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Metal additive manufacturing will be a key enabling technology across multiple sectors. The technology is already being used for prototypes, tooling, replacement parts, and small to large production runs. There are notable new processes, new entrants, significant acquisitions, and an expanding adoption within end-users. However, given the key current markets, the COVID-19 pandemic will severely impact this industry in the short-to-mid term. IDTechEx provide granular 10-year market forecasts at a critical time for this industry, providing breakdown by process, material, applications, and geography. This research was conducted by IDTechEx technology analysts who, through extensive primary interviews, bring the reader the key information for this market. This report includes over 50 detailed company profiles, from promising start-ups through to market leaders, material players, and more.

The sensor business is massively impacted by COVID-19, mobility reinvented, diabetes etc. Only in this report can you see the whole picture as it becomes around $250 billion in 2041.

This report covers emerging technologies developed for polymer recycling, with an assessment of companies developing novel processes to manage plastic waste. Analysis showing the state of the industry, new technologies, case studies, market growth, drivers, restraints and revenue trend analysis is provided. The total global revenues from new polymer recycling technologies is forecast to reach $162bn by the year 2030.

IDTechEx has tracked the technology, player and market development of flexible, thin film and printed batteries since 2014. This report provides detailed technological analysis, market status introduction, market assessment, opportunity and barrier discussion, player activity tracking, and gives 10-year market forecast by technology and application.

Only IDTechEx report, "Materials Opportunities in Emerging Photovoltaics 2020-2040" presents new, global, facts-based analysis of materials in emerging photovoltaics on a 20 year view. It is based on interviews by multi-lingual, PhD level IDTechEx analysts across the world. Nearly $40 billion dollars emerging PV sales by technology to 2040. Many opportunities for premium-priced specialist materials.

The market for 5G infrastructure and mobile devices is increasing rapidly. New 5G networks involve many more installations and higher frequencies than previous generations. These increases and changes in design and technology bring about the need for effective thermal management. This report addresses the thermal considerations in the 5G market from the aspects of installation size, frequency, antenna size, semiconductor technology, die attach materials, power supplies and thermal interface materials. Current and emerging strategies are described along with forecasts across these categories through to 2030.

Energy harvesting converts ambient energy to electricity where it is needed. This report covers the whole power range focusing on conversion technologies including some recently invented. Learn large emerging materials opportunities and solutions to urgent needs.

This IDTechEx Research report provides an extensive overview of the underlying technology and applications of most types of printed sensors. This includes organic and hybrid photodetectors, piezoresistive and piezoelectric pressure sensors, stretchable strain sensors, temperature sensors, printed electrodes for skin patches, biosensors, and ITO alternatives for capacitive touch sensors. By profiling over 50 companies we map the commercial adoption prospects and challenges for each technology and develop granulated market forecasts that span all sensor types, technologies, and applications.

Electric, Hybrid and Fuel Cell Buses 2021-2040 addresses the market drivers of electrification, how the bus is being rapidly reinvented and the outlook for pure battery electric and plug-in hybrid powertrains in buses, including the prospects for fuel cell buses. This report presents IDTechEx's new regional forecasts for electric city bus uptake, reflecting different rates of fleet electrification across China, Europe, the US, India, and the rest of the world.

We foresee a rapid 5G infrastructure roll-out and a large amount of 5G devices rushing into the market in the coming years. 5G will represent an enormous market opportunity of about $720 bn by 2030. This report points out the unique niches for the high-frequency 5G materials and provides a holistic view of 5G technologies and vertical applications, which are essential to understanding the 5G market opportunity.

This report covers the techniques and technologies used in skin analysis, with a focus on the cosmetics industry. While skin analysis technologies have been used in the laboratory for decades, recent developments in electronics and changes in consumer behaviour are accelerating broader uptake. The market for skin analysis technologies is forecast to reach $275 million by the year 2030, driven by skincare companies seeking solutions in ecommerce, smart retail, hyper personalized skincare and more.

By 2040, Li-ion battery recycling will become a $31 billion market. In this report, we offer a comprehensive and in-depth analysis of the Li-ion battery recycling processes and technologies, the value chain and economics of recycling, key market players as well as the regulations and policies on Li-ion battery recycling. A twenty-year market forecast on Li-ion battery recycling by regions, sectors, battery chemistries, and key metals recovered is presented.

The introduction of technologies that manipulate the DNA of crops has not always run smoothly. Despite its potential power to improve crop yields and nutrition, genetic modification has remained controversial and is banned across much of the world. Could new gene-editing technologies like CRISPR-Cas9 break this deadlock and boost global agriculture? This report explores the future of crop biotechnology, providing technical, regulatory and market insight into what could be a revolutionary field.

The developments in agricultural robotics, machine vision, and AI will drive a deep and far-reaching transformation of the way farming is carried out. Yes, today the fleet sizes and the total area covered by new robots are still vanishingly small compared to the global agricultural industry. Yet, this should not lull the players into a false sense of security because the ground is slowly but surely shifting. Robotics and AI are enabling a revolution in affordable ultraprecision, which will eventually upend familiar norms in agrochemical supply, in agricultural machine design, and in farming practices.

Material Informatics represents an R&D paradigm shift by fundamentally accelerating the time from innovation to market. There are multiple strategic approaches and already some notable success stories; missing this transition will be very costly. This report provides key insights and outlooks on the market. Through technical primary interviews, readers will get a detailed understanding of the players, business models, technology, and the application areas.

This report is the culmination of IDTechEx's research in wearables over the last decade, containing summaries and outlook for each wearable technology product, sector, and trend. The report contains historic data back to 2010 and market forecasts to 2030 on 52 different product categories. The report also comes with a significant section discussing the effect of the COVID-19 epidemic on the different sectors, updated over time to give the latest outlook.

Assess the multibillion dollar opportunity of electronics and electrics becoming smart materials - tape, film, even paint for healthcare, wearables, buildings and more. Research, much in 2020, is analysed into a commercialisation timeline 2020-2040, winners and losers. The user will cut, morph stretch or spray it to shape. Set functions such as light emission and electricity creation and storage. This is both creating new markets and bypassing traditional electronics production.

The report provides a clear and objective picture about the hydrogen economy, giving the reader a perspective of the current status and future development of hydrogen as an energy carrier. A complete description of the different fuel cells and electrolysers, will allow the reader to understand the chemical principles, materials involved, technical limits and future opportunities of each technology, including the main players on the market.

