Pricing The Cloud: Worldwide Business Survey

Global public cloud pricing with a comparison of virtual CPU, storage and bandwidth pricing for the key providers. It provides examples of pricing trends and a forecast for cloud computing pricing and revenues over the 5 year period from 2014 to 2019.

The evolution of cloud computing, public, private & hybrid cloud services

Cloud computing has evolved over time from a public service to a mix of hybrid and secure private cloud platforms. The cloud computing service was first introduced during the 1990s by salesforce.com aimed at enterprises using CRM applications.

In 2002 Amazon launched AWS (Amazon Web Services), which rapidly became the market leader in public cloud computing using the Amazon EC2 (Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud). It is estimated that AWS has up to 5 times the amount of computing power of its closest competitors combined.

From 2006 onwards IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) was launched as a pay as you go model for IT services – with Amazon launching its first IaaS platform in 2006. IaaS platforms are used to enable cloud services for service developers and large enterprises and allow an element of customization.

In 2008 Google first introduced its Google App engine, which is used by a number of cloud providers and telecoms providers to derive their own cloud service.

In 2009 Microsoft first launched its Windows Azure cloud computing platform which is also sold via Microsoft ISVs and 3rd party reseller channels as well as direct to end users via the Microsoft sales channel and via the internet.

Companies profiles in the report include:

Amazon EC2, AT&T, CenturyLink, Dell, Dimension Data, Fujitsu, Google, HP, IBM CloudLayer, Joyent, Microsoft Azure, NTT Communications, OVH, Rackspace Hosting, Salesforce.com, Verizon-Terremark & VMware.

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A list of the key companies included in the TCL Pricing the Cloud report include the following:

Accenture
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Apple
AT&T
BMC Software
BT Global Services
Cisco Systems
Citrix
COLT Telecom
CSC (Computer Sciences Corporation)
CTERA Networks
Dell
Dimension Data
EMC
Equinix
Fujitsu
Google
HP
IBM (SoftLayer)
Interxion
Joyent
KPN
Level (3)
Microsoft
NTT Communications
Navisite
Oracle
Orange Business Services (OBS)
OVH
PLDT (Philippines)
Portugal Telecom (PT)
Rackspace Hosting
Salesforce.com
SAP
Savvis (Centurylink)
SingTel
Sri Lanka Telecom (SRT)
SunGard Availability Services
T-Systems
TelecityGroup
Telecom Italia
Telefonica
Verizon
VMware
Vodafone

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Global Knee & Hip Market Report 2014 Edition

The global demand for specialty silica – including fumed silica, precipitated silica, silica gel, and silica sol – are expected to grow because of its deployment in the rubber market. Rubber is reportedly the largest market for specialty silicas and is high in demand especially in the Asia-Pacific region, North America, as well as Western Europe.

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The report based on the global specialty silica market offers in-depth analysis of this market on a global level, keeping its major focus on various key segments. Precipitated silica and fumed silica are the two major segments within the global specialty silica market. Precipitated silica is often used in tire treads and is therefore expected to account for approximately more than two-thirds of the global demand for silica in the near future. Precipitated silica holds majority of the share in the overall specialty silica market mainly due to the growth in the automobile and construction sectors. It has also grown at an accelerated pace due to the increasing adoption of green tires. High demand for and increasing penetration of green tires that use precipitated silica to improve motor-vehicle fuel economy and lower rolling resistance will also be increasing in the near future.

Fumed silica, on the other hand, is expected to grow in silicone rubber industrial applications.

Through specific insights on the size of the market, industrial use, and growth drivers, the study covers essential information and in-depth analysis on both these key segments.


Silica is one of the most necessary components used in a broad range of construction materials and products around the world. Specialty silica (inclusive of fumed, precipitated, and silica gel) play a key role in several end-use market segments ranging from electronics, spanning rubber, print media, polymers, elastomers, chemical mechanical planarization, and footwear. With abundant varieties available to cater to vital industry applications, the total demand for silica is surging in many countries.

