Medical gloves are personal protective equipment (PPE) used to protect HCPs and/or patients from infection or illness during medical procedures and examinations. They are elements of infection-control strategy and are used when the user’s hands touch body fluids, including blood, respiratory secretions, vomit, urine or feces, certain hazardous drugs, or potentially contaminated items. Medical gloves are disposable and include both examination gloves and surgical gloves. Compared with examination gloves, surgical gloves offer better sizing with better precision and sensitivity and maintain a higher standard. Examination gloves are available as either sterile or non-sterile, while surgical gloves are generally sterile. Both surgical and examination gloves can also be used for handling chemotherapy agents for cancer treatment. In addition, medical gloves are widely used in chemical and biochemical laboratories and offer basic protection against corrosives and surface contaminants.

Lubricant additives are fundamental components of lubricant raw materials, which are used for the formulation of lubricant products. They are added in small quantities in a base oil to enhance its features for manufacturing, storage, transport, and application. Additives in a lubricant formulation are over 5% by weight. The fundamental purpose of using additives in a lubricant formulation is to enhance its characteristic properties imparted by the main components of the additive material. Lubricant additives have three basic functions

Novel time-lapse microscopy technologies enable the image analysis of living cells, fresh tissues, or live-in vivo models in a time-resolved manner. The imaging of live cells is done to monitor internal cellular structures, processes, and interactions to determine drug efficacy, safety, and actions reliably. It helps determine whether drugs bind to the intended target or have any off-target effects.

Grease is used for the lubrication of any mechanical system. The main purpose of grease is to reduce friction between moving parts, which will increase mechanical systems’ efficiency and output. Grease also reduces machine parts’ wear.

Liquid handling systems are critical equipment used in manufacturing and sanitation operations in biological research and drug development laboratories. Liquid handling equipment includes a comprehensive range of micropipettes and pipettes, stackers, handlers, washers, and robotic systems. Automated liquid handling systems include liquid handling robots, which are automated devices used to dispense and sample liquids in laboratory settings. Also, these systems are used in preparation for high throughput screening or sequencing, liquid weighing, sample preparation, and bioassays in industrial and academic settings. Several liquid handling systems are being used in epigenetics and genetics studies. The use of robotic liquid-handling systems in research and clinical genomics laboratories has made the sequencing workflow more efficient and cost-effective in high-throughput next-generation sequencing (NGS).

The injectable drug delivery devices market consists of sales of injectable drug delivery devices and related products such as conventional syringes, needle-free injectors, auto injectors and pen injectors by entities (organizations, sole traders, and partnerships). The market includes the sales of the injectable devices that have been extensively utilized for various routes of drug administration, such as intravenous, subcutaneous, intradermal, intra-peritoneal, and intra-muscular and others to treat medical conditions ranging from cancer, diabetes to autoimmune disorders.

Industrial lubricants protect machines and equipment from wear and tear, reduce downtime, increase service intervals, and lower maintenance costs. Industrial lubricants are made from base oils and additives. The global industrial lubricants market is classified into four product types: industrial oil, metalworking fluid, process oil, and grease.

Data centers are mainly a built-in response to growing customer demand. However, the areas for the development and operation of data centers are identified based on factors such as power availability, fiber connectivity, and availability of skilled labor. Most modern data centers are built as per Tier III and Tier IV standards, thereby enabling high availability of service offerings. Furthermore, the development of edge computing is fostering data center development in secondary data center markets, where the dependence on site selection is very high. The major site selection criteria for data centers are mentioned in the table below, along with the identified importance for each criterion and a description of the same.

Over the last few years, the demand for heat-transfer fluids increased due to their various end-use applications. Heat-transfer fluids are primarily used as intermediate fluids to transfer heat from a heat source to parts that require heat. They are liquids or gases used to heat or cool machine systems. Heat-transfer fluids are utilized in countless industrial and other applications that require specific temperatures in closed circuits and continuous cycles.

With an increase in the competition in the power tools market, hand tools remain the most common and indisputable equipment in the market. Hand tools serve an important part in industrial activities and homes to perform DIY activities, regardless of the sophistication and technological influence of power tools. Due to their performance and productivity, the use of hand tools has been steadily increasing over the last few years, thereby indicating that they cannot be totally replaced in the future.