This report characterizes the markets, technologies and players in electronic skin patches. With coverage across 28 application areas and over 120 companies, historic market data from 2010-2019 and market forecasts from 2020 to 2030, it is the most comprehensive study compiled for this emerging product area. It reveals significant opportunity, with nearly $10bn in revenue made from electronic skin patches in 2019, and a forecast for this to grow to nearly $40bn by 2030.

Chapters respectively on new opportunities for graphene, carbon nanotubes, metal organic frameworks, ionic liquids etc. for the supercapacitors, battery-supercapacitor hybrids, pseudocapacitors also covered. Learn these new key-enabling components for automotive, wearables and healthcare. Learn these flexible, stretchable and load-bearing smart materials, some multifunctional, enabling structural electronics and battery elimination: biocompatible, biodegradable, implantable, stretchable materials. Some are smart feedstock you cut to size and they still operate. Forecasts, best research results.

New IDTechEx report, "Energy Harvesting for Electronic Devices 2020-2040" comes at just the right time. The world's first self-powered smartwatches have just arrived. They are not full-function but we are getting there. Then come large numbers of harvesters in Internet of Things nodes, medical implants and wearables. This is the only comprehensive analysis of needs, technologies, their combinations with 20 year technology and market forecasts, gaps in the market.

The new IDTechEx report 'Electric Leisure & Sea-going Boats and Ships 2021-2040' reveals the challenges and growth for electrification in the maritime sector. It finds that leisure boats are the largest market by volume, but the deep-sea sector will take the largest market value and greatest battery demand.

This report provides a detailed technological analysis with available options and emerging possibilities across the whole manufacturing process, from epitaxy, chip manufacturing, mass transfer and assembly, bonding and interconnection, testing, defect management, repair, light management, full colour realization, to backplane and driving. With addressing the challenges and opportunities, together with the supply chain evaluation, market status assessment & prediction, and player activity analysis, it helps the reader to make better strategic decisions, to find the best technological road map, to seek commercialization and new business opportunities, to know reliable partners and to get the latest industry progress.

Digital Water 2020-2030 covers the sensor market in water and wastewater treatment and pipe network markets. This comprehensive overview of the different sensor types, companies, strategies and use cases can provide insightful solutions to the digital water industry. This information is then used to forecast the market growth over the coming decade up to 2030, where it is expected to grow to over $2Bn.

The demand for the COVID-19 testing is over 600 million tests including 120 million genetic tests and over 500 million rapid tests. In this report, we benchmarked more than 100 commercial devices across various technologies, providing a deep insight into the technology trends and biotech innovations surrounding the COVID-19 global response.

Electronic textiles involves the combination of electronic functionality within textiles. From active heating or lighting in textiles, to biometric monitoring and other advanced functionalities, this emerging industry includes a wide variety of technology and product options. Developed over 5 years, this report is a comprehensive overview of the industry, including the entire value chain and reviews of the activity of over 200 companies.

This report is based upon years of research. In the past eight years alone, our analysts have interviewed more than 150 industry players, visited numerous users/suppliers across the world, attended more than 35 relevant conferences/exhibitions globally, and worked with many industry players to help them with their strategy towards this market. For example, in the last five years alone we visited around 35 tradeshows in Japan, USA, Taiwan, Korea, Germany, UK, and so on, to update our report. Prior to this, our analysts played an active role in commercializing conductive pastes, particularly in the photovoltaic industry.

This IDTechEx Research report covers all aspects of Flexible Hybrid Electronics, including an assessment of the enabling technologies and challenges, over 30 prototype case studies, technology adoption roadmaps, and detailed market forecasts. FHE is set to disrupt the existing electronics landscape, finally realizing the vision of ubiquitous electronics and facilitating novel applications. The trends, forecasts and innovation opportunities outlined in this report provide a roadmap to this transition.

This report covers the latest applications of flexible electronics in healthcare, including electronic skin patches, electronic textiles, electrochemical test strips and smart blister packs. With increasing decentralization in the healthcare system enabled by the digital health movement, flexible electronics is well positioned to provide comfortable and long-term remote patient monitoring solutions. Flexible electronics enable new form factors and new products in health monitoring, a significant market worth over $8.3 billion in 2030.

The vibrant market for zero-emission microgrids embraces kW to MW driven by industrial, commercial, island and military applications. New water, solar, wind technologies promise many houses becoming ZE battery microgrids then ships, smart roads. A huge $350 billion market is being created with remarkable opportunities for materials, components, systems, software. Only this 230 page report with 80 new infograms and graphs assesses and predicts it all from 2020-2040.

By 2030, electric vehicle charging infrastructure will become a $40 billion market. In this report, we offer a comprehensive and in-depth analysis of the various charging infrastructure for both passenger and commercial electric vehicles including conductive and wireless charging among others as well as key technologies such as fast charging, inductive and capacitive charging, robotic charging and battery swapping. A ten-year market forecast on EV charging infrastructure by sectors, power levels, applications and major regions is presented.

The report provides a holistic picture of the Li-ion market, where demand is coming from, and the players involved in cell, cathode and anode manufacturing. It provides in-depth analysis on the various technological developments and trends taking place in Li-ion batteries to allow informed strategic investment and business development decisions.

Hearables are wireless electronic products worn in, on or around the ear. They include products such as headphones, hearing aids, cochlear implants, and related areas. They have applications including combinations of infotainment, hearing assistance and augmentation, health monitoring and more, based primarily in the consumer electronics and healthcare sectors. This report is the most comprehensive review of the whole hearables market and technology landscape.

With investment in digital health reaching $8.1 billion in 2018 and a series of successful IPOs in 2019, understanding the opportunities in this complex field and how they impact the healthcare industry is paramount. This report provides a detailed overview of the digital health and AI in healthcare ecosystems, including coverage of digiceuticals/digital therapeutics, telehealth/telemedicine, remote patient monitoring and AI in diagnostics.

Learn market drivers, best practice through over 100 organisations, microgrid-in-a-box, distributed microgrids, vehicle-as-microgrid. For external zero-emission, off-grid ZEOG charging, this big-picture approach pays off, revealing huge markets in sectors rarely studied. For example, with most people in city apartments, IDTechEx finds the first large opportunity is not cars but off-road industrial vehicles. Many others are found including, later, a huge market for solar houses charging cars.

