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.

The growing concerns about health due to rise in water pollution and rapid industrialization and urbanization worldwide are driving the global ozone generation technology market.The need for stringent compliance to water treatment regulations has been driving the ozone generation technology market in EMEA — the leading region in this market.Heavy investments in R&D of ozone generators by major manufacturers, such as Toshiba and EBARA, have improved the efficiency of these devices, thereby driving their demand.Introduction of mobile ozone generator systems and offering the devices on rent are likely to bring down their long-term operating costs, thus driving the growth of the market during the forecast period.The global ozone generation technology market is fragmented; however, there are

only a few big global players in the market such as EBARA, Degrémont, Toshiba,Fuji Electric, and Mitsubishi Electric. The requirement for power products and the simple technology involved in generating ozone have attracted many small local and regional vendors into the market. These vendors are gaining popularity because they can provide customized solutions to clients.

The advances in technology such as high-content screening (HCS) for drug discovery processes in the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industry will lead to the development of new and more effective products for detection of oxidative stress in cells, in turn, leading to a rise in demand for consumables, including reagents and markers.Oxidative stress detection services are being offered by many sub-contract laboratories, with several new contract laboratories being set up, to cater to the pharmaceutical industry. The major source of demand is likely to shift from pharmaceutical companies to these laboratories.The current market landscape for oxidative stress detection is prone to disruptions due to the introduction of breakthrough technologies in this field. With several companies gradually investing in biotechnology, the market is highly volatile in terms of products as well as series.

In July 2016, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, a federal agency that sets up official guidelines for technology standards and measurement regulations, released a new draft of its digital authentication guideline section 5.1.3.2. The draft states that out of band (OOB) authentication using SMS twofactor authentication will not be allowed in the future because of the security risks

involved. SMS received by the user may be intercepted or redirected. In addition,some phones display SMS messages on-screen even when it is locked, making it possible for an attacker with physical access to the device to read the message.In 2016, Gemalto announced that it will deliver its Ezio Mobile Suite to Dai Nippon Printing, a provider of financial solutions in Tokyo, Japan. This will help Dai Nippon

Printing to secure internet banking and mobile payments. In addition, the company can offer a strong and scalable cloud-based authentication platform with the support of a wide variety of authentication and transaction signing methods. The authentication methods are: Biometric, one-time password (OTP), and OOB.

Digital media and marketing professionals are driving the growth of online advertisement market, which in turn, increases the demand for online video platform market. In 2015, internet advertising by social media accounted for 32%-34% of the global internet advertisement market, online video accounted for 23%-26%, which is likely to increase during the forecast period, and paid research accounted for 15%-17%.Online video consumption has shown massive growth over the past 2-3 years.Among the digital devices, mobile devices have taken over as the preferred medium of online video consumption. The smartphone market has seen an exceptional growth in the last 5 years. According to Technavio, in 2016,smartphones worldwide grew at a year-over-year (YoY) rate of 8%-10% as compared to all cell phones, which grew at 2%-4%. Smartphones crossed 1.4 billion mark in 2015 and are expected to reach around 2 billion by 2020. This increase in the number of mobile devices is making it easier for consumers to access video content, anytime anywhere.The media and entertainment segment is the largest adopter of online video platform solutions due to the growing demand for online content.