This report covers market information for regions such as North America, Asia-Pacific, and Western Europe. The report assesses the market trends and size of specialty silica globally, providing detailed insights on the market drivers, developments, future outlook, market size, and penetration of the specialty silica market all over the world as well as in the main regions mentioned above.

The study report also provides key opportunities, factors driving the growth of the market, and different challenges faced by key players in the specialty silica industry. Such elements have been outlined and analyzed in the report for the forecast period 2014-2019.

Some of the key players operating in the global specialty silica market are also profiled in this report. They are Solvay, Evonik Industries, and PPG Industries, among others.


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OLED Display Module Market Will Reach at ( $16bn ) By 2025

OLED Display Module Market Will Reach at ( $16bn ) By 2025

LED displays are thinner, lighter, and offer better color performances compared to backlit liquid crystal displays (LCD). OLED displays are already mass produced for mobile phones and OLEDs will continue gaining market share against LCD technology.  

 The next evolution is plastic and flexible displays. IDTechEx expects the first flagship phone with a flexible display to ship in 2017. Based on this scenario, the market for plastic and flexible AMOLED displays will rise to $16bn by 2020.


The rise of plastic and flexible displays will be accompanied by a shift from glass substrates to plastic substrates such as polyimide. However, glass-based displays will remain an important technology, especially in TV applications where scale-up and cost reduction are still big challenges. Flat and curved OLED TVs were recently launched by Samsung and LG to critical acclaim. However, manufacturers are hedging their bets by investing in LCD backlights enhanced with quantum dots. These so-called "quantum dot LCD" TVs will be positioned as a cheaper upgrade from existing sets. Nevertheless, the market for OLED TV panels will experience steady growth over the next decade, with a projected 25% CAGR.

Based on a deep understanding of the technology roadmap and the existing bottlenecks, IDTechEx has forecasted the OLED display market in eight segments:

Mobile phone displays
Tablet and notebook displays
TV panels
Automotive and aerospace
Wearable electronics
Industrial and professional displays
Microdisplays
Other applications

DTechEx has been tracking printed, organic, and flexible electronics since 2001. This report gives a unique perspective on the OLED display market, leveraging the full expertise of our analysts and the direct interviews with companies in the value chain.

Table of Contents

1. INTRODUCTION
1.1. An industry transitioning from LCD manufacturing
1.2. Why flexible displays?
1.2.1. The need to differentiate
1.2.2. Enabling future form factors
1.3. Technology Roadmap: components needed for a flexible OLED display
1.4. Technology roadmap: OLED televisions

2. OLED STRATEGIES BY DISPLAY MANUFACTURERS
2.1. Samsung Display (SDC)
2.1.1. Novaled acquisition
2.1.2. A3 plant
2.1.3. OLED TV
2.1.4. Tablet displays
2.2. LG Display (LGD)
2.3. BOE
2.4. AU Optronics (AUO)
2.5. Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology (CSOT)
2.6. Visionox
2.7. Sony
2.8. Panasonic
2.9. Japan Display Inc (JDI)
2.10. Sharp
2.11. Toshiba

3. PROGRESS IN PRINTED OLED DISPLAYS
3.1. Printed TFT backplanes
3.1.1. Why print TFTs?
3.1.2. Japan leading the R&D in printed TFTs
3.2. Growing availability of printable OLED materials
3.2.1. Polymer OLED from Cambridge Display Technology (Sumitomo)
3.2.2. Solution processed small molecules
3.3. Inkjet Printed OLED
3.3.1. Printing vs. vapour deposition
3.3.2. Panasonic
3.3.3. Sony
3.3.4. BOE
3.3.5. AU Optronics
3.3.6. Kateeva

4. MARKET SEGMENTATION FOR OLED DISPLAYS
4.1. Mobile displays
4.2. Computers: Tablets and Notebooks
4.3. TV and monitors
4.3.1. LGD taking the lead
4.3.2. Competing technologies
4.4. Wearable electronics
4.5. Automotive and Aerospace
4.6. Industrial and professional displays
4.7. Microdisplays
4.8. Others

