Electronic Manufacturing

While aggressively venturing into the medical device market by launching intelligent healthcare solutions for medical institutes in recent years, Advantech has also tapped into China`s medical sales channels through partnerships with major global brands as Philips and GE. Advantech says that its medical-application business is basically categorized into two major lines: The first being the original design manufacturing (ODM) of intelligent medical equipment for customers who introduce system software to sell finished products via distributors, by supplying, for examples, ultrasonic and X-ray equipment to GE and anesthetic equipment to Philips.

The worldwide industrial electronics assembly market is one of the most interesting and profitable segments for EMS companies to engage in. While growth of the total available industrial market is modest (between 5-6% annually), the growth of the EMS services sector is more than double depending on the product. Some of the most promising opportunities can be found in the Test & Measurement and Process Control sectors where advanced electronics are making a huge impact in efficiency and cost reduction.

Flexible circuits are a bright spot when it comes to growth for printed circuit boards, but the overall market is still small compared to rigd boards. Printed electronics may change those volumes significantly by bringing dramatically lower costs that could open up extremely high volume markets.

World market for Computer Assisted Surgical Systems is projected to reach US$2.9 billion by the year 2017. Growth will be driven by the increase in minimally invasive surgical (MIS) procedures, incremental improvements in the reliability of CAS technologies, increased availability of robust and clinically proven CAS systems and encouraging demographic trends, such as aging population.

World market for Flat Panel Displays, FPDs is projected to reach US$110 billion by the year 2017. Growth will be primarily driven by its widespread use as display devices in various electronic gadgets such as TVs, notebook computers, personal computers, mobile phones, and public display systems. Technology innovations, falling prices and robust demand from developing markets bode well for the future of the market.

Global market for ECG Telemetry Devices is projected to reach US$1.25 billion by the year 2015. Growth in the market is primarily driven by aging world population and increasing incidence of cardiovascular diseases. Besides increasing number of chest-pain clinics, technology innovations are expected to boost the sales of ECG telemetry systems.

Global installed base of CT Scanners is projected to exceed 67 thousand units by 2017, driven by the growing healthcare sector in developing countries and continued replacement of single-slice and obsolete CT scanners by multi-slice machines with advanced capabilities. A key trend evident in the CT segment is development of hybrid scanners comprising positron emission tomographs (PET) and CT technologies. With the combination of CT that offers anatomical information, precise details on the patient condition can be obtained, that helps in oncology treatment management.

The global market for Cables and Leads for Medical Equipment is projected to reach US$9.1 billion by the year 2017. An aging global population, particularly in the US and Europe, is expected to sustain the demand for cables and leads for medical devices such as pace makers and defibrillators. Further, rapid advances in technology and increasing demand from Asia-Pacific and other emerging economies would continue to drive market growth.

Global market for Rechargeable Batteries is projected to reach US$21.4 billion by the year 2017. Growth will be primarily driven by the ever growing need to satisfy power requirements of virtually all modern electronic portable equipment. Robustly growing demand for energy-hungry electronic devices, such as digital cameras, mobile computing devices, high-end smartphones, bodes well for the future of the market.

According to a new technical market research report, New Electronic Materials and Device Technologies: Global Markets, the total market for new electronic materials is projected to increase from $27.6 million in 2010 and $30.7 million in 2011 to more than $5.5 billion in 2016 and almost $26 billion in 2021, with compound annual growth rates, CAGR of 182.5% and 36.3% from 2011 to 2016 and 2016 to 2021, respectively.