2018 Global Microscope Market reaches US$6.2 billion

According to a survey by Transparency Market Research: Microscope equipment (including optics, electronics, and scanning probe microscopy. The application market includes semiconductors, life sciences, nanotechnology, and materials science). The 2011 global market value is worth US$3 billion and is expected to reach 62 in 2018. Billion US dollars, the compound average annual growth rate from 2012 to 2018 was 11.0%.

The growth of the microscope equipment market mainly comes from the increase in global nanotechnology research. With the wide application of nanotechnology in the fields of materials science, semiconductors and life sciences, it has prompted governments and companies worldwide to support their research and development through public finances. Nanotechnology and other precision manufacturing industries, such as semiconductor and medical equipment manufacturing, have promoted the use of advanced microscopes, which has also driven the development of the microscope equipment market. In addition, the establishment of more and more semiconductor manufacturing companies in China, India and other countries by local or foreign companies also promoted the growth of the microscope equipment market.

In the various fields of application of microscope equipment, the market for microscope equipment in the semiconductor industry accounted for the largest share in 2011, and is expected to maintain its largest share in the next few years. Due to the continuous development of the miniaturization of semiconductor chips in the microelectronics industry, it will become The important driving force for the growth of the microscope equipment market.

In 2011, North America had a microscope equipment market share of more than 35%. Due to its focus on research in industries such as nanotechnology and life sciences, plus the large federal and corporate funding available in this area, it has become an important market for microscope equipment. However, Asia’s microscope equipment market has the fastest compound annual growth rate and is expected to become the world’s largest microscope equipment market by 2018. With the rapid growth of the semiconductor industry, the establishment of more and more semiconductor manufacturing companies will become an important driving force for the growth of the microscope equipment market in this region.

Scanning probe microscopy is expected to show the highest compound annual growth rate in 2012-2018, mainly due to its suitability for conductor or insulator samples, and because of its high resolution, scanning probe microscopes have better surface imaging capabilities.

In 2011, Olympus occupied the largest market share of optical microscopes, and Hitachi High-Tech Co., Ltd. was ranked first in the electron microscope market. Other important microscopy equipment manufacturers include: FEI, Nikon, JEOL, Leica, Carl Zeiss and others.

The microscopy products covered by the report include: optical microscopes (inverted microscopes, stereo microscopes, phase contrast microscopes, fluorescence microscopes, confocal scanning microscopes, scanning near-field optical microscopes); electron microscopes (scanning electron microscopes, transmission electron microscopes); scanning Probe Microscope (Scanning Tunneling Microscope, Atomic Force Microscope).

Microsemiconductor applications include semiconductors, life sciences, materials sciences, nanotechnology, and others.

Microscopy equipment market includes North America, Europe, Asia and other parts of the world.