This report breaks down the field of robotic surgery into four main sectors. It explores emerging technologies, highlights key players, analyses market landscapes and discusses opportunities and challenges for the future. A description of the use of artificial intelligence and haptic feedback in robotic surgery is also included. The highlighted trends and forecasts provide in-depth insights into the current and future state of the robotic surgery market.

The growing flow battery market is expanding in the utility sector with the vanadium technology accounting of 95% of the total market. The report provides a comprehensive and in-depth analysis of the flow battery technologies, together with an overview of the current market, and future opportunities. This would allow OEMs, chemical companies, and investors, to understand the current technological development, market size, and future opportunities, of redox flow battery industry.

IDTechEx has a long legacy in the field of printed electronics and has been analysing the forefront of this field. We have also been studying technical and commercial developments relating to 3D-shaped electronics and structural electronics including In Mold Electronics (IME) for more than five years. We know all the key players across the value chain. The information for this new report is obtained through extensive interview-based technical primary research.

Bioplastics, polymers derived from biological feedstocks, are a potential solution to the environmental problems caused by plastic - they are made from renewable resources and often biodegrade. Despite this, bioplastics have historically struggled to compete with fossil-based plastics, which are often far cheaper. However, things are beginning to change. This new report explores the technologies involved in making bioplastics a viable option for the future, providing insights into the markets and outlining the future for the growing technology.

The new triboelectrics addresses big issues such as pandemics, air pollution and sensors everywhere so it can create billion dollar businesses. It has already led to sale of self-powered electrostatic face masks that really do filter deadly particulates. It will lead to making electricity where it is needed and self-powered sensors and actuators that signal status. Here comes the world of less battery and no battery.

Excitement around vertical farming has surged recently, with IDTechEx predicting the market will exceed $1 billion by 2030. By carefully controlling the growth environment and using vertical growing systems, vertical farming achieves yields hundreds of times higher than conventional agriculture, inside urban population centres. With coverage of over 30 companies and interviews with executives from leading start-ups, this report provides a comprehensive study of the technologies, market opportunities and future of vertical farming.

This report gives an exhaustive view of the pivotal technologies that will be used in the next decade to monitor the air quality, both indoor and outdoor. Ten-year forecasts across a range of market segments are provided with key trends and unmet needs covered throughout the session. IDTechEx predicts a significant rise in sales across several new markets, primarily in the mobile device, air purifiers and wearable devices.

Understand hybrid and pure-electric vehicles and robotic for agriculture, forestry, turf care and their zero emission charging microgrids. Land vehicles the priority but drones and aquaculture covered. Depth on needs, challenges, players, applications, strategies, key enabling technologies including autonomy. Latest examples throughout. See detailed 2020-2030 forecasts in number and value for technology and achievement future timelines.

This report includes detailed sections on: passenger cars, buses, light commercial vehicles, medium & heavy duty trucks, micro-EVs, construction, agriculture, mining, aircraft, and marine. For each category a granular 10-year market forecast has been given by units, market value, and batter capacity.

With the growing market for electric vehicles, greater demand is being put on performance and faster charging. With this comes an increase in the requirement to thermally manage the vehicle effectively. This includes not just performance and longevity requirements but also safety. This report addresses the thermal management of electric vehicle batteries, power electronics and motors, considering the current and emerging technologies with forecasts through to 2030.

Electric light commercial vehicles not only address the pressing environmental concerns facing on-road transport, they also increasingly offer the potential of significant TCO savings for LCV operators who transition their diesel fleets to electric. As a result, the eLCV market is uniquely poised for rapid electrification. IDTechEx's new Electric Vans forecast 2020-2030 report provides a granular ten-year outook for eLCV production, market penetration, market revenue and battery capacity requirement, at global and regional levels, to help companies make effective plans in this rapidly evolving sector.

Understand hybrid and pure-electric vehicles for mining and their charging microgrids with land vehicles the priority as the largest opportunity. Depth on needs, challenges, players, applications, strategies, opinions and key enabling technologies including a close look at autonomy examples, systems and components. Followers and leaders identified, appraised, compared.

Understand hybrid and pure-electric vehicles for construction, agriculture and mining and their charging microgrids, with land vehicles the priority as the largest opportunity. Depth on needs, challenges, players, applications, strategies and key enabling technologies including autonomy. Many latest examples throughout by company and vehicle. A massive $200 billion in 2040? See forecasts in number and value for 19 categories, technology and achievement timelines all 2020-2030. No other report comes close.

VR, MR and AR products are used by many companies for day-to-day workflow management and on production lines. This market, which IDTechEx forecasts' predict to be over $30Bn by 2030. This is a diverse market, and this report reviews 100 products and details of over 80 companies. The report includes trends from the past decade of products, comparing attributes such as weight and field of view.

The medium and heavy-duty truck market is evolving. The days of the fossil fuel powered combustion engine are numbered. The IDTechEx Electric Truck 2020-2030 report provides 48 forecast lines for battery electric and fuel cell electric trucks, that include a ten-year outlook for vehicle production, market penetration and market value, separated by medium and heavy-duty, in the key regions, China, North America and Europe. This report will help businesses across the automotive value chain plan for the future in this rapidly changing market.

Molecular diagnostics is one of the fastest growing markets in the healthcare industry, driven by the technology development (such as the third generation DNA sequencing, digital PCR and microfluidic devices), the growth of the point-of-care molecular diagnostics market, and the continued discovery of genetic biomarkers with proven clinical utility. Molecular diagnostics market is forecasted to reach $20 billion by 2030.

IDTechEx has issued the first in-depth report on this called "Robot Shuttles and Autonomous Buses 2020-2040". Robot shuttles are an important new, reconfigurable form of transportation for goods and people that may even function as mobile offices, restaurants and more. It finds that the heart of the subject is upright, boxy, 8-20 person vehicles that are symmetrical so they never do a U turn. Small footprint, all-round vision, large doors, quiet, zero emission, they can go indoors and over piazzas and roads and are able perform many different tasks even in one day. Primarily intended for intensive urban use, they are gated to never exceed a determined speed, typically in the range 50-60 kph. It all adds up to a new form of transport backed by both huge companies like Toyota and Baidu and startups, one having raised one billion dollars for the task. Their trials explore many possible applications, from empowering the poor and disabled, to viably filing in gaps in the transportation network and replacing very underutilised vehicles such as school buses and private cars, reducing congestion and cost.

