De-bondable Adhesives Growth Opportunities

Repair, Reuse, and Recycle Trends and Critical Needs Fuel Industry Expansion

De-bondable adhesives are defined as adhesives that enable the disassembling of parts and components or detaching the adhesive product from the skin in healthcare applications by facilitating adhesive de-bonding on demand through the application of an external stimulus.

With the rising need for sustainable practices such as recycling and reusing materials across diverse end-use industry applications, the need to de-bond materials, components, and parts is paramount. Furthermore, temporary disassembly of components for maintenance and repair using damage-free and less tedious disassembly processes is also a growing trend. De-bondable adhesive technologies are vital enablers in achieving these industry and consumer goals. As a result, R&D initiatives target the development of de-bonding technologies and methods, such as ultrasound, UV light, electrical, thermal, chemical, laser, and magnetic. A fast-growing consumer population is driving demand across various industries, including consumer electronics and electrical appliances, automotive and transportation, packaging, and healthcare, contributing to the robust use of
de-bondable adhesive applications.

This analysis covers the demand outlook for de-bondable adhesives across consumer electronics and electrical appliances, packaging, healthcare, automotive and transportation, construction, textiles, military, and energy and other industrial end-use applications (e.g., solar PV, wind energy, semiconductor, and industrial machinery applications combined). It also discusses the main de-bonding stimuli used, such as UV-light, thermal, electrical, chemical, magnetic, ultrasound, and laser.

The demand outlook for de-bondable adhesives is dynamic, given the growing requirements discussed for each end-use industry application, volume consumption share, global volume consumption, and revenue forecast estimates.