The estimated global volume consumption of release liner was 43,984 million sqm in 2014, according to AWA Alexander Watson Associates’ Global Release Liner Market Update 2015.
Regionally, Asia consumed 37% of this total – ahead of both Europe and North America, each of which had a 28% market share.
The emerging economies, South America and Africa and the Middle East, now represent 4% and 3% of the world market respectively.
Pressure-sensitive labelstock remains the prime end-use segment for both paper- and film-based liner, and grew by 4% in 2014, but it was the market for pressure-sensitive tapes that grew globally most dynamically – at 9.7%.
Release liner enables the application of labels and tapes, protects the seals on envelopes, hygiene and consumer wound care products, as well as a variety of industrial uses.
It is also the subject of considerable focus today in relation to reuse and recycling – particularly in the high-volume labelstock market.
