n-tech Research Issues Latest Forecast of Global BIPV Market

Glen Allen, VA: n-tech Research has issued its latest forecast of the global BIPV market. In the new release n-tech Research sees robust growth of the technology fueled by government policies, near-zero mandates and the availability of off-the-shelf BIPV products. The firm projects that BIPV shipments will grow from 1,925 mw this year to over 6,600 mw in 2025.

Details of the report are available at: https://www.ntechresearch.com/market-reports/building-integrated-pv-markets-2021-2025/

About the report:

The goal of this report is to quantify the market for BIPV in major countries. Ten countries account for the majority of the BIPV market: US, Germany, the UK, Spain, France, Italy, Scandinavia, Japan, China, and South Korea and are the focus of the report with a total global forecast provided. The product breakout is roof, wall, and glass and segmented by type. Buildings analyzed are broken out into finer segments; Government, Corporate offices, Educational, Medical, Hospitality, Transportation centers, Factories, Warehouses, MTUs, and Residential homes.

The deliverable consists of a report and accompanying separate spreadsheet. The BIPV market is presented in both value and MW and broken out by type of building and BIPV product. Clients can purchase the full data set or by product class or major regions. Individual country deep dives are also available.

From the report:

• While BIPV remains to be a less cost effective/efficient solution than traditional solar, the economics of the technology and products continues to improve thus providing building owners a more compelling ROI opportunity. Generous tax incentives combined with aggressive government mandates are also helping to make the case as well. Increasing home prices in the US make the aesthetics proposition much more viable financially.

• Roofing products will dominate the BIPV market through 2025 but both glass and walling/cladding will see higher growth rates, each seeing market activity nearing $3 billion annual revenues at the end of the forecast period. Organic photovoltaics (OPV) will see some growth because of building owners looking to add energy capture to the building structures via windows or cladding. OPV solutions are best suited to leveraging glass surface areas while maintaining aesthetics and controlling light transfer.

• Cost has been a major limiting factor for the BIPV market. Traditional panels are cheaper and yield more energy but at a cost of aesthetics which are not always resolvable. The more up styling of the deployments results in higher cost and a narrowing of the gap between traditional and BIPV though.

• The lack of mass customization and manufacturing capacity has also been a significant cost issue vs traditional solar with its mega factories and standardized products. n-tech notes that efforts in Europe to drive the industry towards mass customization should help bring costs down.

• Although the largest BIPV markets are China and the U.S., Europe is a significant driver of the business and technology. Near-Zero Energy Buildings (NZEBs) mandates throughout the EU have provided some impetus for BIPV deployments especially with the technologies’ ability to fit into building control systems.

About n-tech Research:

n-tech Research provides industry analysis and market forecasting of opportunities presented by advanced materials and their application in energy, electronics, and other innovative market segments. Leveraging the firm’s founders combined 70 years of experience, n-tech Research delivers carefully considered results to clients via its reports and services.

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New Smart Windows Market Report from n-tech Research Predicts $2.6 Billion in Revenues by 2026

Richmond, Virginia: Industry analyst firm n-tech Research has just issued its latest global smart windows market report.  In the report the firm notes that while the smart windows business has failed to achieve the revenues and market acceptance once predicted, the coming decade may finally produce what has eluded the space for so long.  The growing global focus on reducing carbon and greenhouse gas emissions and meeting net zero mandates will result in demand for a range of technologies such as electrochromics, solar, sensors and software for building controls.  Government mandates combined with incentives and development of advanced building materials and technologies will serve as powerful drivers which will, in turn, grow the smart windows market from around $300 million in 2021 to 2.6 billion in 2026.

Additional details about the new n-tech Research smart windows markets report are available at: https://www.ntechresearch.com/market-reports/smart-windows-market-opportunities/ 

Just over a decade ago, smart windows were seen as a viable technology and a market to invest in. But despite the messaging of improved energy efficiency and improvements to working conditions within offices, revenues and market acceptance failed to materialize.  The huge amounts of money raised by electrochromic window supplier, View, showed that the smart windows market was a story about dreams and possibilities versus actual product sales and market growth.

In addition to net zero mandates that make smart windows a consideration, trends in smart cities and smart buildings and developments in materials/coating technology that will lead to even further improved cost/performance ratios in smart windows may offer additional hope to the sector.  However, the report warns that if smart windows fail to take off in a smart windows/smart cities environment or are seen as less attractive than other carbon reduction technologies they will remain a niche business forever.

