Freedonia Focus Reports World Collection

World Batteries
October 2012
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World Overview and Forecasts Demand by Product | Demand by Market | Production Trends

Resources

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Industry Structure Industry Composition | Industry Leaders | Additional Companies Cited www.freedoniafocus.com

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Regional Trends and Forecasts Regional Demand Overview | North America | Western Europe | Asia/Pacific Other Regions

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Highlights

WORLD BATTERIES

ABOUT THIS REPORT

Sources
World Batteries is based on a comprehensive industry study published by The Freedonia Group in October 2012. Reported findings represent the synthesis and analysis of data from various primary, secondary, macroeconomic, and demographic sources including: firms participating in the industry government/public agencies national, regional, and international non-governmental organizations trade associations and their publications the business and trade press The Freedonia Group Consensus Forecasts dated June 2012 the findings of other industry studies by The Freedonia Group. Specific sources are listed in the Resources section of this publication for reference and to facilitate further research.

Scope & Method

The product scope of World Batteries is defined as rechargeable and nonrechargeable, disposable energy storage devices. Total product demand and shipments are provided in US dollars at the manufacturers level and segmented by battery type in terms of: primary batteries, including alkaline, lithium, and other types secondary batteries, including lead-acid, lithium-ion, and other rechargeable types. Total demand is also provided in terms of market by: consumer automotive industrial and other markets such as motive power equipment and medical products. Additionally, total demand, total shipments, and the various segments are provided by region, segmented in terms of: North America Western Europe Asia/Pacific other regions.

2012 by The Freedonia Group, Inc.

WORLD BATTERIES Total demand, shipments, and the regional and product-type segments are sized at five-year intervals for historical years 2006 and 2011 with a forecast to 2016. Forecasts emanate from the identification and analysis of pertinent statistical relationships and other historical trends/events as well as their expected progression/impact over the forecast period. Five-year compound annual growth rates (CAGRs) are provided to illustrate product trends between reported years and to facilitate comparisons among the various segments. Demand forecasts are the illustration of underlying trends extrapolated to a particular year. To recognize such trends and for the sake of brevity, CAGRs may be expressed as annual growth in the narrative of this report. However, as historical trends may demonstrate, demand in any given year, including a forecast year, may exhibit volatility and depart from the underlying trend. Demand in US dollars reflects local-currency inflation from period to period, including to the forecast year. Furthermore, US dollar values represent current, average-annual exchange rates between local currencies and the US dollar for the historical periods, including the base year. The forecast year, however, assumes the same exchange rate used for the base year.

Industry Codes
The topic of this report is related to the following industry codes: NAICS/SCIAN 2007
North American Industry Classification System
335911 335912 Storage Battery Manufacturing Primary Battery Manufacturing

SIC
Standard Industry Codes
3691 3692 Storage Batteries Primary Batteries, Dry and Wet

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2012 by The Freedonia Group, Inc.