This report is a revised version of our silver ink report, published in April
2008. In it we have reassessed the market for conductive silver inks in the
light of the current economic conditions. This study contains completely
updated forecasts that take account of likely fluctuations in silver prices
and their impact on the price of silver inks and the demand for silver ink
alternatives. We have also considered how changing energy prices will impact
the need for printed silver in the photovoltaics sector and lighting sectors,
and how recessionary and inflationary business environments will change the
need for silver inks in consumer electronics and RFID. In addition, the
revised report contains sections on the future investment environment and our
assessment of what the 2009 market for silver inks will look like. Finally,
where appropriate we have adjusted profiles of leading ink suppliers to
reflect the latest product and financial announcements.
Table of Contents
Executive Summary
E.1 Emerging Opportunities in Silver Inks for Printed Electronics
E.1.1 Silver and the New Printed Electronics
E.1.2 Market Positioning for Silver Inks
E.1.3 Applications for Silver Inks in PE
E.1.4 Silver Costs as a Challenge for the Silver Ink Business
E.2 Firms and Strategies to Watch
E.2.1 Silver Inks and the Traditional Electronic Materials Industry
E.2.2 Novel Silver Inks and the Future of Printed Electronics
E.2.3 Notes on Asia
E.2.4 Silver Inks and Integrators
E.3 Summary of Forecasts
Chapter One: Introduction
1.1 Background to Report
1.1.1 Printed Silver Market Evolution
1.1.2 Printed Silver: New Concerns and New Opportunities
1.2 Objectives and Scope of this Report
1.3 Methodology of this Report
1.4 Plan of this Report
Chapter Two: Evolution of Silver Ink Technology
2.1 Introduction
2.1.1 Changes in the Past Year
2.1.2 Impact of Silver Industry Trends and the Price of Silver
2.2 Ink Formulations: Nano
2.2.1 Nanosilver Inks
2.2.2 Impact of Nanomaterials on Curing Times and Temperatures
2.2.3 Impact of Nanomaterials on Conductivity
2.3 Pure Silver Inks and Hybrid Inks
2.3.1 Inks of Pure Silver
2.3.2 Silver + Palladium
2.3.3 Silver + Carbon
2.3.4 Thoughts on Copper and Copper + Silver
2.4 New Developments in Processing and Printing
2.4.1 Processing Trends
2.4.2 The Rise of Flexo and Gravure
2.4.3 More Thoughts on Ink-jet
2.5 Safety and Environmental Concerns with Silver
2.5.1 Regulation of Nanosilver
2.6 Key Points Made In this Chapter
Chapter Three: Strategies of Silver Ink Suppliers
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Advanced Nano Products (ANP)
3.2.1 Silver Inks and Pastes Offered
3.3 Cabot
3.4 Cima NanoTech
3.4.1 Product Strategy
3.5 Creative Materials
Source: Creative Materials
3.6 DuPont
3.6.1 DuPont' s Thick-film Ink Business
3.6.2 DuPont and Silver Inks
3.6.3 Future Directions
3.7 Ferro
3.8 Five Star Technologies
3.8.1 Company Goals, Capabilities and Investors
3.8.2 Products
3.9 Harima Chemical
3.10 InkTec
3.11 NanoDynamics
3.11.1 Company Overview
3.11.2 ND Materials: Silver Ink Products
3.12 NanoGram
3.13 NanoMas
3.13.1 Company Overview
3.13.2 Technology and Products
3.14 National Starch (Henkel Electronics)
3.15 NovaCentrix
3.15.1 Metalon Silver Products
3.16 Parelec
3.16.1 Company Background
3.16.2 Parmod Silver Inks
3.17 PChem Associates
3.18 Sigma Technologies
3.19 Sun Chemical
Chapter Four: Applications and Forecasts
4.1 Introduction: Forecasting Methodology
4.1.1 How Much Confidence Should You Have In these Forecasts?
4.1.2 A Note on Conventional Inks and Ink-jet Printing
4.2 Traditional Thick-film Applications for Silver Conductive Inks
