ResearchInChina, the vertical portal for Chinese business intelligence, announces the release of a new report - China Fluorine Refrigerant Industry Report, 2010

Beijing, China -- (SBWIRE) -- 04/27/2011 -- The destruction of ozone layer can cause global warming, which has in recent years become a thorny environmental problem. As the culprit, some fluorine refrigerant products have been or are being forced to phase out and, meanwhile, new environment-friendly refrigerants have been developed and put into application.

China, as a developing country, lags behind the developed countries in the effort to eliminate fluorine refrigerant products. At the same time, China is actively implementing export restriction towards fluorite and hydrofluoric acid, a move exerts grave impact on foreign enterprises concerned. In this sense, it brings great opportunities to the fluorine refrigerant industry of China in the short term.

China's major fluorine refrigerant products include R22, R134a, R125 and R32, the total capacity of which reached 854,000 tons in 2010. In particular, R22 is most widely used as refrigerant for household air-conditioner, with the capacity totaling 608,000 tons; R134a as refrigerant for auto air-conditioner, with the capacity totaling 126,000 tons; R125 and R32 are mainly used for producing R410-mixed refrigerant, with the capacity of 69,200 tons and 50,500 tons, respectively; R410a, used as refrigerant for household air-conditioner, has become an essential substitute of R22.

Key domestic enterprises in fluorine refrigerant industry include: Dongyue Group, Juhua Group Corporation, Jiangsu Meilan Chemical Group and Shanghai 3F New Materials. There exist big differences among them in terms of product structure and capacity resulting from different technical route, scale of equipment and development focus.

As far as R22, R134a, R125 and R32 are concerned, Dongyue Group boasts the largest enterprise in terms of product structure and total capacity. In 2010, the capacity of the company realized 178,000 tons, of which, the capacity of R22 reached 150,000 tons, ranking the first place at home. The runner-up went to Juhua Group Corporation, with the capacity totaling 134,000 tons. As for Jiangsu Meilan Chemical Group and Sinochem Lantian, they lead the way in R125 and R134a market segments, respectively, with the market share of 31.7% and 27.8%, respectively. Shanghai 3F New Materials falls behind when it comes to the total capacity of fluorine refrigerant, but it holds dominating position in China's fluorine refrigerant industry dependent on comparatively comprehensive industry chain.

This report not only highlights the operation environment, current development, impact on upstream and downstream sectors, development outlook and key enterprises in China's fluorine refrigerant industry, but probes into the demand & supply, competition pattern and price trend of the major four fluorine refrigerants R22, R134a, R125 and R32.

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ResearchInChina, the vertical portal for Chinese business intelligence, announces the release of a new report - Global and China Thin-film Solar Cell Industry Report, 2010

Beijing, China -- (SBWIRE) -- 04/27/2011 -- In 2010, the output of thin-film solar cell worldwide expanded rapidly to 2767MW, up 62.8% against the 1700MW in 2009, and occupying 13.5% of the global solar cell output. During 2006-2010, the growth rate of thin-film solar cell output maintained a high level.

Currently, thin-film solar cells mainly fall into amorphous silicon (a-Si) thin-film solar cell, CdTe thin-film solar cell, and CIGS thin-film solar cell. Despite the advantages like low price and good faint-light capability, thin-film solar cells have such disadvantages as low conversion efficiency and short service life; however, they will embrace a bright prospect as the shortcomings will fade away along with technology progress.

A-Si Thin-film Solar Cell
Owing to the relatively mature technology and comparatively low technical threshold of a-Si thin-film solar cell, a greater number of manufacturers represented by Energy Conversion Devices, Sharp, and Trony are engaged in the production. But on account of the low conversion efficiency, the sale was not hot in 2010 even though the selling price was very low.

CdTe Thin-film Solar Cell
The dominating First Solar controls the most advanced technology of CdTe thin-film solar cell. Its output rested on 1400MW in 2010, making it the enterprise with the second largest solar cell output in the world, and its capacity will hit 2700MW in 2012. Till present, no thin-film solar cell enterprise can compete with First Solar.

CIGS Thin-film Solar Cell
With a high theoretical conversion efficiency and suitability for mass production, CIGS thin-film solar cell turns out to be the most promising thin-film solar cell. Nevertheless, it has not achieved mass production yet owing to the immature technology. The relatively big enterprises cover Germany's Q-Cells with a capacity of merely 100MW or so; Chinese enterprises consist of Sunvim Group Co., Ltd, etc.

In addition, the report casts light on 8 major suppliers of thin-film solar cell devices, including Switzerland's Oerlikon and Japan's ULVAC.

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ResearchInChina, the vertical portal for Chinese business intelligence, announces the release of a new report - China Coal Mine Machinery Industry Report, 2010-2011

Beijing, China -- (SBWIRE) -- 04/27/2011 -- The coal mine machinery involved in this report refers to hydraulic support, coal winning machine, scraper conveyor, and roadheader.

Against the booming demand and output of coal in China, Chinese coal mine machinery industry has progressed rapidly in recent years.

In H1 2010, Chinese coal mine machinery enterprises produced 18,920 hydraulic supports, up 35.12% YoY; 176 coal winning machines, up 2.3% YoY; 221 roadheaders, down 11.6% YoY; and 671 scraper conveyors, up 25% YoY.

Along with the ever increasing coal output and the rising level of coal winning equipment in China, the demand for coal mine machinery will maintain the relatively high growth rate in the following years. Promisingly in 2015, the output value of coal machinery industry will reach RMB149.9 billion, with the CAGR of 22.8%.

Besides the analysis on status quo and market demand of coal mine machinery industry, this report probes deeply into the market competition pattern, segment market competition, and key enterprises.

In regard to competition pattern, Chinese coal mine machinery industry characterizes comparatively low market concentration ratio.

In 2009, the market share of Top 10 coal mine machinery enterprises by sales turned out to be 27.9%; hereinto, Zhengzhou Coal Mining Machinery (Group) Co., Ltd enjoyed the lion's share of 7.1%.

From the perspective of product segments, hydraulic support composes the value core of fully mechanized coal mining equipment and is also the segmented sector that features the most fierce market competition. Zhengzhou Coal Mining Machinery (Group) Co., Ltd, the leading enterprise in hydraulic support industry all along, possesses the steady market share of 25% or so, and it manufactured 13,444 hydraulic supports in 2010.

As for the field of coal winning machine, in 2009, Jixi Coal Mining Machinery Co., Ltd. and Taiyuan Mining Machinery Group Co., Ltd seized the respective market share of over 20%; together with such coal mine machinery enterprises as Wuxi Shengda Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Xi'an Coal Mining Machinery Co., Ltd., and Shanghai Chuangli Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd., they took the total share of 88% of the coal winning machine market.

As the leading company in scraper conveyor field, China Coal Zhangjiakou Coal Mining Machinery Co., Ltd. under ChinaCoal Group acquired the sales of RMB1.89 billion in 2009, accounting for 23% market share, followed by Ningxia Tiandi Benniu, Shandong Mining Machinery Group, Shanxi Coal Mine Machinery, etc.

Roadheader industry features comparatively high market concentration ratio. SANYHE International Holdings ranks the first with the market share of 32%, followed by JCMMC.

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ResearchInChina, the vertical portal for Chinese business intelligence, announces the release of a new report - China Local Independent Design House (IDH) Survey Report, 2010-2011

Beijing, China -- (SBWIRE) -- 04/27/2011 -- To find out the development status and trends of local independent design houses (IDH), Mobile Phone Journal and ResearchInChina implemented an IDH survey jointly in March 2011.

Questionnaire:
1. Do you have your own mobile phone brand?

2. Why do you build your own mobile phone brand?

3. How many employees do you have?

4. What is the proportion of R & D cost in your net sales?

5. How about your mobile phone shipment in 2010?

6. How about your mobile phone sales growth in 2010?

7. What is the proportion of R & D personnel in your staff?

8. How do you promote your products?

9. What is the proportion of promotion personnel in your staff?

10. Where do you sell your mobile phones?

11. Where do you sell your mobile phones in 2011?

12. What is the proportion of overseas sales of mobile phones in your total operating income?

13. What is the advantage of your products compared with first-tier international vendors?

14. What is the disadvantage of your products compared with first-tier international vendors?

15. How long is your average design cycle for mobile phones?

16. How about the ex-factory prices of your major models?

17. Whose chip solutions did you use in 2010?

18. Whose chip solutions will you use in 2011?

19. Does your mobile phone solution involve a separate application processor?

20. Whose application processors do you prefer?

21. What is your strategy for Tablet PC?

22. What is your Tablet PC program?

23. What is your strategy for smart phones?

24. What is your strategy for smart phone operating system?

25. When will you launch your smart phones?

26. What is your 3G mobile phone strategy?

27. Which 3G standard will you use?

28. In your opinion, which of the following factors can reflect the difference among various mobile phones?

29. In your opinion, which sector will dominate the future mobile phone industry?

30. How about your budget in brand promotion?

31. How about your sales channels?

32. What kind of software stores do you plan to install in your smart phones?

33. In your opinion, which local mobile phone companies (excluding listed companies) take leading positions in shipment? How about their exact shipment?

