TMCnet News
New Market Research On The World Market For Commercial and Dual-Use Infrared Imaging and Infrared Thermometry (Vol. IRW-C, 2016 Edition) By Maxtech International, Inc.SARASOTA, Fla., March 10, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Maxtech International, Inc. is releasing the 2016 edition of its market research report on commercial and dual-use infrared imaging equipment markets (Vol. IRW-C). World infrared imaging markets have entered a new period of unprecedented growth. In 2015, the number of uncooled detectors shipped increased by more than 40% for the second year in a row, although market revenues grew at only 2% to $3.2 billion. This is almost entirely due to severe price reductions of uncooled infrared detectors which are being produced with higher yields, low cost wafer-level-packaging and highly integrated electronics. The traditional major application markets include Predictive Maintenance, Building Inspection, R&D, Process Control, Nondestructive Testing (NDT), Fire Fighting, Automotive Night Vision, Aircraft Enhanced Vision Systems (EVS), Security/surveillance, Law Enforcement/Personal Vision Systems and dual-use uncooled sights (Thermal Weapon Sights, Driver's Vision Enhancers, etc.) Some of the traditional application markets fared significantly better than others in 2015. But they are all expected to benefit over the next five years from lower cost uncooled FPAs from detector suppliers that have establishing partnerships with semiconductor fabs, implementing Wafer Level Packaging (WLP), Wafer Level Optics and integrating electronics functions on ASICs (Application Specific Integrated Circuits). A new Consumer and Emerging application market segment appeared two years ago with the introduction of smartphone thermal imagers for prices in the $200 range. The cores used in the smartphones are now also being used in other consumer applications including hunter's rifle scopes, night sights for boating and drones. Although these applications only account for a small part of market revenue, they are expected to grow rapidly. In addition, new uncooled FPA suppliers have emerged in China, South Korea and Turkey. At the same time, developers of novel uncooled detectors are facing an uphill battle against microbolometers with several dropping out of the race in the last two years. All of these changes have resulted in significant realignments and mergers – especially among makers of fire fighting thermal imagers. In addition, market shares of suppliers of uncooled focal plane arrays have undergone dramatic changes. Spot Infrared Thermometry sensors (pyrometers) continue to have broad acceptance in special high temperature industrial process control applications and at the very low-end in consumer markets as prices decrease. Also as prices drop, a convergence between the imaging and spot markets is already starting to occur. Nonetheless, the high-end pyrometer market continues to be strong in steel, glass and aluminum manufacturing and has been relatively untouched by imaging infrared. At the same time, new cooled detector technologies are being developed for high-end thermal imaging. Developments are accelerating in superlattice detectors and high operating temperature ("HOT") FPAs. Cameras based on new superlattice-based nBn and XBn detectors and T2SL (Type Two Superlattice) detectors are now available in the commercial market. The report forecasts market sizes for Infrared Imaging and Thermometry through 2021. Forecasts are provided separately for cooled and uncooled infrared imaging equipment in the following application areas: Predictive Maintenance (electrical and mechanical condition monitoring), Building/HVAC Inspection, Process Control, Research & Development, Traditional Nondestructive Testing, Law Enforcement and Personal Vision Systems (for hunters and sportsmen), Automotive Night Vision, Aircraft Enhanced Vision Systems, Fire Fighting, Surveillance/Security and Consumer/Emerging (including smartphones). Dual-Use applications covered include Weapon Sights, Driver's Vision Enhancers, Microsensors, Airborne and Ground applications and others. However, strictly military systems (infrared missile seekers, targeting systems, etc.) are not covered in this report. All forecasts are given separately for North America and the Rest of the World and the overall market is segmented by geography into the following regions: North America, Europe, Pacific Rim, Asia, Latin America, Africa and Middle East. Market shares of leading supplier companies are provided and Company Profiles for 66 companies worldwide are detailed. Market shares are given separately for suppliers of: Commercial & Dual-Use Systems What's new in this report?
