NanoMarkets
has published a new report titled "Smart Glass in the Automotive
Sector - 2013."
Glen
Allen, Virginia - December 5, 2012 -- Industry analyst firm
NanoMarkets
has published a new report titled "Smart Glass in the Automotive
Sector - 2013." This report projects that revenues from smart
glass and related coatings sold to the automotive sector will reach
$3.5 billion by 2018.
Additional
details about the report are available at
http://nanomarkets.net/market_reports/report/smart_glass_in_the_automotive_sector_2013.
This
report provides an in-depth analysis of the worldwide automotive
smart glass market, covering self-tinting, self-cleaning,
self-healing and device-embedded glass. Eight-year revenue forecasts
are included with break outs by type of materials, functionality and
the applications within the vehicle in which smart glass is used. The
smart glass applications covered are windshields, mirrors, sunroofs,
other automotive windows and dashboards.
The
companies discussed in this report include: 3M, American Glass,
Apple, ASG, AutoGlass, Balcony Systems, BASF, Bayer, Cardinal,
Carlex, ChromoGenics, Corning, Dow Chemical, Gentex, Guardian,
Hitachi, Hypho Technology, NeoView Kolon, Nissan, NSG/Pilkington,
Pleotint, RavenBrick, Research Frontiers, Saint-Gobain, Samsung,
Solutia/Eastman, Sage, and others. The report also discusses adoption
strategies for smart glass by the major automobile and light truck
companies.
More
from the report:
NanoMarkets'
bullish view of automotive smart glass is fostered by the fact that
smart glass is used to promote safety, style and fuel economy;
exactly the factors that have led to new technology deployment in the
automotive sector for decades. Today, dimmable mirrors are the only
automotive application that uses large amounts of smart glass; they
currently account for well over $450 million in annual smart glass
consumption. However, novel coatings based on nanomaterials and
biomaterials will emerge that will bring self-cleaning and
self-repairing glass up to performance levels suitable for use in
automotive applications.
Windshield
glass usage in individual vehicles continues to increase as does the
number of models with large areas of roof glass. Glass is also
important to the worldwide trend towards smaller vehicles; greater
use of glass generates an impression of light and space. This
presents the smart glass suppliers with a growing addressable market,
despite the automotive market being in the doldrums. Some small
vehicles now have as many as 15 glazed apertures, many fundamental to
the overall appearance of the vehicle.
The
windshield should be the main target for automotive smart glass
suppliers over the next decade and NanoMarkets expects the windshield
aperture to consume $1.3 billion in smart glass products by 2018.
Smart glass efforts are leading to such concepts as the wiperless
windshield, the smart solar windshield and the self-repairing
windshield.
Smart
glass sales for automotive information systems are also likely to
grow fast. Such systems already use touch-screen technology with a
large-area touch sensor embedded in the top glass. In the future we
will see more glass-embedded sensors that turn on lights or wipers as
outside conditions vary. Augmented displays for navigation purposes
will also require smart glass in both windshields and instrument
panels; windshields will have to be treated with a reflective coating
on one side and an anti-reflective coating on the other for data to
be projected onto the dashboard. Sales of smart glass for
device-embedded applications such as these will generate $710 million
by 2018.
About
NanoMarkets:
NanoMarkets
tracks and analyzes emerging markets in energy, electronics and other
areas created by developments in advanced materials. The firm is the
recognized leader in industry analysis and forecasts for the windows
and glass industry and has published reports on a variety of smart
glass.
Visit
http://www.nanomarkets.net
for a full listing of NanoMarkets' reports and other services.
Media
Contact:
Robert
Nolan
NanoMarkets,
LC
PO
BOX 3840
Glen
Allen, VA 23058
(804)
938-0030
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