The antibacterial glass market is set to witness a period of lucrative revenue growth owing to a growing demand from application avenues such as hospitals, military equipment, and food & beverages. Additionally, growing awareness about health and hygiene coupled with the rising prevalence of easily transmissible diseases would further foster the adoption of antimicrobial glass across an array of industries over the coming years.

Today, touch screen technology has become a major part of people’s daily life, with the technology being used across a plethora of industries, integrated into an array of different products, including, but not limited to, personal devices, QSRs, medical devices, equipment control panels, and more. While this technology has greatly improved upon the user experience, it has given birth to a new means of transmitting diseases. Infection-causing bacteria are found on a majority of public touch screens, including hospitals as well as retail establishments.

To combat our rising exposure to bacteria through this technology, several efforts have been put towards the development of effective solutions that effectively cease any antimicrobial activity on the touch surface. Antibacterial glass prevents growth of bacteria on its surface in the first place, essentially halting the spread of diseases and infections in their tracks.

The overall antibacterial glass market is classified into different segments on the basis of active ingredient, application, and regional landscape.

On the basis of active ingredient, the market landscape is further categorized into silver, and others. Among these, the others segment is forecast to register remunerative gains through the analysis period. A major factor that is likely to augment the segment growth is the high cost associated with the silver ions segment. The others segment is forecast to witness an impressive CAGR of 5.5% over the projected time period.

With respect to application, the market is divided into hospitals, food & beverages, military equipment, household, and others. Among these, the market growth from military equipment is likely to fare significantly well. The military and defense field is going through a digital transformation that is effectively bringing all related equipment to the 21st century. As more innovative technology gets integrated into the industry’s equipment, opportunities for the adoption of antibacterial glass keep increasing. The Military equipment application segment of antibacterial glass market is likely to grow at a CAGR of over 7.5% through the analysis time period.

From a regional standpoint, the LATAM antibacterial glass market is slated to witness considerable growth. Increasing adoption for antibacterial glass in the region can be chalked up to a significantly growing demand from hospital applications. The spread of COVID-19 across the region is further stimulating product integration in hospital equipment, which is expected to augment market growth.

The MEA antibacterial glass market is projected to grow with CAGR of more than 4.5% through the forecast timeframe. The region is expected to record this growth owing to rapid product penetration in hospital application industry.