Thermal CTP's Next 100 Days

"CTP, in general, and to a lesser degree thermal CTP, is on the verge of mass acceptance," he reports. "It's come a long way in the last couple of years. We've seen monumental mergers and consolidations take place between CTP mega-suppliers, as well as the emergence of thermal materials.

"Although the availability of thermal materials is not yet where it should be, or where we expected it to be at this point, we will eventually have a strong selection of thermal consumables," predicts Kimmelman. "That will open the market, leading to the promise of true processless CTP."