Global demand for pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) tapes is projected to rise 5.6 percent per year through 2016 to 43.5 billion square meters. The best gains are expected for polypropylene products and value added specialty tapes including foam and fiberglass types.

This study analyzes the 33.1 billion square meter world PSA tape industry. It presents historical demand data for the years 2001, 2006 and 2011, and forecasts for 2016 and 2021 by tape type (e.g., carton sealing, masking, electrical and electronic, double-sided, medical), backing material (e.g., polypropylene, PVC, Paper), world region and for 22 major countries.

The study also considers market environment factors, details industry structure, evaluates company market share and profiles 43 industry competitors, including 3M, Beiersdorf and Lintec.

				    TABLE OF CONTENTS

     SECTION									    PAGE

		INTRODUCTION							      xi

	I.	EXECUTIVE SUMMARY						       1

	II.	MARKET ENVIRONMENT						       4
		General								       4
		World Economic Overview						       5
		   Recent Historical Trends					       5
		   Macroeconomic Outlook					       7
		World Demographic Outlook					      11
		World Per Capita Gross Domestic Product				      13
		World Personal Income & Expenditure Trends			      15
		World Manufacturing Outlook					      16
		World Food & Beverage Outlook					      18
		World Building Construction Expenditures			      21
		   Residential Building						      22
		   Nonresidential Building					      25
		World Electricity Generation Outlook				      26
		World Motor Vehicle Outlook					      28
		   Motor Vehicle Production Trends				      28
		   Motor Vehicles in Use					      32
		World Health Care Expenditure Trends				      34
		Competitive Technologies					      37
		Pricing Trends							      40
		Environmental & Regulatory Overview				      40

	III.	OVERVIEW							      44
		Regional Demand							      44
		Tape Types							      49
		   Carton Sealing						      51
		   Masking							      52
		   Electrical & Electronic					      54
		      Electrical						      55
		      Electronic						      56
		   Double-Sided							      57
		   Medical							      58
		   Other							      60
		Tape Backing Materials						      62
		   Polypropylene						      65
		   PVC								      67
		   Paper							      69
		   Other Backing Materials					      71
		Regional Production						      73
		International Trade						      75
		Raw Materials							      76

	IV.	NORTH AMERICA							      80
		General								      80
		Market Trends							      83
		United States							      86
		Canada								      91
		Mexico								      97

	V.	WESTERN EUROPE							     103
		General								     103
		Market Trends							     106
		France								     109
		Germany								     115
		Italy								     121
		Netherlands							     126
		Spain								     131
		United Kingdom							     136
		Other Western Europe						     141

	VI.	ASIA/PACIFIC							     148
		General								     148
		Market Trends							     152
		Australia							     155
		China								     160
		India								     168
		Indonesia							     174
		Japan								     180
		South Korea							     187
		Taiwan								     192
		Thailand							     198
		Other Asia/Pacific						     204

	VII.	OTHER REGIONS							     211
		Central & South America						     211
		   Market Trends						     213
		   Brazil							     215
		   Other Central & South America				     221
		Eastern Europe							     226
		   Market Trends						     228
		   Poland							     230
		   Russia							     235
		   Other Eastern Europe						     240
		Africa/Mideast							     245
		   Market Trends						     248
		   South Africa							     249
		   Turkey							     255
		   Other Africa/Mideast						     260

