US demand to advance nearly 20% per annum through 2008
The US market for MEMS is projected to continue its budding recovery, increasing just over 19 percent per annum through 2008 to $3.3 billion. Fueling gains will be ongoing improve-ment in tech sector business fundamentals, advances in MEMS design and fabrication techniques, and an expanding scope of applications for MEMS-based solutions.
The fledgling MEMS business was adversely impacted by the early 2000s tech sector down-turn, with revenue growth just modestly positive in 2002, followed by a moderate pickup in 2003 that accompanied the recovering macroeconomy.
Emerging applications to fuel future growth
Optical switches for telecommu-nications networks -- which had been one of the fastest growing segments of the MEMS market near the turn of the millennium --was particularly hard hit, as capital spending in the telecom sector literally dried up begin-ning in 2001. By contrast, demand for MEMS-based microdisplays held up relatively well, providing offsetting support to the market as a whole.
The three best established segments of the MEMS market -- air bag accelerometers, ink-jet printer heads and blood pres-sure monitors -- are becoming mature, and will see respectable but by no means stellar gains in the near term. As a result, new products and emerging applica-tions hold the best prospects.
Along with optical telecom networks, these include radio frequency (RF) switches for wireless phones, biochips for complex biomedical testing and analysis, tire pressure monitor-ing sensors for motor vehicles, and gyroscopes used for angle rate measurement in numerous applications within the automo-tive, aerospace and industrial sectors.
Fledgling US industry still evolving
Given the still evolving stage of MEMS product design and fabrication technologies, as well as the emerging nature of many markets, a MEMS industry in the classical sense had yet to emerge as of the early/mid 2000s, on either a US or global basis. Companies participating in the MEMS business range from small technology-driven concerns such as MEMSCAP and Calient Networks to large corporate entities like Analog Devices and Texas Instruments.
Study coverage
These and other findings are examined in the new Freedonia study, MEMS: Micro-Electromechanical Systems, priced at $4100. It details US markets for MEMS, with an emphasis on high-growth applica-tions, fabrication/production processes and industry development.
The study provides histori-cal data through 2003 plus forecasts to 2008 and 2013 in US dollars for MEMS-based markets by product and application. In addition, it assesses the macro-economic environment, analyzes strategic variables driving competition, and profiles 48 firms in the US MEMS business.
This study can help you:
- Determine your market & sales potential
- Learn more about industry competitors
- Assess new products & technologies
- Identify firms to merge with or acquire
- Complement your research & planning
- Gather data for presentations
- Confirm your own internal data
- Make better business decisions
Freedonia's methods involve:
- Establishing consistent economic and market forecasts
- Using input/output ratios, flow charts and other economic methods to quantify data
- Employing in-house analysts who meet stringent quality standards
- Interviewing key industry participants, experts and end-users
- Researching a proprietary database that includes trade publications, government reports and corporate literature
COMPANY PROFILES
presented for 48 US industry players such as Analog Devices, Calient Networks, MEMSCAP and Texas Instruments
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
II. MARKET ENVIRONMENT
- General
- Economic Environment
- Cyclical Trends
- Long Term Trends
- MEMS Infrastructure
- Microelectronics
- Motor Vehicle Sector
- Information Technology
- Health Care
- Military/Aerospace Sector
- Consumer Sector
- Cost/Pricing Dynamics
- International Environment
- World MEMS Market
- International MEMS Activity & Programs
- Foreign Trade & Multinational Investment
III. TECHNOLOGY
- General
- Basic Technological Concepts
- Electromechanical Systems
- Electronics
- Component Technology
- Subsystem & Device Technology
- Switches & Relays
- Sensors & Actuators
- Optics & Photonics
- RF & Wireless
- Biotechnology
- MEMS & Related Concepts
- Conventional Microchip Design & Fabrication
- Micromachining
- Mirror Arrays & Optical Switching
- Microfluidics
- MEMS Packaging & Testing
- Nanotechnology
- Smart Dust
IV. PRODUCTS
- General
- Sensors
- Motion/Acceleration Sensors
- Pressure Sensors
- Positioning Sensors
- Chemical Sensors
- Other MEMS Sensors
- Actuators
- Thermal & Fluidic Actuators
- Electrical & Magnetic Actuators
- Switches & Relays
- Optical Switches
- RF Switches & Relays
- Displays
- Other Products
- Passive Components
- All Other
V. APPLICATIONS
- General
- Automotive
- Sector Outlook
- MEMS Outlook
- Information Processing
- Sector Outlook
- MEMS Outlook
- Biomedical
- Sector Outlook
- MEMS Outlook
- Telecommunications
- Sector Outlook
- MEMS Outlook
- Consumer
- Sector Outlook
- MEMS Outlook