5. MARKET FORECAST
5.1. Definition of OLED display technologies
5.1.1. AMOLED rigid glass
5.1.2. AMOLED rigid plastic
5.1.3. AMOLED flexible
5.1.4. PMOLED
5.1.5. Segmented
5.1.6. Microdisplays
5.2. Revenue forecast by market segment
5.3. Shipment forecast by market segment
5.4. Revenue forecast by technology
5.5. Shipment forecast by technology
5.6. Details by market segment
5.6.1. Mobile phones
5.6.2. Tablets/Notebooks
5.6.3. TV and monitors
5.6.4. Wearable devices
5.6.5. Automotive and aerospace
5.6.6. Industrial/Professional displays
5.6.7. Microdisplays
5.6.8. Others
5.7. Additional figures
5.7.1. Compound annual growth rate
5.7.2. Market share for each segment
5.7.3. Revenue forecast for Plastic and Flexible OLED displays

6. FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATES 6.1. Requirements
6.1.1. Key challenges of flexible substrates
6.1.2. Process temperature by substrate type
6.2. Benchmarking by material type
6.3. Company profiles
6.3.1. DuPont Teijin Films
6.3.2. ITRI
6.3.3. Samsung Ube Materials
6.3.4. Kolon Industries
6.3.5. Corning
6.3.6. AGC Asahi Glass

7. BACKPLANE TECHNOLOGY
7.1. Pixel circuit in Active Matrix backplanes
7.1.1. OLED displays are current driven
7.1.2. Amorphyx: replacing TFT with diodes
7.2. Semiconductor materials
7.2.1. Benchmarking of the main technologies
7.2.2. Organic TFT
7.2.3. Metal oxide TFT
7.3. Passive matrix OLED (PMOLED)
7.4. Company profiles
7.4.1. Plastic Logic
7.4.2. CBrite
7.4.3. Arizona State University
7.4.4. SmartKem
7.4.5. Polyera
7.4.6. Flexink
7.4.7. Merck (EMD Chemicals)
7.4.8. BASF

8. FRONTPLANE: OLED LAYERS
8.1. Role of each layer
8.2. Shadow mask vs. White OLED
8.2.1. Fine metal mask (FMM)
8.2.2. Yellow emitter with color filters
8.2.3. White OLED approach
8.3. Subpixel layouts
8.4. Table of suppliers
8.5. Suppliers in China
8.5.1. Beijing Aglaia Technology Development Co
8.5.2. Borun New Material Technology Co. (Borun Chemical Co)
8.5.3. Jilin Optical & Electronic Materials Co
8.5.4. Visionox
8.5.5. Xi'an Ruilian Modern Electronic Chemicals Co., Ltd
8.6. Suppliers in Europe
8.6.1. Heraeus
8.6.2. Merck
8.6.3. Novaled
8.6.4. Cynora
8.7. Suppliers in Japan
8.7.1. Hodogaya
8.7.2. Idemitsu Kosan
8.7.3. JNC (ex Chisso)
8.7.4. Konica Minolta
8.7.5. Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
8.7.6. Mitsui Chemicals
8.7.7. Nippon Steel & Sumikin Chemical
8.7.8. Nissan Chemical Industries
8.7.9. Sumitomo Chemical
8.7.10. Toray Industries
8.8. Suppliers in Korea
8.8.1. Cheil Industries
8.8.2. Daejoo Electronic Materials Company
8.8.3. Doosan Corporation ElectroMaterials
8.8.4. Dow Chemical
8.8.5. Duksan Hi-Metal
8.8.6. LG Chem
8.8.7. Sun Fine Chemical Co (SFC)
8.9. Suppliers in Taiwan
8.9.1. E-Ray Optoelectronics
8.9.2. Luminescence Technology Co.
8.9.3. Nichem Fine Technology
8.10. Suppliers in USA
8.10.1. DuPont
8.10.2. Plextronics (Solvay)
8.10.3. Universal Display Corporation

