The Indian Prepaid and Debit Cards Market

Synopsis
The report provides market analysis, information and insights into the Indian prepaid and debit cards market, including:

• Current and forecast values for the Indian prepaid and debit card market
• Current and forecast values of the various categories in the Indian prepaid and debit card market
• Analysis of the key trends, drivers and challenges in the Indian prepaid and debit card market
• Summary of the current regulatory framework
• Detailed analysis of the marketing strategies adopted for selling prepaid and debit cards by category
• Competitive landscape of the Indian prepaid and debit card market
• SWOT analysis of the Indian prepaid and debit card market
• Profile of the major companies in the Indian prepaid and debit card market

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The Indian prepaid and debit card market registered significant growth during the review period (2007–2011), with combined card volume recording a growth of 31% in 2011 over figures from 2010. Changing lifestyle demographics, the need for more sophisticated products, the growth of online shopping and increasing levels of per capita income supported the growth of this market. Many Indian banks have been expanding their networks of automatic teller machines (ATMs) in order to develop their business. Part of this expansion has involved installing point of sale (POS) terminals, which are electronic data-capture swipe machines and accept both debit and credit card payments at retail outlets. With competitive pressures on both the prepaid and debit cards market, banks and issuers are developing marketing and pricing strategies with the aim of attracting larger customer bases. Offers such as cash-back, discounts for retail outlets, buy-one-get-one-free offers, rewards points, increasing daily limits for cash withdrawals and insurance coverage are some of the most common strategies that banks are providing to debit and prepaid card customers.

Scope

This report will provide you with:
A comprehensive analysis of the prepaid and debit card market in India
Current values for the Indian prepaid and debit card market for the report's 2007–2011 review period and figures for the 2012–2016 forecast period.
Current values of the various categories within the Indian prepaid card market for the review period and forecast period.
Exhaustive summary of the key trends, drivers and challenges affecting the Indian prepaid and debit card market
Current regulatory framework in the industry
Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats in the Indian prepaid and debit card market
Marketing strategies used by various companies
Profiles of the major banks and companies in the Indian prepaid and debit card market

Key highlights
The Indian debit and prepaid cards market grew substantially both in volume and value terms during the review period.
Growth in payment infrastructure has supported increased levels of card usage.
The online retail market will drive the use of prepaid and debit cards.
Consumer preference plays a key role in purchasing decisions.
Domestic payment scheme, RuPay, to compete with Visa and MasterCard.
Entry of non-banking companies to support growth.
Use of corporate prepaid travel cards to support growth over the forecast period.

Reasons to buy
Make strategic business decisions using historic and forecast market data related to the Indian prepaid and debit card industry and each category within it
Understand the key market trends and growth opportunities within the Indian prepaid and debit card market
Assess the competitive dynamics in the Indian prepaid and debit card market
Gain insights into the marketing strategies used by banks and prepaid card companies
Gain insights into key regulations governing the Indian prepaid and debit card market

Construction in Kuwait – Key Trends and Opportunities to 2016

Synopsis

• This report provides detailed market analysis, information and insights into the Kuwait construction market, including:
• The Kuwait construction market’s growth prospects by sector, project type and type of construction activity
• Analysis of equipment, material and service costs across each project type within Kuwait
• Critical insight into the impact of industry trends and issues and the risks and opportunities they present to participants in the Kuwait construction market
• Assessment of the competitive forces facing the construction industry in Kuwait and profiles of the leading players
• Profiles of the ten largest construction projects in Kuwait

The Kuwaiti construction industry increased in value at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 1% during the review period of 2007–2011. This slow CAGR was a result of the 2009 economic crisis, which led the construction industry to shrink at a rate of 9.8% in the same year. In the pre-recession years, the construction industry in Kuwait was active, driven by the government’s diversification initiatives and several investment programs for infrastructure development. The construction industry’s growth of 17.6% in 2007 remained the highest yearly growth recorded during the review period. Diversification of the economy attracted investment in the industrial and commercial markets, resulting in an increased level of construction activity. Commercial and industrial construction were the main two categories demonstrating significant activity. The continuing diversification of the economy is expected to result in these two categories supporting growth in the Kuwaiti construction industry over the forecast period.

