The Global Market for Nanosilver

Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) have been employed in numerous commercial products, especially hygiene and medicine, due to their strong antimicrobial activity. They have also been incorporated into personal care products, powdered colours, varnish, textile, paper, interior and exterior paints, printing colours, water and air purification, dietary supplements, polymer-based products and foils for antibacterial protection such as washing machines, and medical products such as bandages, catheters bone prostheses, implant coatings and wound dressings.

Future growth markets are in printed electronics .

Report contents include:

• Assessment of economic prospects of the market for nanosilver based on Future Markets assessment tools and nanosilver company inputs
• Main applications in Cosmetics & personal care, Electronics, Medical & healthcare and Textiles
• Demand for nanosilver by market
• Commercialization timeline
• Production volumes globally, in metric tons
• Production by region
• Company profiles of nanosilver producers and application developers anti-bacterials and conductive inks.

Published: September 19 2016 | Pages: 60

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• 1    EXECUTIVE SUMMARY………………………………………………………………………. 9
• 2    RESEARCH METHODOLOGY……………………………………………………………. 13
  • 2.1       NANOMATERIALS MARKET RATING SYSTEM……………………………………. 14
• 3    INTRODUCTION……………………………………………………………………………….. 16
  • 3.1       Properties of nanomaterials……………………………………………………….. 16
  • 3.2       Categorization………………………………………………………………………….. 18
• 4    NANOMATERIALS REGULATIONS……………………………………………………. 20
  • 4.1       Europe………………………………………………………………………………………. 21
    • 4.1.1   REACH……………………………………………………………………………………. 21
    • 4.1.2   Biocidal Products Regulation………………………………………………….. 22
    • 4.1.3   National nanomaterials registers……………………………………………… 23
    • 4.1.4   Cosmetics regulation………………………………………………………………. 24
    • 4.1.5   Food safety……………………………………………………………………………. 25
  • 4.2       United States…………………………………………………………………………….. 27
    • 4.2.1   Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)……………………………………….. 27
  • 4.3       Asia…………………………………………………………………………………………… 28
    • 4.3.1   Japan……………………………………………………………………………………. 28
    • 4.3.2   South Korea……………………………………………………………………………. 29
    • 4.3.3   Taiwan…………………………………………………………………………………… 29
    • 4.3.4   Australia…………………………………………………………………………………. 29
• 5    THE GLOBAL MARKET FOR NANOSILVER………………………………………… 32
  • 5.1       Market prospects………………………………………………………………………. 32
  • 5.2       Market summary……………………………………………………………………….. 33
  • 5.3       Properties………………………………………………………………………………….. 34
  • 5.4       Applications……………………………………………………………………………… 35
  • 5.5       Demand by market…………………………………………………………………… 37
  • 5.6       Technology readiness level (TRL)………………………………………………… 38
  • 5.7       Production volumes in tons, 2010-2025……………………………………….. 40
  • 5.8       Production volumes, by region…………………………………………………… 42
  • 5.9       Prices………………………………………………………………………………………… 43
• 6     NANOSILVER PRODUCERS…………………………………………………………………. 44-57 (23 company profiles)

TABLES

• Table 1: The Global market for nanomaterials in 2015 in tons, market characteristics and growth prospects………………………………………………………………………………………….. 10
• Table 2: Categorization of nanomaterials……………………………………………….. 18
• Table 3: National nanomaterials registries in Europe………………………………… 23
• Table 4: Nanomaterials regulatory bodies in Australia……………………………… 30
• Table 5: Nanomaterials scorecard for nanosilver……………………………………… 32
• Table 6: Market summary for nanosilver-Selling grade particle diameter, usage, advantages, average price/ton, high volume applications, low volume applications and novel applications.         33
• Table 7: Markets, benefits and applications of nanosilver……………………….. 36
• Table 8: Production volumes of nanosilver (tons), 2010-2025……………………. 40
• Table 9: Example prices of nanosilver……………………………………………………… 43

FIGURES

• Figure 1: Supply chain for nanosilver products………………………………………… 35
• Figure 2: Demand for nanosilver, by market……………………………………………. 38
• Figure 3: Technology readiness level (TRL) for nanosilver…………………………… 39
• Figure 4: Production volumes of nanosilver (tons), 2010-2025……………………. 41
• Figure 5: Production volumes of nanosilver 2015, by region……………………… 42

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