Abstract
SCOPE OF STUDY
This report contains:
- Descriptions of various intelligent wireless microsystems (IWM)
technologies including applications for metal production, petroleum refining,
plastics manufacturing, beverage manufacturing, chemicals manufacturing,
electrical apparatus manufacturing, food manufacturing, special purpose
machinery manufacturing, pulp and paper processing, and transportation
- The current market status for IWM, trends and forecasts for growth over
the 5-year period 2008 through 2013
- Profiles of companies pioneering IWM technology and a thorough patent
analysis
- Analysis of the IWM industry on a worldwide basis, from both a market and
applications perspective
- A discussion of the demand for pollution control systems in applications
amenable to conversion to IWM.
- METHODOLOGY
IWM is an emerging technology and as is the case with all new technologies
there is a gap-sometimes orders of magnitude wide-between sales projections
and the numbers recorded in order books. In addition, due to the novelty of
the field, there is an absence of industry or government surveys to serve as
independent yardsticks against which sometimes overly enthusiastic growth
estimates can be compared.