Abstract
INTRODUCTION
Goals of the study were to get an understanding of the installed base, find
out user purchasing plans, assess the international trade and determine what
problems users are having with their trace element monitoring and control
devices. Other goals include understanding relevant legislation and
regulations, detecting regional differences in worldwide monitoring and
control for trace elements, and providing confirming evidence for the supplier
data that is presented in the report. The study gives a critical view of the
markets for commercial trace element monitoring and control including demand
scenarios for different industrial applications. It assesses the role of trace
element monitoring as a tool in enabling the control. It quantifies the demand
for trace element monitoring by utilization category, product type,
application, and technology, and assesses the relationships between major
consumers and producers.
The implementation of a speciation analytical investigation in the industrial
domain is simply a question of revenue and expenses. Another type of
industrial demand can be created artificially as a consequence of social
demands and the resulting legislation. If maximum concentration limit values
for certain chemical species known to be hazardous become legally binding, the
industry will have to behave accordingly with regard to products, waste, and
all other industrial areas concerned. This is rather unwanted in the
industrial domain and accordingly the legislative process is often delayed or
even prevented.
In the first instance, the analytical need is the decisive criterion for a
cost-benefit analysis. Analytical needs are determined by two completely
different driving forces that are often even contradictory:
1. Social demands that should be defined in legislation.
2. Industrial demands that are defined by simple economic considerations.
The social demands for speciation analytical investigations are very great
since the arguments described in the introduction are evident and clearly
visible for both citizens and politicians. A few speciation-related problems
have begun to be translated into legislation and will aim for the protection
of health, food, environment, and many other fields of life. From this point
of view, the cost-benefit analysis clearly shows that the costs for whatever
needed analytical instrumentations and its operation are overcompensated by
the great benefits from the speciation analytical information.
SCOPE OF STUDY
This report contains:
- An overview of that describes the importance of the trace element
monitoring and control industry in relation to the overall global economy,
including a brief history and extensive review of major products and
applications
- A discussion of the governmental regulatory scene as it applies to trace
element monitoring, as well as descriptions of environmental regulation
changes and agencies involved
- Offers a detailed analysis of the economics and structure of the industry
as well as important competitive aspects
- Market data on segments including chemical/petrochemical, food & drink,
pharmaceutical, electric power generation, petroleum refining, oil & gas, and
waste disposal, including five-year forecasts to 2011
- A technology chapter devoted to important developments, patents, and
funding
- Detailed company profiles for the top 100 players in the industry.
METHODOLOGY
In this report, both historic and current data have been used in the demand
analysis. Therefore, the results of the calculations presented here are based
on three components: historic analysis of trace element monitoring and control
demand in the period 2003 to 2005, estimates for 2006, and forecasted demand
for the 2006 to 2011 periods.
To ensure that we obtain a balanced view of the major geographic regions, we
decided to interview an equal number of people in the United States, Europe,
and Asia. We therefore interviewed a substantial trace element monitoring and
control equipment users in each region. Within the regions, users in the
following countries were interviewed:
North America
Europe
- United Kingdom
- Germany
- France
Asia
Rest of the World
- Central & South America and
- Africa & Middle East
All interviews were conducted by e-mail and telephone. In order to conduct the
interviews in Germany, France, China, and Japan, the questionnaire was
translated into German, French, Chinese, and experienced interviewers fluent
in these languages carried out the interviews.
INFORMATION SOURCES
Information sources include trade data (national and international), company
publicity literature, conference reports, world trade technical journals and
interviews with company representatives.
ANALYST' S CREDENTIALS
Edward Gobina is a Full UK Professor of chemical and processing engineering
and has 25 years research and teaching experience in environmental
engineering, petrochemical reaction engineering, and catalysis and membrane
technology. He has been published extensively, with over 100 relevant
publications in international scientific journals. He is a project analyst for
BCC Research and has authored 17 BCC Research reports providing the critical
links in the entire energy infrastructure chain occasioned from hydrogen to
advanced oil and gas exploitation, and biorefinery infrastructure. Professor
Gobina is a member of the European Membrane Society (EMS), the North American
Membrane Society (NAMS), and the New York Academy of Sciences (NYAS). He is
the current director of the Centre for Process Integration and Membrane
Technology (CPIMT) within the School of Engineering at the Robert Gordon
University in the UK.
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