The European radio frequency identification market in the retail industry offers considerable growth potential. The promise of enhanced benefits for businesses and the growing importance of item-level tagging will add impetus to market development. However, issues pertaining to data privacy and the lack of understanding about return on investments threaten to slow down the pace of market expansion.

Multiple advantages will fuel the continued dominance of non-contact level sensors in the global level sensors and transmitters markets. Overall, the market will make a recovery on the back of revived projects that were shelved or postponed during the economic recession. New analysis from Frost & Sullivan, Global Level Sensors and Transmitters Markets, finds that the global level sensors and transmitters markets earned revenues of $4,048.7 millio...

The automation and control solutions market in the European oil and gas industries is expected to witness moderate growth over the next 3-4 years. The demand for oil and gas is expected to boost investments in upstream and mid-stream oil and gas segments which, in turn, will result in greater demand for ACS.

“Smart cards massive deployment started in the 80’s with memory cards for payment. More than 30 years after, this technology is a standard for many application and services. For this reason Frost & Sullivan, when analysing this sector, has started using “digital identification” name instead of “smart cards” to emphasis the service approach.

The semiconductor market, well-known for its disruptive technology, revolves around products with superior performance, better integration, high linearity, smaller size and low power consumption. Its innovative capability, along with continued venture capital funding, keeps customers interested in the market. As companies vie for product differentiation by offering unique features, functionalities and designs, the demand for semiconductors in all...

The need to improve manufacturing uptime, plant profitability and process efficiency, paralleled by the rising complexity of manufacturing processes, has underscored the demand for enhanced motor services. New analysis from Frost & Sullivan, Opportunity Analysis of European Motor Services Market, finds that the market earned revenues of $766.8 million in 2011 and estimates this to reach $1289.9 million in 2018.

New analysis from Frost & Sullivan, Analysis of the European Electronic Manufacturing Services (EMS) Provider Market, reveals cost reduction as the most important driver for the outsourcing market. The electronics manufacturing services model yields an average of 10% to 15% in savings, which drives outsourcing from OEMs to EMS providers.

Since its initial introduction on the plant floor, wireless technology has evolved and so has the perception of industrial wireless among end users. Wireless devices are no longer seen solely in terms of wire replacement but, more importantly, as a critical part of plant optimisation processes.

Frost & Sullivan have released a new report: Analysis of the European Pneumatic Equipment Market. The report predicts that the market will be notably impacted by the European debt crisis, with a likely decrease in the market growth but with a revenue increase of $1.38 billion in the next 7 years.

Tunisia's telecommunication sector contributes to 11 per cent of the country's Gross Domestic Product. With three operators in the market (Orange Tunisia, Tunisiana and Tunisia Telecom), the mobile penetration rate stood at 115.3 per cent in 2011. Recently introduced competition in the fixed-line segment and the launch of 3G services will continue to push the industry forward.

New Frost & Sullivan Analysis of the European Motion Control Market forecasts a difficult period until 2013 due to intense competition and existing market uncertainties, but with long term growth predicted with market revenues estimated to increase $180 million from 2011 to 2018.

Based on its recent analysis of the smart grids market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes Cisco Systems, Inc. with the 2012 Global Frost & Sullivan Award for Enabling Technology. The company's Connected Grid solutions leverage Internet Protocol to implements standard-based solutions that can easily integrate various other third-party offerings.

Frost & Sullivan’s “New Mega Trends” identifies and evaluates emerging Mega Trends and their sub trends, translating these to real opportunities for everyday business and personal life. This analysis – tested with Fortune 1000 companies – has now been developed into a book, “New Mega Trends,” which will launch this week.

Electronics manufacturing service providers have evolved from offering point-to-point service to providing complete design support services. EMS providers have started developing focused strategies to broaden design revenues, as their core strategy elevates growth in design services.

New analysis from Frost & Sullivan, Analysis of the Global Industrial Computers Market, finds that the global industrial computers market earned revenues of $2134.4 million in 2011 and estimates this to reach $3,216.6 million in 2015.

The advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) revenues in South Korea is expected to reach US$509.6 million by 2018 from US$27.6 million in 2011, predicts Frost & Sullivan.

The welding equipment and consumables market in the global power industry witnessed a decline of 21.5% during the global financial crisis in 2009. However, the market has continued to grow since 2010 with the increasing number of investments into renewable power sources, which have fuelled the need for new projects.

Near Field Communication, the promising mobile-payment technology, has not created the revenue-generating opportunities the telecom industry expected. New marketing strategies are crucial to accelerate wide consumer adoption. Recently established partnerships between telecom operators and major financial institutions too are an effective way to deploy m-payment offerings.

The impact of the 2011 European debt crisis has made energy efficiency an urgent need amidst market participants. The increasing emphasis on energy efficiency and its regulatory changes has ensured that market participants need to be aware of the impact of energy efficiency in the market.

The European material handling industry is demanding advanced alternating current drives with better product quality, ease of operation, enhanced efficiency, improved communication technology and process control. Most direct current drive applications are being replaced by AC and servo drives which offer advantages such as better and easier motion control, higher energy efficiency and improved performance.