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NEW! CAPACITOR FOIL: Global Market Outlook: 2008-2013

Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: Paumanok Publications
Published: September 2008
Product Code: R177-51
Description
Capacitor Foil: Global Market Outlook: 2008-2013 A Global Analysis of Thin Foil Stock and Etched Anode and Cathode Foils Consumed in The Global Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitor Industry With Forecasts To 2013

Market Review and Outlook:

This study addresses the global supply chain for electrolytic foils consumed in capacitors. This is a narrow segment of the overall aluminum market, but is considered a value-added and application specific portion of the supply chain for aluminum metal.

Technical-Economic Forecasting:

The study forecasts demand for thin dielectric aluminum foils used in capacitor anodes and cathodes to 2013 based upon consumption in various types and configurations of aluminum capacitors. The study also addresses the competitive nature of aluminum as a dielectric when compared with competing technologies.

Key Findings:

The study addresses key issues that will face the industry between 2008 and 2013, including the impact of raw material price increases on capacitor manufacturers, and how competition for aluminum from multiple industries and regions will continue to impact the cost of goods sold in the capacitor industry over time. The study also addresses these topics-

Critical Sections of The Report:

Forecasted price increases for thin aluminum foil 2008-2013
Forecasted value and volume increases for etched anode and cathode foils: 2008-2013.
Trends in Thin Foil Production
Trends in Captive Etching of Foil
Trends in Capacitor Production
Competitive Environment in Foil Supply to The Capacitor Industry.
Market forecasts for aluminum foil consumption in the capacitor industry: 2008-2013

Who Should Buy This Report?

This study should be used as a guide by the aluminum foil supply chain to manage the changes in the market as they occur
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION:

SUMMARY OF KEY FINDINGS:

MARKET SIZE.

CAPTIVE AND MERCHANT MARKETS FOR FOIL.

THIN FOIL PRICING TRENDS

DEMAND TREND

STATUS OF THE ALUMINUM CAPACITOR INDUSTRY: 2008

ALUMINUM CAPACITORS FOR DIGITAL ELECTRONICS: 2008-2013

ALUMINUM CAPACITORS FOR POWER AND INDUSTRIAL

ELECTRONICS: 2008-2013

COSTS OF FOIL IMPACTING MANUFACTURERS OF CAPACITORS

INDUSTRY CONSOLIDATION IN THE FOIL SUPPLY CHAIN

CHINA BECOMES MORE OF A GLOBAL PLAYER IN CAPACITOR

FOILS

ALUMINUM ELECTROLYTIC: COMPLETE SUPPLY CHAIN IN CHINA

VERTICAL INTEGRATION TREND

NEW INVESTMENTS

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: CAPACITOR FOILS: GLOBAL MARKETS: 2008-2013

SUPPLY CHAIN FOR CAPACITOR FOILS: 2008

Global Supply Chain for Aluminum Foil Used in

Electrolytic Capacitors: 2008

ALUMINUM CAPACITOR PRODUCTION VOLUMES BY TYPE: 2008

RAW MATERIAL PRICES IMPACTING CAPACITOR PRODUCTION: 2008

THE GRANDER CONCEPT: COMPETITION FOR ALUMINUM 2008-2013

PRICE INCREASES FOR ALTERNATIVE AND COMPETITIVE

ELECTROLYTIC METALS

TRENDS IN THIN ALUMINUM SHEET: 2008-2013

Thinner, More Mechanically Robust Foils

TRENDS IN ETCHED ANODE AND CATHODE FOIL

DEVELOPMENT: 2008-2013

CAPTIVE VERSUS MERCHANT MARKETS: 2008-2013

CAPACITOR CUSTOMERS (ALUMINUM): 2008

STUDY CONCLUSIONS: 2008-2013

TEN-YEAR ALUMINUM PRICING TREND: 1997-2008

IMPACT OF RISING ALUMINUM COSTS & IMPACT ON THE

ALUMINUM ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR INDUSTRY: 2009-2011