The survey basically covers local IDH enterprises of all scales. Small enterprises with 10-50 employees accounted for the highest proportion of 32.1%, while medium and large enterprises with 500-1,000 employees accounted for 18.9%.

In 2010, 34% of enterprises gained the sales growth rate of 20%-40%, while 24% obtained 40%-60%. Overall, all of local IDH witnessed growth in 2010.

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ResearchInChina, the vertical portal for Chinese business intelligence, announces the release of a new report - China Electric Vehicle Charging Station Market Report, 2010

Beijing, China -- (SBWIRE) -- 04/27/2011 -- In 2010, with the intensive implementation of policies on new energy vehicle industry in China, the electric vehicle charging station debuted and mushroomed. Over 40 cities, such as Shanghai, Beijing and Shenzhen, started the construction of electric vehicle charging station and charging pile projects. As of 2010, 76 charging stations were built in 41 cities in China, most of which were located in east China including Shanghai, Shandong, and Jiangsu provinces.

This report introduces the pilot construction projects, enterprises involved and related industry policies of electric vehicle charging station in China, meanwhile, it analyses the capacity of Chinese market in the future and related beneficial enterprises.

According to the State-owned Enterprise Electric Vehicle Industry Alliance established in 2010, the related enterprises of electric vehicle recharging station industry include State Grid, China Southern Power Grid, PetroChina, Sinopec, POTEVIO, and China Poly Group. Among these 6 enterprises, State Grid and China Southern Power Grid are the two enterprises with faster progress in charging station construction. In accordance with the construction planning of State Grid, till 2020, its total investment in electric vehicle charging station and charging pile will reach RMB 32.3 billion and RMB 12.5 billion respectively.

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ResearchInChina, the vertical portal for Chinese business intelligence, announces the release of a new report - China Bulldozer Industry Report, 2010

Beijing, China -- (SBWIRE) -- 04/24/2011 -- Bulldozer is a necessary construction machinery product in earth and stone works. With the infrastructure construction in full swing, the bulldozer industry of China developed rapidly in 2010, with the sales volume increased by 62.1% year-on-year to 13,911 sets, activating the stagnant market effectively.

In terms of market segment, crawler and standard bulldozers especially 160-179hp ones take a lion's share in the Chinese market.

By moving mechanism, bulldozers are divided into crawler bulldozers and wheeled bulldozers, and crawler bulldozers occupy over 90% of the Chinese market;

By application, bulldozers are grouped into standard bulldozers and special bulldozers. Standard bulldozers account for roughly 80% of the Chinese market, while more than 90% of the special bulldozers are wetland bulldozers;

By power, bulldozers are graded as 70-119hp, 120-119hp, 140-159hp, 160-179hp, 180-219hp, 220-319hp, and above 320hp. In particular, 160-179hp bulldozers are mostly applied in general engineering construction, and occupied 62% of the Chinese market in 2010.

In terms of market pattern, China's bulldozer industry is highly concentrated, with only about a dozen manufacturers. Among them, Shantui Construction Machinery has long been playing a dominating role, with the market share hitting 64% in H1 2010, far ahead of the runner-up - Hebei Xuangong Construction Machinery.

In terms of capital structure, domestic-funded enterprises are main force in China's bulldozer industry. Key bulldozer manufacturers include Shantui Construction Machinery, Hebei Xuangong Construction Machinery, Tianjin Yishan Construction Machinery, Shanghai Pengpu Machine Building Plant, YTO Group Corporation, Dadi Engineering Machinery, Shaanxi Zoomlion Earth Working Machinery, Zhengzhou Yutong Heavy Industries, Caterpillar Xuzhou Limited (CXL), Xiamen XGMA Machinery and Guangxi LiuGong Machinery, among which, CXL is the only foreign-funded enterprise.

It is estimated that small bulldozers, especially those below 100hp, will become the development priority in China's bulldozer industry.

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ResearchInChina, the vertical portal for Chinese business intelligence, announces the release of a new report - China Tungsten Industry Report, 2010-2011

Beijing, China -- (SBWIRE) -- 04/24/2011 -- China has 65% of the world's tungsten ore reserves, and accounted for about 85% of the global total tungsten output in 2010. As of 2010, China's tungsten metal reserves were only 1900 thousand tons, which can merely be utilized for 20 years at the current rate of depletion. In order to promote reasonable exploration and utilization, tungsten was classified among the protected resources in China in 1991, and policies on limitation of exploration and exportation have been implemented from then on.

