About Cover Glass
Cover glass is thin, lightweight glass material often used in the displays of portable electronic devices such as all-in-one (AIO) PCs, smartphones, tablets, and portable navigation devices. Cover glass manufacturers focus on incorporating features like durability, scratch resistance, and damage resistance to gain a competitive advantage in the market. Display device manufacturers attach high significance to cover glass in order to enhance touchscreen sensitivity and increase durability.
The cover glass manufacturing process is labor intensive, as the scope for automation is minimal. The yield rates highly depend on the skill and experience of manufacturers in the industry. During the production of cover glass, the required raw materials, temperature, and time of salt bath (used for the strengthening of glass) are decided. Following this process, cover glass undergoes reinforcement impregnation for physical processing, which involves grinding, cutting, and polishing.
Technavio’s analysts forecast the global cover glass market to grow at a CAGR of 11.11% during the period 2016-2020.
Covered in this report
The report covers the present scenario and the growth prospects of the global cover glass market during 2016-2020. To calculate the market size, the report considers total device shipments from the following application segments:
• Smartphones
• Tablets
• Others (including portable navigation devices, LCDs, PC notebooks, all-in-one PCs)
The market is divided into the following segments based on geography:
• Americas
• APAC
• EMEA
Technavio's report, Global Cover Glass Market 2016-2020, has been prepared based on an in-depth market analysis with inputs from industry experts. The report covers the market landscape and its growth prospects over the coming years. The report also includes a discussion of the key vendors operating in this market.
Key vendors
• Asahi Glass
• Corning
• Nippon Electric Glass
• Schott
Market driver
• Increased adoption of smartphones
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Market challenge
• High cost of production
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Market trend
• Increasing collaborations
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Key questions answered in this report
• What will the market size be in 2020 and what will the growth rate be?
• What are the key market trends?
• What is driving this market?
• What are the challenges to market growth?
• Who are the key vendors in this market space?
• What are the market opportunities and threats faced by the key vendors?
• What are the strengths and weaknesses of the key vendors?
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PART 01: Executive summary
• Highlights
PART 02: Scope of the report
• Market overview
• Top-vendor offerings
PART 03: Market research methodology
• Research methodology
• Economic indicators
PART 04: Introduction
• Key market highlights
PART 05: Market landscape
• Market overview
• Market size and forecast
• Five forces analysis
PART 06: Application segmentation
• Cover glass market for smartphones
• Cover glass market for tablets
• Cover glass market for others
PART 07: Geographical segmentation
Overview
Cover glass market in APAC
Cover glass market in Americas
Cover glass market in EMEA
PART 08: Market drivers
• Increased adoption of smartphones
• Rising demand for tablets
• Increased adoption of cover glass in high-performance displays
PART 09: Impact of drivers
PART 10: Market challenges
• High cost of production
• Intense competition in the computing devices segment
• Fluctuating exchange rates
PART 11: Impact of drivers and challenges
PART 12: Market trends
• Increasing collaborations
• Development of new variants
• Short replacement cycle of portable electronic devices
PART 13: Future outlook
• Present scenario
• Future scenario
PART 14: Buying behavior
PART 15: Vendor landscape
• Competitive scenario
PART 16: Appendix
• List of abbreviations
PART 17: Explore Technavio
List of Exhibits
Exhibit 01: Major countries covered
Exhibit 02: Product offerings
Exhibit 03: Manufacturing process
Exhibit 04: Action framework
Exhibit 05: Touchscreen by technology
Exhibit 06: Segmentation of touchscreen by technology
Exhibit 07: Capacitive touchscreen versus resistive touchscreen
Exhibit 08: Touchscreen market outlook for cover glass
Exhibit 09: Mainstream and emerging touchscreen technologies
Exhibit 10: Global cover glass market 2015-2020 (billions of units)
Exhibit 11: Global TFT LCD display market segmentation by type 2015
Exhibit 12: Five forces analysis
Exhibit 13: Application segmentation of global cover glass market 2015-2020
Exhibit 14: Application segmentation of global cover glass market 2015-2020 ($ billion)
Exhibit 15: Glover cover glass market for smartphones ($ billion)
Exhibit 16: Smartphone penetration
Exhibit 17: Smartphone bill of materials (% of cost)
Exhibit 18: User penetration by screen size
Exhibit 19: Key leading countries
Exhibit 20: Glover cover glass market for tablets ($ billion)
Exhibit 21: Tablet penetration
Exhibit 22: Glover cover glass market for tablets ($ billion)
Exhibit 23: CAGR comparison for application segments
Exhibit 24: Geographical segmentation of global cover glass market 2015-2020
Exhibit 25: Geographical segmentation of global cover glass market 2015-2020 ($ billion)
Exhibit 26: Glover cover glass market in APAC ($ billion)
Exhibit 27: Mobile Internet access penetration 2015
Exhibit 28: Glover cover glass market in Americas ($ billion)
Exhibit 29: Glover cover glass market in EMEA ($ billion)
Exhibit 30: CAGR comparison
Exhibit 31: Impact of drivers
Exhibit 32: Impact of drivers and challenges
Exhibit 33: Product life cycle for devices with cover glass
Exhibit 34: Emerging applications for touchscreens
Exhibit 35: Vendor selection parameters
Exhibit 36: Unique features to be added to cover glass over forecast period
