As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to accelerate its integration into wearable devices, smart wearables are evolving from traditional “data-tracking tools” into intelligent health terminals that integrate health monitoring, smart interaction, and AI-powered applications.

According to the latest report from Counterpoint Research, global shipments of Edge AI-capable smartwatches grew 70% year over year in Q1 2026, with market penetration reaching 25%. This means that one in every four smartwatches shipped during the quarter featured Edge AI capabilities. Counterpoint expects Edge AI penetration in smartwatches to rise to approximately 32% by the end of 2026.

The continued advancement of AI capabilities is driving upgrades in on-device computing, sensor integration, flexible structures, thermal management, and electromagnetic compatibility (EMC), while creating higher demands for precision bonding, structural fixation, cushioning and protection, EMI shielding, thermal management, and display bonding.

Based on an in-depth understanding of smartwatch application requirements, CROWN New Materials has developed a comprehensive Smartwatch Bonding Solution. The portfolio includes high-performance PET tapes, carrierless adhesive tapes, high-performance LSE tapes, high-performance tissue tapes, high-cleanliness ultra-thin PET tapes, conductive tapes, acrylic foam tapes, grid-pattern PU foam tapes, and OCA. These solutions address critical applications ranging from internal structural fixation to display module bonding, providing material support for thinner, highly integrated, and highly reliable smartwatch designs.

As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to accelerate its integration into wearable devices, smart wearables are evolving from traditional “data-tracking tools” into intelligent health terminals that integrate health monitoring, smart interaction, and AI-powered applications.

According to the latest report from Counterpoint Research, global shipments of Edge AI-capable smartwatches grew 70% year over year in Q1 2026, with market penetration reaching 25%. This means that one in every four smartwatches shipped during the quarter featured Edge AI capabilities. Counterpoint expects Edge AI penetration in smartwatches to rise to approximately 32% by the end of 2026.

The continued advancement of AI capabilities is driving upgrades in on-device computing, sensor integration, flexible structures, thermal management, and electromagnetic compatibility (EMC), while creating higher demands for precision bonding, structural fixation, cushioning and protection, EMI shielding, thermal management, and display bonding.

Based on an in-depth understanding of smartwatch application requirements, CROWN New Materials has developed a comprehensive Smartwatch Bonding Solution. The portfolio includes high-performance PET tapes, carrierless adhesive tapes, high-performance LSE tapes, high-performance tissue tapes, high-cleanliness ultra-thin PET tapes, conductive tapes, acrylic foam tapes, grid-pattern PU foam tapes, and OCA. These solutions address critical applications ranging from internal structural fixation to display module bonding, providing material support for thinner, highly integrated, and highly reliable smartwatch designs.

01. Structural Bonding: Precision Fixation for Highly Integrated Structures

As internal components become increasingly integrated, structures such as FPCs, electronic components, and mid-frames place higher demands on adhesive materials in terms of bond strength, shear resistance, temperature resistance, and precision converting performance.

FPC Bonding & Fixation

For FPC bonding on curved, bent, and complex surfaces, CROWN New Materials offers PET, carrierless, and LSE high-performance tape solutions. These products provide reliable adhesion and flexibility for curved and bent structures, while high shear resistance helps minimize adhesive displacement and detachment during long-term use.

Carrierless tapes offer excellent temperature resistance, while LSE tapes are designed for difficult-to-bond, low-surface-energy substrates, providing reliable options for FPC fixation in complex structures.

Electronic Component Bonding

For the fixation of internal electronic components, CROWN high-performance PET tapes offer high bond strength, excellent die-cutting performance, weather resistance, and high shear resistance. They are compatible with a wide range of substrates, supporting long-term and reliable fixation of precision electronic components.

Mid-Frame Bonding & Sealing

For precision bonding and sealing of mid-frames and structural components, CROWN offers high-performance carrierless and PET tapes. Carrierless tapes provide excellent adhesion and shear resistance, withstanding vibration and impact while offering good temperature and aging resistance. High-performance PET tapes combine excellent die-cutting performance, temperature resistance, and high shear strength, helping reduce adhesive displacement during long-term use.