 

About the report:

This report analyzes and forecasts the worldwide smart windows market over the coming decade. The smart windows technologies that are covered include electrochromic glass, SPD (suspended particle device systems), PDLC and newer variants on liquid crystal; notably the new smart windows technology from Merck.  The dominant smart windows technology is electrochromic (EC) and includes product offerings from Brite Solar, EControl-X, ChromoGenics, Finnglass, Heliotrope Technologies, Kinestral Technologies, Miru Smart Technologies, SageGlass and View.  These and other prominent smart windows firms are profiled in the report.

This report goes further than other reports on smart windows opportunities by analyzing the specific opportunities for smart windows in office buildings, retail/stores, industrial buildings, multitenant buildings, single family homes, hotels and the hospitality sector, healthcare, airports (a particular favorite of the smart windows industry), educational institutions and greenhouses.  We also provide a review of the status of smart windows in cars and aircraft. And this new n-tech report also includes a granular ten-year forecast for the revenues and volumes from smart windows shipments likely. Break outs of these forecasts are provided for major applications and technologies. The report also discusses the costs trends for the smart windows markets.

From the report:

    • A strong driver for the renewed interest is that smart windows are being repositioned as part of an emerging smart building meme. This includes enabling integration with older building networking platforms such as Modbus, BACNet or (for more functionality) smart windows vendor proprietary networks. Taking this to the next stage smart windows will become part of edge networks in smart buildings or smart cities through the use of smart windows gateways.

 

    • Smart windows become smarter with the use of more sensors and then AI. The report suggests that sensors will find extensive use for real-time tint. Smart windows are now expected to change on a real-time basis in response to weather conditions and without human intervention and more importantly without delay. AI may also be employed to get smart windows to respond to changing human behaviors. Factors such as when people switch on lights, when they take a break, type of work they do at a particular time, etc. can be fed into advanced algorithms for real-time tint. SageGlass already has a model-based, predictive algorithm along with exterior sensors that dictate the tinting of glass.

 

    • We are seeing the beginnings of the next phase in the evolution of smart windows based on innovations in fabrication and materials technology. If these succeed, lower-cost EC glass will be established as an option in a broader range of buildings constructed without extravagant budgets.   Another aspect to this is the role that China or other lower cost manufacturing centers will play both in electronics and units much like it has done with the solar industry.

About n-tech Research:

Founded in 2003 as NanoMarkets, n-tech Research provides industry analysis and market forecasting of opportunities presented by advanced materials and their application in energy, electronics and other cutting edge market segments.  Leveraging the firm’s founders combined 70 years of experience, n-tech Research delivers carefully considered results to clients via its reports and services.

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Revenues from Smart Coatings and Smart Surfaces to Combat Bacteria and Viruses will Reach US $1.3 billion by 2025

Glen Allen, Virginia: Industry analyst firm, n-tech Research has just issued a new research report titled, Smart Antibacterial and Antiviral Markets, 2020.  In the study the firm projects that the market for smart antibacterial and antiviral products will reach US$1.3 billion by 2025 driven by efforts to combat Covid-19 and provide safer workplace, healthcare and improved public health.  n-tech predicts that end users will now buy more antimicrobial coatings and surfaces to prevent the spread of pathogens. While many of the developments in this area are at their earliest stages, this report also looks at the potential for investment and supply chain dominance by large multinationals such as DSM and AkzoNobel.

Additional details of the report are available at:  https://www.ntechresearch.com/market-reports/smart-antibacterial-materials/

About the Report

n-tech Research has been tracking market developments and business dynamics in antibacterial smart coatings and surfaces sector since 2014.  The firm’s latest report identifies the key opportunities emerging for smart materials and smart surfaces that target both antibacterial and antiviral markets. COVID-19’s impact on consumers and industries has been far reaching and is shaping the opportunities in this sector. In this report issues discussed include:

  • How COVID-19 drives the entire antimicrobial market. In the past, the biggest drivers for smart anti-microbials have been healthcare-acquired infections (HAIs) and antibiotic-resistant bacteria.  This report shows how the advent of COVID-19 has broadened the market.  The severity of COVID-19 means that both consumer and industrial markets are now intensely interested in providing anti-microbial protection to employees and loved ones.  The COVID-19 scare promoted product development into both antivirals and antibacterials
  • Changing patterns in end-user price sensitivity. In the past, consumers have been reluctant to buy smart antimicrobial products because of their high price and short life. Today this has changed as smart antimicrobials are justified on the basis of health, economic and societal requirements.  A major focus of antimicrobial R&D is to make them more cost effective and give them longer lifetimes
  • The new opportunity presented by antivirals. Antivirals have understandably received special attention in these efforts. (COVID-19 is a virus). This report discusses how new materials are being developed specifically for antiviral protection.
  • Why smart materials are of growing importance in the antimicrobial market. Established smart materials – self-cleaning and self-healing coatings and surfaces – are obviously important in providing anti-microbial functionality. Affix Labs and others have introduced an antiviral coating with self-cleaning technology, based on silane quaternary ammonium. polymeric biocides are distinctly smart – they embody antimicrobial characteristics with self-healing ability.  DSM Biomedical, offers an anti-microbial coating that self-assembles and is based on hydrophilic technology. Hydrogels are sometimes claimed to have considerable promise because they can incorporate and/or release antimicrobial agents
  • Where the R&D centers of excellence are to be found for smart antimicrobials. Some major academic institutions that this report indicates may produce breakthroughs in smart antimicrobials include ETH  (Switzerland, COVID sensor), Northwestern University (wearable COVID sensor) RMIT University (Australia, gallium-based liquid metal nanoparticles), University of Hong Kong, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (antiviral coatings), Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (Israel, antiviral nanoparticle coatings), McMaster University (Canada, self-cleaning antibacterial surface that repels bacteria) and the University of Texas (sensor for COVID-19 and flu).

This report is accompanied by an Excel spreadsheet with granular ten-year forecasts of all the markets considered in the report with breakouts by application, type of end user and type of material. The report also provides coverage of the supply structure including an assessment of (1) the product/market strategies of leading suppliers and (2) how supply chains are evolving.

Forecasts from the Report

  • By 2025, smart antiviral coatings are expected to generate $340 millions in revenue, with much of these revenues coming from pre-existing products that have been re-purposed for the age of COVID-19. Rebranding or re-purposing existing products enables suppliers to quickly move into the rapidly growing market for antivirals. An example, of this strategy is provided by Airdal with a brand of antimicrobial coating that it has remarked as an antiviral. We also note that Airdal’s product is “powered” by Liquid Guard an established antimicrobial coating
  • Smart antibacterial surfaces are expected to produce revenues for $306 million by 2025. These include surfaces with embedded sensors and delivery mechanisms that deliver antibacterials. Also relevant are smart cleaning surfaces and smart healing surfaces.  Future antimicrobial smart surfaces may embody sensors to identify and detect dangerous bacteria.  Antiviral surfaces do not exist yet but may appear on the market in the next eight to ten years.
  • n-tech expects a flood of material innovations in order to stop the spread of bacteria and especially viruses. Novel materials including biocides, antimicrobial peptide coatings, organosilane nanocoatings and liquid metals are forecast in the report to reach $227.3 millions for antibacterial use. An important materials trend for antimicrobials is the use of   Companies exemplifying this trend include Agienic (copper salt), GBneuhaus (nanocoatings for glass surfaces), Kastus (coatings for touch screens) and NanoPhyll (nanocomposites)

About n-tech:

n-tech Research is the recognized leader in providing industry analysis and forecasts for emerging technologies and advanced and smart materials. Visit the firm’s website at http://www.ntechresearch.com for a full listing of the company’s reports and other services.

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n-tech Research Issues New Micro-LED Lighting Report, Sees 2022 as Industry Inflection Point

Micro-LED Lighting Report

Glen Allen, VA: Industry analyst firm n-tech Research has just issued a new micro-led lighting report. The report titled, “Micro-LED Lighting Markets 2019-2028” sees 2022 as the year the business takes with total market (ex-luminaires) reaching $1.4 billion (USD) and 170 million units shipped in 2028.

Additional details about the report are available at:
https://www.ntechresearch.com/market-reports/micro-led-lighting-market2019-2027/

About the Report:

This new micro-led lighting report identifies and quantifies the main business opportunities for the micro-LED lighting market and established a roadmap for the various technologies that make up the micro-LED lighting market.

The scope of this report includes all areas of the lighting industry where micro-LEDs are likely to have an impact including building lighting, outdoor lighting and automotive lighting. We have also discussed areas where micro-LED serves a role as a communications/control device for smart buildings of various kinds.

