A robot is a machine designed to perform one or more complex tasks with high speed, precision, and accuracy. The robotics market is highly competitive with a large number of automation and robotics vendors. The global robotics market is growing at a steady pace, with the majority of its revenue from the automotive, electrical and electronics, and food and beverage sectors. In the emerging economies, the robotics market is driven by the demand for assembly, machine loading and unloading, packaging, welding, painting, and material handling. However, in developed countries, the growth rate for robotics is slow as the market is mature.

Coil coatings, also called prepainted metal coatings, are used to coat metal surfaces before they are made into end products. They are eco-friendly, cause minimal volatile organic carbon (VOC) emissions, do not consume a lot of energy, and result in limited waste. They have many advantages over post-painted metal coatings, such as corrosion protection and long-term aesthetic value.

Coconut milk is a sweet, milky white liquid obtained from the grated meat of mature coconut. The rich taste and color of coconut milk can be attributed to the high oil and sugar contents in it. It has different names in different countries. In Malaysia and Indonesia, coconut milk is called santan, while in the Philippines, it is called gata. It is one of the main ingredients of Southeast Asian cuisine and is used for making curries, deserts, and sweets.

Laboratory analytical instruments are used in research processes to measure, analyze, and verify unproven quantities, properties, and phenomena of an element or material. Compared to scales and chronometers, these instruments are more specialized and sophisticated in terms of their usage.

A new wave of consumers, especially millennials (aged between 20 and 34 years),prefer vegan foods owing to their concern toward animal welfare and environmentfriendly food products.In the US in 2015, for more than 25% of millennials, a vegan claim was an important attribute while purchasing any food and drink. As per Technavio analysis,more than 30% of people in the US are now eating vegan or vegetarian meals more often.During the last 10 years, the number of vegans in the UK rose by more than 360%.The UK accounts for roughly 20% of all vegan food and drink products that were launched in Europe in 2015.Packaged vegan food manufacturers over the globe such as Plamil Foods and WhiteWave Foods are formulating new vegan food and beverage products according to evolving customer taste and dietary requirements. This aids in product versatility and differentiation in the global marketplace.

The data centers segment will be the major end-user segment contributing to the growing demand for optical transceivers, and the market will also see demand for optical transceivers from the military and defense sector during the forecast period.The growing focus on leveraging the network infrastructure globally is one of the major growth drivers for the market.Due to the increase in the number of network deployment projects, optical fiber manufacturers are increasing their production capacities, thereby creating a demand for optical transceivers.This report covers the present scenario and the growth prospects of the global optical transceiver market for the period 2016-2020. It covers a brief technological comparison between optical fiber cables and copper cables and outlines the major developments in the optical fiber market.

Project management software helps enterprises to monitor, track, and improve the progress and process of projects from initiation till completion. In this report, online project management software refers to the cloud-based project management software,which can be accessed through internet and intranet or extranet. Project managers and project stakeholders use this software to plan and monitor the progress and development of their projects.To calculate the market size, the report considers the revenue generated from the sales of online project management software. It includes software licenses and costs related to subscriptions, deployment, support and maintenance, and professional services.The report considers CY2015 as the base year. All the calculations involving quantitative data are based on the four quarters of the base year. The values represented in the report are the actual values for 2015, while the values for 2016-2020 have been estimated. It also details the major drivers of the market and outlines the challenges faced by vendors and the market at large, as well as the key emerging trends in the market.

Many top banks are refusing to provide basic loans to entrepreneurs and SMBs as can be observed from different markets like the UK. This is hindering the growth of the technological start-ups' online financing platform. The banks are refusing to deal with small businesses that are into digital currencies, payments, P2P lending,and crowd funding. Therefore, we expect the innovative technological models to increase the capital of the small businesses and large corporates. This will help the businesses to utilize the real-time underwriting technology that is provided by the technological platforms, thereby helping the businesses to restructure their risk patterns. As a result, they will be able to provide several flexible lines of credit products to the customers.The online technological firms allow the firms to bring in institutional investors to invest in different individuals and small business that are look for debt and equity financing. With the help of this online technology, the market players can make better financing decisions thereby reducing the operational costs at a low cost-toincome ratio as compared to that of traditional banks. This helps in proactively engaging customers. The low-interest rate helps to achieve lower default rates thereby allowing investors to seek higher-yielding assets.In this report, Technavio covers the present scenario and growth prospects of the global online financing platform for the SMBs market for 2016-2020.

The demand for oil and gas in future will be high from Eastern countries such as China, India, and those in the Middle East. It is expected that China's demand for oil will grow at a rate of 6% till 2035. Demand from India and the Middle East will follow with demand rates of around 4% and 3%, respectively. This is owing to high GDP growth rate and population increase. Therefore, vendors should focus their long-term projects on these regions. Demand from Western countries such as those in the Americas and Western Europe will decrease owing to saturated market conditions and the presence of alternate fuel such as shale gas and electricity.Delay in oil and gas pipeline projects will be an advantage for the oil and gas storage service market. The oil and gas pipeline industry is expected to grow at a

slow rate until 2018 and will resume growth rate by the end of the forecast period.Because of this delay, demand for storage terminals will increase, thus resulting in high occupancy rates. The occupancy rate of oil and gas storage terminals is expected to be above 90% till 2018.The industry will face certain challenges because of increasing competition in the market and difficulties associated with finding strategic locations for oil and gas terminals. Oil and gas terminals need to be built at strategic locations depending on future exploration projects, geopolitical factors, and transportation routes. The scope for large profit margins and the demand for energy are attracting new vendors in this industry.

Gearbox and drives are one of the most cost-effective mechanical transmission systems technologies. They are used in industrial application to change the torque (rotational force), the speed of motors, and direction of rotational axles of devices. Off-the-shelf gearbox and drives are standard mechanical gearbox and drives offered by vendors, comply to international standards like International

Organization for Standardization (ISO), American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and American Gear Manufacturers Association (AGMA). Off-the-shelf products are dominating engineered solutions due to its distinct advantages like proven design, easy availability, quick part replacement, and high level of product differentiation in terms of end-user applications.In this report, Technavio covers the present scenario and growth prospects of the global off-the-shelf gearboxes and drives market for 2016-2020.