Niche technologies

Small >500 <100 Focus on niche technologies (azide chemistry, halogenations, phosgenation, peptide synthesis, HPAF) Typically privately owned... 

Whereas the overall demand for outsourced pharmaceutical fine chemicals is expected to increase moderately (see Chapter 15), the estimated annual growth rates for the abovementioned niche technologies are much higher. Microreactors and the SMB separation technology are expected grow at a rate of even 50-100% per year It has to be realized, however, that the size of the accessible market typically does not exceed a few hundred tons per year ... 

Differentiating Technologies, Especially Cell Culture Fermentation. Within conventional chemistry, there are a number of niche technologies that... 

Differentiating technologies, especially cell culture fermentation Standard reactions only Bench-scale cell culture or other niche technologies Industrial-scale cell culture fermentation ... 

Small Focused on niche technologies Chemada (Israel), Dipharma (Italy),... 

Despite extensive research and advancement in this area, application of ASD technology has not gained widespread use in the pharmaceutical industry, and still remains a niche technology applicable only to small number of compounds. The primary reasons for this reluctant adoption can be attributed to fear over the inherent physical instability of the amorphous material during manufacturing, storage, and dissolution, as well as lack of accessibility of robust and commercially viable manufacturing facilities. 

Biopac Wafer technology Dominating niche technology Haas 500 Food trays... 

Richard K. Smith, The Airships Akron and Macon (1965). The niche technology, biplane scouts with no undercarriages, hooking onto trapeze, lasted just eleven years. 

Hybrid probe—immunoassays are expected to find a specific niche in clinical analysis, especially as a means to adapt probe assays to existing immunoanaly2ers which are locked into a specific enzyme or fluorescence detection technology. Commercialization of the first of these assays is expected by the year 2000. 

As the nonwoven fabrics industry has matured and technology has become pubHcly available, emphasis in the various sectors of the industry has changed. In the 1990s, some portions of the nonwovens industry are technology driven, whereas others are market driven. A number of firms are proprietary technology based, and others are turn-key plant operations. Some corporations are commodity roU-goods producers, and others are more oriented to niche market, high value-added products. Many nonwoven produces continue the quest for new markets and more opportunities to compete with textiles, paper, and plastics. 

It is likely that the reliable crude oil supply will not diminish any time soon. Petroleum-derived fuels will remain the primary source of transportation energy for well into the twenty-first century. Producers and refiners have been, and will be, environmentally responsible. The existing infrastructure of advanced product distribution systems can compete with alternative fuels readily. Future fuels will be competitive, both economically and environmentally. New global market conditions will dictate closure of inefficient facilities and investment in new technology. Larger and more efficient operations will survive and will focus on the niche market. ... 

Korczynski, E., GaAs Chips Compete in a Comfortable Niche, Solid State Technology, pp. 58-60 (Nov. 1995)... 

Like many of the topics discussed in this book, photochemical reactions are most likely to be used in niche applications for commercial and environmental reasons. Unless there is a major breakthrough in reactor and lamp design, widespread use of this technology is unlikely. Perhaps the best hope of producing high-intensity monochromatic sources of radiation rests with lasers, but currently equipment costs are too high to justify their use for commercial chemical production. 

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