The report includes ten-year forecasts in terms of volume, and value related to micro-LEDs within several key applications. We have also analyzed the product/market strategies of leading companies in this space.

From the Report:

For the past decade or more, the lighting industry has been shaped by the need for energy efficiency and the government regulation. In most countries, incandescent lights have been marginalized into market niches or banned altogether and the bulk of the lighting market has been divided between fluorescent lighting and LED lighting of various kinds.

As prices for LEDs decline, the expectation is that most lighting will migrate to LEDs, based on the very high life times of LEDs and the likelihood that fluorescent lights will be deemed an environmental hazard because of their high mercury content. Since micro-LEDs are a variety of LEDs, micro-LED lighting is very much in the spirit of the times as far as the evolution of lighting goes.

The issue then becomes just how good are micro-LEDs? Are they good enough to take a significant share of the LED lighting market? There are some in the industry who think that micro-LED lighting will never be more than a tiny niche, limited to a few novelty products and generating no more than a few tens of millions of dollars in revenue. A more expansive view of the future of micro-LED lighting, and one we share, is the advantages of micro-LEDs compared to conventional HB LEDs will be enough to earn micro-LEDs a healthy share of the LED lighting market.

n-tech believes that the worldwide micro-LED market, ex-luminaires, is expected to grow to $457 million in 2024 and then go on to reach $1.4 billion in 2028. micro-LED lighting will enjoy a volume of 170 million units by 2028. Europe is expected to be the largest region in the micro-LED market in 2024 with initiatives for energy-efficient lighting by European authorities driving revenues.

The key applications of micro-LED in lighting included in this report are automotive, residential, commercial, industrial building, mood/novelty lighting and outdoor lighting. Based on what we have seen so far, the initial markets will be in outdoor and novelty lighting launching the market with automotive lighting emerging next.

About n-tech:

n-tech Research is the recognized leader in providing industry analysis and forecasts for emerging technologies and advanced and smart materials. Visit the firm’s website at http://www.ntechresearch.com for a full listing of the company’s reports and other services.

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Robert Nolan
n-tech Research
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n-tech Research Issues New Report on Global Surface Haptics Market

Glen Allen, VA: Industry analyst firm n-tech Research has just published a new report on the global surface haptics market. The report titled, “Surface Haptics Markets 2018-2027”, predicts the market to surpass $11.5 billion (USD) in revenues in 2022 driven by widespread adoption of the technology within mobile electronics and the automotive sector.

Additional details about the report including a table of contents, figures, and a downloadable sample can be found at:

https://www.ntechresearch.com/market-reports/surface-haptics-markets-2018-2027/

Source: n-tech Research

About the Report:

This report identifies the latest opportunities in the global surface haptics market.  Until recently, the only widely used haptics effects have been vibration notifications and alarms in mobile electronics and the shaking of certain gaming accessories. This rudimentary haptics technology is being upgraded more sophisticated and powerful capabilities. The surface haptics commercial issues discussed in this report include:

  • The emergence of entirely new features in mobile electronics including virtual keyboards and buttons, virtual material textures and geographical topographies, customized multi-mode notifications and alerts, and more.

  • Where the next opportunities for surface haptics will be found beyond its current use in consumer electronics. The report discusses how the automotive sector aerospace, gaming, education, healthcare and advertising will provide significant opportunities in the future.

  • The evolution of mechanical surface haptic actuation as well as entirely new actuation methods (like, electrostatic, ultrasonic, thermal, etc.) and haptics software libraries, to accommodate variety of haptic feedback modes and types: vibrations, forces and pressures.

Coverage of the report is international with a discussion of how surface haptics markets will evolve in the US, Europe and Asia.  In addition, the report provides 10-year forecasts of surface haptics markets in volume and value terms with breakouts by application, technology and geography.

The report will also review the activities of leading firms active in the surface haptics space including Apple, Google, Sony, Nokia, Microsoft, Fujitsu, Bosch, Kyocera, and Fuji Xerox, as well as startups and major universities.

From the Report:

  • n-tech Research forecasts the global surface haptics market to grow from $0.4 billion in 2018 to over $45 billion in 2027 with a CAGR of 60 percent. This growth is anticipated as the result of a fundamental transition from a simple and very limited haptics technology we have been experiencing so far on our mobile electronic devices (smartphones, smartwatches) and gaming consoles to much more elaborate, sophisticated and capable haptics technologies.