	VIII.	INDUSTRY STRUCTURE						     266
		General								     266
		Market Share							     267
		Acquisitions & Divestitures					     273
		Cooperative Agreements						     275
		Manufacturing							     276
		Marketing & Distribution					     277
		Company Profiles						     279
		   ABI Tape Products, see American Biltrite
		   ACHEM Technology Corporation					     280
		   Adchem Corporation						     282
		   Adhesives Research Incorporated				     283
		   Advance Tapes International Limited				     286
		   American Biltrite Incorporated				     288
		   Avery Dennison Corporation					     291
		   Beiersdorf AG						     294
		   Bemis Company Incorporated					     298
		   Bemistape, see Bemis
		   Berry Plastics Corporation					     301
		   Boston Tapes, see Chargeurs
		   BSN medical GmbH & Company KG				     304
		   Canadian Technical Tape, see CTT Group
		   Chargeurs SA							     306
		   Coroplast Fritz Müller GmbH & Company KG			     308
		   Covidien plc							     309
		   CTT Group							     311
		   DeWAL Industries Incorporated				     312
		   Dryvit Systems, see RPM International
		   FLEXcon Corporation						     314
		   Four Pillars Enterprise Company Limited			     316
		   Guangzhou Wang Cheong Adhesive Products Factory		     317
		   Henkel AG & Company KGaA					     319
		   Hitachi Limited						     321
		   Ideal Tape, see American Biltrite
		   Illinois Tool Works Incorporated				     324
		   Industrias Tuk SA de CV					     326
		   Intertape Polymer Group Incorporated				     328
		   Johnson & Johnson						     331
		   Lintec Corporation						     333
		   Lohmann & Rauscher GmbH & Company KG				     336
		   MACtac, see Bemis
		   Maxell Sliontec, see Hitachi
		   NAR SpA							     339
		   Nichiban Company Limited					     341
		   Nitto Denko Corporation					     343
		   Oji Paper Company Limited					     349
		   ORAFOL Europe GmbH						     350
		   RPM International Incorporated				     352
		   Saint-Gobain							     355
		   Scapa Group plc						     357
		   Sekisui Chemical Company Limited				     361
		   Shurtape Technologies LLC					     365
		   ShurTech Brands, see Shurtape Technologies
		   Sicad Group SpA						     367
		   Stokvis Tape Group, see Illinois Tool Works
		   tesa, see Beiersdorf,
		   3M Company							     369
		   Tremco, see RPM International
		   Vandex International, see RPM International
		   Von Roll Holding Limited					     379
		   WEBTEC Converting, see Scapa Group
		   Wingtai Zhongshan Company Limited				     381
		   Wuhan Huaxia Nanfang Adhesive Tapes Company Limited		     382
		   Zhejiang Yonghe Adhesive Products Company Limited		     383
		   Zhongshan Crown Adhesive Products Company Limited		     384
		Additional Companies Mentioned in the Study			     385


				      LIST OF TABLES

    TABLE NUMBER								    PAGE


		SECTION I -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
		Summary Table							       3

		SECTION II -- MARKET ENVIRONMENT
	1	World Gross Domestic Product by Region				      11
	2	World Population by Region					      13
	3	World Per Capita Gross Domestic Product by Region		      14
	4	World Personal Consumption Expenditures by Region		      16
	5	World Manufacturing Value Added by Region			      18
	6	World Food & Beverage Manufacturing Value Added 
		   by Region							      20
	7	World Building Construction Expenditures by Region 
		   & Sector							      22
	8	World Residential Building Construction Expenditures 
		   by Region							      24
	9	World Nonresidential Building Construction Expenditures 
		   by Region							      26
	10	World Electricity Generation by Region				      28
	11	World Motor Vehicle Production by Region			      32
	12	World Motor Vehicles in Use by Region				      34
	13	World Health Care Expenditures by Region			      37

		SECTION III -- OVERVIEW
	1	World Pressure Sensitive Tape Demand by Region			      46
	2	World Pressure Sensitive Tape Demand by Type			      50
	3	World Pressure Sensitive Carton Sealing Tape Demand 
		   by Region							      52
	4	World Pressure Sensitive Masking Tape Demand by Region		      53
	5	World Pressure Sensitive Electrical & Electronic Tape Demand 
		   by Region							      55
	6	World Double-Sided Pressure Sensitive Tape Demand 
		   by Region							      58
	7	World Pressure Sensitive Medical Tape Demand by Region		      60
	8	World Other Pressure Sensitive Tape Demand by Region		      62
	9	World Pressure Sensitive Tape Demand by Backing Material	      64
	10	World Polypropylene Pressure Sensitive Tape Demand 
		   by Region							      67
	11	World PVC Pressure Sensitive Tape Demand by Region		      69
	12	World Paper Pressure Sensitive Tape Demand by Region		      71
	13	World Other Pressure Sensitive Tape Backing Material 
		   Demand by Region						      73
	14	World Pressure Sensitive Tape Production by Region		      74
	15	World Pressure Sensitive Tape Net Exports by Region		      76