9. ITO REPLACEMENT: TRANSPARENT CONDUCTORS
9.1. Developed for touch, used in displays
9.2. A range of technologies available
9.3. Table of suppliers
9.4. Company profiles
9.4.1. Blue Nano
9.4.2. Cambrios
9.4.3. CNano
9.4.4. Canatu
9.4.5. NanoIntegris
9.4.6. Heraeus
9.4.7. Agfa

10. BARRIER FILM TECHNOLOGY
10.1. Why encapsulation is needed
10.1.1. Organic semiconductors are sensitive to air and moisture
10.1.2. Requirements for barrier films
10.1.3. Different ways barriers are implemented
10.1.4. Dyad concept
10.2. Different barrier technologies available
10.2.1. Pros and cons of each approach
10.2.2. List of technology suppliers
10.3. Vitex Technology (Samsung)
10.4. Flexible glass
10.5. Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD)
10.5.1. Beneq
10.5.2. Encapsulix


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China Automotive Airbag Fabric Industry: Global Market Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast Report, 2014

Airbag fabric is mainly used to produce automotive airbag. Affected by technology, certification and supply chain relationship, there are higher barriers to entry for new manufacturers. Globally, the supply of airbag fabric is monopolized by the manufacturers from Japan, Europe and America. Similarly, the supply of airbag yarn (raw material for airbag fabric) is also in a state of oligopoly, basically controlled by American INVISTA, German PHP, Japanese Toray and several other companies.

Benefiting from a burgeoning automobile market in China, the demand for airbag increases rapidly, with domestic demand for airbag fabric reaching 28.94 million meters in 2013. As China introduces more and more laws and regulations about safety products, automotive airbag grows popular and installation rate rises gradually, the demand for airbag fabric in China will be huge, expected to stand at 43.86 million meters in 2018.

In 2014, major airbag fabric producers in China included HMT (Xiamen) New Technical Materials Co., Ltd, Marui Weaving (Nantong) Co., Ltd., Jiangyin DUAL Automotive Textile Co., Ltd., Shanghai Porcher Industries, Ltd., Kolon (Nanjing) Special Textiles Co., Ltd., Toyobo Automotive Textiles (Changshu) Co., Ltd., and N.I. Teijin Airbag Fabric (Nantong) Co., Ltd.

HMT (Xiamen) New Technical Materials Co., Ltd is one of airbag fabric and airbag suppliers that early realized commercialized mass-production of airbag fabric in China. As of 2014, the company’s major customers included Yanfeng Key (Shanghai) Automotive Safety Systems Co., Ltd., Autoliv, GST Automotive Safety (Changshu) Co., Ltd., Jinzhou Jinheng Automotive Safety System Co., Ltd. and BYD Co Ltd.

1. Overview of Airbag Fabric
1.1 Definition and Development
1.1.1 Definition
1.1.2 Composition
1.1.3 Development History
1.2 Industrial Policy
1.2.1 Industry-related Policy
1.2.2 Industrial Textile Industry-related Policy

2 Airbag Fabric Market
2.1 Airbag Fabric
2.1.1 Global
2.1.2 China
2.2 Competitive Landscape
2.3 Development Trend
2.4 Airbag Yarn
2.4.1 Market Demand
2.4.2 Competitive Landscape

3 Overview of Chinese Automobile Market
3.1 Automobile Market
3.2 Passenger Vehicle and Market Segments
3.3 Commercial Vehicle and Market Segments