  • In the report, n-tech identifies the major markets for meaningful growth of surface haptics: mobile electronics and automotive infotainment systems. The mobile electronics market is the currently largest market for haptics and will continue to grow, reaching $6B in revenues by 2022. The automotive market, while in the beginning of its growth period, will reach $3B by 2022.

  • n-tech also forecasts the next emerging surface haptics markets: appliances and advertising. Wide spread implementation of touch screen controls in appliances will energize use of surface haptics, which could produce revenues of $300M by 2022. Haptics in advertising has already demonstrated its effectiveness and appeal to customers through mobile electronics and interactive kiosks platforms. This market could reach $600M by 2022.

About n-tech:

n-tech Research is the recognized leader in providing industry analysis and forecasts for emerging technologies as well as advanced and smart materials.  Visit the firm’s website at http://www.ntechresearch.com  for a full listing of the company’s reports and other services.

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n-tech Research

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Global BIPV Market to Reach $5.7 Billion in 2023, Says New n-tech Report

Global BIPV Market

Glen Allen, VA: Industry analyst firm n-tech Research has just issued its latest report on the global BIPV market.  The report titled, “BIPV Market Forecast and Analysis 2018-2027.” projects that the worldwide building integrated photovoltaics market will reach $2.9 billion in revenues in 2018 and grow to reach $5.7 billion in 2023 and $11.6 billion in 2027.

Additional details about the report including a table of contents and figures as well as the a downloadable sample can be found at:  https://www.ntechresearch.com/market-reports/bipv-market-forecast/

About the report:

This report on the global bipv market provides extensive and detailed ten-year forecasts, in both revenue ($ millions) and volume (MW) terms, for worldwide BIPV systems sales.  The report analyzes demand for BIPV in 13 different nations/regions and examines how BIPV products — roofing, walling and glass — are evolving.  The building types included in the report include: government-owned offices; corporate HQs; educational institutions; hospitals/clinics; hotels/motels; airports; multi-tenant units; luxury homes; factories and warehouses

The report also includes a discussion of the impact on BIPV of reductions in PV subsidies compensated for by mandates for near-zero energy buildings. It also examines whether thin-film and organic PV will make a comeback in BIPV. The report also discusses the business strategies of the leading firms in the BIPV space. n-tech has a decade of experience covering the BIPV market and an insider knowledge of the market and its economic and technology drivers.

From the Report

  • While most of the BIPV opportunity will remain in the commercial sector residential BIPV will grow at a much faster rate and will account for 15 percent of the worldwide BIPV market by 2023 and will generate $872 million in revenues. For now, much of the BIPV business will remain in the hands of local developers, builders and architects, but as BIPV revenues grow unique BIPV products and brands will finally emerge. For this to happen will take large investments from large companies and we note that already Saint-Gobain has invested in BIPV through CertainTeed.
  • By 2023, the top three geographical markets for BIPV will be (in order of the size of revenues generated) the US, China and Japan. Together, these three countries will account for 75 percent of the BIPV market revenues in 2023.  Both China and Japan are expected to generate well over $1 billion in revenues in 2023, with the US supporting $2.0 billion.  The drivers for BIPV adoption vary from country to country, however.  In the US, certain states – notably California – have strong pro-solar mandates.  In Japan anti-nuclear sentiments combined with a long-established tradition of using integrated solar helps to fuel BIPV demand.
  • The materials technology issue that was hotly discussed in the BIPV market of a few years ago is slowing begin to reemerge. n-tech would not be surprised to see the silicon vs. thin-film issue re-enter the BIPV market debate in the next 12 months the firm notes that rising products in the global BIPV market already include thin-film products from RGS and Hanergy.

About n-tech:

n-tech Research is the recognized leader in providing industry analysis and forecasts for emerging technologies and advanced and smart materials.  Visit the firm’s website at http://www.ntechresearch.com  for a full listing of the company’s reports and other services.

Contact:

Robert Nolan
n-tech Research
(804) 938-0030
rob@ntechresearch.com

 

 

Global Micro-LED Market to See $10.7 billion Revenues in 2022

Micro-LED Market segmentation

Glen Allen, VA:  Industry analyst firm n-tech Research has just published a new report titled, “Micro-LED Market Opportunities: 2018-2027” that forecasts the global micro-LED market will grow from $2.7 billion in revenues in 2019 to $10.7 billion in 2022. n-tech believes micro-LED technology is making substantial advances, which will produce substantial opportunities in the coming years.  Additional details about the report including a full table of contents and sample are available at https://www.ntechresearch.com/market-reports/microled-market/

Micro-LED Market segmentation

 

About the Report:

This report analyzes and forecasts the commercial potential of the micro-LEDs in critical applications including AR/VR, HUDs (heads-up displays), smart watches, phones and tablets, computing, large-area displays, video walls and non-display uses such as lighting, lithography, LiFi and healthcare.  Detailed (volume and value) ten-year forecasts for the micro-LED market are also included. In the report n-tech also compares micro-LED technology performance with LCD and OLEDs.

This new n-tech report also reviews all the significant technical approaches to developing and fabricating micro-LED solutions by dozens of companies and provides guidance on their likely success and expected outcomes. In addition, the report touches on color conversion schemes and materials, especially quantum dots, and their integration with monolithic micro-LED fabrication.

There is also coverage of the major substrate materials producers (sapphire or silicon wafers), MOCVD epi-layers deposition equipment companies, micro-LED chip fabricators, mass-transfer equipment developers, quantum dot companies, panel makers and OEMs.

From the Report:

  • Micro-LEDs have superior performance qualities to other advanced display technologies. Micro-LED technology has already proven itself superior to LCDs and OLEDs through numerous working prototypes evaluations.  Such superiority will be an immediate enabling factor in near-eye AR/VR projectors and automotive HUDs.  Such applications require a combination of small form factor, low weight, super-high resolution and super-high brightness.
  • The smart watch market is another lucrative opportunity for micro-LEDs.  Here, the combination of extremely low power consumption and very strong brightness make micro-LEDs an obvious choice for wearable displays. n-tech sees this segment as generating $1.6 billion in 2022.
  • Growth expected in extra-large displays.  Such displays are used in video walls, digital cinemas, digital signage and home theaters, where n-tech believes they will greatly benefit from the scalability of micro-LED technology to large areas (already demonstrated by Sony and Samsung).  Micro-LEDs also offer the “giant scree” sector the possibility of hybridization with other functionalities, and compatibility with flexible and transparent display designs.
  • micro-LEDs not for everyone.  n-tech believes that there are still applications where micro-LEDs will have a hard time penetrating.  These include smartphones, tablets and regular TV market, where LCD and OLED technologies will continue to do well. Benefits from micro-LEDs are just not very obvious in these markets although low power consumption could be something of a selling feature for tablets and smart phones

 About n-tech:

n-tech Research is the recognized leader in providing industry analysis and forecasts for emerging technologies and advanced and smart materials.  Visit the firm’s website at http://www.ntechresearch.com  for a full listing of the company’s reports and other services.

 

Contact:

Robert Nolan
n-tech Research
(804) 938-0030
rob@ntechresearch.com

 

New n-tech Report Says Global Smart Windows Market to Reach $ 5.6 billion by 2023

Global Smart Windows Market

Glen Allen, VA:  In its latest report on the global smart windows market, “Smart Windows Markets: 2018-2027”, n-tech Research predicts that the market  will reach revenues of $5.6 billion by 2023 compared to $375 million in 2018. Much of this growth will come from smart windows moving from solely being a luxury building product to serving the needs of mid-range commercial buildings and residential multi-tenant buildings.

Details about the report, including a downloadable excerpt are available at:  https://www.ntechresearch.com/market-reports/smart-windows-markets-2018-2027/

This report is the latest deliverable from n-tech’s research program on the global smart windows market. This just-released report investigates the technology and market changes that have occurred since then.

 

global smart windows market

Source, n-tech Research

About the report:

n-tech has been covering smart windows markets for almost a decade and has watched the industry struggle through years of trying to make a case for smart windows based entirely on energy savings. While energy savings will remain a powerful driver for smart windows the report identifies several other technological and market drivers that are combining to make 2018 a transformatory year for the business.

This report quantifies the market for “smart windows” based on electrochromic (EC), SPD, PDLC and passive technologies in both volume (square meters) and value ($ millions) terms.  It also discusses how smart windows are being aggressively melded into the Internet-of-things (IoT) business ecosystem and how the markets for smart windows are moving beyond the luxury buildings that characterized smart windows up until now.  Both smart windows for buildings and transportation (automotive, aerospace and marine) are covered.