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Scope
This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the construction industry in Kuwait:

• Historical (2007-2011) and forecast (2012-2016) valuations of the construction market in Kuwait using the construction output and value-add methods
• Segmentation by sector (commercial, industrial, infrastructure, institutional and residential) and by project type
• Breakdown of values within each project type, by type of activity (new construction, repair and maintenance, refurbishment and demolition) and by type of cost (materials, equipment and services)
• Analysis of key construction industry issues, including regulation, cost management, funding and pricing
• Assessment of the competitive environment using Porter’s Five Forces
• Detailed profiles of the leading construction companies in Kuwait
• Profiles of the top ten construction mega-projects in Kuwait by value

Key highlights

• To reduce economic dependence on oil, the government started investing in other sectors such as education, infrastructure and manufacturing, which is influencing construction activity in the country and is acting as a catalyst for the Kuwaiti construction industry.
• Kuwait is experiencing shortages in the institutional construction market as a result of the government’s failure to invest in healthcare facilities since the 1980s. As a consequence, there are opportunities in the healthcare construction market.
• The infrastructure market constituted a 48.1% share and contributed the largest value of the total Kuwait construction industry in 2011. Residential and commercial markets followed it with shares of 22.2% and 17.4% respectively.
• The government’s plan for diversification is expected to encourage more private investment which will drive the construction industry in Kuwait to record a CAGR of 7.45% over the forecast period.

Reasons to buy

• Identify and evaluate market opportunities using our standardized valuation and forecasting methodologies
• Assess market growth potential at a micro-level via 600+ time series data forecasts
• Understand the latest industry and market trends
• Formulate and validate business strategies by leveraging our critical and actionable insight
• Assess business risks, including cost, regulatory and competitive pressures
• Evaluate competitive risk and success factors 

Table of Contents

1 Executive Summary

2 Introduction
2.1 What is this Report About?
2.2 Definitions
2.3 Summary Methodology

3 Construction Industry Analysis

4 Total Construction Activity
4.1 Construction Output Review
4.2 Construction Output Forecast
4.3 Construction Value Add Review
4.4 Construction Value Add Forecast

5 Construction Output
5.1 Construction Output by Cost Type
5.2 Construction Output Forecast by Cost Type
5.3 Construction Output by Construction Activity
5.4 Construction Output Forecast by Construction Activity
5.5 New Construction Output by Cost Type
5.6 New Construction Output Forecast by Cost Type
5.7 Repair and Maintenance Output by Cost Type
5.8 Repair and Maintenance Output Forecast by Cost Type
5.9 Refurbishment Output by Cost Type
5.1 Refurbishment Output Forecast by Cost Type
5.11 Demolition Output by Cost Type
5.12 Demolition Output Forecast by Cost Type
5.13 Commercial Construction Output
5.13.1 Commercial construction output by cost type
5.13.2 Commercial construction output by construction activity
5.14 Industrial Construction Output
5.14.1 Industrial construction output by cost type
5.14.2 Industrial construction output by construction activity
5.15 Infrastructure Construction Output
5.15.1 Infrastructure construction output by cost type
5.15.2 Infrastructure construction output by construction activity
5.16 Institutional Construction Output
5.16.1 Institutional construction output by cost type
5.16.2 Institutional construction output by construction activity
5.17 Residential Construction Output
5.17.1 Residential construction output by cost type
5.17.2 Residential construction output by construction activity

