“Rising Focus on Nanotechnology, Technological Advancements, and Increasing Federal Support to Drive Growth of the European Microscopy Market
Developing markets in countries such as U.K., Germany are lucrative markets for microscopy, owing to favorable government incentives and corporate funding.
The report segments the European microscopy market by product, application, end user, and geography. The optical microscopy segment accounted for the largest share of the microscopy market, by product. However, the electron microscopes segment is expected to grow at the highest CAGR in the forecast period. Super-resolution microscopes are the key playing field in the microscopy product market, owing to ongoing technological advancements in this segment.
On the basis of applications, the microscopy market is categorized into semiconductors, life sciences, nanotechnology, and material science. Nanotechnology is expected to be the new revenue pocket in the application market. Rising focus on nanotechnology, favorable government and corporate funding, and technological advancements are propelling the growth of these segments.
Academic institutes are the major end user of the microscopy market, followed by industries. The large share of this segment can be attributed to increase in research activities and favorable government funding.
New and innovative product launches was the dominant strategy adopted by key industry participants to increase their market share and cater to unmet needs.
The deviations and overlap of revenue between applications and products in a number of sources was the major challenge faced while estimating market size. This challenge was overcome by validating data through a large number of industry experts and key opinion leaders.
From an insight perspective, this research report focuses on qualitative data, market size, and growth of various segments and subsegments, competitive landscape, and company profiles. The qualitative data covers various levels of industry analysis such as market dynamics (drivers, restraints, opportunities, and threats), winning imperatives, and burning issues. The report also offers market sizes and data on the growth of various segments in the industry. It focuses on emerging and high-growth segments, high-growth regions, and initiatives of governments. The competitive landscape covers growth strategies adopted by industry players in the last three years. The company profiles comprise basic views on key players in the microscopy market and the product portfolios, developments, and strategies adopted by market players to maintain and increase their market shares in the near future. The above-mentioned market research data, current market size, and forecast of future trends will help key players and new entrants to make the necessary decisions regarding product offerings, geographical focus, change in approach, R&D investments for innovations in products and technologies, and levels of output in order to remain successful.
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“TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION 14
1.1 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY 14
1.2 MARKET DEFINITION 14
1.3 MARKET SCOPE 15
1.3.1 YEARS CONSIDERED FOR THE STUDY 15
1.4 CURRENCY 15
1.5 LIMITATIONS 15
1.6 STAKEHOLDERS 15
2 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 17
