Disposable gloves are widely used in the medical and nonmedical applications to avoid cross-infection between caregivers and patients. Disposable gloves are utilized for avoiding accidental contact to harmful infectious sites or areas. Various types of materials have been used in the manufacturing of disposable gloves namely, natural rubber, nitrile, vinyl, neoprene, and others. This report focuses on those disposable gloves used in medical and non-medical purposes, including food, retail, and industrial for non-medical and examination, forensics, and surgeries in the medical category. The report also covers both powered and nonpowdered variants. The report excludes the market for non-disposable gloves that comprise safety/nondisposable/ leather gloves. The geographic market of North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and LAMEA has with respect to countries analyzed at regional level. The revenue from the both local as well as global manufacturers has been considered during the analysis.

The surgical equipment market has witnessed significant changes with evolving technology such as minimally invasive surgeries, surgical robotics, and the introduction of power assisted surgical tools. These technologies exemplify the recent and unique advancements in the field of medical devices and strengthen the effectiveness of surgical procedures. Moreover, high susceptibility of geriatric population to various chronic disorders has boosted the surgical equipment market. This report provides a detailed analysis of the global surgical equipment market, including market estimates and trends through 2022. It covers the surgical equipment by type, application, and geography. The different types of surgical equipment included in this report are surgical sutures & staplers, handheld surgical instruments, and electrosurgical devices.

The World Bank places Ecuador 114th in its ease of doing business list In a world where national oil companies have successfully managed the process of generating upstream activity and revenues while leveraging the expertise of international oil companies, Ecuador has so far failed to find the sweet spot between its national interests and international shareholder expectations. This has rendered China an increasingly dominant player in Ecuador's extractive sector over the past several years.

The global beer market report exclusively focuses on four types of beer namely, ale, lager, stout & porter, malt, and others. The categories of beer included in the scope of our study are popular-priced, premium, and super premium. Craft beers are considered in the super premium category in our study. The production methods used for brewing beer have been considered to differentiate the global beer market in terms of quantity and styles. Macro, micro, and craft are the three key breweries studies in the report, and the market estimations for these categories have been made for the period of 2018–2025. Packaging is a vital component in the alcohol industry; hence, this factor has been examined in the study across four categories namely, glass, PET bottle, metal can, and others.

In military and defense sector, tactical radio communication is majorly used to convey commands in the battlefield from one person to other. The defense tactical radio includes delivery of information through verbal, written, visual or auditory medium. In modern times, it is usually transmitted through an electronic medium. Factors such as providing secured and noise free information to the end user, increasing need for lightweight and small military handheld radio are identified as the key trends that are expected to boost the market in future.

We are turning more positive towards the commodities complex and have made significant upward revisions to a large number of our commodities price forecasts for 2018 over the past several weeks, including for oil and metals. Global fundamentals remain relatively supportive for prices, amid a pickup in global economic growth this year and a gradual rise in global price inflation. We remain above consensus on oil and grains and have turned more positive than consensus on some non-ferrous metals. We maintain the view that weakening Chinese metal demand this year will weigh on ferrous metals.

The Singapore Energy Policy Group (EPG), which is part of the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI), has developed a national energy policy framework, which strives to maintain a balance between continued economic growth, while safeguarding Singapore's energy security and natural environment. The framework outlines six key strategies for this purpose: • Promotion of competitive markets • Energy supply diversification • Improving energy efficiency • Increased investment and research and development (solar, biofuels and fuel cells) • Increased international cooperation • Develop 'whole-of-government' approach

A wheelchair lift is a powered device - electric or hydraulic – that is used to raise a wheelchair with or without its occupant to overcome a vertical barrier. Depending upon on the end-user, a wheelchair lift can be categorized into two categories: Building wheelchair lift and vehicle wheelchair lift. The building wheelchair lift is installed at homes and commercial places for easy mobility of persons with disabilities, and it acts as an alternative to stairlifts. A vehicle wheelchair lift, on the other hand, is installed in public vehicles or private wheelchair accessible vans (WAVs) to increase accessibility of disabled people.

Waxes are a combination of hydrophobic organic materials, which at a temperature of 20°C change into solid state. Waxes begin to melt at temperature higher than 40°C up to 140°C. The solubility and steadiness of waxes are dependent on temperature and chemical composition. Waxes are produced from ingredients such as honeybee, palm, soy, bayberries, rice bran oil, sunflower oil, sheep, whale, and petroleum. The report highlights different factors that impact the growth of the global market such as key drivers, restraints, growth opportunities, and the role of different key players.

The North America wood plastic composites (WPC) market was valued at $736 million in 2016, and is expected to reach at $1,876 million by 2023, registering a CAGR of 12.4% from 2017 to 2023. U.S. is expected to dominate the market, both in terms of volume and value, and is expected to remain dominant throughout the forecast period. WPCs are composed of wood or wood flour, plastics, and additives. The source of the materials can be either virgin or recycled material. The demand for materials based on renewable raw materials is on an increase in the recent years. Furthermore, increase in interest from governments about climate protection and sustainability results in the expansion of market size of natural-based materials, such as wood plastic composites (WPC).