Thursday 31 July 2014

Global Health and Wellness Food Market 2014-2018 – Reports and Intelligence

Health and wellness food products can be defined as foods and beverages that are specially formulated and distinctively marketed to provide a distinct health or functional benefit to the consumers. The health and wellness food category is distinct from, but related to, a number of other product categories including functional foods, nutraceuticals, and condition-specific nutritional supplements, as well as the FDA-defined categories of foods for special dietary use and medical foods.


TechNavio's analysts forecast the Global Health and Wellness Food market will grow at a CAGR of 5.49 percent over the period 2013-2018.
The Global Health and Wellness Food market can be categorized into following segments: Naturally Healthy Foods, Functional Foods, BFY, Organic Foods, and Food Intolerance. The market can also be segmented, on the basis of distribution channel into Supermarket and Hypermarket, Small Grocery Retailers, Discounters, Convenience Stores, and Others.



TechNavio's report, the Global Health and Wellness Food Market 2014-2018, has been prepared based on an in-depth market analysis with inputs from industry experts. The report covers the Americas, Europe, the APAC and the MEA regions; it also covers the Global Health and Wellness Food market landscape and its growth prospects in the coming years. The report also includes a discussion of the key vendors operating in this market.

Wednesday 30 July 2014

Global Aluminium Pipe and Tube Market analysis- Everything you want to know!

This is a comprehensive publication that enables readers the critical perspectives to be able to evaluate the world market for aluminium pipes and tubes. The publication provides the market size, growth and forecasts at the global level as well as for the following countries:

Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary and many more.

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The publication is designed for companies who want to gain a comprehensive perspective on the global aluminium pipe and tube market. This publication makes it easy to compare across different countries and product groups to be able to find new market opportunities and make more profitable business decisions.



Tuesday 29 July 2014

Global Electronics Contract Manufacturing Market 2012-2016

TechNavio's analysts forecast the Global Electronics Contract Manufacturing market to grow at a CAGR of 5.74 percent over the period 2012-2016. One of the key factors contributing to this market growth is the need to optimize resources. The Global Electronics Contract Manufacturing market has also been witnessing the increasing number of mergers and acquisitions. However, the increasing threat of in-house manufacturing could pose a challenge to the growth of this market. 



TechNavio's report, the Global Electronics Contract Manufacturing Market 2012-2016, has been prepared based on an in-depth market analysis with inputs from industry experts.  It also covers the Global Electronics Contract Manufacturing market landscape and its growth prospects in the coming years. The report also includes a discussion of the key vendors operating in this market.

Analysis of Global Big Data Market

TechNavio's analysts forecast the Global Big Data market to grow at a CAGR of 34.17 percent over the period 2013-2018. One of the key factors contributing to this market growth is the need to upgrade business processes and improve productivity. The Global Big Data market has also been witnessing the increase in market consolidation. However, the lack of awareness about the potential of big data could pose a challenge to the growth of this market. 


TechNavio's report, the Global Big Data Market 2014-2018, has been prepared based on an in-depth market analysis with inputs from industry experts. The report covers the Americas, and the EMEA and APAC regions; it also covers the Global Big Data market landscape and its growth prospects in the coming years. The report also includes a discussion of the key vendors operating in this market.

Thursday 24 July 2014

Global Digital Pathology Market

The digital pathology is a new technology that has digitalized the instruments used in the pathology labs for testing. The digitalization has led to the automation of the tests done during the diagnosis procedures. For example, a single digital instrument operated by a single pathologist can perform tests that were previously done using five instruments. The global digital pathology market, valued at $1.98 billion in 2012, is estimated to reach $5.7 billion by 2020. Automation in the conventional methods of pathology is the major driving force of this market, which has resulted in workflow efficiency, efficiency in analysis. Thus, resulting in fast and accurate results of the pathology tests. The other driving factors of this market are diagnosis that can be provided to patients in the remote regions and reduction in the cost of diagnosis. The cost includes procedure cost and the cost involved in delivery of the slides & data. The major limitation of the digital pathology market is the stringent regulations involved during the approval of digital pathology systems.



The digital pathology market is segmented into components, end users and geography. The products market consists of the Whole slide imaging (WSI), Image analysis- informatics and Storage, communication and integrated platforms. The WSI is the highest revenue generating market among the segments; however, image analysis-informatics market is expected to have the highest growth potential. The end users market is segmented into pharmaceutical research, clinical organizations and educational institutes. The pharmaceutical research is the highest revenue generating market and is also expected to have the highest growth potential. The geography market is dominated by the North American region, which is the highest revenue generating region; however, Asian market is expected to have the highest CAGR during the analysis period.

Mobile Wallet (NFC, Digital Wallet) Market



Mobile wallet is a system that allows consumers to pay by phone during travel, from any location, anytime. The global mobile wallet market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 127.5% from 2012 to 2020. The key driver for the growth of the market is it to provide consumers with greater convenience for payment. It is estimated that more than 70% smartphone users are willing to adopt mobile payment modes and 15% have already completed the adoption.


However, the payment method can be used till the mobile has power and battery backup. Therefore, when the battery of the mobile is down, the mobile wallet cannot be used. This is one of the key restraints for the growth of the market. Smartphone users have multiple applications on their phones which consume power and the chances of battery outages are high. This limits the usability of the mobile wallet application. An important challenge for technology providers is to make the advances in the emerging NFC technology, as it is expected to have high demand among consumers.

Some of the key players profiled in this report are American Express, Apple Inc., AT&T Inc., Blackberry, First Data, Google, Sprint, Samsung, MasterCard and Visa.

Wednesday 23 July 2014

Polylactic Acid (PLA) Market

Polylactic Acid (PLA) is thermoplastic polyester derived from renewable feedstock such as corn starch, sugarcane, wheat and tapioca roots. PLA products contain bio-based renewable constituents. The global PLA market is expected to reach a market size of $5.2 billion by 2020, growing at a CAGR of 19.5% during 2013 to 2020. Limited fossil fuel resources and rising petrochemical price are the key factors driving the market. Limited fossil fuel resources, is an important reason for governments and companies to find substitutes to crude oil based products. Growing environmental concerns and government regulations is further assisting in adoption of PLA by end users of final products as well as manufacturers in industries such as textile, packaging, transportation, electronics, etc. 


However, there are certain factors that are hindering the growth of the market. Though PLA is a bio-based material and can be degraded completely, it requires specific industrial composting system to get completely degraded. Moreover, there are other renewable packaging alternatives hitting the market, for example agricultural fiber products produced using natural fibers such as bamboo, bagasse, bulrush and palm fiber. These alternatives might restraint the market growth. Reinforcement of PLA with other materials creates huge opportunities for future. As natural fibers are low cost and degradable, it’s reinforcement with PLA leads to a material which is economical as well as ecological. New technologies are used to reinforce fiber in PLA so as to give it more strength and stiffness as well as many other features suitable for specific applications.

mHealth Market

Currently, mobile penetration is more than 100% in developed markets and is rapidly increasing in developing markets such as Asia-Pacific, Latin America and Africa. Moreover, increasing exposure to smartphones along with 3G and 4G networks will further boost the adoption of mobile devices in most sectors, especially in healthcare systems. Furthermore, shift is observed from hospital-care to personal-care, as Mobile Healthcare systems are providing seamless support and care to patients irrespective of their locations. On top of that, the advent of new generation of connected medical devices is making it easier for healthcare providers to serve patients effectively and at a lower cost. Mobile medical devices provides adequate and systematic recording of biomedical signals such as respiratory parameters, glucose analysis, electrocardiogram (ECG) recordings and blood pressure measurements irrespective of the location. Thus, major factors that mobile health market players use to differentiate their product and services are portability, automation, ease of use and customization. These have proved to be an optimal solution for monitoring and diagnosing of chronic conditions. Thus, mobile access is expected to become ubiquitous part of healthcare system over next few years, worldwide, just like healthcare access.


Increasing number of active subscribers and growing coverage of mobile networks is primarily driving the demand for smart and connected devices, which in turn is steering the growth of Mobile Healthcare Market. On top of that, increase in incidence of lifestyle driven diseases, namely diabetes and obesity, which is enabling the mobile healthcare devices market growth. In spite of technological advancement in medical devices and rise in per capita income, the higher cost of healthcare systems poses challenges such as affordability and complexity worldwide. In developed markets, due to rise in chronic diseases, per capita expenditure on healthcare is increasing at a faster rate than increase in income level and inflation rate. Yet, there has been no corresponding increase in quality of healthcare services rendered in many countries, thus can be treated as an opportunity for Mobile Health Market. On the other hand, developing countries are still struggling to provide adequate healthcare solutions to their citizens.

Global 3D Printing Market

3D printing, also known as additive printing technology, allows manufacturers to develop objects using a digital file and variety of printing materials. The materials used in 3D printing include various types of polymers, metals, ceramics, etc. 3D printing offers methodologies that makes manufacturing of complex designs an apparent reality. The global 3D printing market is in the progressive phase of its life cycle and was valued $2.3 billion in 2013 and is anticipated to reach $8.6 billion by 2020, growing at a CAGR of 20.6% The anticipated advancement is due to the widespread applications of 3D printing and the potential prospects of 3D printing in diverse fields.


The factors driving 3D printing market are high degree of accuracy, efficient use of raw materials, ability to build customized products, simultaneous use of multiple materials for printing, efficient use of production time and financials, competency over traditional techniques, etc. On the contrary, higher production cost to individual users, expensive 3D printing software, lack of channel partner assistance, scarcity of skilled labors and inability to manufacture huge outputs are some of the restraints for the global 3D printing market. Also, application of 3D printing in various industries and improved manufacturing process are the opportunities present, which can be capitalized. The market size and year on year forecast for global 3D printing market is been provided for the period of 2013 to 2020 in terms of revenue (in $million). Thus, the futuristic knowledge of possible surge in the demand for 3D printing in certain applications would help companies take proactive business decisions. A quantitative data of estimated market size would also facilitate decision makers in planning profitable strategies.

Three-Dimensional (3D) Technology Market

The multiple dimensional technologies have come a long way from two-dimensional (2D) to three-dimensional (3D) technologies. The 2D technology has had a long stay in the market; however, technological advancements have developed the 3D technology to the extent that it is being used in multiple applications, namely 3D Printing Industry, Entertainment, Healthcare, Government and Defense, Aerospace, Industrial and Manufacturing and Architecture. Entertainment has been the most dominant application in the market, and it is expected that entertainment would continue to lead the market in the forecast period. The forecast for 3D ready display devices shipment for the next few years suggests that the 3D market would grow at a respectable rate between the period 2013 and 2020. The sales were around 53 million units in 2011, and it is expected that the sales would grow to around 250 million units in 2020, mainly due to popularity of auto-stereoscopic displays in televisions and mobile phones.


Furthermore, auto-stereoscopic displays market is going to directly impact the overall 3D display technology market as it is the maximum revenue generating segment. The cost of 3D technology is higher as compared to 2D; however, there has been a considerable price correction in the last two years, For example, the average price of 3D television with glasses was $2,500 in 2011, which reduced to $2,000 in 2013. Looking at the potential of the technology, many governments are breathing life into 3D printing technology. Due to the favorable market situations, the 3D printing technology market is taking a huge leap, and is growing at CAGR of 39.1% during 2013-2020.

Global Bio Succinic Acid Market

The U.S. Department of Energy (USDOE) considers succinic acid as one among the top twelve chemical building blocks. Succinic acid, as a platform chemical, is growing in demand in various applications. However, consumption of petroleum based succinic acid, as an intermediate, in manufacturing various chemicals, is limited due to its volatility of price and carbon footprints. These concerns led to the discovery of biological manufacturing of succinic acid. The bio succinic acid market is forecast to grow at a significant rate over the next seven years. The major drivers for this growth will be volatility in fossil fuel prices, rise in carbon footprints, and an interest in using locally available raw materials. Furthermore, increasing global demand of green chemicals will trigger its adoption in wide range of applications, especially, in bio plastics, making it a strong platform chemical.


Bio succinic acid is primarily being used as a replacement for petrol based succinic acid in few applications such as solvents and lubricants, de-icer solutions, cosmetics, food and pharma. Furthermore, newer application such as 1,4-Butanediol (BDO), PBS, plasticizers and polyesters polyols market will accelerate the future growth of the market. Additionally, higher cost of crude oil, increase in investments for green chemicals, demand for renewable chemicals, and increase in government support will further boost the growth of the market. However, higher price of bio succinic acid and lengthy extraction processes are primarily restraining the market growth for the next few years. The global bio based succinic acid market is expected to reach market volume of 710.0 kilo tons by 2020, growing at a CAGR of 45.6% during 2013-2020.

