Beijing, China -- (SBWIRE) -- 08/18/2010 -- In PCB industry in 2009, the output value of flexible printed circuit board (FPC) dropped least in percentage, mainly due to a bit fall in FPC market. Entering 2010, FPC industry grows further, which is driven by the demand from smart phones, e-books, LED panels and notebook computers. Actually, any thin and small electronic product has strong demand for FPC.

Smart phone have more functions, including touch screen, GPS, and WLAN, etc. Meanwhile, a variety of special sensors have been added, such as acceleration sensors, inclination sensors, gyroscopes, magnetic sensors, pressure sensor. These additional functions are integrated in modules, which must be linked by FPC or Flex-Rigid Boards. Moreover, antennas, batteries, speakers should also be connected by FPC or Flex-Rigid Boards out of consideration for internal layout and cubage. Although it is a bar phone, iPhone employs 10 to 15 pieces of FPC, doubling the need of 5 to 7 for general cell phones.

E-book market grows rapidly. The shipment of global e-book market reached about 1 million in 2008 and 3.82 million in 2009, and it is expected to record 9.3 million in 2010. A common e-book requires 5 to 12 pieces of FPC. Apple's IPAD uses about 16 pieces or so, which greatly spurs the demand for FPC.

The drive of notebook computer for FPC can be presented in two respects. First, the revolving shaft of laptop partially exerts FPC. Second, Win7 system supports touch screen which needs to be connected by FPC. LED panel is primarily the LED light bar and mostly equipped with FPC. LED witnessed explosive growth in 2009 and 2010.

Still, Japan holds more than 50% shares of the entire FPC industry inasmuch as the general fields to which FPC gets applied, mainly hard drives, optical drives, digital cameras, DV and vehicle use, are controlled by Japanese manufacturers, and they also firmly occupy the upstream, with complete industry chains. South Korean FPC companies converge in mobile phone sector and Taiwanese FPC counterparts in cell phone and notebook computer, while American FPC vendors focus upon mobile phones and printers.

Table of Contents
1 FPC
1.1 Brief Introduction
1.2 Single-side FPC
1.3 Double-side FPC, Multi-layer and Others
1.4 Fabrication Flow

2 FPC Market
2.1 Market Size
2.2 Application in Computer Market
2.2.1 Hard Disk Industry
2.2.2 Hard Disk Market
2.2.3 CD-ROM Drive Market
2.2.4 CD-ROM Drive Industry
2.2.5 Printer (Including MFP)
2.3 Digital Camera
2.3.1 Market
2.3.2 Industry
2.4 LED Backlight Module
2.4.1 LED Laptop Backlight Module
2.4.2 LED TV
2.4.3 LED LCD
2.5 Cell Phone
2.5.1 Mobile FPC Market
2.5.2 Mobile Market
2.5.3 Smart Phone Market & Industry
2.6 Touch Panel
2.7 Laptop
2.8 E-Book

3 FPC Industry
3.1 Industry Chain
3.2 FCCL
3.3 PI Film Development
3.4 FPC Industry by Region
3.5 FPC Client Supply Relationship
3.6 Rank of FPC Industry

4 FPC Vendors
4.1 FUJIKURA
4.1.1 FUJIKURA (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
4.1.2 FUJIKURA (Wuxi) Co., Ltd.
4.2 Mektron
4.2.1 Zixiang Electronic Technology Co., Ltd (Zhuhai)
4.2.2 Zixiang Electronic Technology Co., Ltd (Suzhou)
4.3 Nitto Denko
4.4 Sony Chemical
4.5 M-FLEX
4.6 Flexium
4.7 Career Technology
4.8 Sunflex
4.9 Zhuhai Topsun
4.10 AKM Electronics
4.11 Jingchengda Tech
4.12 Kinwong
4.13 Kintech (Zhuhai)
4.14 Jiazhihong Electronic
4.15 Three Golds Precise
4.16 Global Flex
4.17 New Flex
4.18 Sumitomo Bakelite
4.19 Parlex
4.20 SI Flex
4.21 SUMITOMO
4.22 DAEDUCK GDS
4.23 Interflex
4.24 Soft-Tech
4.25 BH FLEX
4.26 Newflex