This critical appraisal of EV motor manufacturing activity will be of interest to all in the EV value chain and those wishing to enter it. In particular, it will be useful to those seeking gaps in the market, acquisitions, investments and best practice. The report is a sister to the IDTechEx publication, "Electric Motors for Electric Vehicles: Land, Water, Air 2020-2030". That report deals with the technology roadmaps and the markets including forecasting in 100 categories.

This report investigates Automated guided vehicles/carts; autonomous industrial material handling vehicles, goods-to-person robots, collaborative autonomous mobile robots, mobile picking robots, autonomous trucks and delivery vans and pods, delivery drones, and sidewalk last mile delivery robots: technologies, markets, forecasts.

Thermal management is one of the key requirements across all electronic devices, power modules, telecommunications, energy storage, and more. It is well known that the improvements in power and reduction in size results in significantly more heat that must be dissipated. It is reported that over half of electronic failure occurrences are due to thermal issues.

The prevalence of CVD and the high economic burden it represents to healthcare systems demonstrate the urgent necessity for solutions to address this epidemic. This report highlights current trends, analyses market landscapes and offers insights into opportunities and challenges for the future. Its investigation into emerging technologies is divided into three parts - detection, monitoring and treatment - to provide an in-depth assessment of recent and upcoming developments.

Interest in meat alternatives has surged in recent years, with sales of plant-based meat analogues skyrocketing and investment pouring into meat produced from cultured animal cells, with backers including Bill Gates and Richard Branson. But can either technology live up to the hype? This report explores the science and technology behind each area, providing insight into the future of the world's meat supply. IDTechEx predicts the market will exceed $30 billion by 2030.

By 2040, autonomous cars and robotaxi services will become a $2.5 trillion market which provides huge opportunities for companies across the autonomous driving ecosystem. In this report, we offer a comprehensive and in-depth analysis of enabling technologies including lidar, radar, camera, AI software, HD map, cybersecurity, 5G and V2X, key market players and market trends in autonomous driving. This report will enable companies to have a comprehensive view of the autonomous driving landscape and therefore evaluate the position of their product and technologies as well as their business opportunities.

IDTechEx Research has analyzed the RFID market for over 20 years. This report provides detailed data and analysis of the entire RFID sector based on our extensive research including interviews with RFID adopters and technology providers in the various applicational RFID markets, giving an unprecedented level of insight into the total RFID industry and what is really happening. Predominately, our research is conducted through interviews with companies across the value chain (many of whom provide data to us under non disclosure agreements who allow us to aggregate the data into the total) in addition to site visits and conference visits followed by secondary research.

Research in thermoelectric energy harvesting and sensing is opening up large opportunities. Uniquely, this report assesses the impact of latest research, imaginative new manufacturing approaches and new applications.

This report reveals new materials combining electronic, electrical, optronic functions, forecasting a $200 billion opportunity. Monolithic flexible phones. Bionic man. Solar vehicles never plug in. One option - in-mold electronics -reduces car parts 95% by creating electrically-multifunctional single pieces. Chapters detail replacing dumb load-bearing structure even for roads, buildings, windows.

By 2030, Li-ion battery demand will exceed 3 TWh, providing both opportunities and risks. In this report, we provide a comprehensive analysis of the Li-ion supply chain, including key technologies, players, demand forecasts and cost analysis. The analysis and insight from this report will help to provide clarity for investment in the growing LIB market.

This report investigates the market for radar technology, specifically focusing on automotive applications. It develops a comprehensive technology roadmap, examining the technology at the levels of materials, semiconductor technologies, packaging techniques, antenna array, and signal processing. It demonstrates how radar technology can evolve towards becoming a 4D imaging radar capable of providing a dense 4D point cloud that can enable object detection, classification, and tracking.

IDTechEx present a comprehensive analysis of 106 players who develop unique 3D lidar technologies, primarily for the ADAS and autonomous vehicles market. Our interview-based company profiles and company backgrounds cover all 106 players. Forecasts are segmented into six emerging lidar technologies and four types of vehicles. The global 3D lidar market for autonomous vehicles grows to $5.4 billion by 2030, with MEMS lidar emerging as the largest market segment.

This report provides a comprehensive assessment of OLED display technologies and markets. Granular forecasts and historic data are provided for eight market applications - cellphones, tablets/computers, TV, automotive, wearable, industrial/professional, Micro OLED and other - by substrate (glass, rigid plastic and foldable) - broken down by area, average panel price and market value. The report covers global progress with particular focus on Asian activities. Technical progress is assessed by technical IDTechEx analysts with roadmaps towards flexible or printed displays.

This report investigates the market for various die and substrate attach materials used in power electronics in various electric vehicles. It builds a detailed quantitative model to forecast the addressable market size for die as well as substrate attach materials in various power electronic functions in all manners of electric vehicles. It also develops ten-year market forecasts, in value and mass, segmenting the market by material type. The materials considered herein include nano silver sintering, micro-silver sintering, Cu sintering, SAC and other solders, and transient liquid phase bonding materials.

This IDTechEx Research report covers the smart and intelligent packaging opportunity, with feedback from Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) brands on their views of smart packaging, assessment of enabling technologies, smart packaging case studies, key players and forecasts for electronic smart packaging. Active packaging technology options and chemical indicators are also reviewed. This analysis is done on a global basis, from assessing the rise of QR codes in China to the latest electronic smart labels based on novel semiconductors and other components that are enabling a radical change in the $400 billion+ packaging industry. There is also candid appraisal of the challenges and lessons to learn from failures. See the full picture in this detailed research report.

Conformal solar bodywork makes truly solar vehicles get at least 10% of their travel from daylight. Large orders are being placed for such vehicles. This report deeply investigates how several technologies achieve this, where and what comes next, even benchmarking best practice in solar boats and aircraft. Its $15 bn forecast for solar cars has upside potential now many majors are involved.

This report provides the most comprehensive view of the flexible, printed and organic electronics industry, giving detailed ten year forecasts by device type along with assessment of the trends, capabilities and market successes (and failures). The market is analyzed by each component type in addition to assessing the market value by printed vs non printed, rigid vs flexible electronics and much more. Key components covered include displays, sensors, batteries, logic, functional ink, e-textiles and more.

