| Code: MTA11502 | Publication Date: Dec 2025 |
This expansion is supported by rising demand for lightweight coatings, improved deposition technologies, supportive manufacturing policies, and wider adoption across electronics and energy applications. This industry accounted for an estimated market share of 16% within the broader advanced materials ecosystem in 2025.
The Thin Film market trends show an increase in the demand for high-tech coatings that have been specially engineered for performance, reliability, efficiency and miniaturisation. The increasing use of these products in semiconductors, displays, and photovoltaics is since these materials also provide a high level of precision and support more advanced functions. The continuing advances in thin film technologies enable manufacturers to develop better electronic and energy products using Sputtered, Evaporated, and Chemically Deposited technologies.
The Thin Film Industry is continuing to evolve through the development of new flexible photovoltaic films, advanced barrier coatings, and nanostructured materials for use in unique applications. Manufacturers are innovating new deposition processes that increase their throughput rates and improve the quality of the deposited thin films for use in electronics and optical devices. The ongoing effort to develop a more eco-efficient thin film material is altering the direction of R&D priorities and allowing for a broader range of industrial users to have access to advanced coating technologies.
Some of the leading companies include: