Electronicast: Harsh environment fiber-optic components market to double by 2009

August 3, 2006 Tokyo, Japan and Upper Lake, CA -- Electronicast Consultants has released a new market forecast study of the global total available market (TAM) and consumption of fiber-optic components and the related devices and parts designed for harsh environment applications.

"Over the past three years, while the global consumption of conventional commercial fiber-optic components has gradually recovered from the 2000-2003 market collapse, most harsh environment applications have maintained steady growth," stated Jeff D. Montgomery, president of Electronicast Consultants.

The global consumption of harsh environment fiber optic components as defined for this period will climb from $1.09 billion in 2005 and $2.02 billion in 2009 to $2.88 billion in 2012. The market value historically has been dominated by military/aerospace qualified components, with a 65 percent share in 2005, and declining to 54 percent or $1.56 billion by 2012. The commercial/industrial fiber-optic component consumption, in turn, is dominated by plastic optical fiber (POF) links.

Passive components, dominated by fiber-optic cable assemblies (for both glass and plastic), accounted for 52 percent ($569 million) of the global consumption value of harsh environment fiber-optic components in 2005. This ratio of passive versus active components value will remain relatively constant, as passive component value grows to $1.5 billion by 2012. Fiber-optic cable assemblies and harnesses will dominate passive components value, reaching $1.18 billion in 2012. Active component consumption will be dominated by transmitter/receiver units, with a 45 percent share of total components consumption, climbing to $1.31 billion by 2012.

This 10-year forecast is available immediately from Electronicast Consultants (650 343-1398).