In this report, Technavio covers the present scenario and growth prospects of the global positive airway pressure devices market for 2016-2020 (base year: 2015).Positive airway pressure devices are mainly used by individuals who are suffering from sleep apnea, but now these devices are widely used in intensive care units as a form of ventilation.

Anterior cervical fixation is performed surgically to treat damaged/herniated discs that cause compression of spinal cord or nerve root. The surgery stabilizes the corresponding vertebrae, and the pain is decompressed by fixing the anterior fixation system with essential anterior plating, screws, and implants.

Antibacterial and antibiotic drugs are used to treat various conditions that affect animals such as companion animals, swine, cattle, horses, and fish. These drugs are also used to accelerate the growth of animals, especially in North America and Europe. However, an overuse of antibiotics has led to the development of antibiotic-resistant strains of microorganisms. This is a worrying trend as the resistant microbes could be transferred to humans through the consumption of milk or meat. Hence, organizations such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the US and the Responsible Use of Medicines in Agriculture Alliance (RUMA) in the UK recommend judicious use of antibiotics in animals and strictly regulate the market.

POS receipt printers are an integral part of POS systems used in industries like retail and hospitality. They are used to print credit card slips and customer receipts. With the advances in technology, POS receipt printers are also used in maintaining the customer database and marketing the brand.In this report, Technavio covers the present scenario and growth prospects of the global POS receipt printer market for 2016-2020. To arrive at the market size, the study considers the revenue generated from the worldwide retail sales of POS receipt printer in the market.

Synthetic and fire resistant hydraulic fluids, particularly water glycol fluids, are slowly gaining market share. The market for these fluids is increasing at 6% in Asia-Pacific (APAC) and at 5% in South America.Synthetic and fire-resistant fluids are characteristically merged with additives packages that have higher quantities of viscosity index modifiers in comparison to additive packages for mineral oil‐based hydraulic fluids. Viscosity index modifiers,such as polymethacrylate provides the fluid with shear stability at high temperatures. Therefore, an increase in the consumption of synthetic and fireresistant hydraulic fluids will drive the consumption of viscosity index modifiers during the forecast period.

The electrical and electronics segment accounted for the largest share of the polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) market in terms of use in 2015. It accounted for a share of around 44.5% in 2015 and will continue to be the largest segment during the forecast period owing to excellent dimensional stability, high stiffness, and good electrical properties. PBT is used in almost every electrical and electronic

application such as sockets, boards, sensor coverings, transformer insulation,switches and power sockets because of these properties. APAC held the largest share of the PBT market in 2015. It accounted for a share of around 53.6% in 2015 and will continue to dominate the market with a share of around 53.9% in 2020.PBT resins asre used in various applications in the automobile manufacturing industry such as in high-end car variants. The demand for multiple interior and exterior functions in these cars is expanding the demand for PBT in the automotive industry.The emergence of battery-powered vehicles is anticipated to drive the PBT market over the next five years due to high demand from developing nations such as China, where the demand for electric vehicles (EV) (plug-in and light) is growing rapidly. More than 214,280 EVs were sold in China in 2015, while 184,500 vehicles were sold in Western Europe, and 115,260 vehicles were sold in the US with during the same period. The growing number of EV vehicles is expected to drive the sales of PBT during the forecast period.

There will be a paradigm shift toward next-generation miniaturized point-of-care (POC) coagulation testing devices during the forecast period. It is expected that these new devices will replace the traditional coagulation devices due to their low cost and effectiveness.

Next-generation polymer nanocomposite-based electrochemical biosensors will replace the traditional electrochemical biosensors due to their compact size, high accuracy, and low cost.

More than 65% of the Ethernet access switches shipped worldwide in 2015 were PoE compatible.The transition from 1/10GbE to 40/100GbE is expected among modern cloudbased data center environments, which are virtualized and run high-performance computing (HPC).The increasing broadband penetration and growing network traffic will increase the requirement for high-speed Ethernet systems, thus driving the global PoE chipset market.With the increasing power requirements, new standards such as IEEE 802.3bt are being introduced in the market to accommodate high-power requirements.

The integration of Internet of things (IoT) with product lifecycle management (PLM) software will drive the growth of global PLM software market during the forecast period. The data obtained from connected devices such as mobile, desktops, web and mobile apps, and electric appliances will generate valuable insights regarding

the customer's requirements, which will help the market grow. These insights will assist the manufacturers to learn about their product's performance. The monitoring

of product performance using IoT will further help the manufacturers to come up with innovative products in a cost-effective manner.he PLM market is mainly driven by factors like the increasing demand for product innovation from emerging markets, streamlining of product development process in the consumer goods industry and leveraging the advantages associated with the implementation of PLM tools. According to Technavio analysis, the demand for PLM tools such as cPDM will rise because of the increase in the amount of data collected from virtual and physical sources such as mobile devices, enterprise resource planning applications, and IoT

devices. This will encourage consumer product manufacturers to adopt cPDM, data management tools and related technologies to manage their data.

Channel-in-a-Box (CiaB) is the latest development in the master control automation and playout automation sectors.In February 2016, Amagi, a media technology company, launched its latest cloudbased broadcast platform CUMULUS, which enables content preparation,delivery,and management on a single cloud platform. CUMULUS is based on the Platform as a Service (PaaS) model that allows creation and delivery of both linear and nonlinear streams across the platforms, including satellite TV, cable TV, internet protocol TV (IPTV), and over-the-top (OTT) service. Amagi's Cloudport, which offers multi-channel playout automation for both live and linear feeds, also supports CUMULUS.