Wireless HD Video-Enabled Product Shipments to Reach 13 Million by 2014, But Not Without Some Growing Pains, Says

July 28, 2010 By Leave a Comment

SCOTTSDALE, AZ, Jul 27 (MARKET WIRE) —
Although slow progress best describes the fate of wireless HD chip
vendors in 2010, the five-year outlook is for a robust triple-digit
growth rate of wireless HD video-enabled products through 2014 according
to In-Stat (www.in-stat.com). The number of shipments is projected to
rise from the current levels of less than 1 million to nearly 13 million
by 2014.

“The long term projection is for significant growth in wireless HD
video-enabled product shipments. However, these technologies are likely
several years away from hitting the sweet spot of the consumer
electronics (CE) and PC markets,” says Brian O’Rourke, Principal Analyst
for In-Stat. “There are still significant price and performance issues
that need to be overcome before device manufacturers fully adopt these
technologies.”

Additional findings include:

– Alternative video transmission technologies, WHDI, WirelessHD, and
WiGig Alliance, are vying for a dominant position. Among the
differentiating factors are whole-home range, price and performance
issues, single source, and time-to-market issues.
– WHDI and WirelessHD chip ASPs will fall over 25% annually through
2014.
– WirelessHD is championed by chipmaker SiBeam and backed by NEC,
Panasonic, Samsung, Sony, Toshiba and LG.
– WHDI (backed by AMIMON) and WirelessHD (backed by SiBeam) device
shipments will grow at triple-digit annual percentage rates through
2014.
– WiGig Alliance members include: Broadcom, Dell, Intel, LG Electronics,
Microsoft, NEC, Nokia, NXP, Panasonic, and Samsung.
– Strong competitive technologies include various flavors of Wi-Fi,
Intel’s Wireless Display (WiDi) initiative, and Sony’s TransferJet.

Recent In-Stat research, “Wireless HD Video Technology: WHDI and
WirelessHD Establish Market, While WiGig Establishes Specification”
#1004684MI, explores the three key wireless HD video transmission
technologies of WHDI, WirelessHD, and WiGig Alliance. The report tracks
the annual penetration through 2014 of all three technologies into 14
applications within the following segments:

– Consumer Electronics
– Personal Computers
– Mobile Phones
– Industrial/Medical applications

For a free sample contact Elaine Potter, 480-483-4441/
epotter@in-stat.com

About In-Stat

In-Stat’s market intelligence combines technical, market and end-user
research and database models to analyze the Mobile Internet and Digital
Entertainment ecosystems. Our insights are derived from a deep
understanding of technology impacts, nearly 30 years of history in
research and consulting, and direct relationships with leading players in
each of our core markets.

Contact:
Brian O’Rourke
Principal Analyst
Email: borourke@in-stat.com
Phone: (480) 609-4527

Rick Vogelei
Marketing Manager
Email: rvogelei@in-stat.com
Phone: (480) 483-4476

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UPDATE 2-Japan May aluminium shipments climb 20 pct yr/yr

June 26, 2010 By Leave a Comment

TOKYO, June 25 (Reuters) – Japanese shipments of aluminium products rose 19.6 percent in May from a year earlier to 165,638 tonnes, industry data showed on Friday.

That marked the sixth straight month of year-on-year increases but the level of shipments was about 16 percent below May 2008, before the global economic crisis hit demand for the metal used in products ranging from computers and planes to the food sector.

Shipments were down 6.5 percent from April, the Japan Aluminium Association data showed, the third straight month-on-month decline. <^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Graphic on Japan shipments: r.reuters.com/qut93m ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^>

Japan’s shipments of aluminium have been recovering from a slump that set in after the global economic crisis in late 2008 that led automakers and other manufacturers to slash output and cut demand for the metal.

The pace of recovery this year is still unclear, especially as demand in the construction sector remains weak, even as the government raised its overall economic growth forecast for the financial year. [ID:nTFD006450]

Reflecting a slow recovery in demand, term premiums for primary aluminium shipments to Japan for July-September were mostly agreed at $120 per tonne, down marginally from $122-$124 per tonne in the April-June period. [ID:nTOE65E02R]

In the near term, expectations for Chinese demand were likely to help support Japan’s aluminium product shipments, an industry official said.

Chinese demand for primary aluminium is likely to nearly triple to 43.6 million tonnes in 2020 from an estimated 15.5 million tonnes this year, the association said this week.

It estimated Japan’s demand for primary aluminium at 1.9 million tonnes in 2010 and at 2.4 million tonnes in 2020, though it said the forecast was very optimistic, based on an assumption that robust global growth will push up 2020 demand to a level equal to a record marked in the past. [ID:nTOE65M00V]

Aluminium stocks held at three major Japanese ports came to 204,800 tonnes at the end of May, up 14,300 tonnes or 7.5 percent from a month earlier, trading house Marubeni Corp (8002.T) said. [ID:nTOE659068] (Reporting by Chikako Mogi; Editing by Chris Gallagher)

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Dr Pepper to Upgrade 60K Vending Machines for Energy Efficiency

June 9, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Dr Pepper Snapple Group (DPS) plans to replace 60,000 of its vending machines and coolers Energy Star-rated models that are 30 percent more efficient, a move that will save $7.6 million in electrical costs.

DPS’s vending machine plan is one of many go als for 2015 that it laid out in its first corporate social responsibility report since becoming a public company in 2008.

In Sustainability in Action, DPS says that, compared to 2009, it wants to:

* Improve manufacturing energy efficiency and reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 10 percent

* Increase product shipments per gallon of fuel used by 20 percent

* Reduce the ratio of water used and wastewater discharged by 10 percent

* Recycle 80 percent of solid waste created from manufacturing

* Cut out 60 million pounds of PET plastic by changing packaging and using post-consumer recycled plastic

To reduce fuel consumption, DPS has been using software that develops short, efficient delivery routes that help avoid idling in heavy traffic, at stoplights and when making left turns. DPS has also buying new vehicles if they include speed limiters and idle shutdown systems.

This summer, DPS will be opening a production plant in Victorville, Calif., part of its plan to have manufacturing and distribution operations in key regions to avoid lengthy transportation routes. By manufacturing in the west instead of trucking in product from the Northeast, DPS is eliminating 9 million transportation miles a year.

For reducing water, DPS uses de-ionized air instead of water to rinse containers, cutting down water use by 10,000 gallon a day.

On the packaging front, the company has a broad range of light weighting projects underway. The one-gallon Hawaiian Punch bottle, for example, is not 19 percent lighter, and Snapple bottle caps no longer have plastic bands around them. Since 2007, DPS has cut out 8.5 million pounds of plastic from its packaging, and once all of its new packaging plans are in effect, the company will be uses 12 million fewer pounds of PET plastic a year.

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