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February 2nd, 2012
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Thermal Imaging Equipment Manufacturing in the US Sector Market Investigation Report Now Available from IBISWorld


Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) February 02, 2012

The Thermal Imaging Equipment Manufacturing industry has experienced strong growth over the five years to 2012, due to innovative products and improved demand from commercial and industrial markets. From 2007 to 2012, industry revenue is estimated to rise at an average annual rate of 6.4% to $ 4.5 billion; this growth includes a projected revenue increase of 7.4% during 2012. Traditionally, the industry’s primary users have included military personnel, law enforcement officers and fire fighters who utilize thermal imaging for visibility purposes. However, as the price of thermal imaging equipment has declined, other markets have increased their usage. These customers include commercial and industrial markets such as utilities companies, building inspectors, automotive and boat manufacturers and other manufacturing plants. Firms use infrared technology to determine temperature variations and improve visibility for cars and boats. According to IBISWorld industry analyst Caitlin Moldvay, the widespread adoption of new commercial and industrial market applications has generated strong growth for the industry.

An estimated 70 companies operate in the industry. Over the five years to 2012, the number of industry operators has declined at an average annual rate of 1.4%. According to Moldvay, while companies have continued to enter the industry, increased merger and acquisition activity has led to overall industry consolidation. Because of this increase in consolidation, the average company in the industry typically has profit margins of 12.2%. Improving economic conditions will positively affect revenue over the five years to 2017, as they facilitate growth from commercial and industrial market clients. Nevertheless, federal defense cutbacks are expected to mitigate some of this revenue increase, with demand from this traditional market expected to fall during the period.

This industry has a low level of market share concentration. The top company is FLIR Systems, and Fluke Corporation, Testo USA and Sierra Pacific Innovations also compete in the industry. The market for thermal imaging equipment is highly competitive, where large and niche players compete on the basis of continued product innovation. Over the past five years, the industry has experienced a high level of acquisition activity as firms seek to increase market share. The industry is characterized by a relatively stable number of players and most are outsourcing production to low-cost countries. IBISWorld projects industry consolidation will increase in the five years to 2017.

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This industry manufactures devices that are capable of detecting radiation in the infrared range and producing an electronic signal that is then displayed on a screen. These devices are used to improve visibility and detect temperature differences.

IBISWorld industry Report Key Topics

Industry Performance

Executive Summary

Key External Drivers

Current Performance

Industry Outlook

Industry Life Cycle

Products & Markets

Supply Chain

Products & Services

Major Markets

Globalization & Trade

Business Locations

Competitive Landscape

Market Share Concentration

Key Success Factors

Cost Structure Benchmarks

Barriers to Entry

Major Companies

Operating Conditions

Capital Intensity

Key Statistics

Industry Data

Annual Change

Key Ratios

About IBISWorld Inc.

Recognized as the nations most trusted independent source of industry and market research, IBISWorld offers a comprehensive database of unique information and analysis on every US industry. With an extensive online portfolio, valued for its depth and scope, the company equips clients with the insight necessary to make better business decisions. Headquartered in Los Angeles, IBISWorld serves a range of business, professional service and government organizations through more than 10 locations worldwide. For more information, visit http://www.ibisworld.com or call 1-800-330-3772.

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April 6th, 2011
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Indirect Cost Savings of Tool Inventory Control

By Anna Notton

Tool Inventory Control has long been recognized as a means of protecting investments and controlling costs in business settings. Management software in use today has several advantages, in addition to lowering purchase costs. An atmosphere of accountability and responsibility is created at a work site by using these devices.

These systems can discourage waste and cut expenditures on consumable materials by up to 40%. They can reduce the cost of replacing lost equipment by up to 75% and result in 40% savings in returnable items, including unused and defective items under warranty. A system can pay for itself within the first year.

There are additional benefits to knowing where equipment is at any given time, as well. Lost units are not productive. They may be found through the system and put back to work. Hoarding by employees will be eliminated through the use of due times. This will also make the employee more accountable for his work time resulting in more productive employees.