2.1 MARKET SIZE ESTIMATION 18
2.2 MARKET BREAKDOWN AND DATA TRIANGULATION 21
2.2.1 KEY DATA FROM SECONDARY SOURCES 22
2.2.2 KEY DATA FROM PRIMARY SOURCES 22
2.2.2.1 Key industry insights 23
2.2.3 ASSUMPTIONS FOR THE STUDY 23
3 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 24
4 PREMIUM INSIGHTS 30
4.1 EUROPEAN MICROSCOPY MARKET TO GROW AT A STEADY RATE 30
4.2 EUROPEAN MICROSCOPY MARKET, BY PRODUCT 31
4.3 EUROPEAN MICROSCOPY MARKET, BY COUNTRY/REGION 32
4.4 EUROPEAN MICROSCOPY MARKET, BY APPLICATION 33
4.5 EUROPEAN MICROSCOPY MARKET, BY END USER 34
5 MARKET OVERVIEW 35
5.1 INTRODUCTION 36
5.2 MARKET DYNAMICS 36
5.2.1 DRIVERS 37
5.2.1.1 Rising focus on nanotechnology 37
5.2.1.2 Favourable government and corporate funding 37
5.2.1.3 Technological advancements 37
5.2.2 RESTRAINTS 38
5.2.2.1 High costs of advanced microscopes 38
5.2.3 OPPORTUNITIES 39
5.2.3.1 High-growth markets in Europe 39
5.2.3.2 New application areas such as quantum dots and optogenetics 39
5.2.4 CHALLENGES 40
5.2.4.1 Time-consuming sample preparation process 40
5.2.4.2 Requirement of high degree of technical expertise 40
5.2.5 WINNING IMPERATIVES 41
5.2.5.1 Customized microscopy solutions 41
5.2.5.2 Superior customer support 41
5.2.6 BURNING ISSUES 41
5.2.6.1 Super–resolution microscopy 41
5.2.6.2 Low adoption rate 41
6 INDUSTRY TRENDS 42
6.1 INTRODUCTION 42
6.2 SUPPLY CHAIN ANALYSIS 42
6.2.1 KEY INFLUENCERS 43
6.3 PEST ANALYSIS 43
6.3.1 POLITICAL FACTORS 43
6.3.2 ECONOMICAL FACTORS 43
6.3.3 SOCIAL FACTORS 44
6.3.4 TECHNOLOGICAL FACTORS 44
6.4 INDUSTRY INSIGHTS 44
6.5 STRATEGIC BENCHMARKING 45
6.5.1 NEW PRODUCT LAUNCHES 45
7 EUROPEAN MICROSCOPY MARKET, BY PRODUCT 46
7.1 INTRODUCTION 47
7.2 OPTICAL MICROSCOPY 48
7.2.1 FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPES 50
7.2.1.1 Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence Microscopy (TIRF) 50
7.2.1.2 Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET) 50
7.2.1.3 Fluorescence Recovery After Photo-Bleaching (FRAP) 51
7.2.1.4 Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy (FLIM) 51
7.2.2 SUPER-RESOLUTION MICROSCOPES 51
7.2.2.1 Stochastic Optical Reconstruction Microscopy (STORM) 51
7.2.2.2 Structured Illumination Microscopy (SIM) 51
7.2.2.3 Stimulated Emission Depletion Microscopy (STED) 52
7.2.2.4 Coherent Anti-Strokes Raman Scattering (CARS) Microscopy 52
7.2.2.5 Photo-Activated Localization Microscopy (PALM) 52
7.2.2.6 Reversible Saturable Optical Fluorescence Transitions (RESOLFT) 52
7.3 ELECTRON MICROSCOPY 53
7.3.1 TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (TEM) 54
7.3.2 SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (SEM) 55
7.4 CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY 56
7.4.1 MULTI-PHOTON CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY 58
7.4.2 SPINNING DISK CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY 58
7.5 SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY 58
7.5.1 SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY (STM) 60
7.5.2 ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY (AFM) 61
7.5.3 NEAR-FIELD SCANNING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY (NSOM) 62
8 EUROPEAN MICROSCOPY MARKET, BY APPLICATION 64
8.1 INTRODUCTION 65
8.2 SEMICONDUCTORS 66
8.3 LIFE SCIENCES 67
8.4 MATERIAL SCIENCES 68
8.5 NANOTECHNOLOGY 69
9 EUROPEAN MICROSCOPY MARKET, BY END USER 71
9.1 INTRODUCTION 72
