Frost & Sullivan: Energy and Asian Markets Drive the Welding Industry out of Recession

September 29th, 2009 CAPE TOWN, South Africa - Growing government support in the form of production subsidies and the increasing liberalisation of electricity sectors is boosting the renewable energy industry in Africa. The announcement of renewable energy feed-in-tariffs in South Africa and Kenya are an indication of more favourable green energy policies in the region.

September 28th, 2009 CAPE TOWN, South Africa - The Asian influence, especially of China, in the sub-Saharan African electricity industry will strengthen over the next five years due to the region's need for additional generation capabilities. The intense energy consumption of the Chinese economy, the need for China to build strategic political alliances and expand its export market, the need for sub-Saharan African governments to access low-interest capital, a growing emphasis on technology transfer and the perceived intransigence of Western Governments regarding loans are some of the factors driving this growth.

September 14th, 2009 LONDON - Frost & Sullivan will host its prestigious 'Excellence in Healthcare Awards Banquet' on Thursday, October 8, 2009, at the Guoman Charing Cross, London. (Logo: www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20081117/FSLOGO) Frost & Sullivan's highly competitive awards recognise companies in a variety of regional and global markets for demonstrating outstanding achievement and superior performance in areas such as leadership, technological innovation, customer service, and strategic product development.

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 24th, 2009 LONDON - Europe is the largest waste to energy plants market in the world with a very well developed infrastructure and over 429 installed plants in 2008. New analysis from Frost & Sullivan (www.environmental.frost.com), European Waste to Energy Plants Market, finds that the market earned revenues of euro 3.10 billion in 2008.

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.

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.

March 23rd, 2009 LONDON - The outlook for the Central and Eastern European (CEE) welding equipment and consumables market is positive due to escalating demand for consumables and equipment from the heavy industries, construction, and power sectors. The automation trend is driving arc welding and laser welding industries.

May 11th, 2009 CHENNAI - The US-based welding consumables product company Lincoln Electric inaugurated its $20-million plant near Chennai Monday. The 100,000 square feet plant in Mahindra World City, a special economic zone (SEZ), has an initial production capacity of 15,000 tonnes per annum.

July 31st, 2009 Official: Welding likely sparked Texas plant fireBRYAN, Texas — Officials believe a welding job likely sparked a fire at a central Texas chemical plant that forced thousands of people from their homes and closed Texas A&M University's main campus. John Salsman with Brazos County emergency management said Friday the investigation is continuing but "the best information we have" indicates the blaze started during a welding job.

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.

July 31st, 2009 Official: Welding likely sparked TX plant fireBRYAN, Texas — Officials believe a welding job likely sparked a fire at a central Texas chemical plant that forced thousands of people from their homes and closed Texas A&M University's main campus. John Salsman with Brazos County emergency management said Friday the investigation is continuing but "the best information we have" indicates the blaze started during a welding job.

September 22nd, 2009 LONDON - The worldwide recession might have sent the financial markets in a tizzy, but reports indicate that it is also likely to bring the biggest annual fall in the world's carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in 40 years. According to a report by BBC news, the International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates that global CO2 emissions will fall by more than 2 percent during 2009.

July 22nd, 2009 CHENNAI - Distinguished scientist and Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) director Baldev Raj has been elected the vice-president of the International Institute of Welding (IIW) for 2009-12. He is the first Indian to be elected to the post in the 62-year-old institute, an authority on standards and practices that has 53 countries as its members.

June 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Five people were killed and nine others were injured when a gas cylinder exploded in a welding shop here Saturday evening, police said. Ved Pal, the owner of the welding shop, his two sons Sonu and Monu along and two unidentified labourers were killed in the incident that took place at 4.40 p.m.

June 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bharti Airtel, one of India's leading telecom service providers, has been adjudged the best service provider in the Asia-Pacific region by telecom research and consultancy firm Frost and Sullivan. The company has bagged top honours for overall service quality and has been adjudged the service provider of the year in the "Best of the Best" category, Airtel said in a statement Tuesday.

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.

July 2nd, 2009 ADB: Asia set for mild economic recovery in 2010MANILA, Philippines — Asia is set for a mild economic recovery from the global financial crisis in 2010 after bottoming out this year, the Asian Development Bank's chief economist said Thursday. "Clearly now we are in the transition from recession to recovery," Jong-Wha Lee said.