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Transparent Ceramics Market


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The transparent ceramics market was valued at USD 219.2 Million in 2016 and is projected to reach USD 698.1 Million by 2022, at a CAGR of 21.3% between 2017 and 2022. The growth of the transparent ceramics market is triggered by the increasing used in the defense sector in reconnaissance & sensor windows, night vision systems, windows for laser communications, and so on. These ceramics are also used in electromagnetic (EM) radomes, IR domes, sensor protection, and multi-spectral windows due to their abrasion resistance and excellent thermal stability. Transparent ceramic materials such as sapphire are used in high-speed, infrared-guided missile domes owing to their thermal stability, and mechanical properties

Monocrystalline transparent ceramics is the largest and the fastest growing segment of the transparent ceramics market, in 2016. Monocrystalline transparent ceramics are ideally suitable for applications that require high optical transparency and mechanical strength. Therefore, these are widely used optoelectronics and aerospace, defense & security applications.

Sapphire is the fastest-growing segment, projected to register a CAGR of 24.0% during the forecast period. There is a high potential for sapphire across various industry verticals, such as optoelectronics, energy, aerospace, defense, and security, among others. Sapphire (single crystal aluminum oxide) is primarily used where standard glass and technical ceramics cannot meet the high transparency demand of the specific applications.

Optics & optoelectronics segment dominated the global transparent ceramics market in 2016, due to the increasing use of transparent ceramics, owing to their superior mechanical and optical properties. China is expected to be a major market for the optics & optoelectronics transparent ceramics due to low labor cost and potential high demand for transparent ceramics across various emerging applications.

Asia-Pacific was the largest market of transparent ceramics in 2016, growth of this regional market is driven by the rising demand from electronics and defense industries in major economies such as China and India. Asia-Pacific is also estimated to be the fastest-growing transparent ceramics market. Asia-Pacific accounted for a share of 33.5% of the transparent ceramics market in 2016.

Transparent Ceramics Market

The high cost of certain transparent ceramics will restrain the growth of the transparent ceramics market. Furthermore, the high prices of raw materials increase the cost of these ceramics, and ultimately increase the prices of end products. This has led to end-use industries seeking low-cost substitutes for these materials. These ITOs are applied to screens with physical deposition method to create a thin film that is conductive and transparent. The growing demand in current and emerging markets present new commercialization opportunities for these films in terms of volumes and costs. Thus, manufacturers are trying to develop cheaper alternative to ITOs to make the production of smartphones more economical. Key players operational in the transparent ceramics market include CoorsTek Inc. (U.S.), Surmet Corporation (U.S.), Schott AG (Germany), and II-VI Optical Systems (U.S.), CILAS (France), Brightcrystals Technology Inc. (China), and CeramTec-ETEC GmbH (Germany), among others, have adopted various strategies to increase their market shares. New product launches and acquisitions are some of the key strategies adopted by market players to achieve growth in the transparent ceramics market.

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