US demand for pressure sensitive (PSA) tapes will be driven by gains over alternative joining methods in manufacturing and packaging. Technical and specialty types such as backed double-sided, adhesive transfer and single-sided electronic tapes will grow the fastest. Higher-end plastic films will continue to supplant cloth, paper and commodity film-backed tapes.

This study analyzes the $4.7 billion US pressure sensitive tape industry. It presents historical data for 1993, 1998 and 2003 and forecasts to 2008 and 2013 by material, by product (e.g., carton-sealing, masking, medical, transparent, strapping and bundling, duct, electrical, electronic, back double-sided, adhesive transfer); and by market.

The study also examines the market environment, details industry structure and market share, and profiles 37 leading competitors including 3M, Intertape Polymer Group, Tyco Adhesives, Shurtape, Avery Denison, Beiersdorf, and Nitto Denko.

                           TABLE OF CONTENTS
                                    
  
  SECTION                                                          PAGE
  
         INTRODUCTION                                                ix
  
     I.  EXECUTIVE SUMMARY                                            1
  
    II.  MARKET ENVIRONMENT                                           4
         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                                               42
         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                                                       70
         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                                                   100
         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                                                    131
         General                                                    131
         Manufacturing                                              134
           Packaging                                                137
           Disposable Hygiene                                       138
           Electronics                                              140
           Other                                                    143
         Construction                                               145
         Institutional                                              150
         Consumer                                                   153
         Other                                                      157
  
 VII.    INDUSTRY STRUCTURE                                         159
         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
                                   
    TABLE NUMBER                                                   PAGE
  
         SECTION I - EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
         Summary Table                                                3
  
         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
  
    

                            LIST OF CHARTS
                                   
    CHART NUMBER                                                   PAGE
  
         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