Wednesday 16 July 2014

Global In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) Market

In-vitro fertilization is a type of assisted reproductive technology that helps women in conceiving. The global IVF market was valued at $9.3 billion in 2012 and is expected to grow up to $21.6 billion by 2020. Delayed pregnancy in women is one of the major driving factors of the IVF market, as the chances of conceiving lowers with age. The pregnancy success rate with IVF technique is higher in the age group of 35-39.  Other driving factors of the IVF market are rise in infertility rate due to rise in stress levels, change in life style and fertility related diseases. Globally, the number of couples with infertility issues was found to be 48.5 million in 2010.The major limiting factor of this market is the cost involved in the treatment. The patient may not conceive in the first cycle of IVF procedure. 


Many cycles have to be undergone by the patient to achieve pregnancy, and this adds to the overall cost. The average cost of this procedure is approximately $10,000-$20,000. This acts as a major limitation in adoption of the technique for people with low income. Another challenge is the low level of awareness in the developing economies such as Nigeria. Awareness can be created through medical tourism and availability of low cost IVF treatments.

The companies profiled in this report include Vitrolife AB, Cooper Surgical. Inc., Cook Medicals, Thermo Scientific, Irvine Scientific Inc., Genea Biomedx, Oxford Gene Technology, Auxogyn Inc., EMD Serono Inc. and Ova Science.

The global smart homes and buildings market is expected to grow at a significant CAGR of 29.5% between 2013 and 2020. This is attributed to rising energy costs and government initiatives. Some of the key government initiatives include regulations such as Commercial Buildings Initiatives (CBI) by the U.S. government aims at making all commercial buildings completely energy independent by 2025. This implies that commercial buildings should have facilities to generate onsite power. Energy efficiency has become the need of the hour as it is expected that energy demand would increase by 40% between 2010 and 2040. The key restraint for the growth is the high upfront investment that is required for well-integrated smart technologies.


 Perceived value versus the cost issue is still a concern that is impacting the adoption rates. Increasing smart homes and buildings with well-integrated and applied technologies will precisely lead to envisioned concept of “Smart Cities”

Global Smart Homes and Buildings

The global smart homes and buildings market is expected to grow at a significant CAGR of 29.5% between 2013 and 2020. This is attributed to rising energy costs and government initiatives. Some of the key government initiatives include regulations such as Commercial Buildings Initiatives (CBI) by the U.S. government aims at making all commercial buildings completely energy independent by 2025. This implies that commercial buildings should have facilities to generate onsite power. Energy efficiency has become the need of the hour as it is expected that energy demand would increase by 40% between 2010 and 2040. The key restraint for the growth is the high upfront investment that is required for well-integrated smart technologies. Perceived value versus the cost issue is still a concern that is impacting the adoption rates. Increasing smart homes and buildings with well-integrated and applied technologies will precisely lead to envisioned concept of “Smart Cities”


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·        -This report provides market intelligence with respect to applications, products, technologies, end-users and geography so that companies can make precise investment decisions.
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·        -Value chain analysis provides for the significance and role of all stakeholders of the market.

·        - Porter’s five forces analysis offers insights into the potency of buyers and suppliers and competitive scenario of the market.

In Vitro Fertilization Market in Asia Pacific

The advancement of IVF market in Asia Pacific is characterized by major factors such as the rising standards of living and growing number of couples delaying parenthood due to professional and financial commitments. The Asia Pacific IVF market, valued at $1.3 billion in 2012, is estimated to reach $4.2 billion by 2020. As the chances of conceiving lowers with age, delayed pregnancy in women is one of the major driving factors of the IVF market. The success rate of getting pregnant with IVF technique is higher within the age group of 35-39. Other driving factors of the IVF market are rise in infertility rates due to rise in stress levels, change in life style and fertility related diseases.



Asia, in particular is facing the challenge of aging population and lower work force replacement. These trends would impact the socio-economic development and progress. Many countries in Asia Pacific region such as Japan, North and South Korea, China, Vietnam, Singapore and Thailand have fertility rates that are way below the replacement fertility levels. According to the East West center study, countries such as Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, etc., Asia’s prosperous economies have the lowest birth rate worldwide.

Monday 7 July 2014

Ghana-based Center for Pharmaceutical Advancement and Training

Ghana-based Center for Pharmaceutical Advancement and Training (Cepat), a piece of the U.s. Pharmacopeial Convention's (USP) Global Health Impact Program, is presently utilizing anti-counterfeiting technology in its battle to recognize fake anti-malaria drugs, a real issue in Ghana and Sub-Saharan Africa.
Thermo Scientific Truscan instruments are perfect for the Cepat exertion due to their streamlined client interface, simplicity of execution and inalienable specificity, intended to permit key work force at the purpose of need to rapidly and faultlessly recognize fake medications.


