CEH: Liquid Crystal Polymers

Sep 2021. The electronics/electrical industry accounts for more than 80% of global demand for liquid crystal polymers (LCPs). The major markets for LCPs are in connectors for surface-mount technology (SMT connectors) and other electronic device components. Growth is also attributed to the continued expansion of the electrical and electronics industry in electrical packaging. There is increasing consumer and producer demand, as well as a strong outlook for use in ultracompact electronic devices, such as smartphones, laptops/notebooks, and tablets, as well as in electrical device components such as motors, connectors, switches, bobbins, stators, chip carriers, coil forms, sockets, capacitor and protective housings, and printed circuit boards (PCBs). Flexible printed circuit board applications, connectors and antennas in smartphones, and the shift to 5G networks are expected to be the main drivers for liquid crystal polymer consumption in the future.

• Publish Date: 2021-09-15
• Chemical Focus: Polymers and Elastomers
• Number of Pages: 39
• Content Type: Report
• Delivery: Email with link to PDF file

• Global summary; regional coverage
• Producers with annual capacities and plant sites
• Consumption and five-year forecast by end-use application
• Price and production figures and trends
• Trade imports and exports

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• Support competitive analysis, marketing and sales
• Inform merger and acquisition decisions