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European Markets for Safety Gas Detector Instruments
Frost & Sullivan, Sep 2006
This Frost & Sullivan research service entitled European Markets for Safety Gas Detection Instruments provides analyses of the impact of legislation, sensor trends and servicing and maintenance opportunities. In this research, Frost & Sullivan's expert analysts thoroughly examine the following markets: portable gas detectors, fixed gas detectors and gas detector tubes.
Market Sectors
Expert Frost & Sullivan analysts thoroughly examine the following market sectors in this research:
- Portable gas detectors
- Fixed gas detectors
- Gas detector tubes
Technologies
The following technologies are covered in this research:
- Catalytic sensors
- Electrochemical sensors
- Infrared sensors
- Semiconductor sensors
- Photo ionisation detectors
Market Overview
Gas Detector Manufacturers Join the Fray as Competition on the Market Intensifies
The gas detection industry in Europe is unsettled; growth rates are rising, the market is consolidating and as a result competition is intense. Operators on the market are being swept up by this new wave of dynamism; some are using it to their advantage and have enthusiastically embraced the changes that have occurred, others are yearning for the more stable period of the early 1990s which had lower growth, but less risk.
Competition in the market is increasing, remarks Paula Connor, analyst of this research service, Participants in the gas detection market are at a crucial point in their evolution; the market is taking an upturn; but at a price. Consolidation means that the larger companies are growing rapidly and there is now a huge void between the global gas detector manufacturers and the smaller, more regional ones who operate only in Europe. In terms of choice of product and customer service the market leaders have it all, so the smaller operators are hitting back by lowering their prices. This means that the whole market has experienced price erosion on a large scale.
Growth Achieved by Innovative Participants at the Expense of Companies with Out Dated Strategies
Gas detector manufacturers are using a variety of strategies to gain business in a market where competition is increasingly intense. Heightened competition has meant that shrewd operators on the market are lowering prices, introducing innovative new products and establishing marketing strategies in order to ensure their continued growth. Products are becoming ever more sophisticated as manufacturers add function and performance to their detectors in order to charge a premium. Servicing and maintenance options are another prime area of revenue increase and marketing has become a serious concern for those wishing to grow on this market.
In the future, it is predicted that the European gas detector market will continue to consolidate; smaller manufacturers are bracing themselves either to be acquired by a larger company or to be a victim of the intense competition that follows each market upheaval.
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