Report Highlights
The global microsensors market should reach nearly $25.6 billion by 2022 from $14.7 billion in 2017 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11.8% from 2017 to 2022.
Report Includes
- 56 data tables and 34 additional tables
- An overview of the global markets for microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)
- Analyses of global market trends, with data from 2016 and 2017, and projections of compound annual growth rates (CAGRs) through 2022
- Discussion of historical perspective and milestones in the development of microsensors
- Evaluation of current and developmental microsensor technologies and their potential applications
- Detailed company profiles of the top players of the industry are, Abbott Laboratories, Agilent Technologies, Inc., Bruker Corp., Robert Bosch Gmbh, Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., Panasonic Corp.
Report Scope
The scope of the report includes an overview of the global market for the MEMS sensors, biochips and nanosensors as well as analyses of global market trends, with data from 2015, considering base year of 2016 and estimates for 2017 to 2022 with projection of CAGR in the forecast period.
The report includes a discussion of technological, regulatory and competitive elements as well as economic trends affect the market. It also explains the major drivers and regional dynamics of the global microsensor market and current trends within the industry.
The report includes discussion of the types of MEMS sensors including accelerometers, gyroscopes, magnetic sensors, chemical and gas sensors, pressure sensors, thermal sensors, microphone sensors and others. It also includes biochips such as DNA chips, lab-on-a-chips, protein chips and other arrays; nanosensors including nanochemical sensors, nanoforce sensors, nanobiosensors, nano-radiation sensors and nano-thermal sensors have also been covered. However, nanoforce sensors are the only nanosensor technology that has been commercialized, and so market numbers for all the other nanosensors have not been covered under the scope of the report. This report also covers the following end user industries: automotive, life sciences, consumer products, process industries, information technology, military/aerospace/public safety, energy/environment and other end user industries.
The report concludes with detailed profiles of the major vendors in the global MEMS sensor, biochip and nanosensors market.
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The global market for microsensors reached nearly $9.9 billion in 2014 and totaled almost $10.9 billion in 2015. The market should reach more than $18.9 billion in 2020, a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11.7% between 2015 and 2020.
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- Analyses of global market trends, with data from 2014, estimates for 2015, and projections of compound annual growth rates (CAGRs) through 2020
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- Identification of technologies that are still at the discovery and developmental stages, with an explanation as to why their eventual commercialization will require the commitment of substantial resources, with long payback periods and substantial financial risk
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Report Highlights
The global microsensor market was valued at $8.5 billion in 2012. The market is expected to grow to $9.5 billion in 2013 and $15.8 billion in 2018 for a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10.7%.
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