		SECTION IV -- NORTH AMERICA
	1	North America: Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand		      82
	2	North America: Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type 
		   & Material							      85
	3	United States: Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand		      88
	4	United States: Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type 
		   & Material							      90
	5	Canada: Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand			      94
	6	Canada: Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type & Material	      96
	7	Mexico: Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand			      99
	8	Mexico: Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type & Material	     101

		SECTION V -- WESTERN EUROPE
	1	Western Europe: Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand		     105
	2	Western Europe: Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type 
		   & Material							     109
	3	France: Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand			     112
	4	France: Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type & Material	     114
	5	Germany: Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand		     117
	6	Germany: Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type & Material	     119
	7	Italy: Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand			     123
	8	Italy: Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type & Material		     125
	9	Netherlands: Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand		     128
	10	Netherlands: Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type 
		   & Material							     130
	11	Spain: Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand			     133
	12	Spain: Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type & Material		     135
	13	United Kingdom: Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand		     138
	14	United Kingdom: Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type 
		   & Material							     140
	15	Other Western Europe: Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply 
		   & Demand							     144
	16	Other Western Europe: Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type 
		   & Material							     146

		SECTION VI -- ASIA/PACIFIC
	1	Asia/Pacific: Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand		     151
	2	Asia/Pacific: Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type 
		   & Material							     154
	3	Australia: Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand		     157
	4	Australia: Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type & Material	     159
	5	China: Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand			     163
	6	China: Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type & Material		     166
	7	India: Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand			     170
	8	India: Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type & Material		     173
	9	Indonesia: Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand		     177
	10	Indonesia: Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type & Material	     179
	11	Japan: Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand			     183
	12	Japan: Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type & Material		     185
	13	South Korea: Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand		     189
	14	South Korea: Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type 
		   & Material							     191
	15	Taiwan: Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand			     194
	16	Taiwan: Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type & Material	     197
	17	Thailand: Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand		     201
	18	Thailand: Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type & Material	     203
	19	Other Asia/Pacific: Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply 
		   & Demand							     206
	20	Other Asia/Pacific: Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type 
		   & Material							     208

		SECTION VII -- OTHER REGIONS
	1	Central & South America: Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply 
		   & Demand							     213
	2	Central & South America: Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales 
		   by Type & Material						     215
	3	Brazil: Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand			     218
	4	Brazil: Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type & Material	     220
	5	Other Central & South America: Pressure Sensitive Tape 
		   Supply & Demand						     223
	6	Other Central & South America: Pressure Sensitive Tape 
		   Sales by Type & Material					     225
	7	Eastern Europe: Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand		     228
	8	Eastern Europe: Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type 
		   & Material							     230
	9	Poland: Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand			     233
	10	Poland: Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type & Material	     234
	11	Russia: Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand			     237
	12	Russia: Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type & Material	     239
	13	Other Eastern Europe: Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply 
		   & Demand							     242
	14	Other Eastern Europe: Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type 
		   & Material							     244
	15	Africa/Mideast: Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand		     247
	16	Africa/Mideast: Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type 
		   & Material							     249
	17	South Africa: Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand		     252
	18	South Africa: Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type 
		   & Material							     254
	19	Turkey: Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply & Demand			     257
	20	Turkey: Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type & Material	     259
	21	Other Africa/Mideast: Pressure Sensitive Tape Supply 
		   & Demand							     262
	22	Other Africa/Mideast: Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Type 
		   & Material							     264

		SECTION VIII -- INDUSTRY STRUCTURE
	1	World Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales by Company, 2011		     269
	2	Selected Acquisitions & Divestitures				     275


				      LIST OF CHARTS

    CHART NUMBER								    PAGE


		SECTION III -- OVERVIEW
	1	World Pressure Sensitive Tape Demand by Region, 2011		      47
	2	PSA Tape Sales Per Capita/GDP Per Capita Relationship, 2011	      48
	3	World Pressure Sensitive Tape Demand by Type, 2011		      50
	4	World Pressure Sensitive Tape Demand by Backing 
		   Material, 2011						      64

		SECTION IV -- NORTH AMERICA
	1	North America: Pressure Sensitive Tape Demand 
		   by Country, 2011						      83

		SECTION V -- WESTERN EUROPE
	1	Western Europe: Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales 
		   by Country, 2011						     106

		SECTION VI -- ASIA/PACIFIC
	1	Asia/Pacific: Pressure Sensitive Tape Sales 
		   by Country, 2011						     152

		SECTION VIII -- INDUSTRY STRUCTURE
	1	World Pressure Sensitive Tape Market Share, 2011		     270