Tool inventory software can classify units according to use, assign to certain individuals, job sites, trucks, or boxes, and redirect to where needed, when needed. This allows a greater return on the money invested in the equipment. Unused items may be located and reassigned elsewhere. Productivity improves when the availability and using of the right implement for the job is ensured. The use of the wrong one because the right one was unavailable is often the cause of damaged or destroyed implements.

Repair costs may be tracked and scheduled maintenance or calibration monitored so that they occur on schedule. Failure to perform maintenance decreases the life of equipment. Improperly calibrated equipment will not perform optimally and will result in defective product or work.

Replacement of damaged, worn out, and lost items can occur quickly. Information including a description and photo of the item, purchase date and amount, vendor, manufacturer, warranty, and maintenance can all be easily tracked and accessed in one place.

The reports that are generated through the management software can be invaluable. It can pinpoint all sorts of losses. Causes of loss could be specific individuals who habitually damage, loose, misplace, or possibly steal equipment. Individual equipment could develop a history of defect, misuse or lack of use and should be replaced or eliminated. Shortages or over purchases will be highlighted and corrected.

Using these systems in a work environment tends to create a completely different culture. Employees will develop a habit of being accountable and organized. Time and effort need not be expended tracking down items. Investigations to determine who was responsible for missing pieces will be easy, short, and conclusive. No one need be wrongfully or mistakenly suspected or accused to theft or loss. Employees will appreciate having the right equipment available for their use.

Tool Inventory Control through the use of tool tracking software is a valuable, cost saving strategy. It can also result in several indirect or unanticipated cost savings. This technology can create a more productive and honest work culture and ethic at construction sites, manufacturing plants, and maintenance or repair shops.

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March 8th, 2011
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Architectural Lighting Design

By R. Neal

To stay on top of today’s increasingly regulated and competitive marketplace of architectural lighting design, you must focus on service beyond customer service. This may sound like an odd thing to say if you are a contractor who takes pride in exceeding client expectations and relies on customer service to win bids. Hear us out for a moment and consider this point of view as well: your service alone to the client will end when the system is finished, and the client will probably hope that you will not have to return with a labor invoice for additional service fees for maintenance and replacements. The type of service they are looking for comes not so much from you (although courtesy and professionalism are always a given in business), but rather equipment and solutions that serve them every evening when the doors close and the lights come on.

A system developed along these principles of architectural lighting design is something of an intuitive beast that anticipates expectations on two levels. On one level, it reliably performs without mishap on a consistent basis in accordance with how it is intended to perform. On an entirely different level, superior architectural lighting design anticipates increasingly strict government regulations that increasingly mandate more green technology both in terms of power costs and material builds associated with equipment manufacture.

To be a leader in architectural lighting design, you have to think ahead, and you have to install equipment that in spite of its lack of “thinking” ability, behaves as though it can think and satisfies both the client and surrounding community with performance above and beyond what is generally expected.

To create this level of excellence, you must take either take extraordinary measures to design an architectural lighting system or work with an exceptional vendor who can offer you some unique and very proprietary support services. Architectural lighting design on the scale that we are talking about requires investing in very expensive software that many smaller companies and freelance contractors simply cannot afford, but desperately require nonetheless to develop site lighting and exterior lighting proposals that simultaneously speak to cost consciousness, governing authorities, employee morale, branding and advertising, and power conservation. Without tools such as this to work out all the math and angles of incidence necessary to determine wattage, voltage, foot candle densities, required LPW, and CRI index, finding the right industrial lighting fixtures for the system at a price your clients can afford and still make you a profit can be like searching for a needle in a haystack in today’s online marketplace of foreign manufactured goods, inflated promises, and endless discount offers on shortcut engineering that costs more money in the long run that it saves in the short term.

