Harsh Environment Fiber Optic Components And Related Devices/Parts Global Market And Technology Forecast

Tokyo, Japan And Upper Lake, CA - Electronicast Consultants, a market & technology forecast consultancy addressing the fiber optics communications industry, announced the release of a new market forecast study of the global Total Available Market (TAM) and consumption of fiber optic components and the related devices and parts designed for harsh environment applications. "Over the past three years, while the global consumption of conventional commercial fiber optic components has gradually recovered from the 2000-2003 market collapse, most harsh environment applications have maintained steady growth," stated Jeff D. Montgomery, President of Electronicast Consultants.

The global consumption of harsh environment fiber optic components as defined for this period, will climb from $1.09 billion in 2005 and $2.02 billion in 2009 to $2.88 billion in 2012, as illustrated in the Figure below. The market value historically has been dominated by military/aerospace qualified components, with a 65 percent share in 2005, and declining to 54 percent or $1.56 billion by 2012, as shown in Figure below. The commercial/industrial fiber optic component consumption, in turn, is dominated by plastic optical fiber (POF) links.

SOURCE: Electronicast Consultants