Freedonia Group's large crew of in-house analysts write about 120 Industry Studies and 600 Freedonia Focus Reports per year.
The blogs not only give us a chance to show our creative side, but also share some interesting tidbits we learned while writing our studies and reports.
Here are a couple from the Machinery & Equipment vertical:
Freedonia industry market research on Machinery & Equipment covers a vast array of machinery used throughout the manufacturing, construction and distribution process. Representative topics include machinery such as construction machinery, agricultural equipment, packaging equipment, and plastic processing equipment. Each industry market research study includes market size, forecasts, product and market segmentations, related economic indicators and regulatory analysis, market share estimates, a discussion of industry structure, and profiles of the leading companies.
The list below is sorted by publication date in reverse chronological order. Please click on the study title to view a table of contents, obtain additional information or to purchase all or portions of the selected study.
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Vending Machines: United States
FF75030
This report forecasts US vending machine demand in US dollars at the manufacturers' level to 2020. Total demand is segmented by product in terms of: beverage machines, food and other machines, and parts. Total demand is also segmented by market as fol...
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- 29 Pages
- Publication Price
- $750
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Commercial Refrigeration Equipment
3396
US demand for commercial refrigeration equipment is forecast to increase 3.1 percent annually through 2020 to $11.3 billion. Beverage refrigeration equipment and display cases will be the fastest growing types. An upcoming ban on R-22 refrigerant will...
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- Publication Length
- 257 Pages
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- $5,300
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World Machine Tools
3373
World demand for machine tools will rise 5.5 percent yearly to $181 billion in 2019. Metal forming products will outpace metal cutting machinery. The Asia/Pacific market will remain dominant, while the Central and South American market will grow the f...
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- Publication Length
- 447 Pages
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- $6,300
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World Packaging Machinery
3323
Global demand for packaging machinery will rise 6.5 percent per annum through 2019 to $52.5 billion. China will pace the leading Asia/Pacific region, which will remain the fastest growing market. Labeling and coding machines will be among the best opp...
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- Publication Length
- 504 Pages
- Publication Price
- $6,400
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Pallets
3314
The total number of pallets in use in the US will grow 1.7 percent annually through 2019 to 1.4 billion units. Wood will remain the dominant material but plastic, metal and corrugated paper pallets will grow faster and gain market share, albeit from s...
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- Publication Length
- 317 Pages
- Publication Price
- $5,300
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Industrial Rubber Products
3305
US demand for industrial rubber products is forecast to rise 3.4 percent annually to $24.4 billion in 2019. Roofing and other products will be the fastest growing segments. Construction and machinery will be the fastest growing markets. Original equip...
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- Publication Length
- 307 Pages
- Publication Price
- $5,300
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World Construction Machinery
3282
World demand for construction machinery is forecast to advance 3.9 percent annually through 2019 to $218 billion. China will be the fastest growing national market and surpass the US as the largest. Demand for excavators and loaders will advance at th...
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- Publication Length
- 447 Pages
- Publication Price
- $6,500
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World Food Processing Machinery
3275
Global demand for food processing machinery is projected to advance 7.6 percent annually to $73 billion in 2019. Growth will be driven by industrializing nations, where strong consumer demand for processed foods is emerging. Beverage and chocolate/con...
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- Publication Length
- 442 Pages
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- $6,300
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World Forestry Equipment
3270
World demand for forestry equipment will climb 4.5 percent annually to $9.3 billion in 2019. Harvesters and forwarders will be the fastest growing types, supported by increased use of cut-to-length harvesting methods. The US will record the largest in...
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- Publication Length
- 371 Pages
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- $6,300
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Insulated Wire & Cable
3260
US insulated wire and cable demand will rise 6.0 percent annually to $27 billion in 2019. Building wire and cable will remain the largest product segment and will be by far the fastest growing, followed by power and fiber optic wire and cable. Constru...
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- Publication Length
- 262 Pages
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- $5,300
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HVAC Equipment
3261
Demand for HVAC equipment in the US will rise 6.8 percent annually through 2019 to $20.4 billion. Warm air furnaces and heat pumps will grow the fastest, while unitary air conditioners will remain the top segment. The residential market will outpace t...