TEARDOWN OF MATERIALS CONTENT OF AN ALUMINUM

CAPACITOR: 2008

ALUMINUM RAW MATERIAL MARKETS: 2008

TOP PRODUCING BAUXITE MINES: 2008

TOP COMPANIES COMPETING IN THE PRODUCTION OF BAUXITE: 2008

GLOBAL ALUMINA PRODUCTION: 2008

Aluminum Process Materials Pricing: Why Prices are

Rising

COST CONTRIBUTORS TO THE PRICE OF ALUMINUM SMELTING: 2008

ALCOA ON COSTS TO PRODUCE: 2008 2Q

CAUSTIC SODA PRICE COMPARISON: 1H 2007 VERSUS 1H 2008

CALCINED COKE PRICE COMPARISON: 1H 2007 VERSUS 1H 2008

COMPETITION FOR ALUMINUM BETWEEN INDUSTRIES: 2008

TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY: 2008

CONSTRUCTION MARKET: 2008

ALUMINUM DEMAND OUTLOOK BY WORLD REGION: 2008-2017

DEMAND FROM THE AIRCRAFT INDUSTRY: 2009-2011

DEMAND FROM THE POWER INFRASTRUCTURE MARKETS

ALUMINUM SMELTERS NOTE INSUFFICIENT POWER

GENERATION NOW WILL DRIVE DEMAND FOR ALUMINUM IN THE FUTURE.

DEMAND FOR NEW TURBINE BLADES TO 2011

GLOBAL OIL RIG COUNTS TO 2011

NEW ALUMINUM RESOURCES TO MINES: 2017

OUTLOOK FOR ALUMINUM PRICING

Aluminum Prices Driven by High Energy Costs: 2008-

2013

Google Search Excerpts for Aluminum Prices in July of

2008

SUPPLY CHAIN FOR ALUMINUM CAPACITORS: MINES TO ANODES

RECOVERY, CRUSHING, AND GRINDING.

Settling

Precipitation

Calcination

Smelting

Energy Costs

CAPACITOR FOILS: TECHNICAL-ECONOMICS

Construction

Thin Aluminum Foil Suppliers

Aluminum Foil Etchers

Etched Foil Pricing

Competitive Advantage of In-House Etching of Aluminum

Foils

IMPORTANCE OF ALUMINUM CAPACITORS IN THE HIGH TECH ECONOMY: 2008-2013

CAPACITANCE RANGE

VOLTAGE RATING

CIRCUIT APPLICATIONS

COMPONENT CONFIGURATIONS

CONSTRUCTION METHODS

RAW MATERIAL COSTS & COMPARISON

VOLATILITY OF THE SUPPLY CHAIN IN

COMPETITIVE TECHNOLOGIES

ALUMINUM CAPACITOR RAW

MATERIALS NETWORK

CAPACITOR FOIL SUPPLY TO THE ALUMINUM ELECTROLYTIC

CAPACITOR INDUSTRY: 2008-2013

THIN ALUMINUM FOIL (POROUS & SOLID CORE)

Purity Level Requirements

Price of Thin Foil and How It Is

Sold

Thin Aluminum Foil Shipments to

the Electrolytic Capacitor

Industry: 2008-2013

THIN ALUMINUM FOIL SUPPLIERS

Japan

Europe

Americas

ETCHING OF THIN ALUMINUM FOIL

Cost to Etch Anode and Cathode

Foils

In-House Etching at the Capacitor

Houses: 2008

POROUS VS. SOLID-CORE FOIL

MARKETS

Variations on Foil Sales

GLOBAL THIN HIGH-PURITY FOIL

CONSUMPTION: 2008

Thin Foil Stock for Capacitors:

Global Value, Volume, and

Pricing

ALUMINUM FOIL ETCHERS

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE OF INHOUSE

ETCHING OF ALUMINUM

FOILS

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES IN FOIL

ANODIZATION

ALUMINUM FOIL PROCESSING

CONSIDERATIONS

CATHODE FOILS (THE NEGATIVE CONNECTION)

Cathode Foils and Their

Thicknesses

ANODE FOILS (THE POSITIVE CONNECTION)

Anode Foils and Their

Thicknesses

ETCHED FOIL PRICING.