The report provides ten-year revenue forecasts broken out by material/technology type and application.  In addition, the report discusses the business models being employed by leading firms in the smart windows space including their use of automation. Companies discussed in this report include: Argil, Chameleon, Guardian, Polytronix, Research Frontiers, SageGlass/Saint-Gobain, View, Smart Film Glass, RavenWindow, Pleotint, ChromoGenics, EControl-Glas, e-Chromic, Gentex, Boeing, Daimler-Benz, PPG, Asahi Glass and Vision Systems Aeronautics.

From the report:

Electrochromic materials account for the lion’s share of the market for the period under consideration. More than 90% of these windows will be electrochromic technology.  Passive smart windows, PDLC, and SPD smart windows will find profitable niches.  With EC the winning solution, new technologies aimed at the smart windows market will now find it very difficult to succeed.

Until recently smart windows were found overwhelmingly in prestige buildings that were characterized by very high budgets, designed to impress, with the use of smart windows.  However, in 2018 the smart windows market is opening up to a wider market including mid-range commercial buildings and multitenant residential blocks.

n-tech expects smart windows to become an important component in the Internet of Things (IoT).  By 2023, the firm expects that 90 percent of smart windows sales will include IoT or some other form of automation technology.

The selling point for smart windows will move beyond energy savings towards comfort, aesthetics, spatial experience, controllability and integration with other elements of smart buildings including lighting, networking and security.

About n-tech:

n-tech Research is the rebrand of NanoMarkets.  Our firm is the recognized leader in industry analysis and forecasts in smart materials and advanced materials more generally. Visit http://www.ntechresearch.com for a full listing of the firm’s reports and other services.

Contact:

Robert Nolan
n-tech Research
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New n-tech Research Report States the Market for Smart Antimicrobial Coatings and Surfaces Will Reac

Glen Allen, Virginia:  Industry analyst firm n-tech Research today announced the release of a new report titled “Markets for Smart Antimicrobial Coatings and Surfaces – 2018 –2027.” According to the report the market for smart antimicrobials will grow to around $2.3 Billion by 2020.

Details about the report, including a downloadable excerpt are available at:  http://ntechresearch.com/product/markets-for-smart-antimicrobial-coatings-and-surfaces-2017-to-2026.

This report is the latest deliverable from n-tech’s research program on smart materials.  It is a follow-on report to our highly successful 2015 report covering the same topics and investigates the technology and market changes that have occurred since then.

About the report:

This report quantifies the market for “smart antimicrobials,” including antimicrobial peptides, smart polymers, silver preparations, antimicrobials based on titanium dioxide and some newer materials.  It also covers emerging multifunctional materials combining antimicrobial action with self-cleaning and self-healing capabilities.

The report provides ten-year revenue forecasts, by material type and application.  Medical applications covered include implants, surgical tools, medical facility surfaces, medical uniforms and general medical equipment.  Non-medical applications comprise clothing and textiles, consumer products, the food supply chain, buildings and construction, automotive and military.

In addition, the report discusses the business models being employed by leading firms in the smart antimicrobials space.  These include direct sales to end users, sales to OEMs, of antimicrobial additives to manufacturers of other coatings firms. Companies discussed in this report include: AK Coatings, Americhem, Amicoat, AntiMicrobial Environments International, BASF, Biocote, Bio-Gate, DiFusion Technologies, DowDuPont, DSM Biomedical, Gelest, Microba, Nolla, Parker Hannefin, Parx Plastics, Polygiene, Sciessent, Specialty Coating Systems, and TiFiber

Highlights:

The market for smart antimicrobials will remain dominated by silver-based materials.  However, silver’s share of the market will fall dramatically over the next few years; from 85 percent in 2018 to 72 percent in 2023. Silver antimicrobials will be replaced by an increasingly diverse range of antimicrobial offerings including composites, organosilanes, etc.  In the long-run, peptides hold considerable promise for truly smart antimicrobials since they can selectively kill microbes, retaining helpful bacteria and killing harmful ones. Antimicrobials are becoming smarter through hybridization with self-cleaning and self-healing materials, but such hybrid materials are still a long way from serious commercialization.

More than 95 percent of the smart antimicrobial market will be found in the healthcare/medical market over next decade; manufacturers continue to find it difficult to make the case for their products outside of healthcare facilities. Nonetheless, non-healthcare revenues for smart antimicrobials — for markets such as schools, office, cell phones and food packaging — will still reach almost $125 million by 2023.