4 Major Global and Chinese Airbag Fabric Companies
4.1 Toray
4.1.1 Profile
4.1.2 Operation
4.1.3 Revenue Structure
4.1.4 R&D Costs
4.1.5 Airbag Yarn Capacity
4.1.6 Airbag Base Fabric
4.1.7 Marui Weaving (Nantong) Co., Ltd
4.2 Teijin Frontier
4.2.1 Profile
4.2.2 Operation
4.2.3 N.I. Teijin Airbag Fabric (Nantong) Co., Ltd.
4.3 DUAL
4.3.1 Profile
4.3.2 Airbag Fabric Business
4.3.3 Production Base
4.3.4 Jiangyin DUAL Automotive Textile Co., Ltd.
4.4 Porcher Industries
4.4.1 Profile
4.4.2 Production Base
4.4.3 Shanghai Porcher Industries
4.5 KOLON
4.5.1 Profile
4.5.2 Business Performance
4.5.3 Production Base
4.5.4 Airbag Business
4.5.5 Kolon (Nanjing) Special Textiles Co., Ltd
4.6 Toyobo
4.6.1 Profile
4.6.2 Business Performance
4.6.3 Production Base
4.6.4 Airbag Fabric Business
4.6.5 Toyobo Automotive Textiles (Changshu) Co., Ltd.
4.7 HMT (Xiamen) New Technical Materials Co., Ltd
4.7.1 Profile
4.7.2 Business Performance
4.7.3 Airbag Fabric Capacity and Output
4.7.4 Major Customers
4.7.5 Raw Material Purchase
4.7.6 Major Suppliers
4.7.7 R&D Costs
4.7.8 Main Projects

5 Major Airbag Yarn Companies
5.1 INVISTA
5.1.1 Profile
5.1.2 INVISTA Specialty Fibers (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
5.2 Zhejiang Hailide New Material Co., Ltd.
5.2.1 Profile
5.2.2 Business Performance
5.2.3 Airbag Yarn Business
5.3 ASAHI KASEI FIBERS
5.3.1 Profile
5.3.2 Business Performance
5.3.3 Airbag Yarn Business
5.4 Polyamide High Performance GmbH
5.4.1 Profile
5.4.2 Stock Transfer
5.4.3 ShenMa-PHP (Pingdingshan) Airbag Yarn Manufacturing Co., Ltd.


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New Report: China Automated Teller Machine (ATM) Industry Report, 2014-2018

Global and Chinese ATM markets (2013-2014) present characteristics and trends as follows:

(1) By country, China, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Nigeria, the Philippines and other countries with low-density ATM installation will be new engines for global ATM growth.

Among them, China as the world’s largest ATM market has seen 583,700 ATMs joined China’s UnionPay network by the end of the third quarter of 2014, an increase of 63,700 units from the end of 2013 and 99,700 units (up 20.6%) year on year. In the future, the development of rural finance as well as the construction of small outlets such as “community bank” and “financial convenience store” in China will spur the demand for ATM and VTM.

International ATM manufacturers are now accelerating market layout in India and other countries besides maintaining their market share in China. For example, Hitachi acquired Prizm Payment Services Pvt Ltd – an Indian ATM and POS payment solutions provider in March 2014; OKI announced the founding of a sales company in India to manage the local market in April 2014, and prior to that its sales in the Indian market were shouldered by local agents; NCR’s second factory in India will come into use in March 2015.

(2) Seen from the ATM function, more and more ATMs will transform into multimedia digital information kiosks and community-based information convenience service stations.

Currently, international manufacturers are continuing to expand ATM function modules, e.g. OKI developed a cash recycling system ATM-Recycler G7 capable of dealing with multi-currencies at the same time and with additional functions of coin payment, non-contact IC card reader/writer, bar code reader, etc. in November 2009; NCR launched a series of new products or solutions in Taiwan in March 2014, mainly involving VTM, cardless withdrawal, ATM parcel service, etc.

(3) In terms of technology application, biometric identification technology (including finger vein recognition, palm vein recognition, face recognition, fingerprint recognition, and iris recognition) will see further integrated application in ATM.

So far, Hitachi, OKI, NCR, Diebold, Wincor Nixdorf, GRG Banking, KingTeller, etc. have introduced ATM with biometric identification, among them, Hitachi boasts strong research and development power in ATM finger vein authentication technology, with commercial production and sales of such ATM in 2005; GRG Banking’s H68N ATM with palm vein authentication has been adopted in Turkey.