6 Construction Value Add
6.1 Commercial Construction Market Analysis
6.1.1 Commercial construction value add
6.1.2 Commercial construction market segmentation
6.1.3 Commercial construction value add forecast
6.1.4 Commercial construction market segmentation forecast
6.2 Commercial Construction Category Analysis
6.2.1 Leisure and hospitality buildings category value add review
6.2.2 Leisure and hospitality buildings category value add forecast
6.2.3 Office buildings category value add review
6.2.4 Office buildings category value add forecast
6.2.5 Outdoor leisure facilities category value add review
6.2.6 Outdoor leisure facilities category value add forecast
6.2.7 Retail buildings category value add review
6.2.8 Retail buildings category value add forecast
6.2.9 Other commercial construction category value add review
6.2.10 Other commercial construction category value add forecast
6.3 Industrial Construction Market Analysis
6.3.1 Industrial construction value add
6.3.2 Industrial construction market segmentation
6.3.3 Industrial construction value add forecast
6.3.4 Industrial construction market segmentation forecast
6.4 Industrial Construction Category Analysis
6.4.1 Chemical and pharmaceutical plants category value add review
6.4.2 Chemical and pharmaceutical plants category value add forecast
6.4.3 Manufacturing plants category value add review
6.4.4 Manufacturing plants category value add forecast
6.4.5 Metal and material processing plants category value add review
6.4.6 Metal and material processing plants category value add forecast
6.4.7 Refinery buildings category value add review
6.4.8 Refinery buildings category value add forecast
6.4.9 Storage tanks category value add review
6.4.10 Storage tanks category value add forecast
6.4.11 Waste processing plants category value add review
6.4.12 Waste processing plants category value add forecast
6.5 Infrastructure Construction Market Analysis
6.5.1 Infrastructure construction value add
6.5.2 Infrastructure construction market segmentation
6.5.3 Infrastructure construction value add forecast
6.5.4 Infrastructure construction market segmentation forecast
6.6 Infrastructure Construction Category Analysis
6.6.1 Energy and communications infrastructure category value add review
6.6.2 Energy and communications infrastructure category value add forecast
6.6.3 Rail infrastructure category value add review
6.6.4 Rail infrastructure category value add forecast
6.6.5 Road infrastructure category value add review
6.6.6 Road infrastructure category value add forecast
6.6.7 Sewage infrastructure category value add review
6.6.8 Sewage infrastructure category value add forecast
6.6.9 Water infrastructure category value add review
6.6.10 Water infrastructure category value add forecast
6.6.11 Other infrastructure category value add review
6.6.12 Other infrastructure category value add forecast
6.7 Institutional Construction Market Analysis
6.7.1 Institutional construction value add
6.7.2 Institutional construction market segmentation
6.7.3 Institutional construction value add forecast
6.7.4 Institutional construction market segmentation forecast
6.8 Institutional Construction Category Analysis
6.8.1 Educational buildings category value add review
6.8.2 Educational buildings category value add forecast
6.8.3 Healthcare buildings category value add review
6.8.4 Healthcare buildings category value add forecast
6.8.5 Institutional buildings category value add review
6.8.6 Institutional buildings category value add forecast
6.8.7 Religious buildings category value add review
6.8.8 Religious buildings category value add forecast
6.8.9 Research facilities category value add review
6.8.10 Research facilities category value add forecast
6.9 Residential Construction Market Analysis
6.9.1 Residential construction value add
6.9.2 Residential construction market segmentation
6.9.3 Residential construction value add forecast
6.9.4 Residential construction market segmentation forecast
6.1 Residential Construction Category Analysis
6.10.1 Single-family housing category value add review
6.10.2 Single-family housing category value add forecast
6.10.3 Multi-family housing category value add review
6.10.4 Multi-family housing category value add forecast

7 Public Funding
7.1 Education
7.2 Healthcare
7.3 Infrastructure
7.4 Social Housing

8 Prices
8.1 Salaries
8.2 Equipment
8.3 Materials
8.4 Energy

9 Competitive Environment
9.1 Porter’s Five Forces
9.1.1 Bargaining power of supplier – low
9.1.2 Bargaining power of buyer – low to medium
9.1.3 Barriers to entry – high
9.1.4 Intensity of rivalry – high
9.1.5 Threat of substitution – medium

10 Company Profile: Combined Group Contracting Company KSCC
10.1 Combined Group Contracting Company KSCC – Company Overview
10.2 Combined Group Contracting Company KSCC – Main Services
10.3 Combined Group Contracting Company KSCC – Company Information
10.3.1 Combined Group Contracting Company KSCC – key competitors
10.3.2 Combined Group Contracting Company KSCC – key employees

11 Company Profile: Kharafi National
11.1 Kharafi National – Company Overview
11.2 Kharafi National – Main Products and Services
11.3 Kharafi National – Company Information
11.3.1 Kharafi National – key competitors
11.3.2 Kharafi National – key employees