This report is of vital interest to all in the electric vehicle value chain from materials and component suppliers to parts and motor manufacturers a product integrators. Indeed there is much here for vehicle manufacturers and it is essential reading for planners. Electric motors are the only components that appear in all electric vehicles. Even batteries are sometimes replaced by supercapacitors. Every year, IDTechEx rewrites its definitive study of such motors. This year a new assessment is particularly important because so many things are changing. The chapters reflect these changes.

This report covers the technologies used and the main applications in 3D printing of composites with an assessment of commercially available printers and materials. Analysis showing the state of the market, market growth drivers and restraints, and forecast printer and materials revenue is provided. The market for composite 3D printing equipment and materials is estimated to be worth $1.7 billion by the year 2030.

Haptics are found throughout many familiar product types, from smartphones and games console controllers to cars and industrial equipment. The technology behind this market has changed significantly in the last five years. Decades-old incumbents have been replaced in key markets, and a rich selection of other emerging technologies approach commercialisation. This report assesses all of the key markets and technologies in the diverse and changing haptics industry.

New research by IDTechEx in its report, "48V Mild Hybrid and 48V Full Hybrid Vehicles 2020-2030" reveals that the 48V mild hybrid powertrain is a done deal. Launched in 2016, now a flood of car models with this modification to traditional cars will keep them legal in the face of tightening emissions laws and save fuel. Indeed, it is now clear that they improve comfort, for example by powering active suspension and in some cases improve performance too. Next year the 48V repertoire will be seen from Ferrari to Volkswagen Golf and family cars in China. The Bentley Bentaygo and RAM pickup truck has the option so its universality is well proven even before we see substantial sales in the Daimler bus version. None are electric vehicles because they never drive the wheels electrically but it is now clear that they can be developed into just that. They are 48V mild hybrids heralding another big step forward, the 48V full hybrid.

The market for advanced wound care technologies is forecast to exceed $22 billion by the year 2030, driven mainly by the increase in demand by aging populations and the increasing prevalence of diabetes worldwide. With this increasing burden on healthcare systems around the world, advanced wound care products will focus on improving the wound care patient pathway and increasing the cost effectiveness of treatments.

By 2030, second-life electric vehicle battery capacity will exceed 275GWh per year, which provides huge opportunities for companies across the automotive and energy storage sectors. In this report, we offer a comprehensive and in-depth analysis of the key technologies, players and market opportunities across the second-life battery value chain. Insights from this report will help companies reflect their business models to better seize the value opportunities provided by second-life batteries.

The business of electric vehicles and their batteries is changing rapidly so new analysis is essential. This new facts-based analysis has much more detail 2020-2030 that is available anywhere else.

2018 was a remarkable year for stationary energy storage. Governments and policymakers around the world are beginning to wake up to the value batteries can offer to the grid, both in terms of flexibility and decarbonisation. The new IDTechEx report 'Batteries for Stationary Energy Storage 2019 - 2029' provides details on the more than 6GWh of stationary energy storage deployed in 2018, with forecasts up to 2029 by country and segment.

As healthcare spending around the world increases, innovative methods of delivering cost-effective healthcare must be developed. Remote patient monitoring (RPM), referring to the measurement and analysis of a patient's health status without needing to be physically present at a medical facility or in the presence of a medical professional, has emerged as a promising technology to drive down healthcare costs while maintaining a high standard of care for patients.

Manned electric aircraft will span fixed wing and vertical takeoff, hybrid and pure electric, small to large and only this report covers it all. It has many new infograms and project, technology and company comparisons. See many new 10 year forecasts and technology timelines and views to 2050 from IDTechEx and major players. The time has come: the current leader immediately gained an orderbook of over $165 million.

This report offers a detailed analysis of the technological and commercial progress as well prospects of graphene, carbon nanotubes and non-graphene 2D materials. This grouping of material technologies makes sense because graphene and CNTs, despite their morphological differences, have much in common; whilst non-graphene 2D materials promise to offer complementary properties.

This report covers the materials used in 3D printing including polymers, metals and ceramics, and their main applications. Analysis showing the state of the market, market growth drivers and restraints, and forecast printer and materials revenue is provided. The market for 3D printing materials is estimated to be worth $23 billion by the year 2029.

This report covers the technologies used and the main applications in 3D printing of polymers, metals and ceramics, with an assessment of commercially available printers and materials. Analysis showing the state of the market, market growth drivers and restraints, and forecast printer and materials revenue is provided. The market for 3D printing equipment, materials, software and services is estimated to be worth $31 billion by the year 2029.

Emerging semiconductor laser technologies will revolutionise industrial material processing and optical sensing markets. IDTechEx forecast the global laser diode and direct diode laser market to reach a size of $13.985 billion by 2029. Remarkably, the optical sensing segment grows by an order of magnitude during this period. Automotive and electronics industries will benefit greatly from advances in laser manufacturing, 3D sensing and imaging, lidar, and industrial machine vision.

The supercapacitor market has bottomed out and is now into a sustained period of strong growth. Recent actions of three giant companies not usually associated with supercapacitors illustrate why. Tesla just bought supercapacitor number one Maxwell Technologies. Geely of China has given Maxwell an order for the first widespread use of large supercapacitors in both 48V mild hybrid and full hybrid cars under its Volvo and other brands.

We all know China has 400,000 large battery buses and they are spreading across the world thanks to strong subsidies but there is another big opportunity coming with smaller buses. Uniquely, the new IDTechEx report, "Electric School Buses and Midi Buses 2019-2039" appraises this. There are over 1.5 million school buses, mostly midi buses but with larger ones favorite in North America. Federal support for electrification is poor or non-existent so adoption of electric versions has had to await public outcry about the entirely avoidable poisoning of children with engine fumes and cost-effectiveness even parity of up front price between the clean and dirty options. This is imminent.

China is the world's largest EV market and an increasingly formidable EV exporter, innovator and acquiror so this is vital reading for all in the EV business. Learn the favoured technologies and applications of EVs in China with technology and sales leaders identified and new, detailed number and value forecasting in easily assimilated form. One new type will sell at three times the volume of e-bikes. Grasp the leadership in technology such as supercapacitor and solar vehicles and surprising vulnerabilities where foreigners can assist. China needs millions more electric buses: what else?