9.2 ACADEMIC INSTITUTES 73
9.3 INDUSTRIES 75
9.4 OTHER END USERS 77
10 GEOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS 79
10.1 INTRODUCTION 80
10.2 GERMANY 82
10.3 U.K. 85
10.4 FRANCE 88
10.5 ITALY 91
10.6 SWEDEN 94
10.7 SWITZERLAND 96
10.8 THE NETHERLANDS 98
10.9 REST OF EUROPE (ROE) 101
11 COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE 104
11.1 OVERVIEW 105
11.2 COMPETITIVE SITUATION AND TRENDS 106
11.2.1 NEW PRODUCT LAUNCHES 106
11.2.2 AGREEMENTS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND COLLABORATIONS 107
11.2.3 EXPANSIONS 108
11.2.4 OTHER DEVELOPEMNTS 109
12 COMPANY PROFILE 110
12.1 INTRODUCTION 110
12.2 BRUKER CORPORATION 111
12.2.1 BUSINESS OVERVIEW 111
12.2.2 BRUKER CORPORATION: COMPANY SNAPSHOT 111
12.2.3 PRODUCT PORTFOLIO 112
12.2.4 KEY STRATEGY 113
12.2.5 RECENT DEVELOPMENT 113
12.3 CARL ZEISS AG 114
12.3.1 BUSINESS OVERVIEW 114
12.3.2 CARL ZEISS AG: COMPANY SNAPSHOT 114
12.3.3 PRODUCTS & SERVICES 115
12.3.4 KEY STRATEGY 116
12.3.5 RECENT DEVELOPMENTS 117
12.4 DANAHER CORPORATION 118
12.4.1 BUSINESS OVERVIEW 118
12.4.2 DANAHER CORPORATION: COMPANY SNAPSHOT 118
12.4.3 PRODUCT PORTFOLIO 119
1.2.4 KEY STRATEGY 121
12.4.5 RECENT DEVELOPMENTS 121
12.5 DANISH MICRO ENGINEERING 123
12.5.1 PRODUCTS & SERVICES 123
12.5.2 KEY STRATEGY 123
12.6 FEI COMPANY 124
12.6.1 BUSINESS OVERVIEW 124
12.6.2 FEI COMPANY: COMPANY SNAPSHOT 124
12.6.3 PRODUCT PORTFOLIO 125
12.6.4 KEY STRATEGY 125
12.6.5 RECENT DEVELOPMENTS 126
12.7 HITACHI HIGH-TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 127
12.7.1 BUSINESS OVERVIEW 127
12.7.2 PRODUCT PORTFOLIO 128
12.7.3 KEY STRATEGY 128
12.7.4 RECENT DEVELOPMENTS 129
12.8 JEOL, LTD. 130
12.8.1 BUSINESS OVERVIEW 130
12.8.2 PRODUCT PORTFOLIO 131
12.8.3 KEY STRATEGY 131
12.8.4 RECENT DEVELOPMENT 131
12.9 NIKON CORPORATION 132
12.9.1 BUSINESS OVERVIEW 132
12.9.2 NIKON CORPORATION: COMPANY SNAPSHOT 132
12.9.3 PRODUCT PORTFOLIO 133
12.9.4 KEY STRATEGY 133
12.10 OLYMPUS CORPORATION 134
12.10.1 BUSINESS OVERVIEW 134
12.10.2 PRODUCT PORTFOLIO 135
12.10.3 KEY STRATEGY 135
12.11 VISION ENGINEERING 136
12.11.1 BUSINESS OVERVIEW 136
12.11.2 PRODUCT PORTFOLIO 136
12.11.3 KEY STRATEGY 137
12.11.4 RECENT DEVELOPMENTS 137
13 APPENDIX 138
13.1 INSIGHTS OF INDUSTRY EXPERTS 138
13.2 DISCUSSION GUIDE 139
13.3 OTHER DEVELOPMENTS 142
13.4 INTRODUCING RT: REAL-TIME MARKET INTELLIGENCE 147
13.5 AVAILABLE CUSTOMIZATIONS 148
13.6 RELATED REPORTS 149
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“LIST OF FIGURES
FIGURE 1 RESEARCH DESIGN: EUROPEAN MICROSCOPY MARKET 17
FIGURE 2 MARKET SIZE ESTIMATION 19
FIGURE 3 BREAKDOWN OF PRIMARY INTERVIEWS: BY COMPANY TYPE, DESIGNATION,
AND COUNTRY/REGION 20
FIGURE 4 DATA TRIANGULATION METHODOLOGY 21
FIGURE 5 EUROPEAN MICROSCOPY MARKET SNAPSHOT (2014 VS 2020) 24
FIGURE 6 ELECTRON MICROSCOPY SEGMENT TO WITNESS HIGHEST GROWTH RATE FROM 2015 TO 2020 25
FIGURE 7 EUROPEAN MICROSCOPY MARKET, BY APPLICATION, 2014 26
FIGURE 8 ACADEMIC INSTITUTES WERE THE MAJOR END USERS OF THE MARKET IN 2014 27
FIGURE 9 GEOGRAPHICAL SNAPSHOT: GERMANY DOMINATED THE EUROPEAN MICROSCOPY MARKET IN 2014 28
FIGURE 10 NEW PRODUCT LAUNCHES, THE DOMINANT STRATEGY AMONG MARKET PLAYERS 29
FIGURE 11 RISING FOCUS ON NANOTECHNOLOGY AND FAVORABLE FUNDING SCENARIO TO DRIVE MARKET GROWTH 30
FIGURE 12 OPTICAL MICROSCOPY ACCOUNTED FOR THE LARGEST SHARE IN 2014 31