Anode Foils Pricing per Square

Meter and Pound:

Cathode Foils Pricing per Square

Meter and Pound:

FOIL PRICING TREND: 1997-2008;

FORECASTS TO 2013

VALUE OF GLOBAL SHIPMENTS FOR

ETCHED ANODE AND CATHODE FOILS:

2008

THE ELECTROLYTIC FOIL MARKET

OUTLOOK SUMMARY: 2008-2013

ALUMINUM ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITORS: GLOBAL MARKET STRUCTURE: 2008

ALUMINUM CAPACITORS

Aluminum Capacitor Types

Aluminum Capacitor

Configurations

ALUMINUM CAPACITOR MARKET

VALUE AND VOLUME: 2008

Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors:

Top Manufacturers 2008

ALUMINUM CAPACITOR

CONSUMPTION BY END-USE MARKET

SEGMENT: 2008

Consumer A/V Markets

Computers/Peripherals

Industrial Electronics

Automotive Markets

Telecom

Specialty

WORLDWIDE CONSUMPTION OF

ALUMINUM ELECTROLYTIC

CAPACITORS BY CAPACITANCE VALUE:

2008

WORLDWIDE CONSUMPTION OF

ALUMINUM ELECTROLYTIC

CAPACITORS BY VOLTAGE RATING:

2008

MARKETS FOR ALUMINUM

CAPACITORS BY CAPACITANCE AND

VOLTAGE RATING

COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT IN CAPACITOR FOILS: 2008

TOTAL SUPPLY OF ETCHED ANODE

AND CATHODE FOILS TO THE

CAPACITOR INDUSTRY: 2008 MARKET

SHARES

MERCHANT MARKET SUPPLIERS OF

ETCHED ANODE AND CATHODE FOILS

TO THE CAPACITOR INDUSTRY:

CAPACITOR FOILS: GLOBAL FORECAST SUMMARY: 2008-2013

PRICE FORECAST FOR ETCHED

ALUMINUM FOILS FOR THE CAPACITOR

INDUSTRY: 2008-2013

VALUE FORECAST FOR ETCHED

ALUMINUM FOILS FOR THE CAPACITOR

INDUSTRY: 2008-2013

DIRECTORY OF RESOURCES: 2008

MANUFACTURERS OF THIN ALUMINUM FOIL

JW Aluminum

Nippon Light Metal Co. Ltd. (Toyo

Aluminum KK)

NLM-Toyo Aluminum KK

Norandal USA, Inc.

Rio Tinto Alcan - Pechiney CRV

(Sells Mercus and Closes Froges)

Alcoa Specialty Products

Huayi Aluminium Co., Ltd.

Shin-Etsu Film Company Limited

Showa Denko K.K.

Showa Denko Sakai Aluminum

K.K. (SSK)

Southwest Aluminum China

. Sumitomo Light Metal Ind. Ltd.

Zhaoqing Hua Feng Electronic

Aluminum Foil Co., Ltd.

MERCHANT MANUFACTURER OF ETCHED ALUMINUM FOILS

Almeco SPA

Alcan Packaging Singen GmbH

. Aluko Co, Ltd.

Arora Technologies, Inc.

Becromal Spa

Japan Capacitor Industrial

Company Limited (JCC)

KDK Corporation

GARMCO-Republic Foil

Joinworld Co., Ltd

Lidun Electronic Technology Co.,

Ltd.

United Technology Group

. Sanhe Electronics Co., Ltd.

. Weihao Aluminum Co., Ltd.

CAPTIVE MANUFACTURERS OF ETCHED CAPACITOR FOILS

BCComponents (Vishay)

Man Yue Electronics Company

Limited

Hitachi AIC Capacitor Foils

Luxon Electronics

Nichicon Corporation

Nippon Chemi-Con Corporation

Panasonic Electronic Devices Co.,

Ltd.

Panasonic (ACOM)

Rubycon Corporation

Rubycon—Shin-Ei Capacitor Foil

. Inc.

Samwha Capacitor (JCC Korea

JV)

Haimen Sancon Electronics Co.,

LTD

Yangzhou Shengda Group

Shine Top Electronics

Corporation

CAPACITOR FOIL: Global Market Outlook:

2008-2013
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