- Industrial
- Sector Outlook
- MEMS Outlook
- Military/Aerospace
- Sector Outlook
- MEMS Outlook
- Other Applications
VI. INDUSTRY STRUCTURE
- General
- Industry Composition & Market Share
- Research & Product Development
- Manufacturing
- Marketing & Distribution
- Financial Requirements
- Mergers, Acquisitions & Industry Restructuring
- Strategic Partnerships
- Company Profiles
- Advanced MicroSensors
- Aerotech Incorporated
- Agere Systems Incorporated
- Agilent Technologies Incorporated
- Agiltron Incorporated
- Akustica Incorporated
- Amkor Technology Incorporated
- Analog Devices Incorporated
- BEI Technologies Incorporated
- Bell Laboratories, see Lucent Technologies Incorporated
- Bosch (Robert) GmbH
- Calient Networks Incorporated
- Corning Incorporated
- Coventor Incorporated
- Crossbow Technology Incorporated
- DALSA Corporation
- Delphi Corporation
- DENSO Corporation
- Edcliff Instruments, see BEI Technologies Incorporated
- ELMOS Semiconductor AG
- Fairchild Semiconductor International Incorporated
- Freescale Semiconductor Incorporated, see Motorola
- Incorporated
- GalayOr Incorporated, see MEMSCAP SA
- GE Thermometrics, see General Electric Company
- General Electric Company
- Glimmerglass Networks Incorporated
- Goodrich Corporation
- Honeywell International Incorporated
- Integrated Sensing Systems Incorporated
- Intel Corporation
- IntelliSense Software Corporation
- Irvine Sensors Corporation
- Kionix Incorporated
- Lockheed Martin Corporation
- Lucent Technologies Incorporated
- Measurement Specialties Incorporated
- MEMGen Corporation, see Microfabrica Incorporated
- MEMS Optical Incorporated
- MEMSCAP SA
- MEMSIC Incorporated
- Microfabrica Incorporated
- MicroSensors Incorporated, see Irvine Sensors Corporation
- Motorola Incorporated
- New Jersey Nanotechnology Consortium, see Lucent
- Technologies Incorporated
- Nortel Networks Corporation
- NovaSensor Incorporated, see General Electric Company
- Opsitech SA, see MEMSCAP SA
- Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated, see Xerox
- Corporation
- Rockwell Automation Incorporated
- Sandia National Laboratories, see Lockheed Martin
- Corporation
- Siemens AG
- Silicon Microstructures Incorporated, see ELMOS
- Semiconductor AG
- SiTek Incorporated, see BEI Technologies Incorporated
- STMicroelectronics NV
- Systron Donner Inertial, see BEI Technologies Incorporated
- Teledyne Technologies Incorporated
- Tellium Incorporated, see Zhone Technologies Incorporated
- Texas Instruments Incorporated
- TriQuint Semiconductor Incorporated
- Verimetra Incorporated
- Wispry Incorporated
- XACTIX Incorporated
- Xerox Corporation
- Zhone Technologies Incorporated
LIST OF TABLES
SECTION I -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
- Summary Table
SECTION II -- MARKET ENVIRONMENT
- 1 Macroeconomic Environment
- 2 MEMS Market Trends, 1993-2003
- 3 Electronic Components Shipments
- 4 Motor Vehicles & Parts Shipments
- 5 Information Technology Equipment Shipments
- 6 National Health Expenditures
- 7 Defense Spending Trends
- 8 Consumer Spending & Investment Patterns
- 9 World MEMS Market by Region
- 10 Selected International MEMS Programs
SECTION III -- TECHNOLOGY
- 1 Electronic Products Shipments
- 2 Sensor Supply & Demand
SECTION IV -- PRODUCTS
- 1 MEMS Demand by Product
- 2 MEMS Sensors Demand
- 3 MEMS Motion/Acceleration Sensors Demand
- 4 MEMS Pressure Sensors Demand
- 5 MEMS Positioning Sensors Demand
- 6 MEMS Chemical Sensors Demand
- 7 Other MEMS Sensors Demand
- 8 MEMS Actuators Demand
- 9 MEMS Thermal & Fluidic Actuators Demand
- 10 MEMS Electrical & Magnetic Actuators Demand
- 11 MEMS Switches & Relays Demand
- 12 MEMS Optical Switches Demand
- 13 MEMS RF Switches & Relays Demand
- 14 MEMS Displays Demand
- 15 Other MEMS Products Demand
SECTION V -- APPLICATIONS
- 1 MEMS Market by Application/Sector
- 2 Motor Vehicle Outlook
- 3 Automotive MEMS Market
- 4 Computer Hardware & Software Market Trends
- 5 Information Processing MEMS Market
- 6 Medical Supplies & Devices Shipments
- 7 Biomedical MEMS Market
- 8 Communications Equipment Shipments
- 9 Telecommunications MEMS Market
- 10 Consumer Products Shipments
- 11 Consumer MEMS Market
- 12 Industrial Sector Indicators
- 13 Industrial MEMS Market
- 14 Aerospace Equipment Shipments
- 15 Military/Aerospace MEMS Market
- 16 Other MEMS Markets
SECTION VI -- INDUSTRY STRUCTURE
- 1 Research & Development Spending Patterns: Selected MEMS Companies
- 2 Capital Spending Patterns: Selected MEMS Companies
- 3 Composite Financial Ratios: Selected MEMS Companies
- 4 Selected Acquisitions & Divestitures
- 5 Selected Strategic Partnerships
- 6 Revenue & Profits Data: Selected MEMS Companies, 2003
LIST OF CHARTS
SECTION II -- MARKET ENVIRONMENT
- 1 MEMS Market Volatility
- 2 MEMS Pricing Patterns
SECTION III -- TECHNOLOGY
- 1 Wavelengths for Optical Networks
- 2 MEMS Market by Technology, 2003 & 2008
SECTION IV -- PRODUCTS
- 1 MEMS Market by Product, 2003 & 2008
SECTION V -- APPLICATIONS
- 1 MEMS Market by Application/Sector, 2003 & 2008
SECTION VI -- INDUSTRY STRUCTURE
- 1 US MEMS Products Market Share by Company, 2003
