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The meter market is in an expansionist and innovative phase. It is at a point of fundamental technological change with the introduction of advanced or intelligent metering. This has immediate consequences for new meters but it also has long term implications for the meter market because of the different service lives of mechanical and solid state meters. In this new edition of the Multi Meters Report we have expanded the coverage of the marketing profiles to look at some interesting new countries which are presenting growing opportunities but have been rather neglected in the past. These include large market like Turkey, Iran, Vietnam and Indonesia which have not received so much attention in the past. They also include smaller markets like Poland, and the Czech Republic where long established meter companies are looking to expand their export business and are making a bid for a global presence. The market profiles in the report are expanded to review 14 new countries in the electricity section, 8 new countries in the gas section and 4 new countries in the water section. The report now contains reviews of the meter markets in 29 countries (29 electricity, 22 gas and 19 water).

The report contains the following key information:

Market analysis and meter types

·      Analysis of the installed base of electricity, gas and water meters by country

·      Analysis of meters by type- watt-hour meters: electromechanical/solid state, gas flowmeters: mechanical/turbine/orifice/ultrasonic,  water flowmeters mechanical (volumetric/velocimetric)/electromagnetic/ultrasonic

·      Future trends of electromechanical/solid state meter deployment

·      Development of new electronic meter production in each sector; electricity, gas, water

Market shares

·      Company mergers and consolidations

·      Global shares of top 39 meter companies

·      Sectoral shares of 23 top electricity meter companies, the top 10 gas meter companies and the top 14 water metre companies

·      The expansion of  the Chinese and Japanese meter companies

·      Major new players identified, “the dark horses” from Turkey, Poland, the Czech Republic and Iran

·      Electricity meter company shares in EU

·      Electricity meter company shares

·      Market leaders in each sector (electricity, gas, water) identified in major markets

·      Credit and prepayment meters in the UK

AMR (Automatic Meter Reading) and AIM (Advanced Infrastructure Management)

·      Survey of global AMR and deployment, analysis by utility sector (electricity, gas, water)

·      Development of advanced meter infrastructure

·      Future trends and deployment projections

·      Major AMR suppliers identified with market share for leader

·      Analysis of specific conditions for AMR in the water sector

·      Detailed surveys of 29 electricity meter markets with 14 new countries, 80% of the world market volume in Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, UK, USA, Australia, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, , China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Iran. (New countries introduced in 2007 underlined)

·      Market surveys for 22 gas meter markets with 8 new countries in Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia, Spain, Turkey, UK, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, USA, Australia, China, India, Japan, Iran. (New countries introduced in 2007 underlined)

·      Market surveys of 19 water meter markets with 4 new countries France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, UK, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, USA, Australia, China, India, Japan. (New countries introduced in 2007 underlined)

·      Installed base of electricity, gas, water customers in every country

·      Annual meter demand for each sector in units and $ values in every country

·      Analysis on meter type for each sector (bulk or C&I, residential) in every country

·      Market trend globally and in profiled countries

·      AMR deployment and development and convergence with AMI

·      Type approval, verification and re-verification

·      Market participants in profiled countries

·      Utility background and market characteristics in profiled countries

Tables and spreadsheets for electricity, gas, water separately containing:

·      Meter demand for each of 180 countries in units and $ value in each of 180 countries and consolidated for electricity, gas and water

·      Installed bases of electricity, gas and water meters in each country and consolidated

·      Current annual demand in units by meter type (bulk/C&I, residential) in every country

·      Market analysis by stock balance, imports, exports and demand in every country 2007

·      Market size and forecast for each year from 2006 to 2012 for every country, units and $ value in every country

·      Historical export data from 1997 to 2006 in units, total $ value and unit value in every country

Meter Manufacturing Companies

·      Major meter companies identified and consolidations and mergers outlined

·      Directory of 989 global meter manufacturers (572 electricity, 287 gas, 243 water)

Metrology

·      Outline of global metrology institutions and standards, procedures for type approval and meter verification

·      Regional details and cooperation arrangements

·      Methodology changes which are driving meter market developments

The Database

The database includes:

·         The tables from the report listed above

·         Spreadsheet of exports by country of origin and importing country for the years 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006

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For more information on the rest of the topics we cover within multi- utilities please go to our multi-utility market research page.