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    Worldwide wearable electronics market and technology analysis released

    12/16/2013

    Research and Markets has announced the addition of the
    "Worldwide Wearable Electronics (Smart -Textiles, Glasses, Watches)
    Market and Technology Analysis 2013-2018" report to their offering.

    The market was worth $2.7 billion in revenue in 2012 and is expected to
    reach $8.3 billion in 2018, growing at an estimated CAGR of 17.71% from
    2013 to 2018.

    The wearable technology market by technology discuses products and
    components technologies that go into a wearable end-product. The
    technologies discussed include computing technologies, display
    technologies, networking technologies, positioning technologies, sensor
    technologies, and recognition technologies.

    Electronics textile materials are segmented by types, properties, and
    embedded function. The Smart textile market is segmented by material
    types, by material properties and by material's embedded function.
    Smart textile is likely to become a key driver of the wearable
    technology.

    The wearable technology market by components is segmented into power
    supply components, positioning and networking components, sensing
    components, control components, display components, memory, and
    interface components among others. Wearable technology market by
    product discusses products under six heads-wrist-wear, eye-wear,
    foot-wear, neck-wear, body-wear, and others such as ring scanners,
    smart headsets and so on.

    Application market is segmented into four major application verticals
    such as consumer application, healthcare application, enterprise and
    industrial application and others such as logistics, warehouse, and
    aviation. Market by form factor discusses wearable technology market by
    segmenting the market in two broad categories- textile wearable
    technology and non-textile wearable electronics.

    Key Take-Aways
    -- The global market's volume is expected to reach 134.27 million units by
    2018, growing at a CAGR of 30.36% for the five year period of 2013 to
    2018.
    -- The wearable technology ecosystem market revenue was $4.3 billion as of
    2012 and is expected to reach to $14.0 billion by 2018, growing at an
    estimated CAGR of 18.93 % from 2013 to 2018.
    -- The global smart, intelligent, digital & interactive fabrics market
    revenue was $708.31 million as of 2012 and is expected to reach to $2.03
    billion by 2018, growing at an estimated CAGR of 17.7 % from 2013 to
    2018.
    -- Components accounted for the largest percentage share of the overall
    revenue of global wearable technology, i.e. 66.2% in 2012 ($1.83 billion)
    in 2012 and is expected to account for 73.0% of the total market in 2018.
    -- Product shipments are likely to experience the highest growth at a CAGR
    of 53.07% from 2013 to 2018, reaching a volume of 2.7 billion units in
    2018.

    Key Topics Covered:
    1 Introduction
    2 Executive Summary
    3 Cover Story: Primary Research Interview
    4 Market Overview
    5 Market Analysis
    6 Market By Technology
    7 Market By Components & Products
    8 Market By Form-Factor & Application
    9 Market By Geography
    10 Competitive Landscape

    11 Company Profiles
    -- Adidas AG
    -- Apple, Inc.
    -- AT&T, Inc.
    -- By-Wire
    -- Enocean GMBH
    -- Epson Corporation
    -- Eurotech S.P.A
    -- Glassup SRL
    -- Google, Inc.
    -- Imprint Energy, Inc.
    -- Infineon Technologies Ag
    -- Jawbone, Inc.
    -- Nike, Inc.
    -- Olympus Corporation
    -- O'neill Wetsuits LIC
    -- Plastic Logic Ltd.
    -- Shimmer Research, Inc.
    -- TNO Science And Industry Ltd.
    -- Texas Instruments, Inc.
    -- Vancive Medical Technologies (Avery Dennison Corporation)
    -- Vuzix Corporation
    -- Weartech S.L
    -- Zoog Technologies, Inc


    http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/qdtxm5/wearable

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