Date
11/29/2013
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Research and Markets has announced the addition of the
"Global and Chinese Consumer Electronic Case and Structural Parts Industry Report, 2013"
report to their offering.
As the homogeneity of products increases, mobile phone vendors are now
concerned about the differentiation of mobile phone casings. In 2012,
the market value of mobile phone casings and structural parts reached
USD5.28 billion and the market share ratio between plastic and metal
ones was 3:1, which is expected to fall to 2.5:1 in 2013 as vendors
invest more in metal casings.
Currently, three mobile phone casing technologies have drawn attention:
NCVM (Non Conductive Vacuum Metallization), Insert Molding and Unibody.
NCVM has three major advantages: first, it can reduce electromagnetic
interference for mobile communications, improve signal strength and
call clarity. Second, NCVM allows plastic surface to represent metallic
texture which improves added value of products. Third, NCVM's
semi-transparent feature facilitates the casing design. However, NCVM
requires high-cost cleaning rooms and continuous magnetron sputtering
devices, plus the related manufacturing process needs a long time to
explore.
Stemming from Samsung's Galaxy SII, Insert Molding combines advantages
of both plastic casings and metal structural parts. Plastic casings are
featured with low cost, and metal structural parts make mobile phones
solid enough to resist bumping. For the large size of smart phone (some
models even have a size of up to 5 inches), the strength of plastic
casings and structural parts is obviously insufficient, but metal ones
are costly, so Insert Molding functions as a compromise.
Unibody integrated molding technology originates from Apple's iPad.
Currently, only HTC phones use the most expensive design.
Key Topics Covered
1 Consumer Electronic Market1.1 Laptop Market1.2 Tablet PC Market1.3
Digital Camera Market1.4 Mobile Phone Market1.5 Smart Phone Market
2 Consumer Electronics Casing and Structural Part Market2.1 Casings and
Structural Parts of Mobile Phones2.2 Development Trends of Mobile Phone
Casings2.3 Industry and Market of Mobile Phone Casings and Structural
Parts2.4 Relations between Casing & Structural Part Suppliers and
Mobile Phone Brands2.5 Market Size of Laptop Casings and Structural
Parts2.6 Development Trends of Laptop Casings and Structural Parts2.7
Tablet PC Casings and Structural Parts2.8 Industry and Market of
Digital Camera Casings and Structural Parts2.9 TV Casings and
Structural Parts
3 Mobile Phone Casings and Structural Parts Leading Companies
4 Laptop Casings and Structural Parts Leading Companies
5 Digital Camera Casings and Structural Parts Leading Companies
6 TV Casings and Structural Parts Leading Companies
Examples of Companies Mentioned
-- AVY Precision Technology
-- BYD Electronics
-- COXON
-- Catcher
-- Chia Chang
-- Chicheng
-- Dongguan Konka Mould Plastic
-- FU YU Corporation
-- Foxconn Technology
-- Guangzhou Echom
-- HI-P
-- Huan Hsin
-- Intops
-- Jabil Group
-- KHV
-- LiteonMobile
-- Mobase
-- NISHOKU
-- Nidec Copal
-- Nolato
-- Qingdao Haier Electronic Plastics Corporation
-- Qingdao Hisense Mould
-- Shengmei
-- Shinyang
-- Waffer
-- Ways Technical
-- Yorkey Optical
-- Zhanyun (Quanta Computer)
