Demand for Release Liners Projected to Benefit from Expanding Applications
The pressure-sensitive labelstock segment continues to be the largest, holding a 48% share of the market worldwide.
Growing demand across an increasingly broad application base helped the global release liner market to grow 3.5% in 2019, according to AWA Alexander Watson Associates’ “AWA Global Release Market Liner Annual Review 2020.” The pressure-sensitive labelstock segment continues to be the largest, holding a 48% share of the market worldwide. The segment is forecast to grow at 3.9% per year.
Many other segments that benefit from the use of release liners as a carrier for adhesive coatings or other substances also continue to grow. Faster-growing markets like medical, electronics, and composites, and other application segments such as graphic films, tapes, food and bakery, and envelopes, are all providing opportunities.