02. EMI Shielding & Thermal Management: Addressing Thermal and Electromagnetic Challenges

Graphite Bonding & Thermal Management for Shield Cans

For bonding graphite thermal-management materials to motherboard shield cans, CROWN offers high-cleanliness ultra-thin PET tapes. Designed for high-cleanliness assembly environments, these tapes provide excellent dimensional stability and die-cutting performance, while combining an ultra-thin profile with high adhesion for reliable graphite fixation. They help optimize thermal pathways while supporting slim smartwatch designs.

Conductive Bonding & EMI Shielding

To address electromagnetic interference within smartwatches, CROWN offers conductive nonwoven fabric tapes, conductive woven fabric tapes, and copper foil conductive tapes. The appropriate conductive tape can be selected according to the structure and bonding conditions to provide reliable electrical connection, grounding, and EMI shielding, supporting stable electromagnetic protection for highly integrated electronic devices.

03. Cushioning & Protection: Enhancing the Reliability of Critical Components

Smartwatches are exposed to drops, vibration, and impact during everyday use, while internal components such as batteries, foam materials, and display modules require reliable cushioning and fixation.

Battery Cushioning & Fixation

CROWN offers high-performance PET tapes, acrylic foam tapes, and stretch-release tapes for battery fixation, cushioning, and repair-friendly designs. These products provide reliable adhesion and high static shear resistance, enhancing battery fixation while offering cushioning and impact resistance.

Stretch-release tapes provide secure fixation while enabling easy removal, making them suitable for electronic components requiring repair, replacement, or recycling.

Cushioning Foam Bonding

CROWN offers high-performance tissue double-sided tapes and PET tapes with excellent adhesion to a wide range of substrates, as well as outstanding die-cutting and temperature resistance.

Tissue tapes provide excellent wet-out and are suitable for bonding porous foam materials, while PET tapes offer high shear resistance to help minimize adhesive displacement during long-term use.

OLED Venting & Display Cushioning

CROWN's grid-pattern PU foam tape features a grid-pattern adhesive surface that enhances air release while maintaining an ultra-thin profile, excellent die-cutting performance, and stress-dispersion capability. It is designed for applications including OLED display cushioning and venting.

04. Optical Display Bonding: High-Reliability Bonding for Compact Display Modules

CROWN OCA

CROWN OCA is suitable for G+In/On-cell and G+OLED full-lamination structures. Before UV curing, it provides excellent ink-step conformability and gap filling. After UV curing, it forms a reliable bond while effectively suppressing bubble rebound.

The adhesive also offers high tensile strength and elongation at break, balancing bonding reliability with reworkability and facilitating subsequent peeling and adhesive residue removal.

One-Stop Smartwatch Bonding Solutions from Materials to Applications

From FPCs and electronic components to batteries and mid-frames, and from EMI shielding and graphite thermal management to OLED cushioning and OCA optical bonding, CROWN New Materials has developed a comprehensive adhesive solution portfolio covering diverse smartwatch applications.

Driven by the trends toward slimmer designs, higher integration, greater intelligence, and enhanced reliability, CROWN continues to advance adhesive material technologies and deliver precise, reliable, and versatile bonding solutions for next-generation smart wearables.

As AI, health monitoring, and Edge Intelligence continue to accelerate smartwatch innovation, CROWN New Materials will continue to deepen its R&D capabilities in adhesive materials, helping smart wearable devices evolve toward thinner, smarter, and more reliable designs.

As internal components become increasingly integrated, structures such as FPCs, electronic components, and mid-frames place higher demands on adhesive materials in terms of bond strength, shear resistance, temperature resistance, and precision converting performance.

FPC Bonding & Fixation

For FPC bonding on curved, bent, and complex surfaces, CROWN New Materials offers PET, carrierless, and LSE high-performance tape solutions. These products provide reliable adhesion and flexibility for curved and bent structures, while high shear resistance helps minimize adhesive displacement and detachment during long-term use.

Carrierless tapes offer excellent temperature resistance, while LSE tapes are designed for difficult-to-bond, low-surface-energy substrates, providing reliable options for FPC fixation in complex structures.