5 FCCL Manufacturers
5.1 Grace Electron
5.2 Taiflex
5.3 Thinflex
5.4 Nippon Steel Chemical
5.5 Arisawa

Selected charts
Structure of FPC Single-side Board
Structure of Double-side Board
Structure of Single Side Double Access
Single+Single Structure
Structure of Double-layer Board
COF Structure
Flex-Rigid Board Sketch Map
FPC Fabrication Flow
Work Principles of Exposure Machine
Development Process
Etching Process
FPC Market Size, 2007-2013
FPC Market Downstream Distribution, 2007-2013
Global Hard Disk Shipment and Downstream Applications, 2001-2014
Global Hard Disk Shipment and Size Distribution, 2001-2014
Hard Disk Shipment in Consumer Electronics, 2001-2014
CD-ROM Drive Shipment and Annual Growth Margin, 2007-2012E
H-H CD-ROM Drive and Slim CDROM Drive Shipment Percentages, 2007-2012E
Market Share of World's Key CD-ROM Drive Manufacturers, 1Q2009
Application Examples of FPC to Digital Cameras
Digital Camera Shipment, 2004-2011E
Market Shares of Global Key Digital Camera Manufacturers by Sales Volume, 2009
Global Laptop LED Backlight Penetration Rate, 2007-2013E
Market Shares of Global Laptop Backlight Module Manufacturers, 2010
Market Shares of Global LED-TV Epitaxy Manufacturers, 2010-2011
LED TV Penetration Rate, 2008-2012E
Market Shares of LED Backlight of Major Flat-panel TV Manufacturers
Market Shares of Major Flat-panel TV Manufacturers in the World, 2009
Market Shares of LCD-TV Manufacturers in China (by Sales Volume), Jan 2009 vs. Jan 2010
Market Shares of LCD-TV Manufacturers in China (by Sales Revenue) , Jan 2009 vs.Jan 2010
Types and Number of LED Displays by Manufacturer, H1 2010
Sizes of LED Displays, H1 2010
Percentage of LED LCD, 2008-2012
Mobile Phone FPC Market Scale, 2008-2013
Pixel Distribution of Global Camera Phones, 2007-2013
Shipment of Autofocus Camera Phones, 2007-2013
Global Mobile Phone Shipment, 2007-2012
Quarterly Shipment &Annual Growth Margin of Mobile Phones Worldwide, 1Q2007-2Q2010
Quarterly Shipment of Mobile Phones by Region, Worldwide, 1Q2007 -2Q2010
Quarterly Shipment of Mobile Phones by Technology, Worldwide, 1Q2007 -2Q2010
Shipment of CDMA/WCDMA Mobile Phones by Region, Worldwide, 2006-2010
Shipment of Major Mobile Phone Manufacturers in the World, 1Q-2Q2010
Shipment of Operating Systems by Mobile Phone Manufacturer,
Touch Screen Applications in the World, 2008-2012
Touch Screen Shipment by Sector, 2008-2012E
Distribution of Touch Screen Technologies, 2008
Global Shipment of Cell Phone, Digital Camera, Portable GPS Navigation, PMP, 2008-2011E
Shipment and Annual Growth Margin of Laptops in the World, 2003-2011
Average Selling Prices and Market Scale of Laptops in the World, 2003-2011
Market Shares of Major Laptop Manufacturers in the World, 3Q2009
E-book Market Scale, 2008-2012
Market Shares of World’s Key 3L FCCL Manufacturers, 2008-2009
Market Shares of World’s Key 2L FCCL Manufacturers, 2008-2009
Market Shares of World's Major PI Manufacturers, 2009
FPC Industry Distribution by Region, 2009-2010
FPC Distribution by Region, 2009
Revenue and Operating Profit of FUJIKURA, FY2004-FY2010
Revenue of FUJIKURA by Sector, FY2007-FY2010
Operating Profit of FUJIKURA by Sector, FY2006-FY2010
Revenue of FUJIKURA Electronic Assembly Dept. by Product, FY2007-FY2010
REVENUE AND OPERATING PROFIT OF FUJIKURA (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., 2004-2010
REVENUE AND OPERATING PROFIT OF FUJIKURA (Wuxi) Co., Ltd., 2006-2010
Mektron Organization Structure
NOK Revenue and Operating Profit, FY2005-FY2010
NOK Revenue by Sector, FY2005-FY2010
NOK Revenue by Product, FY2005-FY2010
NOK Revenue by Region, FY2009-FY2010
Revenue of MEKTRON’s FPC Sector by Region, FY2009-FY2010
Revenue and Operating Profit of Zixiang Electronic Technology Co., Ltd (Zhuhai), 2004-2009
Revenue and Operating Profit of Nitto Denko, FY2001-FY2009
Revenue of Nitto Denko by Product, FY2001-FY2008

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