ATMs with biometric identification are more used in Japan, Brazil, South Korea, India, Turkey and Vietnam from a global perspective, followed by a quick popularization in other countries within the set timetable.

(4) Cardless withdrawal will become popular as concerns withdrawal method.

Cardless withdrawal is achieved through mobile phone/ATM QR code scanner or ATM NFC sensor. The ATM withdrawal via mobile phone can shorten the time of withdrawal and reduce the hidden trouble of bank card information interception (bootlegging), expected to be popularized in the future. ATM manufacturers with cardless withdrawal business include NCR, Diebold, Wincor Nixdorf, Yihua Computer, and KingTeller.

(5) Domestic and foreign manufacturers are speeding up layout of financial IT services in the perspective of enterprise’s new business layout.

Foreign manufacturers have constantly perfected layout of financial IT services by dint of capital advantage. For instance, NCR acquired Alaric Systems in December 2013 for layout of safety payment and then Digital Insight in January 2014 for layout of online banking or mobile banking; Diebold announced its acquisition of A/S (Denmark) in July 2014 for layout of security payments.


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Mobile Banking Trend In US 2015: Market Overview

Consumers are comfortable using their smartphones to engage in a whole host of activities, including shopping, visiting their favorite social media sites, and checking email, but are not fully embracing mobile banking. It’s partly because of their concerns of the security of their devices, but also in part due to a standing belief hat they simply don’t need it. FSI must address the existing disparities between the benefits of mobile banking and its usage.

Scope and Themes

What you need to know
Data sources
Consumer survey data
Direct marketing creative
Abbreviations and terms
Abbreviations
Terms

Executive Summary

The market
The consumer
Desired banking app features
Age differences
Women need more information to consider mobile banking
Parents are users of mobile banking
Hispanics use mobile banking on their smartphone
Main challenges of mobile banking
What we think

Issues and Insights

How can mobile banking be relevant to consumers?
The issues
The implications
What are the benefits of mobile banking for FSI?
The issues
The implications

Trend Applications

Trend: Click and Connect
Trend: Experience is All

Market Drivers

Key points
Use of the internet in daily routines
Figure 1: Attitudes toward internet and technology, by age, August 2013-September 2014
Increasing ownership of handheld devices
Figure 2: US mobile phone sales and forecast, 2012-17
Figure 3: US tablet unit sales, 2012-17
Non-financial companies are entering the industry

Leading Companies

Key points
American Express
Capital One
USAA

Innovations and Innovators

Smartwatch
Google Glass
Photo bill pay

Marketing Strategies

Overview
Theme: Mobile banking features
SunTrust
Figure 4: SunTrust, online ad, 2014
TD Bank Financial Group
Figure 5: TD Bank Financial Group, online ad, 2014

Attitudes toward Mobile and Online Banking

Key points
Online banking is used more than mobile banking
Figure 6: Attitudes toward mobile and online banking, by age, September 2014
Parents are more likely to use mobile banking than non-parents
Figure 7: Attitudes toward mobile and online banking, by presence of children in household, September 2014
Hispanics are more likely to do their banking on their smartphone
Figure 8: Attitudes toward mobile and online banking, by race/Hispanic origin, September 2014

Usage of FS Mobile Apps

Key points
Young consumers use FS mobile apps the most
Figure 9: Usage of mobile banking apps, by age, October 2014
Parents use mobile apps on their smartphones
Figure 10: Usage of mobile banking apps, by presence of children in household, October 2014
Hispanic consumers use banking apps on their smartphones
Figure 11: Usage of mobile banking apps, by race/Hispanic origin, October 2014

