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Global and China Advanced Packaging Industry Report, 2012-2013

Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Global and China Advanced Packaging Industry Report, 2012-2013 covers the followings: Global Semiconductor Industry Overview;IC Manufacturing Industry Overview;IC Downstream Industry Market Overview;Advanced Packaging Industry and Market;23 Advanced Packaging VendorsIn 2012, global semiconductor sales fell 2.7%; semiconductor equipment spending dropped by 15% to US$36.9 billion from US$43.5 billion in 2011. The semiconductor market in 2013 is also not optimistic, accompanied by recession of the world’s emerging economies and Europe’s sluggish recovery. U.S. and Japanese markets are relatively better, while Ch...

Global and China Dissolving Pulp Industry Report, 2012-2015

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Dissolving pulp refers to the pulp with the cellulose content above 90%, including wood pulp, bamboo pulp and cotton pulp. The report touches on the first two categories.In the world, the dissolving pulp capacity concentrates in regions with abundant forest resources such as North America, South Africa and Brazil. Between 2011 and 2012, China’s intensive release of dissolving pulp capacity made it possible to become one of the major producing regions of dissolving pulp all across the globe. Major dissolving pulp producers worldwide include Aditya Birla, Sappi, Sateri, Rayonier, Buckeye, and Lenzing, the combined capacity of which in 2012 accounted for 61.4% of the world’s total....

China Health Food Industry Report, 2013

Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Health food arose in China in 1980s; after three decades of development, China health food industry has formed with the value of RMB100 billion. In 2012, the sales revenue of the health food industry reached RMB110 billion, showing a year-on-year increase of 4.8%.In China, health food falls into Vitamin & Dietary Supplements, Weight Management, Child-Specific Consumer Health and Herbal/Traditional Products; wherein, Vitamin & Dietary Supplements generate RMB62.5 billion, contributing 62.2% to the industry.In January, 2012, the National Development and Reform Commission as well as the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People's Republic of China jointly...

China Vacuum Pump Industry Report, 2013-2016

Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

As a device pumping gases at a high speed to improve and maintain a vacuum state within a wide pressure range, vacuum pump is widely applied in the industries such as metallurgy, chemical, food and electroplating.In 2011, the output of vacuum pump in China registered 7.3996 million sets, with a year-on-year rise of 12.6%. In 2012, the figure approximated 8.5 million sets, rising by 15% from a year earlier. Affected by downstream demand and environmental protection pressure, the product segments of vacuum pump behave differently. For example, in spite of a wide application scope, the market share of water ring vacuum pump shrinks gradually due to the restriction of environmental protection p...

Global and China Stainless Steel & Products Industry Report, 2012-2015

Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

In 2012, stainless steel prices showed the tendency of rise before fall and mobile descending”, resulting in a downward trend for most of the traditional stainless steel producing countries. Global stainless steel production for the whole year attained to 35.36 million tons, a slight year-on-year increase, of which, down 1.6% YoY in Western Europe, down 1.2% YoY in the Americas; up 3.7% YoY in Asia; up 18.2% YoY in South Africa.In recent years, China relying on its substantially increased production has become the main engine for global stainless steel output growth. In 2012 China’s stainless steel crude steel production climbed 14% YoY to 16.08 million tons, accounting f...

Global and China Mobile Phone (Cell Phone) Assembly Industry Report, 2012-2013

Sun, 12 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

The Report HighlightsGlobal Mobile Phone Market and IndustryChina Mobile Phone Market and IndustryChina Mobile Phone Export29 Mobile Phone VendorsIn 2012, the mobile phone shipment worldwide approximated 1.606 billion, a meager rise of 1.9% compared to 2011. Against the backdrop of sluggish emerging economies as well as the tenuous economic growth in Europe in 2013, the global mobile phone market is not optimistic, with the expected shipment slightly surging by 2.0% to 1.638 billion sets. Despite the fact that the growth dynamic of smartphone cannot compete with that in 2012, the smartphone shipment in 2013 is expected to exceed ...

