Frost & Sullivan: Alliances in European Pneumatic Actuators Market May Drive the Sector Out of Recession

September 8th, 2009 LONDON - - Frost & Sullivan to Host Analyst Briefing on European Mobile Industry, on Thursday, 17 September 2009, at 16.00 BST Nearly one year after the start of the economic crisis, the European mobile industry still faces a period of uncertainty. Despite some positive signs, European economies are not out of the woods yet and consumers' confidence remains low.

September 2nd, 2009 LONDON - - Frost & Sullivan to Host Analyst Briefing on Automation Services Market during Recession, on Wednesday, 9 September 2009, at 16.00 BST Economic recession has trampled the growth of major control systems and automation products. However, automation services are expected to offer avenues of sustained growth.

August 11th, 2009 LONDON - - Frost & Sullivan to Host Analyst Briefing on European Online Collaboration Market on Thursday, 20 August 2009, at 15.00 BST Online collaboration is proving to be an effective way for businesses to save time and money on travel, while maintaining high level of productivity. The arising trend indicates that companies who discovered the advantages of online collaboration are unlikely to return to old ways of conducting business when the economic conditions improve.

August 10th, 2009 CAPE TOWN, South Africa - 2008 saw the beginning of a major global economic crisis that affected many industries across the globe. The chemicals sector was one such industry that suffered under the weight of the worldwide recession.

July 7th, 2009 LONDON - - Frost & Sullivan to Host Analyst Briefing on Welding Industry on Wednesday, 15 July 2009, at 14.00 BST The economic downturn has affected the global welding industry, particularly in Europe and the Americas. In response, market participants have been preparing for intense competition while concurrently trying to move toward regions and end user industries that offer potential growth opportunities during the downturn.

June 29th, 2009 LONDON - - Frost & Sullivan to Host Analyst Briefing on IFE Hardware and Content Markets on Wednesday, 8 July 2009 at 15.00 BST IFE Markets have seen a list of new product introductions over the last 5 years, ranging from high capacity portable media players, to mobile telephony enabling technologies and fiber optic-based embedded systems. Nonetheless we are now at the bottom of a global recession that has affected all airlines and has pushed the implementation of far-reaching cost cutting measures, effectively restraining any growth potential for IFE suppliers.

June 28th, 2009 LONDON - The Healthcare Group at Frost & Sullivan is pleased to announce its 2009 Quarterly Analyst Briefing Presentation on the European Hospital Information Systems (HIS) Market to be held on Tuesday, 7th July 2009, at 2 p.m. GMT. (Logo: www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20081117/FSLOGO) Although most hospitals in Europe have some kind of information system in place, only a few have fully integrated and functional hospital information systems solutions installed.

May 12th, 2009 LONDON - Frost & Sullivan's Web Conference will Analyse the Current Situation and Rebound Opportunities While still navigating their way through the current recession the building technology markets are already looking ahead to rebound. (Logo: www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20081117/FSLOGO) Despite dependence on the construction sector, market segments driven by legislation and the omnipresent issues of energy efficiency and sustainability, are expected to fare relatively well through recession and to bounce back strongest when the economy recovers.

May 10th, 2009 CAPE TOWN, South Africa - Africa's healthcare markets are starting to feel the effects of the global economic slowdown. Pressures from the global environment have led to rising health costs and constrained healthcare resources.

April 26th, 2009 LONDON - Frost & Sullivan to Host Analyst Briefing on Biometrics Market on Thursday, 7 May 2009, at 16.00 BST In 2008 biometric vendors witnessed massive growth; however the same downturn that affected banking, construction industry and retail stores since the end of 2008 also affected some biometric vendors. This said, with the ongoing demand for more integrated security solutions from vertical sectors such as education, law enforcement, government, healthcare and manufacturing facilities, 2009 is anticipated to be a steady uphill year for the market.

January 11th, 2009 LONDON - British actress Sadie Frost, who has moved on from her marriage with actor Jude Law, says she is too busy with work now to think of romance. According to mirror.co.uk, Frost just returned from a break with Law.

March 18th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A mechanical engineer of Indian origin is developing techniques that will help improve gas mileage by reducing the drag of vehicles. Drag is an aerodynamic force that is the result of resistance a body encounters when it moves in a liquid or gaseous medium, such as air.

January 27th, 2009 BANGALORE - The global economic slowdown will dip the growth of the semiconductor (chip) market in India by over 50 percent, an industry study said. 'The compound growth of the Indian semicon market for 2009-10 will be 13.4 percent as against the projected 26.7 percent due to lower investment and sluggish manufacturing, resulting in over 50 percent decline,' Indian Semiconductor Association (ISA) chairman Jaswinder Ahuja told reporters Wednesday.

May 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India's civil aviation suppliers market, including components and maintenance, is seen growing annually at 16.1 percent over the next five years to top $3.89 billion, says a new research by a global consultancy. 'Low manufacturing and labour costs are expected to boost outsourcing to India.

January 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The apparel sector will lose about one million (10 lakh) jobs by March because of slackening demand in the US and Europe and increasing input costs, the apex body of the garment export sector said Wednesday. 'Nearly five lakh jobs have been already lost since July 2008 because of the global recession and the sector will lose another five lakh jobs by March 2009,' Rakesh Vaid, chairman of the Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC), told reporters.

June 16th, 2009 Palin nominates Sullivan to key Alaska postSOLDOTNA, Alaska — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has nominated former U.S.

May 30th, 2009 Oklahoma congressman seeks alcohol treatmentOKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma congressman John Sullivan said Friday that he has entered the Betty Ford Center in California to receive treatment for his addiction to alcohol. "I value my relationship with the citizens of Oklahoma's First Congressional District, whom I am privileged and honored to have served for the past eight years.

March 11th, 2009 KOLKATA - The global recession has taken its toll on the salary packages of India's new corporate managers, with the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta (IIM-C), seeing a drop of 23 percent in the average salary offered to its fresh graduates. 'The average salary fell by around 23 percent this time.

September 17th, 2009 EU offers extra help to ease dairy crisisSTRASBOURG, France — The European Commission on Thursday promised extra steps to combat sinking dairy prices but insisted it would not abandon long-term farm reforms that include phasing out milk quotas after 2015. Faced with farmers spilling vast amounts of milk on roads and farmlands around Europe to protest sagging milk prices, EU Agriculture Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel said she will propose to cut red tape to be able "spring into action in the future if we hit further problems in the dairy sector." She also suggested that a European dairy futures market could stabilize prices and said she would study if better long-term contracts between farmers and the dairy industry can improve supply and demand.

June 30th, 2009 Report: Worst may be over for US tech marketNEW YORK — As bad as the technology market fared in the first quarter of this year, the worst may be over, at least in the United States, Forrester Research said in a report Tuesday. The research firm nonetheless revised its forecast for 2009.