12 Company Profile: Heavy Engineering Industries and Shipbuilding Company K.S.C.
12.1 Heavy Engineering Industries and Shipbuilding Company K.S.C. – Company Overview
12.2 Heavy Engineering Industries and Shipbuilding Company K.S.C. – Main Services
12.3 Heavy Engineering Industries and Shipbuilding Company K.S.C. – Company Information
12.3.1 Heavy Engineering Industries and Shipbuilding Company K.S.C. – key competitors
12.3.2 Heavy Engineering Industries and Shipbuilding Company K.S.C. – key employees

13 Company Profile: Mushrif Trading & Contracting Co.
13.1 Mushrif Trading & Contracting Co. – Company Overview
13.2 Mushrif Trading & Contracting Co. – Business Description
13.3 Mushrif Trading & Contracting Co. – Main Products and Services
13.4 Mushrif Trading & Contracting Co. – Company Information
13.4.1 Mushrif Trading & Contracting Co. – key competitors
13.4.2 Mushrif Trading & Contracting Co. – key employees

2012 Kurdistan Projects Market Report

Iraq may remain a difficult place to do business, but the same cannot be said for Kurdistan. The region has been an oasis of stability for several years and has reaped the benefits, with a number of major projects already constructed or planned. For companies looking to expand into new markets, there has never been an opportunity to enter Kurdistan, particularly as a first step to entering federal Iraq. The market is growing and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) is extremely investor-friendly as it looks to attract international investment.

Oil and gas receipts are growing which enables the government to increase expenditure on its projects plans, while there is also the need for substantial infrastructure investment. Thanks to its secure environment, and relatively little competition, Kurdistan is virgin territory for companies looking to expand their business interests.

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The opportunities presented by the market are outlined in the latest report by MEED Insight, the Kurdistan Projects Market 2012 report. Covering more than 90 pages, the report provides a comprehensive assessment of all key sectors and projects.

The premium research report is the first ever report on the projects market in the Kurdish region of Iraq. While federal Iraq has been beset by political and security turmoil over the past decade, the autonomous Kurdistan region has enjoyed a great deal of stability under the KRG. As a result, it is the base for many companies looking to do business in the country and has already received a substantial amount of international investment. As its own oil and gas production increases the KRG is planning a series of major projects across all sectors as it seeks to boost its infrastructure and attract foreign investment.

This report is aimed at all companies who are interested in the many opportunities that are available in the region and/or who are interested in using the region as a base for conducting business in Iraq as a whole.

This report:

• Is the only report on the Kurdistan projects market
• Contains unique and exclusive data on sector and market size
• Highlights the current political situation and gives you access to the ‘doing business overview’
• Offers you insight into individual project descriptions

Through this report you will be able to:

• Learn about the multi-billion-dollar pipeline of projects in the Kurdistan region
• Understand the region’s political and security dynamics
• Get ahead of the competition with first mover advantage
• Bypass the pitfalls and challenges that other companies face 

Table of Contents
1. Preface 6
2. Executive summary 7
3. Recent history and politics 9
3.1 Introduction 9
3.2 Recent history 10
3.3 Political structure 11

4. Economy 16
4.1 Overview 16
4.2 Investment 17
4.3 2012 budget 18
4.4 2012-16 regional development plan 19
4.5 Banking and insurance 20
4.6 Stock market 21

5. Doing business 22

6. Projects overview 25

7. Oil & Gas 29
7.1 Upstream oil in the Kurdistan region 29
7.1.1 Production sharing agreements 30
7.1.2 Tawke 31
7.1.3 Taq Taq 31
7.1.4 Khurmala Dome 32
7.1.5 Kurdish discoveries 33
7.2 Upstream gas in the Kurdistan region 36
7.2.1 Khor Mor and Chemchamaal 36
7.2.2 Miran West and Miran East fields 38
7.3 Pipelines 38
7.4 KRG pipeline projects 39
7.4.1 Kurdistan Iraq crude export (KICE) pipeline 39
7.4.2 Shaikan pipeline 40
7.4.3 Kurdistan-Turkey pipeline 41
7.4.4 Nabucco gas pipeline 42
7.5 Downstream oil in the Kurdistan region 43
7.5.1 Erbil refinery 43
7.5.2 Bazian refinery 44
7.5.3 Other refineries 44
7.5.4 Kurdish refinery projects 44
7.5.5 Kurdistan petrochemicals 45