China Tungsten Industry Report, 2012-2015

Sat, 11 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

China, as the world’s largest Tungsten resource county, holds 58.95% of global tungsten reserves and supplies around 85% of tungsten ore worldwide. In 2012, China newly added 200,000 tons of tungsten(WO365%) reserves and output of 131,100 tons of tungsten concentrates (WO365%), down 3.35% from a year earlier. Exposed to the restrictive policies on control of exploitation amount and export quotas as well as new limited prospecting of resources, etc, the supply and demand in tungsten market is obviously out of balance, and it is expected that China’s output of tungsten ore will see limited growth in the upcoming several years, and that global tungsten market will be still in tight supply...

China Pesticide Industry Report, 2012-2015

Sat, 04 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

In recent years, China pesticide industry has showned sound development as a whole. In 2012, chemical pesticide API (converting into active ingredient) output of China increased by 34.0% year-on-year to 3.549 million tons, with the AAGR of 19.2% between 2005 and 2012. In 2012, the operating revenue of Chinese pesticide manufacturing surged by 21.2% year-on-year to RMB235.7 billion, while total profit reached RMB17.5 billion, presenting a 39.2% YoY rise.In the pesticide industry, international division of labor has been shaped, with developed countries specializing in the R&D and production of new pesticide varieties as well as the production of pesticide preparations while developing ec...

China Electric Vehicle Industry Report, 2013

Sat, 04 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

By 2012, 25 pilot cities had promoted 27,432 new energy vehicles totally within two years after the subsidy policy was implemented, including 23,032 ones used in public services and 4,400 ones bought by individuals.In March, 2013, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and Development and Reform Commission reached a consensus, determining to prolong the new energy vehicle subsidy policy by three years. The new subsidy policy emphasizes two aspects: First, it expands the scope of pilot cities; second, it plans to support energy-saving hybrid models with more subsidies. In addition, the new subsidy policy unifies th...

Global and China Powder Coating Industry Report, 2012-2013

Sat, 04 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Powder coating is a low-pollution coating, and the application fields cover home appliance, architecture, automotive, pipeline, anticorrosion, etc.. Along with the growing voice for environmental protection coating around the globe, the proportion of powder coating in coating finished product structure has climbed up from 8% in 1995 to 20% in 2010. While in China’s coating finished product structure, powder coating only contributes 11%, approximating world’s average level in 2000. In future, the market development space of China powder coating is still huge. Driven by the downstream demands, the powder coating output in China approximated 1.07 million tons in 2012, rising b...

China Wood Flooring Industry Report, 2012-2013

Sat, 04 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Compared to 2011, China’s flooring market boom showed decline in 2012, mainly affected by the rising costs of labor , store rentals, etc., regulatory policies on downstream real estate sector, and otherwise. In 2012, China’s wood flooring market reached sales volume of 377 million square meters, a YoY fall of 5%. Relative to the market downturn, China’s wood flooring production capacity driven by investment saw excessive growth. In 2012, China’s flooring output amounted to 679 million square meters, a year-on-year increase of approximately 8%, and the problem of periodic overcapacity already emerged. In 2012, there were more than 2,300 wood flo...

China Yacht Industry Report, 2013

Sat, 04 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Europe and America as principal yacht markets have already accounted for more than 90% and 80% of the world’s overall yacht market share in terms of sales and production scale, respectively. However, yacht markets there in recent years has been in decline, mainly due to the high ownership per capita, the yacht industry has been saturated; on the other hand, the global financial crisis since 2008 has exerted a huge impact on the global yacht economy, the United States, France, Italy, Australia, Canada, Japan and other world’s corporate giants have been hit hard. The entire yacht industry have suffered from sharp cut-off in orders, serious decline in market consumption, as well as lay-of...