“Malaria is a major health issue in this region and anti-malarial drugs are critical to survival,” said Dr. Patrick Lukulay, vice president at USP in charge of the Promoting Quality of Medicines program.

“Sadly, counterfeiters are exploiting this need and attempting to capitalize, and we need ways to stay ahead of them. Because TruScan is easy to learn and delivers immediate results, we’re able to make it an integral part of our ongoing effort to safeguard the public and improve human health.”

We’re pleased to play a role in a very important public health issue,” said Bob Brush, business development manager at Thermo Fisher Scientific. “The work CePAT is doing is precisely what we designed TruScan to do, make it easy to confirm that a substance – whether it’s a pill, powder or liquid and even if it’s already packaged and shipped – is what it says it is.”


Anti-Counterfeiting is increasingly becoming important as a result of increased product duplication. As per Reports and Intelligence, the Anti-Counterfeiting market would reach a market value of 142.7 billion by 2020. 

Thursday 3 July 2014

Foundation Medicine to develop tests for Clovis' ovarian.

Foundation Medicine ($fmi) will create a partner analytic test for utilization with a Clovis Oncology ($clvs) medicate now in mid-stage clinical test to treat patients with ovarian growth.

The arrangement expands on a progressing coordinated effort between Foundation Medicine, a Cambridge, MA, diagnostics sweetheart, and Clovis, a Boulder, CO-based medication designer. It likewise takes after Foundation's publication in late March of arrangements to raise to the extent that $150 million in an optional offering to fuel household and worldwide extension and additionally new item improvement
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Establishment, as a component of the arrangement, will work with Clovis to create a composed method for another sidekick analytic that would acquire premarket regard. Doctors would utilize it to spot patients well on the way to react to Clovis' medication rucaparib, a PARP inhibitor presently in Phase II and III clinical trials to treat ovarian malignancy patients. The thought is to seek after simultaneous improvement of both the indicative test and the medication, so Foundation submits for PMA regard around the same time Clovis documents its new medication application for rucaparib. Work is as of now well underway, the organizations said, with Foundation's more extensive indicative stage being used in Clovis' Ariel2 clinical trial of the medication. A last friendly symptomatic will be focused around that innovation, the organizations said.

"This collaboration markets a paradigm shift in the development of companion diagnostics," Foundation Medicine President and CEO Dr. Michael Pellini said in a statement. "The use of Foundation Medicine's platform is an important step in the evolution of cancer from a static, single-gene companion diagnostic approach toward universal companion diagnostic standards."
Pellini added that the deal "complements Foundation Medicine's plans to develop an FDA-approved companion diagnostic and supports our overall strategy to work with the FDA to establish the appropriate regulatory framework for novel, genomic profiling platforms."
As per the market research, companion diagnostic market is expected to reach $3.5 billion by 2020.

Tuesday 1 July 2014

AUTOMATICA- 2014


Almost 34,500 visitors for four days from more than 100 countries along with 731 exhibitors from 42 countries were recorded at AUTOMATICA in the year 2014.
KUKA itself could likewise brag noteworthy figures at the leader reasonable for mechanical autonomy and computerization: roughly 1,200 m2 of display space, in excess of 70 KUKA robots on presentation all through the fair, 12 true applications with the delicate lightweight robot LBR iiwa, 30 members in the KUKA Innovation Award and incalculable discussions with clients.

In Munich, from 3 to 6 June 2014, everything spun around mechanical technology and robotization. At AUTOMATICA 2014, KUKA introduced another measurement of apply autonomy in an astounding stall idea, the point of convergence of which was human-robot cooperation with the lightweight robot LBR iiwa. An extent of uses from modern and administration mechanical technology welcomed guests to straightforwardly communicate with the robot.


Beside the fundamental corner was another swarm puller: the KUKA moiros stall, which showcased the portable idea study comprising of a KR QUANTEC robot, a KUKA omnimove stage and independent route software. What's more, the presentation of the first KUKA Innovation Award for creative advancements in mobile manipulation additionally moved a lot of consideration. The group from the University of Zurich took home the prize.

Industrial robotics market is expected to grow exponentially, as per the research report that is on reportsandintelligence.com. The report included all the major drivers and restraints in coming years.