8. Industry 47
8.1 Cement 48
8.2 Steel 49
8.3 Minerals 51
8.4 Industrial zones and cities 51

9. Power 53
9.1 Existing infrastructure 57
9.2 Demand and future capacity additions 58
9.3 Renewable energy 60
9.4 Transmission and distribution 60

10. Water and wastewater 63
10.1 Water sources 63
10.2 Water use 64
10.3 Infrastructure 65
10.3.1 Dams 65
10.3.2 Irrigation 66
10.4 Water sanitation 67
10.5 Other planned projects 67
10.6 Projects on hold 68

11. Construction 69
11.1 Housing 70
11.2 Mixed-use developments 73
11.3 Tourism 74
11.3.1 Hotels 75
11.4 Health 77
11.5 Education 79
11.6 Other major government projects 80
11.7 Stalled and cancelled projects 81
11.8 Foreign contractors 81

12. Transport 84
12.1 Aviation 84
12.1.1 Erbil International airport 84
12.1.2 Sulaimaniyah International airport 85
12.1.3 Dohuk International airport 86
12.1.4 Airlines 86
12.2 Roads 87
12.3 Rail 88

13. Telecoms and IT 90
13.1 Fixed-line telecoms and internet 90
13.2 Mobile telecoms 91
13.3 IT masterplan 93

Renewable/Low Carbon Energy Opportunities for Businesses

The report offers technical and commercial guidance on a range of renewable and low carbon generation technologies for business operators to work out what solutions suit them and how they can implement these solutions for maximum benefit to the business.

Features and benefits

• The report will help business operators to identify the most cost-effective way of meeting their environmental targets.
• This report will help business operators to manage the risk to their business through improving security of supply.
• The report will empower business operators to adopt a balanced approach towards assessment of their energy supply options.

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No. of Pages: 146
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Highlights

The report provides straightforward access to the technical, environmental, and commercial principles of renewable/low carbon energy generation systems, providing the knowledge needed to follow an appropriate path for the business.

The report gives valuable guidance on project delivery options that achieve a balance of risk and reward appropriate to the business.

The report equips the reader with analytical methodology that will be applicable even with inevitable changes in technical and economic data with time and changing circumstances.

Your key questions answered

• What is the best balance between renewable energy generation and energy efficiency measures?
• Which renewable/low carbon energy supply options are likely to give the best return on investment for businesses?
• How can the risk to the business be minimized through renewable/low carbon energy supply measures and the way they are delivered and operated?
• What is the required level of intervention in system delivery and operation by the business operator for different renewable/low carbon generation?
• Is it better to invest in on-site or off-site generation for your business? 

Table of Contents

About the author
Disclaimer

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Introduction
Drivers for renewable energy in business
Energy Hierarchy and prioritizing of energy measures
Balancing energy supply and demand
Technology option overview
Economics of renewable energy systems
Environmental impacts of energy systems
Risks to business operator
On-site versus off-site
Delivery of renewable energy systems
Business internal change
Summary comparison of options and energy system approach
Introduction
Summary
Introduction
Report overview

Drivers for renewable energy in business
Summary
Introduction
Environmental/planning drivers for renewable energy
Building regulations
Carbon Reduction Commitment
EU Emissions Trading Scheme
Economic drivers for renewable energy
Reputational drivers for renewable energy

Energy Hierarchy and prioritizing of energy measures
Summary
Introduction
Introduction to concept
Priority 1: energy conservation
Priority 2: energy efficiency
Priority 3: utilization of renewable resources
Priority 4: efficient supply of energy

Balancing energy supply and demand
Summary
Introduction
Approach towards energy/CO2 balancing

Technology option overview
Summary
Introduction
General characteristics of renewable energy
Solar photovoltaics
Maintenance of PV
Solar thermal
Introduction
Solar hot water
Solar space heating
Solar cooling
Wind energy
Biomass heating
Log stove
Log boiler
Pellet boiler
Wood chip boiler
Oil boiler
Other fuel types
Anaerobic digestion
Biomethane mains injection
Bioenergy electricity generation and combined heat and power
General
Direct combustion with steam turbine
Organic Rankine cycle with steam turbine/Stirling engine
Advanced thermal conversion (pyrolysis and gasification) with gas engine/gas turbine/fuel cells
Natural gas-fired combined heat and power
Absorption chilling
Co-firing of biomass with fossil fuels or waste
Heat pumps
Ground source heat pumps
Air source heat pumps
Energy storage
Thermal energy storage
Cooling energy storage
Electrical energy storage
Smart energy systems
Definition
Smart metering
Smart control systems

