Technology and market perspective for future Value Added Materials

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tures— all are big markets, dealing
with the concerns of an ageing society.
Transport sector: lightweight materials
will be especially critical.
Information and communication technologies
sector: traditionally ICT has
high growth rates in many areas, especially
in superconductivity and data
transfer technologies, as well as displays.
Most promising market growths
Several applications of Value Added Materials
have the potential for extreme growth
in the future.
Within the energy sector, average growth
rate for identified Value Added Materials’
applications will reach 19 per cent.
Most important growths will be associated
with:
stationary fuel cells, with growth rate
of 55per cent towards 2017;
supercapacitors for the energy sector,
with growth rate of 49per cent towards
2015;
biogas plant equipment, with a CAGR
of 30 per cent between 2010 and
2014;
nanoscale materials used in energy,
catalytic and structural applications,
with growth rate of 29 per cent currently;
inks and catalysts, with growth rate of
28per cent towards 2015.
For the transport sector the identified
applications of Value Added Materials will
reach the average growth rate of 15 per
cent, with especially high growths within:
supercapacitors for the transportation
sector, with growth rate of 35 per cent
before 2015;
market for electric vehicles with,
growth rate of 20 per cent.
Within the environment sector, identified
Value Added Materials applications will
reach growth rates on the level of 17 per
cent, with higher growths in:
carbon capture technologies, with 63
per cent growth rate;
nanotechnology for environmental
applications, with 61 per cent growth
rate up to 2014;
wastewater treatment delivery
equipment, instrumentation, process
equipment and treatment chemicals,
with growth rate of 28per cent currently;
nanofiltration membranes for water
treatment, with current growth rate of
27per cent.
Health sector materials are characterised
by lower perspective growths (average for
selected materials’ applications on the
level of 11 per cent) when compared to
other sectors. Some high growing fields
within health related materials are:
RNAi 5 drug delivery market, with
growth rate of 28 per cent towards
2015;
quantum dots for the biomedical sector
and microspheres used in medical
technology, both with growth rates
around 25per cent before 2015.
The Information and Communication
Technologies (ICT) sector is still characterised
by enormous potential for some materials
applications since the challenges we
face with the growing demand for information
require new technologies. The
average growth rate for identified materials’
applications will be on the level of 25
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RNA interference (RNAi) is a highly evolutionarily conserved
mechanism of gene regulation. See http://www.rnaiweb.com