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- Publication Length
- 305 Pages
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- $5,300
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Electric Power Transmission & Distribution Equipment
3256
US demand for electric power transmission and distribution (T&D) equipment is expected to rise 5.5 percent annually through 2019 to $33.4 billion. Switchgear and pole and transmission line hardware will be the fastest growing products. The residential...
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- Publication Length
- 318 Pages
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- $5,300
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Electric Motors
3238
US electric motor demand will rise 5.4 percent per year through 2018 to $16.2 billion. Growth in the dominant AC motors segment will outpace DC types. The motor vehicle market will grow the fastest and remain the largest category, followed by the heat...
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- Publication Length
- 265 Pages
- Publication Price
- $5,200
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World Commercial Refrigeration Equipment
3225
Global demand for commercial refrigeration equipment will rise 4.7 percent annually through 2018 to $36.5 billion. The US will remain the largest national market, while China remains the fastest growing. Reach-in and walk-in refrigerators and freezers...
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- Publication Length
- 400 Pages
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- $6,400
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World Material Handling Products
3196
Global material handling product demand will rise 5.0 percent annually through 2018 to $142 billion. India and China will grow the fastest as material handling products supply growing manufacturing and distribution activity. Automated storage/retrieva...
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- Publication Length
- 439 Pages
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- $6,400
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World Lighting Fixtures
3192
Global demand for lighting fixtures is projected to increase at a 6.9 percent annual rate through 2018 to $176 billion. China will remain the largest market while India grows the fastest. The dominant nonportable lighting fixture segment will experien...
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- Publication Length
- 514 Pages
- Publication Price
- $6,400
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World Agricultural Equipment
3166
Global demand for agricultural equipment will rise 6.9 percent yearly through 2018 to $208 billion. China will be the fastest growing market, followed by Turkey, Brazil, Thailand, India and South Africa. Tractors will remain the largest equipment segm...
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- Publication Length
- 459 Pages
- Publication Price
- $6,300
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Commercial Refrigeration Equipment
3159
US demand for commercial refrigeration equipment is expected to rise 3.1 percent per year through 2018 to $10.7 billion. Transportation refrigeration equipment will remain the largest and fastest growing segment, spurred by more opportunities for US-b...
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- Publication Length
- 262 Pages
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- $5,100
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Lighting Fixtures
3136
Demand for lighting fixtures in the US will rise 7.7 percent annually to $32.5 billion in 2018. The dominant construction market will be the fastest growing segment, as it rebounds from the decline of the 2008-2013 period. Nonportable fixtures will re...
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- Publication Length
- 416 Pages
- Publication Price
- $5,300
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World HVAC Equipment
3154
Global demand for HVAC equipment is forecast to rise 5.7 percent annually to $120 billion in 2018. The Asia/Pacific region will remain the dominant geographic market, while North America grows the fastest. Heat pumps will lead gains based on lower pen...
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- Publication Length
- 425 Pages
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- $6,300
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World Pallets
3126
Global sales of pallets are projected to climb 5.0 percent annually through 2017 to 5.1 billion units. The Asia/Pacific region will be the fastest growing market and will surpass North America as the largest. Plastic pallets will grow the fastest base...
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- Publication Length
- 357 Pages
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- $6,100
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World Mining Equipment
3107
Global demand for mining machinery is forecast to expand 8.6 percent per year through 2017 to $135 billion. The Asia/Pacific region and Central and South America will be the fastest growing markets. Metals mining equipment will remain the largest prod...
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- Publication Length
- 524 Pages
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- $6,300
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Circuit Breakers & Fuses
3106
US demand for circuit breakers and fuses will rise 5.5 percent yearly to $5.1 billion in 2017. The residential construction market will lead gains, driven by a rebound in new housing activity. Circuit breakers will outpace fuses as power breakers bene...
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- Publication Length
- 227 Pages
- Publication Price
- $5,100
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World Water Treatment Equipment
3103
World demand for water treatment equipment is expected to grow 6.9 percent per year to $53.4 billion in 2017. Developing areas will show strong growth based on improved access to treated drinking water and sanitation facilities, particularly through g...
