The cost and performance advantages of self-adhesive tapes will allow them to capture a greater share of joining, sealing and bonding applications from competitive technologies. These and other trends are presented in World Pressure Sensitive Tapes, a new study from The Freedonia Group, Inc., a Cleveland-based industrial market research firm.

Among the other tape types, the best opportunities exist for technical and specialty tapes, such as the double-sided adhesive tapes increasingly utilized in fastening and bonding applications in industries such as building construction, motor-vehicle and aerospace assembly, electronics, and telecommunications.