Ultra-low Alpha Metals Market Trends, Growth, Price and Forecasts Ultra-low Alpha Metals Market - Global Industry An | Page 2

Typically, advanced solder bumping applications, which are common features of 3-D wafer-level chip
packages and advanced flip chip, require ULA metals. Alpha emissions in these chip components are
often responsible for soft errors caused, as they are situated near sensitive device features. It is
essential that metals and alloys used in soldering applications, especially in PCB assemblies, have
ultra-low alpha grade so as to avoid malfunctioning caused by soft errors in devices, such as
automotive systems, computer motherboards, network servers, consumer electronic products and
medical and military equipment.
Global Ultra-low Alpha Metals Market: Research Methodology
Primary consumers of ultra-low alpha metals are those that provide assembly applications that require
soldering. Demand for ULA metals is common in end-user industry applications where consistent
quality of solders is required for zero defect wave soldering. Hence, the demand (i.e. ULA metal
required in an application) is determined by consumer requirements. This may act as a restraint for
the overall market, since the consumption of ultra-low alpha metals is directly proportional to the
consumer demand.
Secondary research sources that were typically referred to include, but were not limited to, company
websites, financial reports, annual reports, investor presentations, broker reports, and SEC filings.
Other sources such as internal and external proprietary databases, statistical databases and market
reports, news articles, national government documents, and webcasts specific to companies operating
in the market have also been referred for the report.
In-depth interviews and discussions with a wide range of key opinion leaders and industry participants
were conducted to compile this research report. Primary research represents the bulk of research
efforts, supplemented by extensive secondary research. Key players’ product literature, annual
reports, press releases, and relevant documents were reviewed for competitive analysis and market
understanding. This helped in validating and strengthening secondary research findings. Primary
research further helped in developing the analysis team’s expertise and market understanding.
Global Ultra-low Alpha Metals Market: Competitive Landscape
The report includes Porter’s Five Forces Model to determine the degree of competition in the ultra-low
alpha metal market. The report comprises a qualitative write-up on market attractiveness analysis,
wherein end-users and regions have been analyzed based on attractiveness for each region. Growth
rate, market size, raw material availability, profit margin, impact strength, technology, competition, and
other fac