In 2010, among tungsten concentrate producing areas in China, Jiangxi and Hunan provinces accounted for 44% and 24.01% respectively of the total output nationwide, up 8.14% and 22.52% from the year earlier. In most of the tungsten concentrate producing areas, the outputs exceeded the exploitation quotas made by the state.

Tungsten enterprises in China feature small size, large number and low production automation. In the meantime, tungsten products in China are mainly primary tungsten products with weak international competitiveness, which has accelerated the consumption of tungsten resources in China. However, with the increasing concentration of Chinese tungsten industry and enhanced product development ability, the overall competitiveness of China's tungsten industry will be boosted in the future.

In China, there are 15 enterprises qualified for tungsten export. Enterprises with complete industrial chain both domestically and worldwide include Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd., Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd., and Hunan Nonferrous Metals Holding Group Co., Ltd. Other enterprises with tungsten ore resources include Jiangxi Tungsten Industry Group Co., Ltd., Hunan Chenzhou Mining Group Co., Ltd., and Guangdong Rising Nonferrous Metals Group Co., Ltd.

Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd., the largest producer and exporter of tungsten and molybdenum products in China, is one of the best manufacturers of carbide blank and tungsten materials in the world, providing 25% of the total global consumption of primary tungsten.

Chongyi Zhangyuan tungsten Co., Ltd. is among top 2 providers of tungsten powder and tungsten carbide powder, and top 4 providers of cemented carbide in China.

Hunan Chenzhou Mining Group Co., Ltd., a key enterprise in China's tungsten mining industry, has APT capacity of 5,000 tons annually.

Controlling five tungsten mines in the east of Guangdong province, Guangdong Rising Nonferrous Metals Group Co., Ltd. is mainly engaged in the mining and smelting of rare earth and tungsten.

Jiangxi Tungsten Industry Group Co., Ltd., accounting for 1/3 of the total wolframite concentrate capacity in China, occupies a considerable share in the intermediate tungsten product and deep processed product market.

XiangLuShan Tungsten Co., Ltd., with 22700 thousand tons of tungsten ore reserves and 142 thousand tons of tungsten metal reserves, is one of the biggest scheelite single crystal mines in terms of output in China.

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ResearchInChina, the vertical portal for Chinese business intelligence, announces the release of a new report - China Feed Amino Acid Industry Report, 2010

Beijing, China -- (SBWIRE) -- 04/21/2011 -- In the feed industry, amino acid is an important nutritional additive whose main role is to compensate for the lack of amino acids in feed, thus saving a lot of high-quality protein feed such as bean cake (dregs) and fish meal, and lowering feed costs. Although the types and proportions of amino acids added are closely related to the feed sources and animal species, in the practical application of feed amino acids, methionine and lysine can occupy up to 80-90%, and other amino acids hold about 10-20 %.

In China, chickens and pigs hold the largest proportion of livestock feeding. According to animal nutrition, methionine is the primary limiting amino acid for chickens, while lysine is the primary limiting amino acid for pigs. In addition, restricted by China's level of livestock feeding economy and self-sufficiency of feed amino acids, it has become increasingly apparent that China's feed amino acid consumption structure is dominated by methionine and lysine, and supplemented by threonine and tryptophan.

China's lysine market entered a mature stage in 2010, with obvious overcapacity and cut-throat competition. Major lysine producers include Changchun Dacheng, Ningxia Eppen Biotech, Anhui BBCA Biochemical and Liaocheng CJ, which accounted for 86.6% of the total output in 2009.

However, restricted by technical barriers, domestic methionine production is inadequate. In 2010, Chongqing Unis Chemical was the only domestic supplier of commercial feed methionine, and the market was dominated by German Degussa, Japanese Sumitomo and French Adisseo (acquired by China National BlueStar).

In 2010, feed threonine production reached about 152,000 tons. Although there was excess capacity, it mainly resulted from the limited downstream feed application due to high prices. The tryptophan market was restricted by both technology and application, so the development was slow. China's tryptophan capacity exceeded 3,000 tons in 2010, but the actual output was not large.

Changchun Dacheng, Ningxia Eppen Biotech and Anhui BBCA Biochemical are actively expanding their existing feed amino acid production scale, and improving the product mix distribution. These companies have been able to produce at least two types of feed amino acids.

