REPORT SCOPE
INTRODUCTION
This study, IAS008C, updates the BCC Research report G-228R The Process Spectroscopy Market, published in March of 2005. While the original study focused on the market for process spectroscopy equipment from 2004 through 2009, this report addresses the global market for process spectroscopy equipment for the period 2008 through 2013.
The particular objective of this report is to examine the state of the art of process spectroscopy technology, associated products and markets by previous and newly characterized categories. Existing and emerging technologies and commercial products are examined in the context of the global process industry as they are marketed and used currently and forecast to be used and marketed in the future.
SCOPE OF STUDY
This report contains:
- Descriptions of various process spectroscopy technologies including those for at-line, on-line and in-line process spectroscopy
- The current global market status for process spectroscopy, with trends and forecasts for growth over the next 5 years
- Discussion of anticipated technology innovations and new applications
- Examination of the variations in regulatory factors as they apply to different applications
- Company profiles along with information about company changes, such as mergers or acquisitions.
METHODOLOGY
BCC presents an analysis, across the process spectroscopy market based on reported revenue dollars and units shipped as reported to the SEC and/or other governmental agencies. We also include market and technology information presented in previous process spectroscopy reports, although for direct market analysis and revenue comparison that is standardized and parallel, we have relied on empirical data as a baseline so that statistical projections are derived from real audited revenue levels, with subjectively derived data used to provide anecdotal context in order to explain market shifts, trends, and growth over time.
We also analyze data gathered from various research sources via the Internet including large databases such as the United States Patent Office (USPTO) databases of U.S. Patents and Patent Applications, Micropatent's searchable databases for U.S. and international patents and other IP issues, and the searchable database available on the Internet from the European Patent Office for World and U.S. patents and patent applications.
INFORMATION SOURCES
Using the previous BCC report on the process spectroscopy market (G-228R - 2005) as a baseline for information and industry structure at that time, BCC used industry stakeholder interviews, analyzed public documents, SEC filings, corporate white papers and other technical documentation for close to a hundred U.S. and international companies directly involved in manufacturing, distributing or directly utilizing emergency response technology or applications.
Additionally, BCC collected more than 2,157 utility patents filed in the U.S. and throughout the world, eliminating individual patents spanning two or more categories down to their primary category based on analysis and discarding patents whose content is not centrally related to process spectroscopy, leaving 956 patents that were more fully statistically and categorically analyzed.
Finally, many different standards and regulatory agencies were queried and standards, mandates, and laws were analyzed and presented as they impact companies manufacturing and utilizing process spectroscopy instruments.
ANALYST CREDENTIALS
Jordan Sheridan is a technology analyst and writer with more than 20 years of experience who specializes in technology and intellectual property strategies and develops IP documentation and analysis studies for Fortune 100 companies, with particular emphasis on IT technology and algorithmically-based inventions. Sheridan’s publications for BCC Research include RFID: Technology, Applications, and Market Potential (IAS020A); The Global Market for Energy Management Information Systems (EGY052A); Technologies for Air Pollution Monitoring, Prevention and Control (IAS001G); Artificial Sensing: Technologies and Emerging Markets (IAS021A); Advanced Materials for Sensors (AVM058A); Active, Controlled and Intelligence Packaging for Foods and Beverages (FOD038B); and Emergency Response Technologies: Global Markets (SAS014A).