Consider instead the benefits of working with a vendor like us who has already spent the money on architectural lighting design software so you won’t have to, and who will offer its full functionality to any client at no additional costs to the price of the equipment you buy. If you are a small, privately owned business, you can now compete with large architectural firms and lighting designer powerhouses that previously outcompeted because they had access to resources you lacked. If you are a larger company considering purchasing a suite of programs that will then requiring expanding your staff in a time of cutbacks and recession, don’t. Let our staff assist you with the process of turning conceptual, intuitive architectural lighting design into a scientific, mathematically sound schematic of the actual hardware to be used and the recommended positions of every fixture and lamp in the system.

Not only will such a partnership save you time by streamlining the proposal development process, but it will also make your line items more precisely targeted toward the long term objectives of energy code compliance, reduced maintenance and replacement costs, light pollution control, and optimal aesthetic compliments that any client can justifiably and reasonably expect from their investment in architectural lights. When all of these variables are correctly factored into the lighting design equation, the outcome promises reliable service, a compliment to operations and aesthetics, and multiple sources of ROI ranging from savings on power bills to an increase in business resulting from a safer work environment and a more attractive face to the business world.

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March 8th, 2011
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Architectural Outdoor Lighting

By Russell Neal

Architectural outdoor lighting illuminates structure and details of building design and materials. It focuses on highlighting materials, architectural style, decorative elements, and beautification of functional building elements. Architectural outdoor lighting will greatly enhance and accentuate the practical and aesthetic elements of any building or house.

With advanced knowledge of architecture and other disciplines parallel to lighting design, consultants bring an in-depth knowledge of outdoor architectural lighting design to the table. Every project begins with a thorough building analysis, in-depth client consultation, and detailed planning. Architectural outdoor lighting consultants look first at how the building functions and what practical functionality proves critical to activity around that building. They then calculate precise photometrics to determine the exact level of light required to illuminate the building. Prior to requisitioning any equipment to complete the project, architectural outdoor lighting specialists sit down with the owners and discuss both the plans and the photometric requirements of the proposal. As well as we know different industries, we realize that each business within an industry is unique, and our final meeting prior to electrical installation ensures we have accommodated all particulars relevant to a specific home or building owner in terms of lifestyle, ceremony, service offerings, and business operations.

Outdoor architectural lighting themes can contain safety and security elements that make buildings not only more attractive, but also more well-protected and safer to employs working on location at night. A well-lit building deters nefarious activity much more effectively than an unlit building on a dark street. The presence of light alone conveys a psychological deterrent to mischief. Furthermore, specific elements of architectural outdoor lighting also add additional safety to homes and buildings by lighting surrounding properties. Step lights prevent cleaning personnel from tripping over dark stairwells, and path lights pinpoint the locations of walkways and provide a well-lit path with minimal hazard. Not every building or home has consistent night traffic, but almost all have visitors or night crews that clean the building. Architectural outdoor lighting equipment both reduces liability for businesses and brings additional comfort and a sense of accommodation to residential guests.

For large homes and commercial applications such as hospitals, storefronts, and multi-story office buildings, we can create an effect called a “facade” of light that transforms an otherwise plain, homogeneous surface into a luminescent surface whose light and color convey an aesthetic of its own. We use special fixtures to create a “wrap around” illumination effect where the light literally seems to wrap itself around a ledge, corner, or building fixture. Having already determined luminosity with previous photometrics, we can achieve this effect without spill light, white spots, or obtrusive shadows. The key is positioning the right equipment in a low profile position where optimal angles create the illusion of light radiating from the surface of the building. We call this “soft illumination” and find it especially enhances the structural beauty of churches, art galleries, and historical buildings with superior architecture. Custom homeowners also prefer this form of architectural outdoor lighting because it discreetly and politely distinguishes their homes from surrounding houses with a styled termed by Architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, “Less is more.”

Regardless of the style or age of any house or building, architectural outdoor lighting is a must for the eclectically minded home or building owner.

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