Economics of renewable energy systems
Summary
Introduction
Capital cost
Operational cost
Lifecycle costing
Funding
Feed-in tariffs
Renewables Obligation Certificates (UK)
Electricity Market Reform – Contract for Difference
Renewable Heat Incentive
Green Deal
Financing

UK Consumer Satisfaction Index 2012 DIY & Gardening

Verdict Research – UK Consumer Satisfaction Index 2012 for DIY & gardening is based around individual retailers and provides a highly detailed, data-rich overview of a retailer's customers, drawing on a nationwide survey of 6,000 shoppers each year.

Features and benefits

• Measure and rank your performance in customer satisfaction in the sector and assess how this has changed using six years of history (2007-2012)
• Includes ratings for price, range, quality, service, convenience, ambience, layout and facilities. Use these to understand strengths and weaknesses
• Identifies the biggest CSI winners and losers in DIY & gardening this year, highlighting those that pose the greatest threat to your business

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Highlights
Wilkinson has recorded the greatest increase in points on last year to climb from third in 2011 to come top in 2012 for DIY & gardening. Areas where it has improved greatly were price and quality which will help boost its value credentials and appeal to a more frugal customer.

B&Q have maintained their second position in 2012, remaining the best for range and becoming top for ambience and layout. However, price and quality remain areas of weakness for the retailer, with both being below the sector average. The introduction of a greater proportion of directly sourced and common products should help improve these areas.

With its overall score down by 15, Homebase is now bottom among profiled retailers in 2012. Indeed, Homebase was below the DIY sector average in six of the eight drivers. Its strategy of leveraging its recently acquired Habitat brand into DIY, which will help improve its quality credentials, is therefore a sensible move.

Your key questions answered

• What is driving satisfaction for different retailers in DIY & gardening? Which retailers have improved the most?
• What are your competitors' strengths and weaknesses and how can you exploit them by adapting your own strategies?
• How are drivers of satisfaction changing in terms of importance in the consumers' eyes? What impact is the economy having on drivers of satisfaction?

Graphene: Technologies, Applications and Markets

REPORT HIGHLIGHTS

• The global market for graphene-based products is projected to reach $122.9 million in 2017 and $986.7 million in 2022, increasing at a five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 51.7%.
• The segment made up of capacitors is projected to be the largest segment in 2022. Capacitors are expected to increase from $31 million in value in 2017 to $410 million in 2022, a CAGR of 67.6%.
• Structural materials are expected to jump from $44.5 million in 2017 to $167.6 million in 2022, a CAGR of 30.4%.

REPORT SCOPE
INTRODUCTION
In October 2010, two University of Manchester (U.K.) scientists, Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov, were awarded the 2010 Nobel Prize in physics for their research on graphene.  Graphene is a one-atom-thick sheet of carbon whose strength, flexibility, and electrical conductivity have opened up new horizons for high-energy particle physics research and electronic, optical, and energy applications.

Potential electronics applications of graphene include ultrasmall transistors, superdense data storage, touch screens, and wearable electronics.  In the energy field, potential applications include ultracapacitors to store and transmit electrical power, and highly efficient solar cells.

Some researchers argue that graphene’s greatest potential lies in its ability to conduct light as well as electricity.  They believe that graphene can improve the efficiency of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and aid in the production of next-generation devices like flexible touch screens, photodetectors, and ultrafast lasers.

STUDY GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
This report is an updated version of an earlier BCC Research report published in 2011.  Since that time, the graphene field has continued to develop rapidly, and BCC believes that an update that covers the most recent advances in graphene technologies and applications will be useful to readers.

Graphene offers seemingly endless possibilities.  However, intuition alone tells us that not all of these possibilities are likely to become reality.  The goal of this report is to survey emerging graphene technologies and applications, identify those that are most likely to achieve significant commercial sales in the next 5 years to 10 years, and develop quantitative estimates of potential sales.