China Structural Adhesive Industry Report, 2012-2015

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Structural adhesive is a kind of high value-added adhesive with higher technical content and higher conditions for production and application than average adhesives. In 2007-2011, China’s output of structural adhesive presented a CAGR of 16.6%, higher than the growth rate of 13.6% of the adhesive industry in the same period. In 2012, China had a total of nearly 300 professional structural adhesive manufacturers with the output rising by 19.6% year-on-year to 453,000 tons. In particular, silicone adhesive, epoxy adhesive and PU adhesive were the three that enjoyed highest output, with the combined proportion as high as 90% or more. Driven by the robust demand from downstream building, ...

Global and China Tire Mold Industry Report, 2012-2015

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Since 2011, the global tire market, especially the Chinese tire market, has seen slow growth, which directly impacts the market demand for tire molds.In 2012, China tire mold industry harvested the revenue of RMB3.01 billion or so, including RMB1.87 billion from automotive tire molds, only up 0.16% year on year.In terms of profitability, the performance of most Chinese tire mold manufacturers declined in 2012. During the first three quarters of 2012, Himile's revenue only increased by 0.37% year on year, and its net income fell by 6.28%. Meanwhile, the growth rate of Greatoo also slowed down, with the revenue being the same with that in the same period in 2011 and net income up b...

Global and China Molybdenum Industry Report, 2012-2015

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT

In 2012, the global economic growth was weak, the bulk commodity demand was reduced, and the prices generally declined. As a result, the molybdenum market remained in the doldrums, the prices showed a downward trend, and the annual average price was USD 12.74 per pound of molybdenum, a decrease of 17.5% from 2011. At the end of 2012, the supply of molybdenum ore decreased, the demand from steel mills increased, and the molybdenum price began to rise. In 2012, the global molybdenum output was 229 kilotons and the consumption was 225 kilotons, basically in balance. With the recovery of steel demand since the fourth quarter of 2012, the demand for molybdenum is expected to resume growth. After...

China Automotive Steering System Industry Report, 2012-2015

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT

According to the data of China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, China’s annual production capacity of automotive steering system has now reached around 20 million sets. In 2012 the demand for automotive steering system in China was approximately 19.31 million sets, a year-on-year increase of 4.3%. It is expected that, in 2013-2015, the demand will grow at an average rate of 5% or so, and hit 22.35 million sets in 2015. Seen from the demand structure, mechanical hydraulic steering system (HPS) is the most mainstream steering system in the current market, with demand accounting for about 50% of the total. However, as the electric power steering system (EPS) technology continues ...

China Feed Amino Acid Industry Report, 2012-2013

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT

In the feed industry, amino acid is an important nutritional additive whose main role is to compensate for the lack of amino acids in feed. Most widely used feed amino acid comprises lysine, methionine, threonine and tryptophan etc.In recent years, benefiting from the push of the downstream feed industry and technology introduction through joint venture, China’s feed amino acid industry has embraced rapid development. In particular, China’s output and consumption of lysine as the most consumed feed amino acid in China approximated 855,000 tons and 610,000 tons respectively in 2012, rising by 14% and 22%. Chinese lysine market is highly concentrated and dominated by several manuf...

Global and China Automotive Wheel Industry Report, 2012-2013

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT

The report highlights the followings:Global Automotive MarketChina Automotive MarketGlobal Automotive Wheel Market and IndustryChina Automotive Wheel Market and Industry32 Aluminum Wheel Makers and 5 Steel Wheel MakersIn 2012, the world’s PLT output hit 67.6 million, with the popularity rate of aluminum wheel as high as 66%. The estimate suggests that the world’s PLT output in 2013 will register 68.9 million with the penetration rate of aluminum wheel soaring to 67%. In 2012, OEM aluminum wheel shipment approximated 185 million, and the shipment of AM aluminum wheel reached 21 million pcs. In 2012, the world&...

China Rare Earth Industry Report, 2012-2015

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT

As the world’s major rare earth country, China occupies 50% of the total global rare earth reserves, but also provides about 90% of the global rare earth products every year. In order to protect rare earth resources, it has promulgated a number of policies over the years to limit over-exploitation and export of rare earth, including mining license control, total quantity control, export quotas, special invoice system, etc., whose implementation has caused supply decrease and price increase as far as Chinese rare earth products are concerned. In China, rare earth consumption can be divided into traditional field and new material field, of which, the former covers metallurgy / machinery...

