 Crystalline
5.1.2 Non-crystalline
5.2 By Material
5.2.1 Sapphire
5.2.2 Yttrium Aluminum Garnet (YAG)
5.2.3 Aluminum Oxynitride
5.2.4 Yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ)
5.2.5 Spinel
5.2.6 Other Materials
5.3 By Application
5.3.1 Aerospace and Defense
5.3.2 Mechanical and Chemical
5.3.3 Healthcare
5.3.4 Consumer Goods
5.3.5 Energy
5.3.6 Other Applications
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 Australia & New Zealand
5.4.1.6 Rest of Asia-Pacific
5.4.2 North America
5.4.2.1 United States
5.4.2.2 Canada
5.4.2.3 Mexico
5.4.2.4 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 and 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 AGC Inc.
6.4.2 CeramTec GmbH
6.4.3 CeraNova
6.4.4 Cilas
6.4.5 Coorstek KK
6.4.6 General Electric
6.4.7 Deisenroth Engineering GmbH
6.4.8 II-VI Optical Systems
6.4.9 Konoshima Chemicals Co. Ltd
6.4.10 Koninklijke Philips N.V.
6.4.11 www.optocity.com
6.4.12 Saint-Gobain Group
6.4.13 SCHOTT AG
6.4.14 Surmet Corporation


7 MARKET OPPORTUNITIES AND FUTURE TRENDS
7.1 Increasing Demand in the Medical Sector
7.2 Increasing Usage in Housing Applications