Comfort with Mobile Banking Apps

Key points
Women are less comfortable with mobile banking apps
Figure 12: Level of comfort using mobile banking apps, by gender and age, October 2014
Parents are comfortable with mobile banking apps
Figure 13: Level of comfort using mobile banking apps, by presence of children in household, October 2014
Hispanics are the most comfortable with FS mobile apps
Figure 14: Level of comfort using mobile banking apps, by race/Hispanic origin, October 2014

Reasons for Not Using Mobile Banking Apps

Key points
Consumers don’t trust the security of mobile banking
Figure 15: Reasons for not using mobile banking apps, by gender and age, October 2014
Lack of awareness of the benefits of mobile banking
Figure 16: Reasons for not using mobile banking apps, by race/Hispanic origin, October 2014

Popular Mobile Banking Features

Key points
Consumers use mobile banking to monitor their account
Figure 17: Mobile banking apps features already use, by age, October 2014
Parents are utilizing key features of mobile banking
Figure 18: Mobile banking apps features already use, by presence of children under 18 in household, October 2014
Hispanics are engaged mobile banking users
Figure 19: Mobile banking apps features already use, by race/Hispanic origin, October 2014
No fees is preferred
Figure 20: Amount per transaction willing to pay for online and mobile transactions, October 2014

Mobile Banking App Features in Demand

Key points
Consumers want a feature notifying them of rewards and discounts
Figure 21: Interest in mobile banking features, by age, October 2014
Parents want tools to help them manage their finances
Figure 22: Interest in mobile banking features, by presence of children under 18 in household, October 2014
Hispanics and Blacks have different mobile banking needs
Figure 23: Interest in mobile banking features, by race/Hispanic origin, October 2014



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Market Overview: Global And China Machine Tool Industry Research Report, 2014-2016

Affected by the factors such as the slowdown in macro-economic growth, the decelerated growth of fixed-assets investment, and rapid capacity expansion of downstream sectors in the early stage, China’s machine tool industry has showed a significant decline since 2011. In 2012-2013, the output of metal working machine tools in China dropped by respectively 7.0% and 6.1%. This is particularly true of metal cutting machine tools, whose output fell by 7.3% and 8.9%, respectively.

In the past two years, the weakened demand from the domestic market has led to a decline in imports, with the import volume of metal working machine tools in 2013 falling by 31.4% from a year ago, the first double-digit decline in China's machine tool imports for the past decade except the 2009 financial crisis.

Meanwhile, the import structure of China's machine tool products also changed significantly. The demand for high-precision, high-speed, highly efficient, and intelligent medium and high-end CNC machine tools has increased remarkably. In 2013, this kind of machine tool was largely imported by machining centers (horizontal-type, vertical-type, and gantry-type), with the full-year import value amounting to USD3.38 billion. That was followed by laser process machines and CNC horizontal lathes, etc.

In the first half of 2014, China’s machine tool industry continued to present low growth, but the output rose considerably and the exports turned from negative to positive. It is predicted that machine tool industry for the whole year will return to 2011 levels.

Amid sluggish recovery of the global economy and downturn of China's machine tool market, many foreign companies are stepping up the layout in China. In 2013, Yamazaki Mazak’s new plant in Dalian was completed and put into production; DMG MORI SEIKI’s plant in Tianjin was opened; the German company Trumpf acquired a 72% interest in Jiangsu Jinfangyuan CNC Machine Co.,Ltd. In 2014, ROTTLER worked with Shandong Yonghua Machinery Co. Ltd. to jointly build precision machine tools under the brand name of ROTTLER?YONGHUA in an attempt to develop China’s high-end machine tool market, such as aerospace, shipbuilding, automobiles, and rail transit.

On the other hand, the domestic machine tool enterprises have accomplished transformation and upgrading by adjusting product structure, extending industrial chain, expanding overseas market, and innovating technologies. In 2014, DMTG, together with a third party, established a CNC machine tool company in Russia; SMTCL independently developed i5 numerical control system and achieved mass production; Qinchuan Machine Tool Group completed overall listing; Spark Machine Tool proposed to bring in AVIC’s equity investment.


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