This report relates the emerging market for 3D printed electronics to the existing markets for printed electronics and 3D printing that IDTechEx has been researching for years.

The market for transparent conductive films and materials has been rapidly changing. This continuing transformation is taking place at all levels: technologies, applications and suppliers. In this report we provide the most comprehensive and authoritative view of this industry.

IDTechEx Research has been analysing the technologies and markets for quantum dots since 2013. Since that time, it has stayed extremely close to the latest research and market developments via its interview programme and company and conference visits.

IDTechEx Research has been analysing the technologies and markets for barriers films and thin film encapsulation since 2010 when it was published in the first version of this report. Since that time, it has stayed extremely close to the latest research and market developments via its interview programme and company and conference visits. Each year, IDTechEx Research has updated its assessment, staying up-to-date with the latest technology and market developments.

Energy storage in buses and trucks is similar. These storage markets are growing rapidly to over $200 billion in 2029. Urban buses and delivery trucks are well into electrification, pure electric versions with large batteries dominating. Now larger trucks are a focus: the world has ten times as many trucks as buses. 1.5 million school buses will electrify. See detailed forecasts in units, cost, market value and technology roadmaps.

Piezoelectrics are being reinvented as new self-powered sensors and semiconductor piezotronics sensing a huge range of biological and physical parameters in healthcare. Only this report gives the need, science, potential and objectives pursued with latest progress and forecasts. Printed, flexible, biocompatible, biodegradable, multipurpose and harvesters to power systems: the new virtuosity is all here.

Piezoelectric harvesting and sensing have been 7% of the piezoelectric business but millions of dollars newly invested in piezoelectric roads and reinvention of sensing for IOT, smart cities healthcare etc. may lead to a new piezo market of over one billion dollars. Patent filings and new materials and formats such as printing, flexible film and coating are strongly increasing in number. This report uniquely covers it all including interviews globally, next technology, markets.

A $10 billion market for mobile zero emission gensets is appearing. Only this report shows how it embraces new marine, air and other opportunities as well as diesel genset replacement. Learn how sales of new wind, tide and solar versions are already involved and use the comprehensive new forecasts and infograms.

Aerogel products are a class of highly porous lightweight materials made up of an interconnected nanostructural network. Major players are finding more nascent applications and new entries are progressing out of semi-commercial prototypes and into a full market launch. The market is predicted to exceed $530m by 2029 and a more diverse and profitable market to be on the cusp of emerging.

This report covers the technological innovations in bioelectronic medicine which will drive the market to exceed $60 billion by the year 2029. The recent surge of development in medical devices for electrical neuromodulation will provide access to multi-multimillion and multi-billion markets over the next 10 years, underpinned by the growing elderly population and their need for treatment and management of chronic health conditions.

This technical report from IDTechEx contains a detailed look into an emerging class of solid electrolytes for Li-ion batteries, which are described and classified into three main categories (polymer, inorganic, composite), as well as several sub-categories (LiPON, sulphides, garnets, gel polymers, etc.). A unique patent analysis carried out on 1300 documents complements the chemical overview with a business perspective over the most promising electrolyte technologies.

This report covers the tools and techniques used in the 3D printing of medical devices and living tissues for application in the medical and dental industry. Analysis showing the state of the technology, applications, case studies, market growth, drivers and restraints, and revenue trend analysis is provided. 3D printing medical devices and living tissues will present a $8.1 billion opportunity for materials, equipment and software providers by 2029.

Fluoropolymer market growth becomes powered by newly optimised electrical and electronic uniques such as triboelectricity, artificial muscle, ion exchange. Here comes electricity generation from floors, architectural textiles, sails. New formulations serve many functions in one device such as sensing, actuation, signalling. We prioritise what is arriving for morphing aircraft, next generation batteries, fuel cells, ocean wave power and more. Billion dollar businesses, premium pricing and huge benefits to society await.

This report emphasized the trend of deploying speech/voice-based user interface in emerging devices and various applications. Both hardware and software technologies are introduced including voice-enabled smart speakers, microphone arrays, MEMS speakers, voice SoC, speech recognition, natural language understanding and speech synthesis. These technologies can disrupt tremendous applications such as automotive, healthcare, home automation and education, to name a few as examples. The speech/voice-based user interface is paving a way for new business models and revenue channels, with the potential to change our lifestyle. In 2029, the market value can reach $ 15.5 billion.

This report provides you with everything that you need to know about stretchable electronics. It provides the most comprehensive and insightful view of this diverse emerging industry, discussing each of the different stretchable materials/components available and/or being developed today, referencing over 60 product types that may integrate stretchable electronics, covering the progress of more than 100 companies and 25 research institutes including first-hand primary research on 62 companies, and providing ten-year market forecasts segmented by more than 14 material/component areas.

Providing insight into the future role of diesel generators, whether their use will continue to increase, or whether the will be replaced by renewable energy technologies. Full analysis is provided of the alternative renewable energy generating and storage technologies available.

AWE is a new generation, zero emission generator - mobile, no infrastructure. In 2018 it moved from 1. Mainly engineering led projects seeking size and 2. Modest sales of hobbyist systems to something in-between that is far more promising - first sales of 30-100kW systems into key verticals. Niche marketing promises billion dollar sales. The rich and patient also have potential with giants in wind farms. Learn developer plans, technology roadmap.

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the drone market, considering components, technologies, application roadmaps and markets.

The key next iteration for fiber reinforced polymer composites is the concept of multifunctionality. This is the idea of making a structural part carry out additional role(s) beyond their current primary mechanical task. The market for smart composites is forecast to exceed 5 ktpa by 2029. This includes: enhanced electrical & thermal conductivity, embedded sensors & actuators, energy storage & harvesting, data transmission, self-healing, and adaptive response (morphing) mechanisms.

Fuel cells (FC), particularly those based on hydrogen, have long been heralded as the solution for electric transportation. While batteries have stolen the scene in recent years, IDTechEx has identified a number of applications where FCs can offer a better solution than Li-ion batteries, especially when it comes to range and fast refuelling. We believe this market can potentially boom to reach $200B by 2029.

Petrol motorcycles have largely stagnated in the US and Europe since the financial crisis, while sales volume in India nearly topped 20 million last year, up 15 percent. With most motorcycles below 150cc in India and south-east Asia, the potential for electric two-wheelers huge. Against the backdrop of tightening regulations, government subsidies and fresh targets for 2030, we predict the electric two-wheeler market will grow to $41 billion by 2029.