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- Publication Length
- 464 Pages
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- $6,100
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World 3D Printing (Additive Manufacturing)
3123
World demand for 3D printers, materials and software will rise 21 percent yearly to $5 billion in 2017. North America will remain the largest market while developing regions will grow the fastest. Plastics will continue to lead materials demand but wi...
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- Publication Length
- 293 Pages
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- $6,100
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Batteries
3075
US demand for primary and secondary batteries is expected to grow 4.2 percent per year to $17.1 billion in 2017. Lithium batteries will offer the best growth opportunities in both the rechargeable and primary battery segments. Secondary batteries will...
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- Publication Length
- 318 Pages
- Publication Price
- $5,300
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LEDs & High Efficiency Lighting
3068
This study analyzes the US light-emitting diode (LED) and high efficiency lighting industry. It presents historical demand data for 2002, 2007, and 2012, and forecasts for 2017 and 2022 by product (e.g., LEDs, high efficiency fluorescent lamps, high e...
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- Publication Length
- 333 Pages
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- $5,300
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World Plastics Processing Machinery
3093
Global plastics processing machinery demand will rise 6.9 percent yearly through 2017 to $37.1 billion. Plastic packaging production equipment will exhibit the fastest and largest gains in demand. Injection molding equipment will remain the most popul...
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- Publication Length
- 450 Pages
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- $6,100
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Lamps
3054
US demand for lamps is forecast to be restrained in unit terms, due to a ban on the manufacture and sale of most general service incandescent lamps by 2014. More expensive halogen lamps and high intensity discharge (HID) lamps will be the fastest grow...
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- Publication Length
- 309 Pages
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- $5,300
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World Electric Motors
3055
World demand for electric motors is projected to increase 6.5 percent per year to $122.5 billion in 2017. The Asia/Pacific region will be the largest source of market growth through 2017. Demand for AC motors will outpace DC types. Motor vehicles and ...
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- 425 Pages
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- $6,100
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World Packaging Machinery
3063
Growth in worldwide demand for packaging machinery is expected to climb at a 4.6 percent annual pace through 2017 to $41.8 billion. Machines used in the packaging of chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and personal care products will post the most rapid gains...
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- 424 Pages
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- $6,200
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World Electric Transmission & Distribution Equipment
3071
Global demand for electric transmission and distribution (T&D) equipment will rise 6.7 percent annually to $177 billion in 2017. The Asia/Pacific region, led by China, will continue to post the fastest gains. In North America and Western Europe, advan...
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- Publication Length
- 336 Pages
- Publication Price
- $5,900
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World Construction Machinery
3041
Global demand for construction machinery will rise 6.0 percent per year to $189 billion in 2017. Gains will be fueled primarily by the Asia/Pacific region, particularly China, as construction spending on infrastructure and other projects continues to ...
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- Publication Length
- 451 Pages
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- $6,300
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Insulated Wire & Cable
3036
US demand for insulated wire and cable is projected to increase 5.8 percent per year through 2017 to $29.2 billion. The recovering US construction industry will benefit building and power wire and cable. Fiber optic cable demand will remain strong, dr...
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- Publication Length
- 252 Pages
- Publication Price
- $4,900
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Pallets
3033
The number of pallets in use in the US is forecast to grow 2.4 percent annually to 2.6 billion in 2017. Metal and plastic pallets will grow the fastest but wood will remain by far the dominant pallet material. Construction and other markets will be th...
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- Publication Length
- 309 Pages
- Publication Price
- $5,100
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Electric Transmission & Distribution Equipment
3029
US demand for electric power transmission and distribution (T&D) equipment is forecast to climb 4.8 percent annually to $30.4 billion in 2017. Electric meters will be the fastest growing type, driven by the ongoing development of the “smart grid.” Ele...
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- Publication Length
- 317 Pages
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- $5,100
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Electric Motors
3007
US demand for electric motors will increase at an accelerated rate of 4.6 percent annually through 2017 to $14.4 billion. AC motors will remain the largest segment while hermetic motors will grow the fastest. The heating and cooling equipment market w...
