Full profile interview
17 Feb 2025

Aspen Aerogels
US-based Aspen Aerogels is the market leader in silica composite aerogel products, founded in 2001. It designs, develops, manufactures, and sells its aerogel blankets.
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Full profile interview
19 May 2023

JIOS Aerogel
JIOS Aerogel announced it commissioned its new Thermal Blade aerogel thermal barrier in November 2022. IDTechEx interviewed Dr Stephen Hodson, Marketing and Program Director, to get an update on JIOS Aerogel's activity.
Update
7 Mar 2023

Aspen Aerogels: Aerogels for EV Battery Packs
Aspen Aerogels is a market leader within the aerogels industry, historically focused on the oil and gas field and cryogenic and high temperature insulation. This profile focuses on its aerogels application in EV batteries.
Update
11 Oct 2021

Aspen Aerogels
Aspen Aerogels is the market leader in silica aerogel blankets, panels, and sheets. IDTechEx has written about the aerogel industry in depth with information on Aspen Aerogels.
9 Jun 2021

Aerogels: Is China Taking Over the Market Landscape?
As with nearly all manufacturing of functional materials and beyond, there has been a shift to China, and the aerogel industry has been no exception.
Background
4 Mar 2019

JIOS Aerogel
Update on JIOS Aerogel in March 2019.
26 Feb 2019

Why isn't the aerogel industry booming?
Aerogels are a class of advanced porous materials with a huge amount of potential. However, despite being discovered back in the 1930s, this potential has never turned to a booming commercial reality. Since the turn of the century there has been significant growth, but the industry has once again stalled before greater growth.
Full profile interview: Competitors
19 Dec 2018

BASF Polyurethane GmbH - Aerogel Technology
Although a strong partnership exists Aspen Aerogel are also looking to move into the building and construction insulation market. This will see Slentite and different types of spaceloft be competitng for interior insulation.
Full profile interview
13 Nov 2018

Aspen Aerogel
IDTechEx Technology analyst Dr Richard Collins interviewed Michael O'Connor (Commercial director and VP for building and construction) from Aspen Aerogel. A presentation given by Michael was also observed the International Seminar on Aerogels 2016.
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Full profile interview: Competitors
18 Oct 2018

Bronxculture
Develop silica aerogel blankets for high performance building insulation with good flame retardance. Supercritically dried products have good properties and the company operate on a large scale.
Full profile interview: Key Customers
18 Oct 2018

Aerogelex
Make silica aerogel composites by supercritical drying. Market leaders in this field
5 Oct 2017

Initial results emerge from the Aspen Aerogel patent infringement case
This week an announcement came that Aspen Aerogels has won the initial determination in a US International Trade Commission (ITC) investigation. IDTechEx has been closely following the aerogel industry and discuss here the reasons behind this case, the initial result, and the implications of this announcement.
22 Jun 2017

Diversification becomes essential for the aerogel industry
The 21st-century commercialisation of the aerogel industry has been extensively discussed, but despite the excitement and huge potential, it is still a long way from plain sailing for the manufacturers.
26 Jan 2017

Aerogel products are answering industries toughest questions
Silica aerogels and their use in fibrous composite panels and blankets remain the most prevalent form. Key market players and applications have driven this growth; however, this landscape could be about to shift.
15 Dec 2016

The aerogel market has finally come of age
IDTechEx research analysis has shown that this industry, which is almost a century in the making, is finally coming of age. Major players are finding more nascent applications and new entries are progressing out of semi-commercial prototypes and into full market launches.
Full profile interview: Competitors
9 Nov 2016

Enersens
Aspen Aerogel are the largest suppliers of silica composite blankets and panels. This large scale (due to be bigger by 2020) and strong collaborations make them market leaders.
Full profile interview: Competitors
9 Nov 2016

Tiem Factory Inc
Aspen Aerogel are the largest producers of aerogel products, specifically silica composite blankets. In May 2016, Aspen Aerogel were awarded $2.75m from the US Department of Energy Advanced research Project Agency-Energy (APRA-E) to develop windowpane technology that provides insulation and condensation resistance. This will run over 3 years, which means a product could be available at a similar time to SUFA.