Europe will have a marginal lead over North America for smart antimicrobial coatings spending – by 2023, European sales of smart antimicrobials will reach $870 million compared with approximately $750 million in North America. In Europe the use of smart antimicrobials is being driven by ambitious projects such as Horizon-2020, an initiative by the European Commission that supports various projects working on antimicrobial innovations. By contrast, in the US there are some reservations in applying antimicrobials and the FDA is approving new antimicrobial coatings cautiously.

About n-tech:

n-tech Research is the rebrand of NanoMarkets.  Our firm is the recognized leader in industry analysis and forecasts in smart materials and advanced materials more generally. Visit http://www.ntechresearch.com for a full listing of the firm’s reports and other services.

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n-tech Research
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Radiation Detection Materials and Equipment Markets To Reach $39.2 Billion Market in 2022

Glen Allen, VA: Industry analyst firm n-tech Research today announced its latest report titled “Radiation Detection Markets:  A Worldwide Forecast of Materials and Equipment – 2017 to 2026.”  This new study forecasts the market for radiation detection materials and equipment will reach $39.2 billion by 2026. The report is the latest in a series on radiation detection studies from n-tech that dates back to 2011.

For details on the report please visit, http://ntechresearch.com/product/radiation-detection-markets-a-worldwide-forecast-of-materials-and-equipment-2017-to-2026

About the Report:

This report provides n-tech’s latest forecasts and analysis of the radiation detection equipment and materials market. n-tech believes that this report will be a must-read for marketing, business development and product management executives at radiation detection business as within specialty chemical companies, electronics firms, medical systems suppliers and the energy industry.  The report:

Provides ten-year forecasts (in both volume and value terms) of both materials and equipment in key applications including medical, homeland security, military, R&D, oil and mining, nuclear power, scrap metal, food irradiation, etc.  The markets are also broken out by geography.

Offers insight into the status of a wide range of materials for detection of gamma rays, x-rays and neutrons. Materials that have been used for decades for gamma and x-ray detection are not going away, but replacement materials are on the horizon.  In the report we provide guidance on how regulatory changes and new materials development will provide major structural changes in the radiation detection materials market.

Includes coverage of a broad range of radiation detection equipment, from personal dosimeters and handheld devices to radiation detection portals, radiation detection networks and drone-mounted devices.  Special attention is given to emerging personal detection devices and the report also investigates, how new materials are being utilized to support the trend towards handheld detection

Identifies the product development strategies of leading equipment and materials suppliers The report also assess the commercial implications of how the latest radiation detection equipment  and materials are speeding up detection, reducing false alarms, and offering more accurate detection and data tracking.  The strategies of leading firms in the radiation detection market are also profiled.

From the Report:

Medical markets continue to dominate radiation detection.  In 2022, medical radiation equipment will account for 74 percent of the entire radiation detection market.  Factors supporting the market for radiation detection equipment include aging populations and regulations that increasingly limit the amount of radiation that patients can be exposed to and therefore require more detection equipment to support their enforcement

Viable substitutes for the standard radiation detection material, NaI, are generating rapidly growing revenues and will reach $2.4 billion by 2022.  These alternative materials now include CsI, CLYC, HPGe, boron, rare earths, silicates, tellurides and polymers.  The applications for all of these materials are extensively discussed the report.  The ultimate goal is a material with better resolution, faster decay time, better resistance to environment and radiation, while maintaining reasonable light yield and cost.  The LBNL scintillator website lists over 564 possible materials, but only a few of these are suitable for commercialization.
Portable radiation devices are becoming a hot item in almost every application, although the markets for these devices are often not huge by radiation detection equipment market standards. For example, about $100 million in revenues will be generated by personal radiation detectors (PRDs) in 2017 rising to $260 million in 2026.  However, Radio Isotope Identification Devices (RIIDs) are often handheld devices and by 2022 the market for RIIDs will exceed $800 million.

About n-tech Research

n-tech Research is the rebrand of industry analyst firm NanoMarkets.  The firm tracks and analyzes emerging markets in energy, electronics and other area created by developments in advanced materials. The firm is a recognized leader in industry analysis and forecasts of the radiation detection market.

Contact:

Robert Nolan
n-tech Research
(804) 938-0030
rob@ntechresearch.com