The global sports equipment market is growing positively. North America is considered the largest contributor with a share of 37.91% in 2016. It was followed by Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) with a share of 30.44% and Asia-Pacific (APAC) with 28.18%. The market generates its revenue through the sale of ball sports, adventure sports, golf, fitness, and other equipment. Ball sports equipment provide the major contribution in terms of revenue, closely followed by adventure sports equipment.

In the last two decades, there has been a significant requirement for safety measures in most of the industries across geographies. The loss of life, property, and operational hours at a workplace adds cost to the company. Major hazards in an industry result from explosions, which can be further classified into either mechanical or electrical explosions. The increasing need for safety measures in industries is expected to drive the growth of the global explosion proof equipment market during the forecast period.

Container ships are cargo ships that carry their load in intermodal containers. The shipping capacity is measured in twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs). Container shipping uses different sizes of containers to transport goods from one place to another. The global merchandise trade is carried out via sea with container shipping accounting for the major market share. The global container fleet market was significantly affected by the global economic crisis in 2015-2016. This created a demand-supply imbalance along with lower freight rates. However, the market is expected to recover and perform better compared with the other segments of the shipping industry during the forecast period.

The semiconductor packaging market is the parent market for the diode mount market. In electronics manufacturing, semiconductor packaging is the final stage of semiconductor fabrication. In this process, a tiny block of semiconducting material is encapsulated in a supporting case, which prevents corrosion or physical damage. The case used is called a package. It supports electrical contacts that are used for connecting the circuit board to the device. In the IC industry, this process is called packaging. It is also known as assembling, sealing, or encapsulation. Diode mounts cover diodes externally to protect them from mechanical damage.

The global industrial valves market is expected to increase from $43.21 billion in 2016 to $58.48 billion by 2021, growing at a CAGR of 6.24% during the forecast period. The growth of the market is driven by the need for advanced flow regulation technologies and various automation requirements in the end-user industries. We predict a stable growth in the overall market during the forecast period, as end-users may shift from manually operated valves and actuators to automated systems. Automated control valves will subsequently experience an upsurge in growth, as companies seek to incorporate safety measures within industries to minimize the impact of hazardous operations on their workers.

Actuators are machine components that require a source of energy and control system to convert one form of energy into another, such as rotary motion to linear motion and vice-versa. Mechanical operators are operated either manually or mechanically, depending on the load. Most industries prefer linear mechanical actuators over rotary mechanical actuators, depending on the application. Linear mechanical actuators convert rotary motion into linear motion, which is applied across industries such as water and wastewater, aerospace and defense, marine, and manufacturing.

The education technology market can be broadly categorized into two segments, i.e. technological architecture and collaborative tools. Technological architecture comprises hardware, software, and services. The hardware segment consists of interactive whiteboards, interactive displays, educational PCs, and projectors. The software segment constitutes document management systems, classroom management systems, classroom collaboration systems, student information systems, classroom assessment scoring systems, student response systems, learning content management systems (LCMS), and learning management systems (LMS). Software services include digital interactive resources of imparting knowledge to students such as digital text, graphics, and audio-visual aids. Collaborative tools are supporting tools, which help in the enhanced coherent use of technology.

The global light therapy market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 4.72% during the forecast period. This is due to the growing demand for light therapy from healthcare, domestic, and commercial end-users. Healthcare includes hospitals and dermatology clinics. Dermatology clinics contribute a major share of the demand. This is due to the increased use of light therapy for skin care and photo rejuvenation treatments. Domestic end-users need light therapy products to prevent winter blues and for the post-treatment of various diseases such as SAD.

Over the one decade, nanotechnology has emerged as a practical alternative for producing various aircraft parts and components to the conventional manufacturing process. The advances in engineering technologies and the material selection process have significantly supported the adoption of nanotechnology in the global aerospace industry. Technavio expects that the global aerospace nanotechnology market will post a CAGR of 5.75%, reaching $5.951 billion in 2021 from $4.5 billion in 2016.

Backhaul plays an important role in mobile networks by acting as the link between radio access network (RAN) equipment such as base transceiver station (BTS) and base station controller (BSC) in a 2G network; NodeB and RNC in 3G network; and eNodeB and media gateways in 4G and long term evolution (LTE) advanced network. Mobile backhaul networks are used to connect the access or radio frequency to the core and enhance the rest of the network. Currently, data traffic volume exceeds voice traffic everywhere, where the backhaul service is available. Thus, backhaul is used to transport mobile data and voice from mobile networks.