This report covers the entire landscape for diabetes management devices, including mature, emerging and future options. The report has been researched via primary interviews with companies, physicians and diabetic individuals to characterize and predict the technology landscape for diabetes devices over the coming decade. In total, activities of 75 companies are covered throughout the report, ranging from the largest players to technology developers and startups developing the next generation of device options.

This report focuses on the advanced techniques of biosensors biomedical diagnostics at point-of-care. The techniques include microfluidic, lab-on-a-chip, lateral flow assays, electrochemical test strip, molecular diagnostics and DNA sequencing. These techniques and devices are used to diagnose genetic disease, infectious disease, cardiometabolic, pregnancy and fertility, diabetic and cancer. We predict the market for biomedical diagnostics will reach $43 billion by 2029, mainly driven by the fast growth of molecular diagnostics in the coming years

People are moving to cities for reasons such as jobs and entertainment. Over 60% live in cities and WHO and the UN have forecasted figures up to 80% in cities by 2050. Sadly there are big negatives to this such as pollution, water rationing, global warming, social disruption and increased vulnerability to physical and cyber attack. Cities often suffer overwhelmed education and healthcare including the diabetes epidemic and there is chronic obesity from bad eating in cities. Here are the $100 billion antidotes but the smart city will go even beyond these.

This report covers the tools and techniques used for the genetic engineering of microorganisms and the main applications of biomanufacturing. Analysis showing the state of the technology, applications, case studies, market growth, drivers, restraints and investment trend analysis is provided. Investment in synthetic biology reached a record-breaking $1.7 billion in 2017 and is forecast to reach $23.8 billion in 2023.

Low Power Wide Area Networks (LPWAN) have developed in multiple ways. On one hand you have the low power, unlicensed communication technologies, some of which are highly proprietary and focussed on a particular application, versus large telecoms companies who have added low power versions as extensions of their cellular network. There are many types available with different governments and territories pushing different types.

Aerospace has the highest carbon footprint per tonne-km over any other mode of transportation. Regulatory demands coupled with economic and performance advantages mean that saving any weight is a constant target. This report looks at the key lightweighting approaches for this sector and which players and technologies stand to be the main winners and losers. The predominant focus is on advanced lightweight materials and the rise of additive manufacturing.

The report provides coverage of highly innovative laser technologies and the rapidly growing fiber laser market, which are rarely explored by market research companies. The report is authored by an analyst with a technical background in laser physics research.

Forget problems of barrages and dams for water power, making electricity from water movement without dams or barrages is powering to a $66 billion market in 2038. Attention has swung to the huge opportunities for open water power created by many technological breakthroughs. Wave power companies successfully sell up to 10MW systems, their focussed marketing creating huge pipelines of potential orders. Tidal power developers have demonstrated large amounts of grid power and some now target the needs for affordable, redeployable systems that will create many billion dollar businesses.

Smart Glass is electrically active glass mainly for use in automotive, architectural and avionic windows, with demand growing to $1.1 billion in ten years. It is typically for electronic shading in place of physical blinds, or a semi-transparent PV window to generate electricity locally. As the only comprehensive report covering the technologies and markets, it will assist all in the value chain including building and vehicle designers, sellers and users.

This report covers the technologies used in 3D bioprinting and the main applications of 3D bioprinted tissue, with focus given to the future application of regenerative medicine. The benefits of 3D bioprinting technology, current drivers, trends, and challenges are discussed in this report. 3D bioprinting is estimated to become a $1.9 billion market by the year 2028.

Poisonous materials are arriving in many electronic and electrical devices and structures. Mostly, there is no listing of them, assessment of risks, description of alternatives. For the first time this report looks at the toxicity and likely prevalence of the burgeoning number of materials and devices of concern, making recommendations concerning better legal constraints. It reveals many little known alternatives that are safer in manufacture, use, abuse and disposal.

Robots are becoming uncaged, mobile, collaborative and increasingly intelligent and dexterous, moving beyond their traditional strongholds to bring automation to previously inaccessible tasks. In this report, we provide a global, comprehensive, and detailed assessment of the robotics and drones technologies and markets.

The pressing need for solutions that provide the same functional capacity but at a lighter weight is apparent across numerous industries. Lightweight metals provide the most advanced solution to this challenge. IDTechEx have analysed the complete supply chain for aluminium, magnesium, metal matrix composites (MMC), and metal foams. Each one stands at different levels of market maturity, but all possess underlying advancements in technological innovations and contain a wealth of opportunities.

Sea levels rise: freshwater sources dry up. Time for desalination without global warming or local poisonous gases and off grid meaning more affordable, secure, widely deployed. Off grid zero emission desalination will leap to $35 billion in 2028 including Saudi Arabia gradually spending $500bn on it. This 180 page report full of detailed new infograms analyses such desalination and its future technology roadmap, forecasting a fast growing $35 billion market in 2028. It reveals cost reduction and versatility promised by new zero emission off grid electricity technology and salt removal.

Neural interfaces have garnered increasing attention allowing us to gain insight on the brain, improve treatments, and interact in greater depth with the world around us. EEG probes currently dominate this space, a traditional, low-cost technology; they account for more than $1B a year in revenue. The invasive probes market, however, is expected to rise in the coming decade as more innovative technologies and treatments are on the horizon.

IDTechEx is first to reveal huge investment potential and market opportunity for Energy Independent Electric Vehicles: they never take on fuel or plug in. They are mobile zero emission microgrids with much in common with static microgrids. Best sectors for adoption of EIEVs are forecasted. Infograms and tables clarify the emerging technologies for the necessary extreme energy harvesting and powertrain efficiency that will make it happen. Players, trials, plans, enablers are analysed from latest global information. Technology and product launch roadmaps are presented.

Roads and their surroundings will generate huge amounts of electricity powering automatic de-icing, snow removal, electric vehicle charging, interactive lighting, structural health monitoring and more. The result will be enhanced safety, speed, saving, air and water quality and a $100 billion new business. This report scopes the technologies, players and opportunities, forecasting ten years and road-mapping 20 years ahead.

