Table of Contents

Executive Summary

E.1 Introduction: The Increasing ESD Threat
E.1.1 The End of Moore's Law? Not Yet
E.2 Emerging Opportunities for New Materials in ESD Protection
E.2.1 Opportunities for Conductive Polymers
E.2.2 Opportunities for Carbon Nanotubes
E.2.3 Opportunities for Transparent Conductive Materials
E.3 New Directions and Opportunities for Value-Added ESD Products and Applications
E.4 Firms to Watch in the ESD Products and Materials Space
E.5 Summary of Forecasts for ESD Products and Materials Markets

Chapter One: Introduction

1.1 Background to this Report
1.1.1 ESD Applications and Products
1.1.2 ESD Materials
1.2 Objectives and Scope of this Report
1.3 Methodology of this Report
1.4 Plan of this Report

Chapter Two: ESD Technologies, Materials, and Products

2.1 Overview and Classification of ESD Materials and Products
2.1.1 Conductive vs. Dissipative vs. Antistatic Materials
2.1.2 Antistatic Agents: Internal and External
2.1.3 The ESD/Antistatic Value Chain
2.2 Polymers and Organics for ESD Protection Applications
2.2.1 The "Big Three" Conductive Polymers
2.2.2 Other Conductive Polymers for ESD Applications
2.2.3 Migrating Antistatic Materials
2.2.4 Key Suppliers of Conductive Polymers for ESD/Antistatic Applications
2.3 Transparent Conductive Oxides: Tin Oxide, Zinc Oxide, and ITO
2.3.1 ITO
2.3.2 Tin Oxide
2.3.3 Zinc Oxide
2.4 Metals for ESD Protection Applications
2.4.1 Making Metal a Poor Conductor: Dissipative Strategies for ESD Protection
2.4.2 Metal Nanoparticles and ESD
2.5 Carbon Materials for ESD Protection Applications
2.5.1 Carbon as a Coating or a Fiber
2.5.2 Carbon-Filled Polymers
2.5.3 Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene for ESD Applications
2.6 Intermediate Products: ESD Sheets, Films, Fabrics, etc.
2.7 ESD Packaging
2.7.1 Rigid Packaging
2.7.2 Flexible ESD Bags
2.8 Value-Added ESD Products
2.8.1 Personal Grounding: Straps, Wristbands, Shoes, and Shoe Grounders
2.8.2 Antistatic Mats
2.8.3 Antistatic Clothing: Conventional and for Cleanrooms
2.8.4 Antistatic Furniture
2.8.5 Antistatic Flooring, Carpet, and Floor Waxes
2.9 Other ESD Devices
2.9.1 Antistatic Ionizers and Sprays
2.9.2 ESD Monitoring Equipment
2.10 Key Points Made in this Chapter

Chapter Three: Applications and Markets for ESD Products and Antistatic Coatings

3.1 Introduction: Overview of Markets Requiring ESD Protection
3.1.1 Electronics Manufacturing
3.1.2 Shipping, Transport, and Storage
3.1.3 Other Applications
3.2 Electronics Manufacturing
3.2.1 Cleanroom Requirements
3.2.2 Static Control in the Semiconductor Fab
3.2.3 Static Control for Discrete Components and Assembly
3.2.4 Disk Drives and Ultra Low Static Control
3.3 Electronics Packaging
3.3.1 Shipping and Transport of Wafers
3.3.2 Shipping and Transport of Discrete Components and Circuit Boards
3.4 Data Room Applications
3.4.1 General Environmental Controls
3.4.2 Maintenance Operations
3.5 Glass Treatments
3.5.1 Window Treatments
3.5.2 Displays, Lenses, and Other
3.6 Antistatics as Fire Preventatives
3.6.1 Fuel Systems and Fuel Delivery
3.6.2 Fuel Additives
3.7 Key Points Made in this Chapter

Chapter Four: Eight-Year Forecasts of Antistatic and ESD Materials, Products, and Markets

4.1 Forecasting Methodology
4.1.1 Data Sources
4.1.2 Scope of Forecast
4.1.3 Alternative Scenarios and Other Factors Taken into Consideration
4.2 Forecasts of ESD/Antistatic Materials by Type
4.3 Forecasts of ESD/Antistatic Products by Type
4.3.1 Forecasts of ESD Clothing
4.3.2 Forecasts of ESD Packaging
4.3.3 Forecasts of ESD Flooring
4.3.4 Forecasts of ESD Furniture
4.3.5 Forecasts of ESD Automotive Parts
4.3.6 Forecasts of ESD Glass Coatings
4.4 Eight-Year Forecasts of ESD/Antistatic Markets by End User Type
4.5 Summary of Forecasts
Acronyms and Abbreviations Used in this Report
About the Author

List of Exhibits

Exhibit E-1: Summary Forecast of ESD Products by Product Type, $ Millions
Exhibit E-2: Summary of Eight-Year Forecast of ESD Products by Material Type, $ Millions
Exhibit 4-1: Eight-Year Forecast of ESD Materials by Material Type, $ Millions
Exhibit 4-2: Eight-Year Forecast of ESD Products by Product Type, $ Millions
Exhibit 4-3: Eight-Year Forecast of ESD Clothing Volumes
Exhibit 4-4: Eight-Year Forecast of ESD Clothing by ESD Material Type, $ Millions
Exhibit 4-5: Eight-Year Forecast of ESD Packaging Volumes
Exhibit 4-6: Eight-Year Forecast of ESD Packaging by ESD Material Type, $ Millions
Exhibit 4-7: Eight-Year Forecast of ESD Flooring Volume
Exhibit 4-8: Eight-Year Forecast of ESD Flooring by ESD Material Type, $ Millions
Exhibit 4-9: Eight-Year Forecast of ESD Mats by ESD Material Type, $ Millions
Exhibit 4-10: Eight-Year Forecast of ESD Furniture by ESD Material Type, $ Millions
Exhibit 4-11: Eight-Year Forecast of ESD Parts by ESD Material Type, $ Millions
Exhibit 4-12: Eight-Year Forecast of ESD Coated Glass Products by ESD Material Type, $ Millions
Exhibit 4-13: Eight-Year Forecast of ESD Products by End User Type, $ Millions
Exhibit 4-14: Summary of Eight-Year Forecast of ESD Materials by Material Type, $ Millions
Exhibit 4-15: Summary of Eight-Year Forecast of ESD Products by End User Type, $ Millions