Electronic Component Bonding

For the fixation of internal electronic components, CROWN high-performance PET tapes offer high bond strength, excellent die-cutting performance, weather resistance, and high shear resistance. They are compatible with a wide range of substrates, supporting long-term and reliable fixation of precision electronic components.

Mid-Frame Bonding & Sealing

For precision bonding and sealing of mid-frames and structural components, CROWN offers high-performance carrierless and PET tapes. Carrierless tapes provide excellent adhesion and shear resistance, withstanding vibration and impact while offering good temperature and aging resistance. High-performance PET tapes combine excellent die-cutting performance, temperature resistance, and high shear strength, helping reduce adhesive displacement during long-term use.

02. EMI Shielding & Thermal Management: Addressing Thermal and Electromagnetic Challenges

Graphite Bonding & Thermal Management for Shield Cans

For bonding graphite thermal-management materials to motherboard shield cans, CROWN offers high-cleanliness ultra-thin PET tapes. Designed for high-cleanliness assembly environments, these tapes provide excellent dimensional stability and die-cutting performance, while combining an ultra-thin profile with high adhesion for reliable graphite fixation. They help optimize thermal pathways while supporting slim smartwatch designs.

Conductive Bonding & EMI Shielding

To address electromagnetic interference within smartwatches, CROWN offers conductive nonwoven fabric tapes, conductive woven fabric tapes, and copper foil conductive tapes. The appropriate conductive tape can be selected according to the structure and bonding conditions to provide reliable electrical connection, grounding, and EMI shielding, supporting stable electromagnetic protection for highly integrated electronic devices.

03. Cushioning & Protection: Enhancing the Reliability of Critical Components

Smartwatches are exposed to drops, vibration, and impact during everyday use, while internal components such as batteries, foam materials, and display modules require reliable cushioning and fixation.

Battery Cushioning & Fixation

CROWN offers high-performance PET tapes, acrylic foam tapes, and stretch-release tapes for battery fixation, cushioning, and repair-friendly designs. These products provide reliable adhesion and high static shear resistance, enhancing battery fixation while offering cushioning and impact resistance.

Stretch-release tapes provide secure fixation while enabling easy removal, making them suitable for electronic components requiring repair, replacement, or recycling.

Cushioning Foam Bonding

CROWN offers high-performance tissue double-sided tapes and PET tapes with excellent adhesion to a wide range of substrates, as well as outstanding die-cutting and temperature resistance.

Tissue tapes provide excellent wet-out and are suitable for bonding porous foam materials, while PET tapes offer high shear resistance to help minimize adhesive displacement during long-term use.

OLED Venting & Display Cushioning

CROWN's grid-pattern PU foam tape features a grid-pattern adhesive surface that enhances air release while maintaining an ultra-thin profile, excellent die-cutting performance, and stress-dispersion capability. It is designed for applications including OLED display cushioning and venting.

04. Optical Display Bonding: High-Reliability Bonding for Compact Display Modules

CROWN OCA

CROWN OCA is suitable for G+In/On-cell and G+OLED full-lamination structures. Before UV curing, it provides excellent ink-step conformability and gap filling. After UV curing, it forms a reliable bond while effectively suppressing bubble rebound.

The adhesive also offers high tensile strength and elongation at break, balancing bonding reliability with reworkability and facilitating subsequent peeling and adhesive residue removal.

One-Stop Smartwatch Bonding Solutions from Materials to Applications

From FPCs and electronic components to batteries and mid-frames, and from EMI shielding and graphite thermal management to OLED cushioning and OCA optical bonding, CROWN New Materials has developed a comprehensive adhesive solution portfolio covering diverse smartwatch applications.

Driven by the trends toward slimmer designs, higher integration, greater intelligence, and enhanced reliability, CROWN continues to advance adhesive material technologies and deliver precise, reliable, and versatile bonding solutions for next-generation smart wearables.

As AI, health monitoring, and Edge Intelligence continue to accelerate smartwatch innovation, CROWN New Materials will continue to deepen its R&D capabilities in adhesive materials, helping smart wearable devices evolve toward thinner, smarter, and more reliable designs.