Market potentials

The worldwide market for vascular grafts was approximately 150 million and growing at about 5% annuaUy as of 1995. The vascular graft area has tremendous market potential in development of smaU-diameter grafts of 3—4 mm for coronary bypass surgery. The total market for the intra-aortic baUoon pump, a cardiac-assist device, is ca 80 million worldwide. About 75,000 patients were supported by these baUoon pumps in 1994. This market is thought to have peaked. 

The idea of using polyunsaturated monomers is rooted in the eady history of acryUc elastomers. The first monomers used were butadiene [106-99-0] (35), isoprene [78-79-5] (36), and aHyl maleate [999-21-3] (37), but they did not find commercial success because during polymerization large portions of polymer were cross-linked. Other monomers have been proposed more recentiy tetrahydrobenzyl acrylate (38), dicyclopentenyl acrylate [2542-30-2] (39), and 5-ethyhdene-2-norbomene [16219-75-3] (40). The market potential, at least for the more recent ones, is stiU to be determined. 

Commercial applications for polysaccharides include their use as food additives, medicines and industrial products. Although plant polysaccharides (such as starch, agar and alginate) have been exploited commercially for many years, microbial exopolysaccharides have only become widely used over the past few decades. The diversity of polysaccharide structure is far greater in micro-organisms compared to plants and around 20 microbial polysaccharides with market potential have been described. However, microorganisms are still considered to be a rich and as yet underexploited source of exopolysaccharides. 

This paper discusses packaging derived fuel (PDF), and aims to provide indications of possibilities for cocombustion of PDF in several European countries. National energy profiles are reviewed in order to evaluate the amount of solid fuel used, then the sourcing and preparation of PDF is evaluated and the cost estimated. The paper then discusses the relevant available combustion technologies, including cost estimates for retrofit. Finally, the market potential for PDF is indicated. 4 refs. 

When the users are not the developers, a major mismatch can result between the material design and the end use. Thus, the developer will have extensive product application development to do, which is both expensive and time-consuming. Initial market potentials can be small, and manufacturing capital costs can be high. Thus, the development of new performance materials as the foundation of a materials business does not look very attractive to materials suppliers. Yet, these enabling technologies are very important to the future development of many basic industries. Some models for the successful development of advanced-performance materials are the following ... 

Wier, M. Calverley, C. (2002) Market potential for organic foods in eur-ope. British Food Journal, 104, 45-62. 

The capacity of a plant depends, among other things, on how much material can be sold. This is predicted by marketing experts, on the basis of a marketing survey that indicates how much of each product can be sold by the company. This survey must predict what is likely to occur during the next 10-15 years. It must cansider end uses, competitors plans, competing products, market potential, and so on. The... 

Important intrinsic quality criteria currently determining the market potential of new apple cultivars are related to the sensory quality such as fruit firmness (crispness) and the sugar and acidity contents. On the other hand, the nutritional composition (e.g. the vitamin or antioxidant contents) is currently not used as a criterion in the choice of cultivars, neither in conventional nor in organic fruit production. The difference in the content of such components between fruit species is in most cases more relevant than between cultivars of the same species (e.g. vitamin C content of oranges versus apples). 

Hydrogen monitoring in power transformers is highly desired. Accurate hydrogen sensors for transformer headspace and low-cost hydrogen sensors immersed in oil have considerable market potential. 

When sufficiently high levels of expression and protein accumulation are achieved, efficient downstream processing protocols must be developed to insure product quality and the economic feasibility of production. As the demand for safe, recombinant pharmaceutical proteins continues to expand, the market potential of plant-produced recombinant proteins is considerable. Molecular farming can produce recombinant proteins at a lower cost than traditional expression systems based on microbial or animal cell culture, and without the risk of contamination with human pathogens. 

More details on appliance markets are given in Chapter 2, together with some data on the sensors in question. There has been some recent research into the markets of modern micromechanical sensors in household appliances, documenting the market potential for various types of sensors in this area, including those for pressure, acceleration and tilt, thermopiles, flow and gas sensors [3]. Examples of future developments will also be given. 

Development of orphan vaccines is guided by the limited need for or markets potential of the product, with the accompanying regulations, as well as the specific characteristics of the vaccine and those who need it. After September 11th, 2001, the threats of biological attack open perspectives for acquisition of new vaccines and immune-prophylaxis products. 

The key question for mobilising further market potential is whether a steady decrease in fuel-cell costs and an increase in lifetime can be achieved. Many energy technologists believe the future of the different types of fuel cell to be very bright because of anticipated efficiency improvements and the low emissions associated... 

In principle, any catalyst developed in the laboratory can be manufactured in large scale. In practice, however, the necessary investments, which may include development of the production process, and die operating costs of the catalyst production plant including availability and cost of raw materials, plant maintenance, labour etc. may not be justified by the market potential. In the VK69 case, production in the existing plant according to the route in Fig. 8 was preferred but not a strict requirement. 

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