China Software Industry Report, 2013

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT

In recent years, Chinese software industry has shown steady progression as a whole, with the industrial scale expanding continuously, and there is a stably growing number of industrial players. In 2012, the software revenue of China reached RMB2.5 trillion, presenting a year-on-year rise of 32.7%, but down six percentage points against the figure last year.In 2012, software services and networks developed rapidly, resulting in significant growth in the revenue of data processing and operations services. From January to December, the revenue was RMB 428.5 billion, up 41.5% year on year; the proportion reached 17.1%, 0.9 percentage point higher than that in the same period of last year.

Global and China Industrial Gases Industry Report, 2012-2013

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT

The report highlights the followings:Global Industrial Gas Market China Industrial Gas MarketGlobal and China Industrial Gas Industry 12 Industrial Gas Companies Industrial gases mainly refer to oxygen, nitrogen, argon, acetylene, carbon dioxide, hydrogen, and carbon monoxide. In 2012, the market size of industrial gases worldwide approximated USD69.8 billion, of which, it was exclusive of the gases generated by large enterprises themselves. The downstream customers of industrial gases concentrate in chemical, refining, iron & steel, welding, glass, electronics, healthcare and food industries, with the combined share of the f...

China Chinese Patent Medicine Industry Report, 2012-2015

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT

In recent years, China’s Chinese patent medicine industry has been running in good condition, with the revenue increasing from RMB 142 billion in 2008 to RMB 360 billion in 2012 at a CAGR of 26.2%. Over the same period, the total profit maintained a CAGR of 26.6%, and the gross margin remained higher than the average level of the overall pharmaceutical industry. In succession to the Opinions on Promoting the Development of Traditional Chinese Medicine Services and Trade, the Twelfth Five-Year Plan on the Development of Traditional Chinese Medicine and other favorable policies, the new National Essential Drugs List published in March 2013 increased the number of Chinese patent medicine...

China Low and Medium-voltage Inverter Industry Report, 2012-2015

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT

An inverter is a device which makes motors operate at variable speed to save energy. Customarily, an inverter with a voltage of below 3 kV is known as a low and medium-voltage inverter. As the demand for energy saving and environmental protection increases and the equipment upgrading speeds up, China’s low and medium-voltage inverter industry has presented steady growth, and the market size has risen by 8.79% year-on-year to RMB23.63 billion in 2012, of which low-voltage inverters accounted for over 86%.In China, low and medium-voltage inverter manufacturers are mainly concentrated in Yangtze River Delta and Pearl River Delta. In 2011, more than 76% share of Chinese low and medium-vol...

Global and China Alumina and Electrolytic Aluminum Industry Report, 2012-2013

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT

China’s bauxite features poor quality and low self-sufficiency rate of high-quality bauxite. With the gradual release of new alumina capacity and expansion of downstream smelting capacity in China, China has rapidly increased the import of bauxite. China’s imports of bauxite mainly come from Indonesia, Australia and India, among which, Indonesia accounts for more than 70%.As the electricity cost in western region is lower than that in the eastern region of China, the electrolytic aluminum capacity of the western region has continued to expand, but in the meantime, the high energy-consuming and high-cost electrolytic aluminum capacity of the eastern region hasn’t been reduc...

Global and China Caprolactam Industry Chain Report, 2012-2015

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT

As one of the key organic chemical materials, caprolactam (CPL) is mainly used to produce polyamide-6, and further fabricated into nylon 6 fiber, nylon 6 engineering plastics, etc.. It is widely applied in the fields such as textile, fishery, tire, engineering plastics, film and composite material.During 2006-2012, the CPL capacity around the globe maintained steady growth, with a CAGR around 4.9%. Since the CPL market in Europe and America has been saturated basically and the capacity suffers stagnation or even negative growth, the newly added capacity of CPL worldwide mainly concentrates in Asia, especially China. In 2012, the CPL capacity around the globe reached 5.68 million tons, in pa...