FIGURE 13 GERMANY, FRANCE AND UK WILL BE THE FASTEST GROWING COUNTRIES IN THE EUROPEAN MICROSCOPY MARKET 32
FIGURE 14 SEMICONDUCTORS APPLICATION SEGMENT TO DOMINATE EUROPEAN MICROSCOPY MARKET DURING THE FORECAST PERIOD 33
FIGURE 15 ACADEMIC INSTITUTES ARE THE MAJOR END USERS OF THE MICROSCOPY MARKET 34
FIGURE 16 FAVORABLE GOVERNMENT & CORPORATE FUNDING TO BOOST MARKET GROWTH 36
FIGURE 17 SUPPLY CHAIN ANALYSIS: EUROPEAN MICROSCOPY MARKET 42
FIGURE 18 DEVELOPMENT OF SUPER-RESOLUTION MICROSCOPY AN AREA OF FOCUS FOR PLAYERS IN THE MARKET 44
FIGURE 19 MARKET PLAYERS ADOPTED NEW PRODUCT LAUNCHES AS A KEY STRATEGY 45
FIGURE 20 OPTICAL MICROSCOPY HELD LARGEST SHARE IN THE EUROPEAN MICROSCOPY MARKET IN 2014 47
FIGURE 21 FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPES DOMINATE THE OPTICAL MICROSCOPY MARKET 48
FIGURE 22 SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES DOMINATE ELECTRON MICROSCOPY MARKET 53
FIGURE 23 GERMANY TO WITNESS HIGH GROWTH IN THE CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY MARKET FROM 2014 TO 2020 57
FIGURE 24 SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPES DOMINATE THE SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY MARKET 59
FIGURE 25 SEMICONDUCTORS SEGMENT TO DOMINATE THE EUROPEAN MICROSCOPY APPLICATIONS MARKET IN THE FORECAST PERIOD 65
FIGURE 26 MICROSCOPY INSTRUMENTS IN LIFE SCIENCES 67
FIGURE 27 GERMANY ACCOUNTED FOR THE LARGEST SHARE OF THE NANOTECHNOLOGY SEGMENT IN 2014 70
FIGURE 28 BROAD END-USER BASE OF THE EUROPEAN MICROSCOPY MARKET 72
FIGURE 29 ACADEMIC INSTITUTES SEGMENT HELD THE LARGEST SHARE OF THE EUROPEAN MICROSCOPE END-USERS MARKET IN 2014 73
FIGURE 30 GERMANY TO DOMINATE THE EUROPEAN MICROSCOPY MARKET FOR ACADEMIC INSTITUTES FROM 2015 TO 2020 74
FIGURE 31 GERMANY COMMANDED THE LARGEST SHARE OF THE EUROPEAN MICROSCOPY MARKET FOR INDUSTRIES IN 2014 76
FIGURE 32 GERMANY DOMINATED THE EUROPEAN MICROSCOPY MARKET FOR OTHER
END USERS 77
FIGURE 33 GEOGRAPHIC SNAPSHOT (2014): GERMANY WILL BE THE FASTEST-GROWING REGION BY 2020 80
FIGURE 34 GERMANY, AN ATTRACTIVE DESTINATION FOR ALL MICROSCOPY PRODUCTS 81
FIGURE 35 GERMANY MARKET SNAPSHOT: DEMAND IN MICROSCOPY MARKET WILL BE DRIVEN BY GROWTH IN NANOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH 82
FIGURE 36 SEMICONDUCTORS SEGMENT DOMINATED THE U.K. MICROSCOPY MARKET,
BY APPLICATION, IN 2014 85
FIGURE 37 ELECTRON MICROSCOPY SEGMENT IS EXPECTED TO WITNESS HIGHEST GROWTH FROM 2015 TO 2020 88
FIGURE 38 SEMICONDUCTORS SEGMENT COMMANDED THE LARGEST SHARE OF THE ITALIAN MICROSCOPY APPLICATIONS MARKET IN 2014 91
FIGURE 39 ACADEMIC INSTITUTES WERE THE MAJOR END USERS OF THE SWEDISH MICROSCOPY MARKET IN 2014 94
FIGURE 40 ACADEMIC INSTITUTES HELD THE LARGEST SHARE OF THE SWISS MICROSCOPY MARKET IN 2014 96
FIGURE 41 SEMICONDUCTORS COMMANDED THE LARGEST SHARE OF THE APPLICATIONS MARKET IN 2014 98
FIGURE 42 ELECTRON MICROSCOPY SEGMENT IS EXPECTED TO WITNESS THE HIGHEST GROWTH FROM 2015 TO 2020 101
FIGURE 43 COMPANIES ADOPTED NEW PRODUCT LAUNCHES AS THEIR KEY GROWTH STRATEGY OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS 105
FIGURE 44 GEOGRAPHIC REVENUE MIX OF TOP FIVE MARKET PLAYERS 110
FIGURE 45 HITACHI HIGH-TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION: COMPANY SNAPSHOT 127
FIGURE 46 JEOL, LTD.: COMPANY SNAPSHOT 130
FIGURE 47 OLYMPUS CORPORATION: COMPANY SNAPSHOT 134
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