Pressure Sensitive Tapes to 2008

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