Regional and supply-chain research

Functional Materials Keyword Candidate Study

Functional Materials Keyword Candidate Study. A dated 2,248-record cohort study compares composition, parent sets and evidence coverage. Filter-difference study; archive date 2026-10-16.

Revision and archive snapshot: 2026-10-16

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Research findings

Filter-difference study

Against the 2,664-record Advanced materials / Advanced materials / Basic and process materials Supply-chain Study, this 2,248-record cohort shares 1,953 records. Only 295 occur here and 711 only in the reference; the union contains 2,959. These are filter-membership differences, not company entries or exits.

Company cohortDirectly linked pagesShare of public archiveArchive date
2,2482,24811.6%2026-10-16

An ID-deduplicated archive snapshot, not the whole market, current recognition or operating results.

Filter differences and comparison link

Read the broader or equal-sized cohort: Advanced materials / Advanced materials / Basic and process materials Supply-chain Study

The largest recorded sub-industry participation gap is for Functional materials and advanced-material platforms: 1,300/2,248 here versus 1,280/2,664 in the reference, an absolute difference of 9.8 percentage points. The cohorts have overlapping company IDs and are not independent samples.

sub-industryFocal count/baseReference count/baseParticipation gap (pp)
Functional materials and advanced-material platforms1,300/2,2481,280/2,664+9.8
Metals and alloy materials41/2,248279/2,664-8.6
Modified plastics / engineering plastics13/2,24885/2,664-2.6
Rare earths and specialty metals22/2,24892/2,664-2.5
Electronic and semiconductor materials47/2,2480/2,664+2.1

Zero means no recorded label, not no business; multi-label cells overlap.

Counts within parent sets

SetAll recordsThis subsetExcluding this subset
All public archive records19,2972,24817,049

Observed labels

DimensionLabelCount/baseParticipation
reporting jurisdictionJiangsu373/2,24816.6%
reporting jurisdictionZhejiang214/2,2489.5%
reporting jurisdictionShandong201/2,2488.9%
reporting jurisdictionGuangdong176/2,2487.8%
reporting jurisdictionAnhui134/2,2486.0%
industryAdvanced materials2,048/2,24891.1%
industryNext-generation information technology102/2,2484.5%
industryAdvanced equipment42/2,2481.9%
industryProducer services20/2,2480.9%
industryAdvanced chemicals10/2,2480.4%

Multi-label counts can overlap; filter compliance is not industrial advantage.

Evidence and list-linkage counts

MeasureCount
Companies with existing sourced excerpts809/2,248
Existing reviewed bilingual excerpt pairs843
IDs linked to 2026 local lists539/2,248
Product-field rule reminders27/2,248

Existing excerpts do not certify entire old reports; list linkage is not final recognition. Full definitions are on the series page.

How candidates match

FieldMatches/candidates
Name181/2,248
Product field1,747/2,248
Sub-industry1,598/2,248

Fields can overlap; hits establish search relevance only.

Recorded roles and delivery checks

Material delivery requires stable-production evidence

The Functional materials and advanced-material platforms label covers 1,300 records (57.8% of this cohort). This archive clue raises a verification question about Materials of defined composition and form with batch documents; it does not establish that these companies already deliver it.

Delivery framework, stages and original sources

Related studies and shared records

Shared records with Advanced materials / Advanced materials / Basic and process materials Supply-chain Study: 1,953; records in this cohort but outside that set: 295. The intersection/union ratio is 66.0%, a measure of label overlap rather than business collaboration. Read comparison

Shared records with Advanced materials / Basic and process materials Supply-chain Study: 2,004; records in this cohort but outside that set: 244. The intersection/union ratio is 64.7%, a measure of label overlap rather than business collaboration. Read comparison

Company samples and record links

Directly related profiles and reports

Methodology

Read ID deduplication, comparison, batch and evidence definitions