Pressure Sensitive Tapes to 2008

SUMMARY

This study analyzes the US pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) tape industry.Products covered include single- and double-sided tapes with plastic film,paper, cloth, rubber and other backings (e.g., plastic foam, glass cloth, foiland nonwoven materials), as well as unbacked adhesive transfer tapes. Trends inraw material use are also presented. Excluded from the scope of the study aretapes where the adhesives must be activated by water, solvent or heat (e.g.,gummed and heat-activated); related pressure sensitive items such as adhesivebandages, transdermal patches and protective films; and pressure sensitivelabels.

Historical data for 1993, 1998 and 2003, and forecasts to the years 2008 and2013 are provided for aggregate pressure sensitive tape shipments in bothcurrent dollars (including inflation) and square meters. Historical data andforecasts for tape shipments by primary backing material and construction type(i.e., single- and double-sided) and tape sales by product and market arepresented in current dollars. Data on raw material use in pressure sensitivetapes are given in pounds.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

II. MARKET ENVIRONMENT

• General 4
• Macroeconomic Outlook 5
• Demographic & Household Trends 8
• Consumer Income & Spending Patterns 11
• Manufacturing Outlook 13
• Disposable Hygiene Product Outlook 16
• Packaging & Shipping Outlook 18
• Business Establishment Trends 20
• Construction Trends 22
• Paint & Coating Supply & Demand 24
• National Health Expenditures 26
• Pricing Trends 29
• Historical Market Trends 30
• Competitive Sealing Trends 32
• Environmental & Regulatory Issues 35
• World Markets 37
• US Foreign Trade 40

III. RAW MATERIALS

• General 42
• Backings 43
• Plastic Film 45
• Polypropylene Film 46
• Polyvinyl Chloride Film 48
• Other Plastic Films 50
• Paper 54
• Other Materials 56
• Adhesives 59
• Elastomeric 60
• Styrenic Block Copolymers 62
• Other 63
• Acrylic & Other 65
• Suppliers 67
• Other Materials 67

IV. TYPES

• Supply & Demand 70
• Tape by Material & Construction 71
• Plastic Film 76
• Types 78
• Applications 84
• Producers 85
• Paper 86
• Types 87
• Applications 88
• Producers 89
• Other 89
• Cloth 90
• Rubber 93
• All Other 94

V. PRODUCTS

• General 100
• Single-Sided Tape 101
• Carton Sealing Tapes 104
• Masking Tapes 106
• Medical Tapes 108
• Transparent Tapes 110
• Strapping & Bundling Tapes 112
• Duct Tape 115
• Electrical Tapes 117
• Electronic Tapes 119
• Other Single-Sided Tapes 121
• Double-Sided Tapes 122
• Backed Double-Sided Tapes 124
• Adhesive Transfer 127

VI. MARKETS

• General 131
• Manufacturing 134
• Packaging 137
• Disposable Hygiene 138
• Electronics 140
• Other 143
• Construction 145
• Institutional 150
• Consumer 153
• Other 157

VII. INDUSTRY STRUCTURE

• General 159
• Market Leaders & Competitive Strategies 163
• 3M 164
• Intertape Polymer Group 166
• Tyco International 167
• Shurtape 168
• Avery Dennison 168
• Beiersdorf 169
• Nitto Denko 169
• Mergers & Acquisitions 170
• Cooperative Agreements 172
• Research & Development 173
• Manufacturing 176
• Marketing & Distribution 177
• Manufacturing & Institutional 179
• Consumer, Office & Other 180
• Company Profiles 180
• ABI Tape Products, see American Biltrite
• Adhesive Applications Incorporated, see October Company
• Adhesives Research Incorporated 182
• American Biltrite Incorporated 184
• Arizona Chemical Company, see International Paper
• Ashland Incorporated 186
• Avery Dennison Corporation 187
• Beiersdorf AG 189
• Bemis Company Incorporated 194
• Brady Corporation 197
• Bridgestone Corporation 198
• Brite-Line Technologies Incorporated, see Plymouth
• Rubber Company
• BSN medical GmbH & Company KG, see Beiersdorf AG
• and Smith & Nephew plc
• Carlisle Companies Incorporated 199
• Chase Corporation 200
• Compac Corporation, see TriMas Corporation
• Dielectric Polymers Incorporated, see October Company
• DuPont (EI) de Nemours 203
• Elliott Group International 205
• Ethicon Incorporated, see Johnson & Johnson
• FiberMark Incorporated 206
• Firestone Building Products Company, see Bridgestone
• FLEXcon Corporation 207
• GenFlex Roofing Systems, see OMNOVA Solutions
• Henkel KGaA 209
• HumiSeal, see Chase Corporation
• Ideal Tape Company Incorporated, see American Biltrite
• Illinois Tool Works Incorporated 212
• International Paper Company 214
• Intertape Polymer Group Incorporated 216
• ITW Alma, see Illinois Tool Works Incorporated
• Johnson & Johnson 220
• Kendall Company, see Tyco International Limited
• Kimberly-Clark Corporation 222
• Lohmann GmbH & Company KG 224
• Loparex Incorporated, see UPM-Kymmene
• Ludlow Tape, see Tyco International Limited
• MACtac, see Bemis Company Incorporated
• Morgan Adhesives Company, see Bemis Company
• Nitto Denko Corporation 226
• October Company Incorporated 229
• OMNOVA Solutions Incorporated 231
• Permacel, see Nitto Denko Corporation
• Plymouth Rubber Company Incorporated 233
• Royston Laboratories, see Chase Corporation
• RPM International Incorporated 235
• Saint-Gobain 237
• Scapa Group plc 239
• Sekisui Chemical Company Limited 242
• Shurtape Technologies Incorporated 244
• Signode Packaging Systems, see Illinois Tool Works
• Smith & Nephew plc 246
• Stik-II Products Incorporated, see October Company
• Tapecoat Company, see Chase Corporation
• Tapemark Company 248
• tesa tape incorporated, see Beiersdorf AG
• 3M Company 249
• Tremco Incorporated, see RPM International
• TriMas Corporation 255
• Tyco International Limited 257
• UPM-Kymmene Corporation 262
• Venture Tape Corporation 264
• Voltek, see Sekisui Chemical Company Limited
• Other Companies Mentioned in Study 267