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- Publication Length
- 223 Pages
- Publication Price
- $4,900
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World Turbines
3009
The world market for turbines and related products (turbine-based engines, generators, and generator sets) is forecast to rise 6.4 percent annually to $162 billion in 2016. Wind turbines will remain the largest and fastest growing segment (albeit at a...
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- Publication Length
- 437 Pages
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- $6,100
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World Tractors
2984
World demand for tractors will rise 6.8 percent annually through 2016 to $122 billion. Gains in the Asia/Pacific region will be more than twice that of any other region, with China alone claiming nearly one-third of the global total. Agricultural trac...
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- Publication Length
- 407 Pages
- Publication Price
- $6,300
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World Lighting: Lamps & LEDs
2979
World demand for lighting is projected to climb more than 12 percent annually through 2016 to $78.3 billion. Market gains in developing countries will outpace sales in the US, Western Europe, and Japan. Light-emitting diode (LED or solid state) lighti...
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- Publication Length
- 477 Pages
- Publication Price
- $6,200
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World Robots
2950
Global robot demand will rise 10.5 percent annually through 2016 to $20.2 billion. Five countries -- the US, Japan, Germany, China, and South Korea -- will continue to dominate demand, with the US remaining the largest national market. Smaller, less e...
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- Publication Length
- 289 Pages
- Publication Price
- $6,100
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World Commercial Refrigeration Equipment
2953
Global demand for commercial refrigeration equipment is forecast to rise at an accelerated pace of 4.6 percent per year through 2016 to $32.5 billion. China will remain the fastest growing market, but gains will slow from their previous pace. Reach-in...
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- Publication Length
- 372 Pages
- Publication Price
- $6,200
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World Food Processing Machinery
2931
Global sales of food processing machinery are expected to climb 7.3 percent per year to $53.3 billion in 2016. The Asia/Pacific region will record the fastest demand gains, led by China, India, Indonesia and Thailand. Bakery and pasta machinery will r...
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- Publication Length
- 352 Pages
- Publication Price
- $5,900
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World Oilfield Equipment
2937
Global demand for oilfield equipment will rise 3.8 percent yearly through 2016 to $109 billion. Growth will be strongest in developing areas, where better infrastructure will benefit drilling activity. New, more expensive techniques to drill for uncon...
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- Publication Length
- 325 Pages
- Publication Price
- $6,100
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World Batteries
2939
World demand for batteries is forecast to rise 8.1 percent annually to $132 billion in 2016. China will remain the largest market while India and South Korea will grow the fastest. Secondary batteries will outpace primary types, the former driven by u...
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- Publication Length
- 560 Pages
- Publication Price
- $6,500
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World Lighting Fixtures
2946
Global demand for lighting fixtures will climb 6.9 percent annually through 2016 to $153 billion. China alone will account for over one third of all new demand, retaining its position as the largest national market. Nonportable indoor lighting fixture...
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- Publication Length
- 513 Pages
- Publication Price
- $6,300
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World Material Handling Products
2919
Global demand for material handling products is forecast to climb 4.0 percent annually through 2016 to $123.6 billion. Opportunities will be best for sales of advanced equipment such as automated conveyors and automated guided vehicles. Among national...
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- Publication Length
- 382 Pages
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- $6,300
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World Agricultural Equipment
2892
World demand for agricultural equipment is expected to increase 6.8 percent per year through 2016 to $175 billion. The Asia/Pacific region -- led by China and India -- will be the fastest growing market, followed by Central and South America. Plowing ...
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- Publication Length
- 379 Pages
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- $6,100
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Commercial Refrigeration Equipment
2914
US demand for commercial refrigeration equipment will rise 4.6 percent per year to $9.4 billion in 2016. Transportation systems will remain the largest segment and grow the fastest, followed in pace by ice machines. Food and beverage distribution will...
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- Publication Length
- 221 Pages
- Publication Price
- $4,900
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Lighting Fixtures
2862
Demand for lighting fixtures in the US will increase 7.5 percent annually to $25.3 billion in 2016. Gains will be driven by an expected recovery in building construction activity and improved outlook for motor vehicle production. Demand will also bene...
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- Publication Length
- 365 Pages
- Publication Price
- $5,100
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