Medical tourism is one of the driving factors that is leading to the growth of medical equipment maintenance in the Asia Pacific region. With increasing costs of manufacturing against their practices, the medical device manufacturers are struggling to generate enough revenue to please their investors. The developing economies in the region are expected to be the crucial factor in offering better and profitable growth opportunities for the major players to expand their business and geographic reach. The patients travel to the countries due to the use of sophisticated and advanced medical technology products, devices, and equipment. Medical tourism takes place in cases where surgeries and medical care are required.

Manufacturing represents sophisticated cooperation among different departments of business, such as procurement, engineering, and quality control. As the globalization has been a common phenomenon, effective management of cross-functioning teams becomes a major challenge for most businesses. Manufacturing execution systems (MES) are made for improving manufacturing accuracy and efficiency. These are process-oriented production management systems that are used for the real-time execution of production plans as well as for getting feedback from the processes. They are generally connected to numerous systems at the process automation level. These comprise traditional data collection and all other procedures that have a real-time effect on the process of production.

Aquaculture includes farming of fish, aquatic plants, algae, crustaceans, molluscs, and other organisms. Small-scale aquaculture market in developed and developing countries make critical contributions to employment. According to the FAO, aquaculture provides employment to more than over 41 million people globally. The vast majority of aquaculture activities are carried out in developing countries working in fish production. Fish and other seafood species constituting an important source of nutrients for the poor and is among the cheapest form of animal protein. As most capture fisheries worldwide considered fully exploited or overexploited, aquaculture is considered as an important sector to meet rising fish demand, which will continue to increase with population growth, rising incomes and increasing urbanization.

Apheresis is a medical technique, where the blood of an individual, either a donor or patient, is passed through an apparatus that separates a particular constituent and returns the rest of the blood to the circulatory system. This is an extracorporeal therapy. The market size provided in the report has been derived from the revenue generated by products. For estimating the market size of the product, the average selling price (ASP) of a product in the region has been multiplied with the sales volume (new sales and replacement rate, based on applicability).

The aircraft industry is experiencing considerable demand for various technologically advanced equipment. The inclination curve of air travel is continuously climbing across geographies forcing the manufacturers of aircraft to provide an increased number of aircrafts such as fixed-wing and rotary-wing. On a global scenario, commercial air passenger is expected to maintain a continuous growth over the years, irrespective of numerous challenges faced by the commercial airlines such as aviation fuel price, and other monetary changes in various countries. However, these challenges are succeeded by the growth of several passengers across the world. In the aviation sector across the globe, the quest for advanced technology, robust systems, and rugged products are ever rising. The technological advancements in the field of aircraft are positively accepted by the developed countries as well as developing regions. The procurement of technologically advanced aircraft has bolstered over the years, flourishing the aircraft component manufacturing market.

The global meat output was estimated at 336 million tons in 2018, which was 1.7% higher than that in 2017. The major markets driving the meat output were the US, the EU, and Russia. However, Brazil and China, which were among the major meat markets, are witnessing stagnation in recent years. The year 2018 was a very productive year for meat producers, as North America and Europe increased their productivity owing to better farm management practices, streamlined production processes, and the use of innovative technologies, including feed additives. The meat market was faced with various challenges that plagued market growth over the past few years. Some of these challenges are drought in certain parts of the world, including the US in the first half of 2019, extreme heat during summer in the EU, and throughout the year in Australia, resulting in a large number of animal slaughters.

Sodium Cyanide is used in the manufacture of various chemicals, such as polymers/plastics, cyanuric chloride, and cyanogen chloride. Furthermore, the increasing demand for polymers is also expected to aid the growth of the sodium cyanide market. The chemicals segment does not include the applications of sodium cyanide in agriculture, such as fer tilizers and other agrochemicals. The plastic manufacturing industry is among the fastest growing industries in Africa, owing to its increasing use in packaging consumer goods, PVC, electrical accessories, polyester films, plastic- moulded extruded goods, among many others.

In Africa, more than 300 million people depend on maize as their major food crop, and it is one of the most important crops in the region. Maize also serves as an important source of feed, for farm animals. The region’s maize production is constantly being affected by several challenges, such as weeds, insects, bacteria, viruses, nematodes, fungi, low-quality seeds, low levels of mechanization, sub-optimal post- harvest management, drought, and climate change. Most countries are, therefore, dependent on imports, to meet their demand. A lot of new varieties of maize are being developed. For instance, the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), the Weizmann Institute of Science, the Kenya Agriculture Research Institute, and the company BASF developed a herbicide-resistant maize variety, StrigAway, which helps reduce Striga infestation in the fields. As a result, there is an increasing productivity of maize.

Ongoing advancements in the aquaculture market owing to innovative efforts have further enhanced the efficiency and productivity of the aquaculture industry. The leading categories of finfish are studied in the report as well as statistics on import and consumption of Yellowtail, Cobia, Grouper, and Pike Perch have also been analyzed. To understand the market, drivers, restraints, and opportunities are explained in the report. Further, the key strategies adopted by potential market leaders to facilitate effective planning are also discussed under the scope of the report.

The flexible plastic packaging dominated the global flexible packaging market as there are numerous polymer resins that can be used to create newer packaging. The polymer prices fluctuation is an area of concern for the flexible plastic packaging as raw materials (films and resins) constitutes more than 50% of the net sales. However, the market can pass on these to  customers with price increases. Although the materials used are of low cost, the huge volumes used by the market tends to make a small price fluctuation to have a big impact on the market.