The World Market for Commercial & Dual-Use Infrared Imaging and Infrared Thermometry Equipment (Vol. IRW-C) contains over 400 pages of up-to-date market information and forecasts and is priced at $4,750. It is only available from Maxtech (no third parties are authorized for its distribution.) Maxtech International's analysis of World Infrared Imaging and Infrared Thermometry Markets provides the following valuable market information:
Executive Summary Introduction Product Analysis Cooled Focal Plane Arrays, Cameras and Systems
The status of various detector technologies is discussed: which ones are declining, which ones are thriving. New developments in detector cooling technologies: Thermoelectric, Stirling and Joule-Thomson. New developments in small cryocoolers for use with HOT detectors. New developments in infrared materials used for lenses (including molded lenses), windows and coatings. Uncooled Focal Plane Arrays and cameras of the following types:
Uncooled focal plane array development and production plans are described separately for the U.S., Canada, Europe, Israel, Japan, China and South Korea. Manufacturers' offerings in each of the following areas are described, compared and pricing given: Dual-use programs covered include: uncooled Driver's Vision Enhancers (DVE), Thermal Weapon Sights (TWS), the new Family of Weapon Sights (FWS), Enhanced Night Vision Goggles (ENVG), uncooled thermal binoculars, microsensors, airborne navigation and surveillance systems. Technology Trends Applications Analysis
Market Forecasts
All Forecasts are given separately for North America and the Rest of the World. Suppliers of Infrared Imaging and Infrared Thermometry Equipment AIM Infrarot-Module Other companies included in the report: 3XLogic, Active Photonics, AeroVironment, Agilent, Agiltron, AIRS, Allied Vision Technologies, Amorphous Materials, Artray, Aselsan, ATCCQ, ATN, Audi, Automation Technology GmbH, BMW, Bayspec, Bendix, Boeing Spectrolab, Bombardier, Bop, Bosch, Bruker, CBC/Ganz, CEA/Leti, CI Sys., Cantronic, Chino, Chunghwa Telecom, Cobham (RVision), Cohu, Compix, Controp, CorDEX Instruments, Corning, Cox, Critical Imaging, Current Corp., CVI Melles Griot, Cyclone, Cypress Semiconductor, Dahua, Daimler, Dassault, DataRay, Daylight Solutions, Debut, DeWalt, DVTEL, Edmund Optics, Embraer, edevis GmbH, EMX, Equinox, Excelitas, Exelis, Exergen, FJR, Fairchild Imaging, Fermionics, Fortive, Fraunhofer Institut, Fujitsu, GCS-Global Communications, GHOPTO, Ganz, Gas Imaging Technology, General Monitors, GST, Gulfstream, HGH Infrared Systems, Hanhwa Thales, HanVision, Headwall Photonics, HEICO, HGH Infrared, HIKVision, Honda, Horiba, HurleyIR, i3system, IAI-Elta, IEC Infrared, INO, Ideal Industries, Infrared Cameras Inc. (ICI), Infrared Labs, InfraRed Materials, InfraRedx, InfraTec, IntelliEPi, Intevac, Invisage, IRay, IRCAM, ISP Optics, IR Labs, JPL, Janos Technology, Keii, Keysight Technologies, Kinghome, KIRO-CH Photonics, KLA-Tencor, Kongsberg, Lapis Semiconductor, Leak Surveys, Lexavia, Lightpath Technologies, Lumiense, Magnity, McBain Systems, Mercedes-Benz, MikroSens, Milwaukee Tool, Moog, Movitherm, Nav-TV, N2 Imaging, New Imaging Technologies (NIT), New Infrared Technologies (NIT), Newport, NikkoIA, Ningbo Sunny, Nissan, Nivisys, NORINCO Group (Kunming North Infrared), Northrop