Dear Dr. Matthias, Could you please give the coordinates of the journal referred by you i.e. "macromachines devices", published by whom, addresses etc. I would also appreciate if you could also give the addresses of the agencies for the market survey reports you mentioned. Thanks GV Ramaraju, India ramaraju@doe.ernet.in Schünemann, Matthias wrote: > Dear Rachel, > > a remarkable number of market studies on either micromachines sensors or MEMS products in general have been performed during the last few years. Some of the more influential studies have been published by: > > - SPC Systems Planning Corporation (1994, 1997) > - SRI Consulting (1994, 1997) > - SEMI (1996) > - NEXUS (1994, 1997) > - Intelligent Microsensor Technology (1996) > - Samsung & MRI (1996, focused on inertial sensors) > > Currently, there is much discussion whether these market studies are too optimistic or not (see e.g. Micromachine Devices Vol. 2 No. 8, pp. 6-11, Vol. 2 No.11, pp. 5-6). Most of the forecasts are based on market surveys. For many of the surveyed markets and their products, micromachining is certainly an enabling technology. But it is not neccessary the only one. That leads to remarkably different market projections. We will certainly witness a detailed discussion about the market potential of micromachining technologies in the next time. > > For an introduction, I would recommend the papers in Micromachine Devices Vol. 2 No. 8. In the paper by Sid Marshall (pp. 6-7) you will find a comparision between the MEMS market projections. > > If I can assist you with some more detailed information, please do not hesitate to contact me. > > Kindest regards > > Matthias > > ------------------------------------------------ > Dipl.-Ing. Matthias Schuenemann > ------------------------------------------------ > Fraunhofer-Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA > Department of Ultrapure Engineering and Microfabrication Technology > Nobelstr. 12 > D-70569 Stuttgart > Germany > ------------------------------------------------ > Phone: ++49 711 970 1541 > Fax: ++49 711 970 1010 > e-mail: mps@ipa.fhg.de > ------------------------------------------------ > > ---------- > Von: Rachel Lev[SMTP:Rachel.Lev@bain.com] > Gesendet: Freitag, 13. Februar 1998 22:52 > An: MEMS@ISI.EDU > Betreff: market info > > Does anyone know of market research on the micromachined sensors > markets? (ie- market size, growth, players) > > Rachel > > -- ÿWPCf