Cities are moving from dirty backup electricity to using expensive rusting insecure national grid only as backup then achieving energy independence using electricity sun, wind, and water. Learn the whole picture to 2050 including 10MW solar car parks and chargers, solar windows and roads, converting road and path movement, airborne wind energy and more all closely appraised, compared, forecasted in lucid new infograms, roadmaps and forecasts by PhD level analysts.

Advanced Li-ion battery technologies are being developed all the time, but only a few make it to the mass production stage. This report analyses all main cathode (LCO, NMC, LFP, NCA) and anode (graphite, LTO, silicon, lithium metal) chemistries and benchmarks their potential against other existing or future battery technologies, such as lithium sulphur, lithium air, supercapacitors, redox flow batteries, sodium ion batteries, and zinc batteries.

The market for engineered living tissue is forecasted to exceed $4.8 billion by the year 2028. This report covers the many technologies through which they can be manufactured, including 3D bioprinting and 3D printing. Additionally, this report covers the key opportunities for engineered tissues, of which the regenerative medicine market is discussed in detail. The innovations in tissue engineering today will undoubtedly change the nature of healthcare of the future.

This report covers the technologies used and the main applications of 3D printing software, with an assessment of open source and commercial computer aided engineering and manufacture software used for additive manufacture. Market analysis demonstrates that the rapidly expanding 3D printing software market will be worth $966 million by 2028.

The general RFID market has seen substantial growth over the last few years, with successful public offerings and rapid growth in terms of the number of RFID tags sold. Vendors are now exploring allied technologies with RFID sensors at the forefront of this. This has been enabled thanks to new chipsets, at both HF(NFC) and UHF (RAIN) which are dedicated to support sensor platforms and therefore make RFID sensors simpler to make and lower cost in addition to the increasing maturity and wider scale adoption of RFID reader infrastructure. Additionally, new technologies from printed sensors and flexible batteries to bio sensing films meet unmet needs and provide differentiation.

Sensors continue to drive the core value proposition behind many wearable devices. This report covers 21 key types of wearable sensor (including IMUs, OHRM, depth & imaging, chemical sensors, temperature sensors, microphones, GPS and more) describing the technology behind them, their implementation in wearable devices, the key trends in each industry and details of over 115 key players in the industry. The market will reach over $5bn for sensor hardware alone in 2028.

Millions of devices that had batteries are now redesigned to avoid them, unlocking new business. This new 300+ page report reveals latest ways of eliminating batteries to permit mass deployment of IOT, electric vehicles with "perpetual" speed and almost unlimited life and much more. See relevance and technology for applications from sensors to the energy grid and ships.

Neuroprosthetics is a growing field that has the potential to re-engineer a patient's lost sense of sight, sound, and even touch. Projected to reach $18 billion by 2028, this report details the emerging technologies and steps that are being taken by multiple companies working to bring these innovative devices from the bench to the bedside.

Composite parts consist of fibres embedded in a matrix to give superior properties in comparison to their individual elements. The industry appears well-established, but beneath the surface, there are significant innovations at every step of the supply chain. This provides both improved and nascent materials and opportunities in both expanding and emerging applications. IDTechEx forecast this market to exceed $9bn by 2027 just for synthetic fibres in composite parts.

This report gives a detailed introduction on the status of perovskite solar cells both in the technology perspective and business aspect. Technology benchmarking and market analysis are performed to analyse the potential of perovskite solar cells in a number of applications such as utility, BIPV, smart window, outdoor furniture, etc. By 2028 the market is expected to reach over $500 million.

Vehicles becoming electric will create a $300 billion plus power electronics market in 2027. Researched worldwide in 2016/2017, with infographics, ten year roadmaps and projections, this report details how power electronics grows because the number of motor controllers per vehicle is increasing and steering, suspension and other previously mechanical, pneumatic and hydraulic parts become power electronics. In addition, multiple forms of recuperation and energy harvesting will create electricity in vehicles.

OLED lighting is an emerging solid-state lighting technology. It potentially provides a route into the large and growing global lighting market. It however faces a critical differentiation challenge vis-à-vis incumbents such as inorganic LED lighting. IDTechEx has assessed the technology and markets for OLED technology in the lighting sector. We find that the market will be slow to take off until 2019/2020 but will reach 2.5 billion USD in 2027.

The development and deployment of smarter robots that can see, feel, and make decisions based on sensory feedback is expected to have massive societal impact in the next decade, as such systems will target many more market segments than current robotic systems address. In this report, we evaluate the market for sensing systems in robots, including 2D & 3D vision and force sensing, that is expected to reach over $16.1 billion in the next decade. Autonomous vehicles, industrial and collaborative robots are only some of the types of robots that will proliferate and impact all aspects of everyday life, a proliferation made possible only because of the development of the relevant enabling sensing systems highlighted in this report.

In the mobile age, touch has become the dominant user interface technology. However, as the technology saturates, force sensing is being added to literally add an additional dimension to this interface. This report covers the transition from touch to force that has begun in high end consumer electronics and will spread to other sectors in the coming years.

Researched in late 2016 with ongoing updates, this unique report on the Internet of Things IoT has over 140 data filled pages including over 150 images. It is intended to assist investors, participants and intending participants in the value chain including developers and academics, interested government officials and users seeking the truth based on new investigation. The focus is on identifying genuine capabilities and needs from a commercial point of view.

This report concerns the needs, technology and markets for wearable electronics for animals, from pets to livestock and wild animals. We include the back-up equipment and systems and devices that are ingested to rest in a stomach of an animal. We also include devices implanted under the skin. There are currently about 300 manufacturers of such things in the world, the highest percentage in China, making very basic product at lowest price, followed by the USA then other countries we identify, the latter including the primary innovators.

Electrically Conductive Adhesives (also known as conductive epoxies) are used to form interconnects in a broad range of products and industries. Trends such as increasing numbers of LEDs and sensors, curved and flexible displays in more products, in-mould electronics, and thin film photovoltaics are placing more stringent requirements on ECAs and driving a $3.3 billion market by 2026.

We identify 37 families of new and rapidly-evolving electronic and electric device, spanning nano to very large devices. Most chemical and material companies wish to de-risk their investment by finding common formulations across this new business that has a potential of over $50 billion for them. Indeed, the biggest markets for new and reinvented electrical and electronic devices may get commoditised first or collapse suddenly, leaving the materials suppliers high and dry. Read this report to avoid such a fate.