The crucial factors that are driving worldwide demand for passenger vehicle replacement tires include falling rubber and gasoline prices. The price of gasoline has decreased by 60% in the US. These trends are boosting market demand for gasoline-powered vehicles.The boost in automotive sales across the world is led by fast-growing automobile markets such as India and China. These nations registered growth rates of 7.64% and 5.91%, respectively, in 2015. The aging vehicle population in mature markets such as Japan, the US, and Western Europe also balances this trend.Stable commodity prices are ensuring that the cost of tires remains consistent,which is a key factor that is impelling the growth of the global passenger vehicle replacement tire market.Technavio notes that younger drivers are not brand-centric like the preceding generation. This trend encourages new and small manufacturers to enter the onceconcentrated

replacement tire market.

The use of alloy wheels reduces the unsprung weight and helps in better handling of vehicles. Alloy wheels are light and provide easy acceleration to the cars, leading to better mileage and fuel economy. In the automotive industry wheels made of steel is, therefore, gradually getting replaced by alloy wheels. Alloy wheels are wheels made of alloys of aluminum and magnesium. The increasing use of alloy wheels in the automotive industry is due to several benefits of alloy wheels over the conventional steel wheels.

The aircraft HMV market is one of the key segments of the MRO market. It includes the MRO of the airframe, engines, and components, where thorough visual checks and NDT tests are conducted to detect damages or corrosions caused inside the skin of the aircraft, engine valves, and all the special parts where an extensive check is required.

Traditional air-cushion vehicles were used to transport equipment and troops from ships to beaches or war zones. However, with the changing demand, the air-cushion vehicle industry has witnessed the production of advanced landing crafts that can travel on several types of terrain like ice and sand. Also, the applications of air-cushion vehicles for commercial purposes like ferrying passengers and personal use (like for fishing, transport, and recreational) are rising.

The global sports equipment market has been growing at a steady rate over the last few years. The significant growth in demand for sports equipment in APAC has been a key contributing factor. In 2015, Europe and the Americas saw high demand for adventure and ball sports equipment, while the APAC region registered a rapid increase in the sales of ball sports and fitness sports equipment. The market is also growing at a rapid rate in South and Central American countries primarily on the back of demand for adventure and ball sports equipment.

In spite of tremendous improvements made over the past decade for the treatment of ophthalmology diseases and conditions, there remains a dramatic unmet medical need for treatments that can stop apoptosis of important retinal cells, including photoreceptors. We believe that developing new therapies in this ophthalmology area is positioned as the next frontier in ophthalmology drug development. Both dry and wet forms of AMD conditions may lead to vision loss due to the lack of treatments that are capable of preventing the death of the main retinal cells. Therefore, there is a huge market for a treatment that is capable of protecting vision by preventing the apoptosis of retinal cells, which is related to various forms of AMD.

Aerospace foams are manufactured using various materials such as polyurethane (PU) foams, polyethylene (PE) foams, metal foams, melamine foams, and other types of foams, including polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), polyphenylsulfone (PPSU), silicones, polyetherimide (PEI), and polymethacrylimide (PMI). These foams are used in various applications such as seating, gaskets, seals, carpet pads, rotor blades, headrest, doors, windshields, cockpit instrument panel, and wingtip lens. The aerospace foam market is segmented in different end-use industries, which include commercial aircraft, general aviation, and military aircraft. All these foams maintain performance through high temperature, reducing air leakage, providing sound barriers, and superior temperature insulation performance.

In the current era of digitization, there has been a global decline in newsprint production. In the US and Canada combined, newsprint production declined from 13.7 million tons in 2002 to 5.8 million tons in 2015. This decline has been a boon to the containerboard production market as companies are converting their newsprint lines or diversifying into packaging production. For instance, in 2016, the US-based paper and pulp company, International Paper signed an agreement with the specialty paper producer Holmen Paper to acquire its newsprint mills in Madrid,Spain. According to the deal, the mill will be converted to a paperboard production center by 2017.In 2015, there was a 4% (about 35 million tons) increase in global tissue paper consumption when compared with 2014; it was about 1.5 million tons. In 2015,there was considerable growth when compared with the 3.2% hike reported in 2013 and 3.5% in 2011. The rise in the growth rate of global tissue paper consumption is expected to drive the global paper converting machines market during the forecast

period.The rise in literacy rate and number of offices have spurred the demand for stationery products. The global literacy rate had increased to 86% in 2015 from 76% during 1985-1994. This will lead to a greater demand for paper, reflecting the growth potential of the global paper converting machine market.

During the forecast period, printed packaging tapes will be used as the key feature for branding, packaging identification, and

improved logistics management. It is expected that the global packaging tape printing market to reach more than $30 billion by 2020. In this highly competitive market, vendors market their products by putting their logo and labels on packaging tapes.From the production point of view, quality and technology play an important role in the global packaging tapes market. The quality standards have been implemented by most of the key vendors, and also the adoption rate of most recent technologies is high. These two factors have high importance in the market. However, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have not been able to scale up on these factors

leading to a high-risk range.

The technological developments in the area of radio-frequency identification (RFID) sensors and communication are playing a significant role in its adoption in the food sector. Compared to technologies like barcode and data loggers, RFID has shown various advantages and is now increasingly being utilized in food supply chain management, cold chain logistics, and monitoring food retail.Passive, ultra-high frequency (UHF) RFID (RAIN RFID) sensors are making headway into the market; these RFID sensors are likely to see a significant increase in their market share during the forecast period. Increased inventory accuracy and fewer misshipments, reduced processing costs, and improved delivery efficiency are some of the features offered by these RFID sensors.Vendors introduce snew traceability solutions with additions of in-store analytics and inventory intelligence to improve operations, deliver exceptional performance,and improve sales.