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The conductive plastics segment contributed 84% to the overall market in 2009, mainly due to its extensive application in electrostatic discharge and electromagnetic interference.

While only a few international companies are currently active in the WTE market, it is expected to witness a double-digit growth rate in the next five years largely due to the participation of developing countries

The oil shale market or more specifically the Kerogen market is segmented according to the extracted products, applications, technologies, and geographies. Each section will provide market data, market drivers, trends and opportunities, and key players.

Freshness indicators and time temperature indicators are the major product segment in smart and intelligent packaging, which is commanding the largest share due to increased application in packaged food, ready-to-eat meal and frozen food category

Government support, development of new technologies and widely available feedstock are major drivers for the renewable chemicals market while the high set-up cost is a major drawback. New markets such as India and China provide new opportunities for renewable chemicals.

Increasing cases of counterfeiting have resulted in implementation of anti counterfeit technologies. Anti counterfeit technologies are of two types namely authentication packaging and track and trace packaging technologies.

Increasing price of non-renewable energy sources, growing energy consumption especially from emerging countries, pro-wind regulatory environment for wind projects and increase in utility scale wind energy generation farms have put the world at 159 GW installed capacity at the end of 2009

The growing demand for energy is expected to exhaust the world’s crude oil reserves in another 40 years. The market price of crude oil reached $145 per barrel in the third quarter of 2008.

With the growing usage of personal computers (PC) and mobiles, there is an increasing proliferation of viruses, malwares and zombies in the systems. This has necessitated and boosted the growth of antivirus market

The report provides market estimates and forecasts for the global mobile applications markets in North America, Europe, Asia, and Rest of the World (ROW).