These reports analyze the European and North American markets for machine automatic safeguarding equipment. Each report provides market sizes, segmentations, and forecasts for these products. These include segmentations and forecasts by consuming industries and applications.
Report Highlights
The European market for the machine automatic safeguarding products studied totaled $751.6 million in 2004 and is forecast to reach $931.8 million in 2007, increasing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.4%. The North American market totaled $250.2 million in 2004 and is forecast to reach $356.0 million in 2007, increasing at a compound annual growth rate of 12.5%. Factors contributing to the expected high growth rate include:
- Cost savings due to efficiency gains - The implementation of machine automatic safeguarding allows users to operate efficient high-speed machinery and equipment without fear of personal injury or equipment damage.
- General economic trend - The North American economy has grown steadily since the downturn of 2001-2002. This improved business environment has encouraged firms to make capital expenditures, especially if improvements in efficiency can impact manufacturing costs. In the case of upgrading, newer replacement equipment will tend to have more safeguarding.
- Safety buses and networking - The creation of safety networks and buses based on existing open buses and networks, such as AS-I and Profibus, allows users to control and monitor their safety networks and devices over a distributed I/O network. This reduces cost and improves performance over hard-wired devices. More complexity and diagnostics will be used to provide safer, more functional machinery.
- Safety standards and requirements - New standards are being created in North America and the European Union, as well as a convergence in the requirements between these two regions.
I EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
II SCOPE
III METHODOLOGY
IV PRODUCT DESCRIPTION AND TRENDS
V SAFETY STANDARD REQUIREMENTS AND TRENDS
- EUROPEAN SAFETY STANDARD ORGANIZATIONS
- European Committee for Standardization (CEN)
- European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC)
- International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)
- International Standards Organization (ISO)
- NORTH AMERICAN SAFETY STANDARD ORGANIZATIONS
- American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
- Canadian Standards Association (CSA)
- National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
- Robotic Industries Association (RIA)
- Underwriters Laboratories (UL)
- CURRENT EUROPEAN REQUIREMENTS
- CURRENT NORTH AMERICAN REQUIREMENTS
- EXPECTED TRENDS IN REQUIREMENTS
- Evolving Requirements
- Internationally Accepted Standards
- Risk Assessment Analysis
VI THIRD-PARTY ORGANIZATIONS
- SERVICES PROVIDED
- Functions Provided
- Types of Products With Which Third Parties Work
- EXTENT AND EXPECTED TREND IN SERVICES PROVIDED
- REPRESENTATIVE THIRD-PARTY ORGANIZATIONS
VII INDUSTRY STRUCTURE
- CHANNELS OF DISTRIBUTION
- Sales Organizations Used
- Customer Classes
- INDUSTRY CONSOLIDATION AND OTHER CHANGES
VIII MARKET SIZES, SEGMENTATIONS, FORECASTS AND TRENDS
- PRODUCT SHIPMENTS & FORECASTS
- SHIPMENTS & FORECASTS TO INDUSTRIES & APPLICATIONS
- BUS/NETWORK CONNECTIVITY OF PROGRAM. SAFETY SYS.
- CONTROL VOLTAGES
- APPLICATION SPECIFIC VS. GENERAL-PURPOSE SAFETY CONTROLLERS/MODULES/RELAYS
- KEYED ELECTROMECHANICAL SWITCHES WITH SOLENOID LATCHING
- CHANNELS OF DISTRIBUTION
IX USER REQUIREMENTS AND PREFERENCES
- PRODUCT SELECTION CRITERIA
- Reasons for Purchase of Machine Automatic Safeguarding Products
- Feature and Performance Selection Criteria
- STANDARDS REQUIRMENTS
- Among Purchasers for Own Use
- Among Those Purchasing Products for Resell
- NON-PRODUCT VENDOR SELECTION CRITERIA
- PRODUCT INSTALLATION
- OEMs & Systems Integrators
- End Users
- PRODUCT SERVICING
- RISK ASSESSMENTS AND SITE AUDITS
- Need for Risk Assessments and Site Audits
- Organizations Performing Risk Assessments and Site Audits
- HOW USERS LEARN ABOUT PRODUCTS & VENDORS
- Trade Periodical Sources
- Trade Show Sources
X VENDOR ANALYSES
- PRODUCT MARKET SHARES
- KEY SUCCESS FACTORS
XI STRATEGIES AND RECOMMENDATIONS
XII VENDOR PROFILES
APPENDIX: VENDOR LIST
