• Hot-melt adhesives are used on decorative laminates, respirators, surgical drapes, and wheelchair cushion assembly, to join surfaces and create effective bonds that maintain flexibility after bonding, in the healthcare industry.
• Pressure-sensitive hot-melt adhesives are used on electrodes, first-aid dressing, toupee tapes, wound dressing, surgical drapes, monitor faceplates, micro plate cover tapes, insulin pump attachment, and ostomy appliances. These can also be used in a variety of sanitary products, like baby diapers, sanitary diapers, pet sheets, etc. Moreover, they are used as assembly and slip protection tapes in hygiene products.
• Growing health awareness among people and changing lifestyles have increased the demand for hygiene products. Corporate advertising and various governmental education campaigns have increased the public awareness about various healthcare products, and this has, in turn, resulted in the market growth .
• The Asia-Pacific healthcare industry is growing, due to the rise in aging population, increase in new diseases, awareness about health issues, and increasing income levels of individuals. This growth in demand for healthcare products is, in turn, driving the demand for hot-melt adhesives.
• The aforementioned factors from the healthcare sector are expected to increase the demand for hot-melt adhesives, during the forecast period.

China is home to more than half of the world’s manufacturing capacity for electronics. More than half of the world’s mobile phones are made in China, along with almost all of the printed circuit boards. Chinese factories install two-fifths of the world’s semiconductors. Electronic products, such as smartphones, OLED TVs, tablets, etc., have the highest growth in the consumer electronics segment market. With increase in the disposable incomes of the middle-class population, the demand for electronic products is projected to grow in the near future, thereby driving the hot-melt adhesives market in the country. The demand for hot-melt adhesives from the automotive sector is growing at a high rate. The Chinese automotive manufacturing industry is the largest in the world. The automotive industry is growing rapidly, owing to the increasing automobile production (production increasing at a YoY of 2.36%, over 2017) and sales (sales increasing at a YoY of 3.08%, over 2017). Such factors, in turn, are likely to have a positive impact on the market studied.