Sapphire is a versatile material that is used in LEDs and consumer electronics. It is used in a wide range of end markets due to attributes such as durability, light transmission, chemical inertness, thermal insulation, hardness, and resistance to physical damage and chemical erosion.

PART 01: Executive summary

Highlights

PART 02: Scope of the report

Definition

Base year and forecast period

Market overview

Market size computation

Market segmentation

Geographical coverage

Vendor segmentation

Common currency conversion rates

Top-vendor offerings

PART 03: Market research methodology

Research methodology

Economic indicators

PART 04: Introduction

Key market highlights

PART 05: Market landscape

Market overview

Market size and forecast

Five forces analysis

PART 06: Market segmentation by application

Market overview

LEDs

Optical segment

Consumer electronics

PART 07: Geographical segmentation

Global sapphire semiconductor market by geography

2015

Global sapphire semiconductor market by geography

2020

APAC

North America

Europe

RoW

PART 08: Key leading countries

Japan

China

Taiwan

South Korea

PART 09: Summary of key figures

PART 10: Market drivers

High growth of LED market

Increasing penetration of sapphire in smartphones and

wearables

Strong government initiatives for LEDs

PART 11: Impact of drivers

PART 12: Market challenges

Falling growth rate of smartphones

Oversupply in global LED market

Poor supply chain of sapphire

PART 13: Impact of drivers and challenges

PART 14: Market trends

Migration of LED manufacturers to 6‐inch sapphire wafer

substrates

Evolution of SoS

Increasing use of sapphire in optical market

PART 15: Vendor landscape

Market share analysis 2015

Other prominent vendors

PART 16: Appendix

List of abbreviations

PART 17: Explore Technavio