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A rise in healthcare expenditures witnessed globally has led to a shift in preference from hospital care to home care among patients. This rise in healthcare cost, compounded by the geriatric population, is driving the demand for portable medical diagnostic devices including respiratory and anesthesia devices. This has led to a visible shift in the use of respiratory and anesthesia devices from hospital operation set ups to home care healthcare monitoring. Moreover, a rise in respiratory diseases such as asthma, lung cancer, COPDs (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases) and OSA (Obstructive Sleep Apnea) have triggered the growth of this market. There has also been an exponential rise in number of surgical procedures globally and this has led to a significant growth in demand for anesthesia devices and delivery machines. Growing healthcare cost containment pressure in the U.S. and the ongoing Euro crisis have caused a slump in the growth of these markets. Tax reforms coupled with increased regulatory compliance norms are also restraining the growth and profitability of top companies. The tax reform under question has proposed the levy of a 2.3% tax on the annual sale of all the medical devices manufacturers since beginning of this year i.e. 2013.

Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) is an integrated circuit or semiconductor device used to implement logical function. They account for a considerable percentage of a telecommunication, and are present in the base stations, routers, switches, and gateways among others. Besides telecommunication, they are integrated in a variety of devices across a wide range of application areas.

Power transformers connect electrical networks or systems of different voltages to allow power exchange between them. Power transformers are used for power generation, power transmission, electro-intensive industrial applications and consumer applications. The industrial applications include mining, paper and cement mills, chemical plants, substations and power generation. The commercial applications include hospitals, universities, hotels, offices and airports among others.

Growing demand adhesives and PTA, which are key acetic acid consuming industries, is expected to drive the global acetic acid demand over the next five years. Moreover, growing application markets such as vinyl acetate monomer (VAM) and Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) are expected to fuel the market growth in the coming future.

Specialty pulp and paper chemicals are used in the manufacture of specialty paper. Specialty papers are papers which are not used in common printing and publishing shops. They are used for customized jobs and are often used by companies for high value product packaging and filtration media. Specialty chemicals can be divided into four product segments, viz., bleaching chemicals, process chemicals, functional chemicals and basic chemicals. Specilaty papers are used in a five key application areas, namely, graphic papers, industrial, business, consumer and food.

According to a new market report published by Transparency Market Research “Calcium Carbonate Market (GCC and PCC) for Paper, Plastic, Building & Construction and Other Applications – Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast 2013 – 2019?, the global calcium carbonate market was valued at USD 15.66 billion in 2012 and is expected to reach USD 25.01 billion by 2019, growing at a CAGR of 7.0% over the forecast period from 2013 to 2019. In terms of volume, global calcium carbonate market was 86.5 million in 2012.

Increasing income levels resulting in increasing expenditure on food products, changing food habits of Asian consumers and changing demographics are the major growth drivers for the global seasonings and spices market. The seasonings and spices market is considered to be one of the most recession-proof markets since during uncertain economic conditions, consumers prefer in-house preparation and consumption rather than opting for the expensive choice of eating out or having ready-meals. However, when the economy is in good shape the situation is reverse. Online marketing campaigns offer expansion opportunity for seasonings and spices market. Seasonings and spices companies have started new online advertising campaigns that encourage consumers to create new recipes at home. Companies are adopting different methods for their campaign such as creating their own ‘Apps’ for product recipes, social media posts and contests, including ‘likes,’ ‘comments,’ ‘photo tags’ and ‘pins’ in social networking sites such as Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter and YouTube. Such campaigns help the companies in improved connectivity with consumers and thus help in establishing their brand identity in the seasonings and spices market.

A new market report “Global Market of Membrane Technology in Pharmaceutical, Biopharma and Life Sciences – Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast, 2014 – 2019, the global membrane technology market for pharmaceutical, biopharma and life sciences is estimated at USD 6,461.3 million in 2013 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 9.1% from 2014 to 2019, to reach an estimated value of USD 10,886 million in 2019.

According to a new market report published by Transparency Market Research "Passive Optical Network (PON) Equipment Market - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast, 2013 - 2019," global passive optical network equipment market was valued at USD 3.97 billion in 2013, growing at a CAGR of 22.7% from 2014 to 2019 to account for USD 13.57 billion in 2019.

The global market for Aquaculture was valued at USD 135.10 billion in 2012 and is expected to reach USD 195.13 billion in 2019, growing at a CAGR of 5.1% from 2013 to 2019. In terms of volume, global production was 66.5 million tons in 2012 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 2.3% from 2013 to 2019.