Driven by demand from major end-use industries such as Handsets and PC and Peripherals, the global market for ceramic capacitors is projected to reach $11.4 billion by 2015.

Ceramic capacitors are one of the most widely used types of discrete capacitors owing to their functional utility, small size and low cost. Global ceramic capacitors market is primarily dependent on the multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCC) demand. Market for MLCCs is expected to witness healthy growth owing to increased overall demand in two growth areas including the high voltage and low-voltage/high-capacitance markets.

Ceramic capacitor market has been led by a steady trend of investing in high-capacitance designs in Y5V, X7R and X5R dielectrics. Producers are expending an increasing share of revenues on R&D in order to extend the product range to include alternative dielectrics such as aluminum and tantalum. Apart from the key shift towards chips of greater capacitance, expansion of specialty axial/radial leaded offerings by several producers marked yet another important development. Trends in the MLCC market indicate a steady development of miniature case dimensions (mainly the 01005 case) as well as higher voltages.

Asia-Pacific represents the largest as well as the fastest growing market for ceramic capacitors, according to the report. Ceramic capacitors grab a major share of capacitor output of the manufacturers in Greater China. Hong Kong and Taiwan also hold significant presence in the manufacture of tantalum and film capacitors.

The report titled "Ceramic Capacitors: A Global Strategic Business Report" available at Electronics.ca Publications, provides a comprehensive review of market trends and drivers, statistics, industry issues and challenges. The study presents information on product overview, new product introductions, recent industry activity and key player profiles. The study offers market data analytics in dollar terms for major regional markets such as United States, Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan), Middle East and Latin America.

Major market participants profiled in the report includes Cornell-Dubilier Electronics, Inc., Cosonic Enterprises Corporation, Darfon Electronics Corp., Dover Corporation, EPCOS AG, Evox Rifa Group OYJ, Guangdong Fenghua Advanced Technology (Holding) Co., Ltd., Holy Stone Enterprise Company Ltd., Jackcon Capacitor Electronics Co Ltd., KEMET Corporation, Kyocera Corporation, AVX Corporation, American Technical Ceramics Corp., Murata Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Nippon Chemi-Con Corporation, Panasonic Electronic Devices Co., Ltd., Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd., SamWha Capacitor, Suntan Technology Co. Ltd., Supertech Electronic Co Ltd., Taiyo Yuden Co Ltd, TDK Corporation, Vishay Intertechnology, Inc., Vishay Cera-Mite, Walsin Technology Corporation, WesTech Components China Co., Ltd., and Yageo Corporation.

Details of the new report, table of contents and ordering information can be found on Electronics.ca Publications' web site. View the report: Ceramic Capacitors: A Global Strategic Business Report.