Abstract
Customers in Dynamic Voltage Restorer Markets Reluctant to Adopt New Technologies
Introduced into the commercial market in 1994, dynamic voltage restorers (DVRs) have been
offering reliable and cost effective protection against power fluctuations. For further growth, it
needs to overcome customer reluctance to accept technologies that are new and awaiting approval and
also those that are not widely in use. Small enterprises are cautious about investing heavily in the
latest technologies due to a lack of better resources and infrastructure. Manufacturers can tackle
these hurdles by providing better product-related education to end users, eventually boosting their
revenues.
This Frost & Sullivan research service provides an overview of and outlook for the DVR
markets, providing market share analyses. The study divides DVR into low and medium voltage segments
and analyzes their impact on different geographic regions -- North America, Europe, Asia Pacific,
and Rest-of-World. It also studies crucial aspects such as revenues, trends, market shares,
technologies, pricing strategies, competitive structures, and forecasts.
Facilities with Voltage-Sensitive Equipment Extensively Seek DVRs
"The demand for DVR equipment is likely to come specifically from facilities using
voltage-sensitive equipment such as specification for semiconductor processing equipment voltage sag
immunity (SEMI 47) compliant equipment, motor drivers, data and server equipment, and others,"
says the analyst of this research. "Process equipment, largely controlled by computers is
highly sensitive to even minute voltage fluctuations and DVRs aid them in tackling these short
duration sags."
Further, the power electronic devices with their increased visibility and better controllability
along with industrial electronics offer immense growth opportunities for the world DVR markets. DVRs,
with their lesser power rating-- as against uninterrupted power systems (UPSs) are an economic
alternative to UPSs for applications involving larger distribution lines.
Asian Markets with Cost-efficient Technologies Attract Investments from DVR Companies
Cost-efficient technologies have led to increasing capital investment in some of the Asian
countries, especially in China, Taiwan, Japan, and Korea, thus driving the DVR markets. With
increasing industrialization and commercialization, rising power quality issues such as voltage
sags, surges, spikes, and other anomalies spur the demand for DVRs. "Further, the fast
developing semiconductor industry benefiting from an increased usage of semiconductor fabrication,
prominently in the Asia Pacific is driving the DVR markets," observes the analyst.
"Industries insist on systems ensuring uninterrupted generation, transmission, and distribution
of power to nullify their losses in terms of resources, revenue, and productivity."
Vendors need to effectively educate end users about DVRs being the best solutions for correcting
voltage sags and provide the reasons for occurrences of these sags and the necessary corrective
measures. At present, these enterprises are allotting sizeable funds to research and development
(R&D), to offer technically superior products at affordable prices to end users. The research
not only focuses on existing products but also on developing new ones. These factors are set to
assist the global DVR markets to grow at 6.9 percent between 2004 and 2011, the growth being more
prominent in North America and Asia Pacific. | 
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