“The expansion of the global copper foil industry is forecast to reach 7.4% p.a. in the coming years. Between 2007 and 2013 the market increased with an average annual growth of 5.0%. Currently, refined copper foil (backed) accounts for 47% of the global demand while the remaining market share is divided between refined copper foil (not backed) (44.7%), copper alloy foil (not backed) (7.4%) and copper alloy foil (backed) (0.8%).
China, Germany, Japan, South Korea and United States represent the largest copper foil markets while the strongest annual growth is forecast to occur in Poland (32.9%), Armenia (30.5%), Slovakia (29.3%), Morocco (28.2%) and Portugal (28.0%). “
