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ARLINGTON, VA – The Consumer Electronics Association now projects fourth quarter wholesale shipment revenues will increase by 0.1% year-over-year. The original forecast issued in October anticipated 3.5% fourth-quarter growth over 2007.
WELLESLEY, MA – The global market for electronics conformal coatings and related equipment is expected to grow from $6.6 billion in 2008 to $9.1 billion in 2013, a CAGR of 6.8%.
The conformal coating equipment/spares segment has a larger share of the market than materials, worth an estimated $5.1 billion this year, says BCC Research. This is expected to increase to $6.9 billion in 2013, a CAGR of 6.2%, says the firm.
The materials segment is worth an estimated $1.5 billion in 2008, and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 8.9% to $2.3 billion in 2013.
Conformal coatings are important for applications in consumer electronics, automotive, aerospace and medical devices. Applications for consumer electronics currently dominate the market and will continue to do so through 2013, says BCC.
Growth in the automotive segment will be driven by accelerated use of electronic monitoring, sensing and controlling devices, and computer systems in cars. Conformal coating application in aerospace is the most highly developed segment of the industry, while medical and biomedical device applications of conformal coatings will experience the highest growth of the market segments studied, according to the firm.
The conformal coating equipment/spares segment has a larger share of the market than materials, worth an estimated $5.1 billion this year, says BCC Research. This is expected to increase to $6.9 billion in 2013, a CAGR of 6.2%, says the firm.
The materials segment is worth an estimated $1.5 billion in 2008, and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 8.9% to $2.3 billion in 2013.
Conformal coatings are important for applications in consumer electronics, automotive, aerospace and medical devices. Applications for consumer electronics currently dominate the market and will continue to do so through 2013, says BCC.
Growth in the automotive segment will be driven by accelerated use of electronic monitoring, sensing and controlling devices, and computer systems in cars. Conformal coating application in aerospace is the most highly developed segment of the industry, while medical and biomedical device applications of conformal coatings will experience the highest growth of the market segments studied, according to the firm.
EAST WINDSOR, CT – Friendlygreen.org today announced so-called green alternatives to tissue paper products.
The online resource offers links to articles and Web sites that provide information about the environmental impact of everyday products.
The pulp and paper industry, for example, which includes tissue product manufacturers, is among the world’s largest generators of toxic air, water pollutants and waste products. It is the third largest generator of global warming emissions, says the site, and those emissions are projected to increase 100% by 2020.
In North America, tissue products can be made from post-consumer recycled materials or agricultural waste, says Friendlygreen.org, sparing old growth forests.
The online resource offers links to articles and Web sites that provide information about the environmental impact of everyday products.
The pulp and paper industry, for example, which includes tissue product manufacturers, is among the world’s largest generators of toxic air, water pollutants and waste products. It is the third largest generator of global warming emissions, says the site, and those emissions are projected to increase 100% by 2020.
In North America, tissue products can be made from post-consumer recycled materials or agricultural waste, says Friendlygreen.org, sparing old growth forests.
SCOTTSDALE, AZ – With economic conditions remaining shaky through most of 2009, personal computer sales are forecast to suffer a rare-but-modest decline next year, and PC unit growth is expected to slow down to about half the rate seen in 2008, according to IC Insights.
In 2009, however, shipments of portable notebook computers are expected to exceed desktop PCs for the first time ever. Notebook PC shipments are projected to rise 13% to 156 million systems in 2009, versus a 3% decline for desktop systems to 143 million, says the research firm. Worldwide shipments of notebook computers are expected to reach 264 million in 2012 compared to 178 million desktop PCs.
Overall PC dollar volumes are forecast to decline 3% next year to $240 billion. While market conditions will remain weak through much of 2009, IC Insights does not believe the PC segment will suffer a protracted downturn, as was the case in the 2001-2002 recession. Supply-chain inventories did not grow out of control in 2008, and PCs are more pervasive than they were at the start of this decade. Growing demand for low-cost systems in developing regions is also helping offset some weakness in the U.S., European, and Japanese markets. PC revenues are now forecast to rebound by more than 9% in 2010 to about $263 million. PC unit growth is also expected to surge back in 2010 with shipments rising 15% to 350 million systems worldwide compared to a projected 5% increase in 2009.
During the 2009 slowdown year, PC integrated circuit sales will fall 6% to $66.4 billion, the firm says. IC sales for PCs dropped 3% in 2008 to an estimated $70.4 billion after slipping 4% in 2007 to $72.3 billion, mainly as a result of price erosion in DRAMs and x86 central microprocessors sold by Intel and rival Advanced Micro Devices. IC sales are expected to rebound in 2010, reaching an annual record high of $83 billion in 2011.
ENDICOTT, NY – Endicott Interconnect Technologies Inc. has been awarded a $12 million research and development contract by the U.S. Department of Defense to continue development of electronic packaging technologies, including PCBs and organic substrates for a super computer application.
BOONTON, NJ – The worldwide telecommunications industry is expected to continue expanding during the next five years, as continuing growth of wireless services in emerging markets offsets the spending slowdown in the advanced economies, says Insight Research Corp.
Overall telecommunications services revenues are expected to grow at a compounded rate of nearly 10.3% during the next few years, reaching $2.7 trillion by 2013, says the firm.
“Wireless makes the strongest showing, while wireline follows a distant second. Nearly all of the growth in both sectors is expected to occur in broadband services, with wireless broadband service revenues expected to grow at a compounded rate of more than 70% over the forecast period, while wireline broadband services grow at under 10% over the same forecast horizon,” said president Robert Rosenberg.
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