The report’s specific objectives support this broad goal.  These objectives include identifying the graphene technologies and applications with the greatest commercial potential in the 2012-to-2022 time frame, identifying market drivers and evaluating obstacles to their successful commercialization, and projecting future sales.

INTENDED AUDIENCE
This report is intended especially for marketing executives, entrepreneurs, investors, venture capitalists, and other readers with a need to know where the emerging graphene market is headed over the next five to 10 years.  Although the report is organized around specific technologies, it is largely nontechnical in nature and coverage.  That is, it is concerned less with theory and jargon than with what works, how much of the latter the market is likely to purchase, and at what price.

The report has not been written specifically for scientists and technologists.  However, the report’s findings concerning the market for their work, including the availability of government and corporate research funding for different technologies and applications, should interest this audience as well.

SCOPE AND FORMAT
The report addresses emerging global markets for graphene, including the applications listed below:

• Computing/data processing.
• Data storage.
• Communications.
• Thermal management.
• Displays.
• Solar cells.
• Sensing and imaging.
• Capacitors.
• Structural materials.
• Miscellaneous other applications.

The study format includes and/or addresses the following major elements:

• Executive summary.
• Definitions.
• General properties of graphene.
• Historical milestones in the development of graphene.
• Emerging and developmental graphene technologies and applications that have the greatest commercial potential through 2022.
• Detailed market estimates and projections for each application and material during the period from 2012 to 2017.
• General assessment of expected market trends in the longer term (2017 to 2022).
• Companies that are producing or developing commercial graphene applications.
• Patent analysis.

INFORMATION SOURCES AND METHODOLOGY
Projecting the market for emerging technologies, whose commercial potential has not yet been proven, is a challenging task.  This is nowhere more true than in the graphene field, which may help to explain why many analysts focus on supply-side technology assessments.

However, BCC’s objective in this report is to provide not just a technology assessment but also an initial assessment of the potential commercial market for graphene.  To accomplish this objective, BCC used a multiphase approach to identify the graphene applications with the greatest commercial potential and to quantify the related markets.

In the first phase of the analysis, BCC identified a long list of potential graphene applications, including those that are still under development.  In the second phase, BCC eliminated those applications that appear to have little likelihood of making it into commercial use in the next five to 10 years, based on a literature review and interviews with industry sources.  The result of the second phase was a short list of graphene applications with the greatest commercial potential over the time period covered by this report.

The third phase focused on quantifying the potential market for each application on the resulting list and identifying the main prerequisites for commercial success.  Phase three actually had two components:  (1) the development of near-to-mid-term (2012 to 2017) projections, and (2) the development of longer-term (2017 to 2022) projections.  The development of such long-term projections is a departure from the usual BCC report format, necessitated by the long time frame for commercialization of many of the technologies analyzed in this report.  Obviously, the projections for the years beyond 2017 are more tentative than the projections for 2012 to 2017.

The specific assumptions and approaches that BCC used to develop the projections (both near/mid-term and long-term) for each graphene application are documented in detail under the various applications addressed.  This way, readers can see how the market estimates were developed and, if they so desire, test how changing the underlying assumptions would impact the final numbers.

One of the approaches used by BCC deserves special mention here.  Particularly in the case of graphene applications that are still under development, BCC used the sales performance of non-graphene applications that share some of the same functions or other characteristics of the graphene application as a benchmark for assessing the latter’s sales potential.

ANALYST CREDENTIALS

Andrew McWilliams, the author of this report, is a partner in the Boston-based international technology and marketing consulting firm, 43rd Parallel LLC.  He is the author of a number of other BCC Research market opportunity reports on advanced materials technologies, including the previous edition of this report.  He is also the author of AVM067B Metamaterials: Technologies and Global Markets; AVM066B Superconductors:  Technologies and Global Markets; AVM038D Advanced Structural Carbon Products:  Fibers, Foams & Composites; NAN017F Nanostructured Materials:  Electronic/Magnetic/Optoelectronic;  AVM050B Smart and Interactive Textiles; AVM015F High-Performance Ceramic Coatings:  Markets and Technologies; AVM025G Diamond, Diamond-Like and CBN Films and Coating Products; NAN015F Advanced Ceramics and Nanoceramic Powders;  and NAN036B Nanotechnology for Photonics:  Global Markets.

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Published: July 2012
No. of Pages: 131
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