LIST OF TABLES

SECTION I - EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

SECTION II - MARKET ENVIRONMENT

• 1 Macroeconomic Indicators 7
• 2 Demographic & Household Trends 11
• 3 Consumer Income & Spending Trends 13
• 4 Manufacturers・Shipments 15
• 5 Disposable Hygiene Product Demand 18
• 6 Packaging Outlook 20
• 7 Business Establishment Trends 21
• 8 Construction Expenditures 24
• 9 Paint & Coating Supply & Demand 25
• 10 National Health Expenditures 28
• 11 Pressure Sensitive Tape Pricing Trends 30
• 12 Pressure Sensitive Tape Market Trends, 1993-2003 31
• 13 US Foreign Trade in Pressure Sensitive Tapes 41

SECTION III - RAW MATERIALS

• 1 Raw Material Demand in Pressure Sensitive Tapes 43
• 2 Backing Material Demand in Pressure Sensitive Tapes 44
• 3 Plastic Film Backing Demand in Pressure Sensitive Tapes 46
• 4 Polypropylene Film Demand in Pressure Sensitive Tapes 48
• 5 Polyvinyl Chloride Film Demand in Pressure Sensitive Tapes 50
• 6 Other Plastic Film Backing Demand in Pressure Sensitive Tapes 54
• 7 Paper Backing Demand in Pressure Sensitive Tapes 56
• 8 Other Backing Material Demand in Pressure Sensitive Tapes 58
• 9 Adhesives Demand in Pressure Sensitive Tapes 60
• 10 Elastomeric Adhesives Demand in Pressure Sensitive Tapes 62
• 11 Acrylic & Other Adhesives Demand in Pressure Sensitive Tapes 66
• 12 Other Raw Material Demand in Pressure Sensitive Tapes 69

SECTION IV - TYPES

• 1 PSA Tape Supply & Demand 71
• 2 Tape Shipments by Material & Construction 75
• 3 Plastic Film PSA Tape Shipments by Resin & Construction 78
• 4 Paper PSA Tape Shipments by Construction 87
• 5 Other Tape Shipments by Material & Construction 90
• 6 Cloth PSA Tape Shipments by Construction 92
• 7 Rubber PSA Tape Shipments 94
• 8 Other PSA Tape Shipments by Construction 95

SECTION V - PRODUCTS

• 1 PSA Tape Sales by Product 101
• 2 Single-Sided Tape Sales 103
• 3 Carton Sealing PSA Tape Sales 106
• 4 Masking Tape Sales by Application 108
• 5 Medical Tape Sales 110
• 6 Transparent Tape Sales 112
• 7 Strapping & Bundling Tape Sales 114
• 8 Duct Tape Sales 117
• 9 Electrical Tape Sales 119
• 10 Electronic Tape Sales 120
• 11 Other Single-Sided Tape Sales 121
• 12 Double-Sided Tape Sales by Type 124
• 13 Backed Double-Sided Tape Sales 127
• 14 Adhesive Transfer Tape Sales 130

SECTION VI - MARKETS

• 1 Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Market 133
• 2 Manufacturing Market For PSA Tapes
• by Product, Application & Material 136
• 3 Construction Market for Tape by Product & Material 150
• 4 Institutional Market for Tape by Application & Material 153
• 5 Consumer Market for Tape by Product & Material 156
• 6 Other Markets for Tape by Material 158

SECTION VII - INDUSTRY STRUCTURE

• 1 US Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Company, 2003 162
• 2 Selected Acquisitions & Divestitures 172
• 3 Selected Cooperative Agreements 173

SECTION II - MARKET ENVIRONMENT

• 1 Pressure Sensitive Tape Market Trends, 1993-2003 32
• 2 World Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Region, 2003 39

SECTION III - RAW MATERIALS

• 1 Backing Material Demand in PSA Tapes, 2003 45

SECTION V - PRODUCTS

• 1 Single-Sided Tape Sales by Product, 2003 104

SECTION VI - MARKETS

• 1 Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Market, 2003 133

SECTION VII - INDUSTRY STRUCTURE

• 1 US Pressure Sensitive Tape Market Share, 2003 164