Time horizon: focus on projects which shall materialize in the next 2-3 years – Hence, the information provided is focused on this timeline Alternative technologies: benchmark FCH applications against conventional and/or other 0-emission technologies Markets: focus on Europe as market environment, e.g. in terms of commercial availability and regulation Use cases: attempt to abstract from specific use cases and consider a "representative" deployment context (e.g. operators' requirements, fleets, energy prices) – regionalisation in Phase 2 Financing: exclude any specific public support schemes in the initial, general analyses

Smart Mobile reportedly halted operations in late 2017 after failing to meet its financial obligations. In September 2017, the regulator NATCOM fined Airtel USD750,000, Africell USD400,000 and Sierratel USD200,000 also instructing them to offer three days of free calls to customers. NATCOM cited their failure to achieve agreed KPIs regarding quality of service for subscribers. In late 2016, Orange acquired Airtel's subsidiary in Sierra Leone, with its official brand launch taking place in October 2017. We believe this has injected much-needed competition to boost mobile uptake and improve 3G services across Sierra Leone. airtel was fined USD1.2mn by NATCOM in early 2016. The regulator stated that the fine was due to the fact that the operator failed to deliver adequate quality of service to its clients across the country.

The warehouse industry is rapidly changing, and as customer demand is rising, logistic companies are undergoing a change to counter the challenges that are created by the fluctuating product markets and shipping schedules. Warehouses worldwide are adopting latest technologies to stay competitive in the market. WMS facilitates the optimization of storage and management of goods in a warehouse.

The vaccine contract manufacturing market is segmented on the basis of vaccine type, workflow, and application. Attenuated and inactivated vaccines accounted for 56% share of the total market in 2017. However, DNA vaccines are growing at the lucrative pace owing to technological advances in genetic engineering techniques coupled with ongoing research activities for this vaccines type. Furthermore, contract services for downstream processing of vaccine production dominated its counterpart segment. This can be attributed to the growing requirement of robust technologies as well as operational infrastructure for final product recovery. CMOs/CROs produce vaccines for both animals and humans. Contract services for human-use vaccine production held a major share, owing to increasing innovation in vaccines and growing demand for the same to combat tropical diseases.

Russia’s oil and gas subsector remained more effective in comparison with other industries and sectors by ROA in 2017. (ROA ratio calculated by the Federal Statistics Service is based on earnings before tax). Meanwhile, ROA of oil refining sector fell to 0.3% in Q4 2017 in comparison with Russia’s average of 2.2%.

Russia currently represents 10% of world production and 18% of world exports, making it one the leading players on the world market. However, the country's share of world consumption currently stands at 1.8%. Moreover, Russia is the biggest world producer of ammonium nitrate (AN), the second biggest – of potassium chloride (KCI), the third – of ammophos (MAP), the forth – of diammophos (DAP). The production of mineral fertilizers is also one of the key industries of the Russian chemical sector. The mineral fertilizers industry accounts for more than a third of production by value and 40% of exports in the sector.

In 2017, no important changes occurred in the market structure. Market shares of the key products groups remained relatively stable. Still, there was a shift in consumers’ spending towards dairy products, confectionery, bread and bread products, fish and fish products.

Russia's agriculture sector saw growth in fixed-capital investments in 2017, up by 3.1% in comparison with the same period a year ago. Moreover, investments slowed down in Q4 2017, up by 4.2%, after surging by 20.0% in Q3 2017.

The retail sourcing and procurement market was valued at USD 2.74 billion in 2016 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 11.5% over the forecast period. This growth is attributed to the retail landscape that is evolving continuously in line with the consumers’ changing mobile and online shopping behavior as well as the market pressures such as volatility of fuel prices and increasing need to manage inventory in the retail sector.

Key players in the market offer various services along with linen supplies. They provide linen & apparels, medical apparels, gowns, towels, washcloths, bath towels, bed covers, pillow covers, and different gowns for patients. In addition to these offerings, value-added services provided by these companies attract the end users. Some of the value-added services include uniform rental service, laundry, and waste removal system. Majority of the key players such as Unitex Textile Rental Services, Inc.; Angelica Corporation; Healthcare Services Group, Inc.; ImageFIRST Healthcare Laundry Specialists, Inc.; Swisslog Holding AG; and AmeriPride Services, Inc. offer laundry services along with linen supply management. The laundry services include in-house as well as contractual services. Some of these companies also provide laundry installation systems.