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SUMMARY
This study analyses the European market for Surface Mount Technology Placement
Equipment, identifying the key challenges, drivers and restraints, the
different product segments and end-user verticals, the key participants,
market shares, competitive structure and the major technology trends. It
details historical market revenues and growth rates from 2002 to date and
provides forecasts of these key market metrics through to 2012.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
- Introduction
- The Role of Surface Mount Technology (SMT) Placement Equipment in
Electronics Manufacturing
- Overview of the European SMT Placement Equipment Industry
- Summary of Major Findings
- Opportunities and Forecasts
- Major Technology and Product Trends
- Key End-User Trends
- Conclusions
2 TOTAL EUROPEAN SURFACE MOUNT TECHNOLOGY (SMT) PLACEMENT EQUIPMENT MARKET
- Industry Definitions and Coverage
- Industry Definitions
- Overview
- Industry Challenges
- Introduction
- Effective Equipment Investment Balanced Against Total Cost of Operation
- High Level of Market Consolidation Inhibiting New Entrants to Market
- Low Profit Margins for Manufacturers Contributing to Stagnant Growth
- Integration of External Distributors into Manufacturers' Logistics
Systems
- Achieving Fully Automated High-Volume Opto-Electronics Assembly
- Emerging Consumer Technologies Demand New Capabilities
- Lack of Industry Standards Leads to Customer Confusion
- Inflexible Labour Laws Unhelpful to European Manufacturers
- Absence of Common Communication Platform Complicating Integration
- Increasing Requirement for RoHS and WEEE Compliant Products
- Market Drivers
- Introduction
- Growth in In-Car Electronics in the Automotive Sector
- Emergence of Eastern Europe as an Electronics Manufacturing Hub Boosts
Growth Opportunities
- Technological Advances in Medical Electronics Spurs SMT Equipment Sales
- Increasing Complexity of PCBs Requires More Flexible Manufacturing
Equipment
- Local Production Eliminates Shipping Costs from South East Asia
- Highly Educated European Workforce Boosts Use of Automated Equipment
- Market Restraints
- Introduction
- Shift of Electronics Manufacturing to Low-Cost Countries Hinders Growth
in Local Markets
- High level of Capital Expenditure Hindering Growth of Market
- Over-Capacity of Equipment in Existing Production Houses Restricts the
Need for New Equipment
- Long Product Life Cycles Decrease Opportunities for Repeat Sales
- Sale of Refurbished Equipment Curbs Growth in New Equipment Sales
- Market Engineering Analysis
- Introduction
- Market Age
- Revenues
- Potential Revenues
- Base Year Market Growth Rate
- Compound Annual Growth Rate
- Units
- Replacement Rate
- Average Price
- Price Range
- Price Sensitivity
- Competitors
- Degree of Competition
- Degree of Technical Change
- Customer Loyalty
- Customer Satisfaction
- Market Concentration
- Forecasts and Trends
- Revenue Forecasts
- Market and Technology Trends
- Pricing Trends
- Geographic Trends
- Competitive Analysis
- Market Share Analysis
- Frost & Sullivan Awards for European Surface Mount Technology (SMT)
Placement Equipment Market
- Market Penetration Leadership Award
- Technology Innovation Award
- Product Innovation Award
- Customer Service Leadership Award
3 HIGH-SPEED SURFACE MOUNT TECHNOLOGY (SMT) PLACEMENT EQUIPMENT MARKET
- Overview
- Market Overview and Definitions
- Market Engineering Analysis
- Forecasts and Trends
- Revenue Growth and Unit Shipments
- End-user Trends
- Pricing Trends
- Competitive Analysis
- Market Share Analysis
4 MEDIUM-SPEED SURFACE MOUNT TECHNOLOGY (SMT) PLACEMENT EQUIPMENT MARKET
- Overview
- Market Overview and Definitions
- Market Engineering Analysis
- Forecasts and Trends
- Revenue Growth and Unit Shipments
- End-user Trends
- Pricing Trends
- Competitive Analysis
- Market Share Analysis
5 LOW-SPEED SURFACE MOUNT TECHNOLOGY (SMT) PLACEMENT EQUIPMENT MARKET
- Overview
- Market Overview and Definitions
- Market Engineering Analysis
- Forecasts and Trends
- Revenue Growth and Unit Shipments
- End-user Trends
- Pricing Trends
- Competitive Analysis
- Market Share Analysis
6 APPENDIX
- Introduction
- Database of Key Industry Participants
- Country Market Share Rankings
- Decision Support Database Tables
- Telecommunications Contribution to the Total Electronics Industry
- Medical and Industrial Electronics Contribution to the Total Electronics
Industry
- Consumer Electronics Contribution to the Total Electronics Industry
- Passenger Car Production
- Nominal Gross Domestic Product
- Mobile Subscribers
- Employment in Manufacturing Sector
- Number of Students Graduate and Post Graduate
List of Abbreviations
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