Grumman, Novotech, NXP Semiconductors, Obzerv, OIP Sensor Systems, Omron, ON Semiconductor, Ophir, Optex, Optics 1, Optikos, Opto Diode, Optris, Orbital ATK, Palmer Wahl, Panasonic, PerkinElmer, Princeton Instruments, Princeton Lightwave, Quantum Focus Instruments, QWIP Technologies, Rafael, Raptor Photonics, Rochester Precision Optics, Rolls Royce, Roper Scientific, SKF, Sage, Santa Barbara Focalplane, Santa Barbara Infrared, Sarnoff, Schott, Seiko NPC, Siemens, SightLogiX, Silent Sentinel, SiOnyx, Snell Group, St. Jude Medical, St. Johns Optical Systems, Sumitomo Electric, Telops, Thermal Wave Imaging, Thermoconcept, Torrey Pines Logic, Toshiba, TowerJazz, Trijicon, Trueview EVS, UD Holdings, Umicore, Williamson, Zytemp. TABLES IN THE REPORT Table 1.1 FIVE YEAR MARKET FORECAST FOR WORLDWIDE COMMERCIAL & DUAL-USE INFRARED IMAGING EQUIPMENT Tables 3.1 PROPERTIES OF INFRARED DETECTOR MATERIALS Table 3.2 and 3.3 CHRONOLOGY OF INFRARED FPA PRODUCT INTRODUCTIONS Table 3.4 MEMS STRUCTURES USED IN UNCOOLED FPAs Table 5.1 SECURITY CAMERAS MADE BY FLIR SYSTEMS Table 6.1 FIVE YEAR MARKET FORECAST FOR WORLDWIDE COMMERCIAL & DUAL-USE INFRARED IMAGING EQUIPMENT Table 6.2 FIVE YEAR MARKET FORECAST FOR COMMERCIAL AND DUAL-USE COOLED INFRARED IMAGING EQUIPMENT BY APPLICATION (NORTH AMERICA) Table 6.3 FIVE YEAR MARKET FORECAST FOR COMMERCIAL AND DUAL-USE COOLED INFRARED IMAGING EQUIPMENT BY APPLICATION (REST OF WORLD) Table 6.4 FIVE YEAR MARKET FORECAST FOR COMMERCIAL AND DUAL-USE UNCOOLED INFRARED IMAGING EQUIPMENT BY APPLICATION (NORTH AMERICA) Table 6.5 FIVE YEAR MARKET FORECAST FOR COMMERCIAL AND DUAL-USE UNCOOLED INFRARED IMAGING EQUIPMENT BY APPLICATION (REST OF WORLD) Table 6.6 COMMERCIAL AND DUAL-USE MARKETS BY GEOGRAPHIC REGION Tables 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 RECENT COMPANY CHANGES (ACQUISITIONS, NEW COMPANIES, CO. NEWS) Table 7.4 WORLDWIDE MARKET SHARES FOR SUPPLIERS OF COMMERCIAL AND DUAL-USE INFRARED IMAGING EQUIPMENT Table 7.5 WORLDWIDE MARKET SHARES FOR SUPPLIERS OF COMMERCIAL-ONLY INFRARED IMAGING EQUIPMENT Table 7.6 WORLDWIDE MARKET SHARES FOR SUPPLIERS OF UNCOOLED THERMOGRAPHY EQUIPMENT Table 7.7 WORLDWIDE MARKET SHARES FOR SUPPLIERS OF INFRARED IMAGING CAMERAS FOR FIRE FIGHTING Table 7.8 U.S. MARKET SHARES FOR SUPPLIERS OF INFRARED IMAGING CAMERAS FOR FIRE FIGHTING Table 7.9 WORLDWIDE MARKET SHARES FOR SUPPLIERS OF INFRARED IMAGING CAMERAS AND SYSTEMS USED FOR SECURITY/SURVEILLANCE Table 7.10 WORLDWIDE MARKET SHARES FOR SUPPLIERS OF UNCOOLED FOCAL PLANE ARRAYS Table 7.11 WORLDWIDE MARKET SHARES FOR SUPPLIERS OF InGaAs FOCAL PLANE ARRAYS AND MODULES Table 7.12 COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS OF InGaAs FOCAL PLANE ARRAYS AND CAMERAS Table 7.13 MARKET GROWTH PROJECTIONS FOR InGaAs FOCAL PLANE ARRAYS AND CAMERAS For additional information: (This report is only available directly from Maxtech International, Inc. - no third party distribution is authorized.) Logo - http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20160309/342433LOGO To view the original version on PR Newswire, visit:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/new-market-research-on-the-world-market-for-commercial-and-dual-use-infrared-imaging-and-infrared-thermometry-vol-irw-c-2016-edition-by-maxtech-international-inc-300233627.html SOURCE Maxtech International, Inc. 
|