This Report not only analyzes the operating environment, overall situation and development prospect of China's feed amino acid industry, but also delves into the market supply and demand, import and export, competition pattern and price trend of four major limiting amino acids in animal feed, i.e. lysine, methionine, threonine and tryptophan.

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ResearchInChina, the vertical portal for Chinese business intelligence, announces the release of a new report - China Bio-breeding Industry Report, 2010

Beijing, China -- (SBWIRE) -- 04/20/2011 -- In 2010, sales of over 8000 seed enterprises in China reached RMB 29.8 billion, up 4.9% from a year earlier. Only about 100 biological feeding enterprises are capable of R&D independently, but they seem inferior when compared with the R&D capability of foreign counterparts. With the issuance of related polices concerning Chinese seed industry in 2011, the State will lay emphasis on supporting the enterprises integrating breeding, reproduction and promotion, and industry concentration will be continuously improved in the future by eliminating or merging those small seed businesses.

Hybrid-maize and hybrid-rice are the two mature applications of biotechnology in China.

Concerning hybrid maize, the two main varieties include Zhengdan 958 and Xianyu335. In 2009, the area planted for Zhengdan 958 registered 68.1 million mu, covering about 30% of maize sowed area countrywide. Wanxiang Doneed Co., Ltd. is representative producer of Zhengdan 958. Meanwhile, the planted area of Xianyu 335 increased by 107.4% YoY to 16.92 million mu, which was mainly ascribed to Xianyu 335's merits like high sprouting ratio, low moisture content, and lodging resistance. Shandong Denghai Seeds Co., Ltd. and Gansu Dunhuang Seed Co., Ltd are the main producers of Xianyu335.

As for hybrid rice, it only occupies less than half of the total area planted for rice in China, as its taste is not so good as conventional rice although with high yield and good resistance. In China, key enterprises producing hybrid rice seed include Yuan Long Ping High-TechAgriculture Co., Ltd., Hefei Fengle Seed Co., Ltd., Grand Agriseeds Technology Inc. and Beijing DBN Technology Group Co., Ltd. etc.

The report not only casts light on the status quo and development prospect of biotechnology breeding market in China, but also analyzes the business performance and development trend of biotechnology breeding enterprises which include Gansu Dunhuang Seed Co., Ltd., Yuan Long Ping High-TechAgriculture Co., Ltd., Wanxiang Doneed Co., Ltd., and Shandong Denghai Seeds Co., Ltd.

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ResearchInChina, the vertical portal for Chinese business intelligence, announces the release of a new report - Global and China 1,4-Butanediol (BDO) Industry Report, 2010-2011

Beijing, China -- (SBWIRE) -- 04/20/2011 -- 1, 4-butanediol (BDO) is an important raw material for basic organic chemicals and fine chemicals. Subject to the financial crisis, the global BDO capacity has showed sluggish growth, up merely 3.7% year on year in 2010. Due to high technology thresholds and limited raw material sources, the BDO production is highly concentrated. The world's major BDO manufacturers include Germany's BASF, Taiwan's Dairen, America's Lyondell and ISP, China's Shanxi Sanwei Group, with BDO capacity of 520 thousand tons, 256 thousand tons, 188 thousand tons, 153 thousand tons and 150 thousand tons respectively in 2010, accounting for nearly 60% of the world's total.

On the basis of analyzing the supply & demand, competition pattern and development of global BDO industry, this report lays emphasis on the research of current development, supply & demand, competition pattern and development of downstream industries of Chinese BDO industry.

China's BDO industry has grown up based on the introduction of advanced technologies from overseas. In 2010, China's BDO capacity increased 20.2% year on year. In terms of capacity, Shanxi Sanwei Group, accounting for 150 thousand tons (33.6%) of the total capacity in China in 2010, was the largest manufacturer of BDO in China. Xinjiang Markor and Nanjing Bluestar ranked second and third. Enterprises in Chinese Mainland, except Dairen Chemical (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd., generally adopt the Reppe method and maleic anhydride method in BDO production. With the restriction on high energy consumption industries and implementation of energy-saving and emission reduction policies in China, in the future, the percentage of BDO facilities adopting Reppe method will decrease, whereas maleic anhydride method will be increasingly adopted thanks to its advantages including small investment, high quality of products, low emission, capability of co-production of THF and GBL and controllable product ratio.

With regard to the demand, driven by the fast development of downstream spandex and PBT industries, the annual average compound growth rate of BDO consumption in China reached 21.9% in 2006-2010. In 2010, the demand for BDO in China totaled 366 thousand tons, up 18.1% year-on-year. In terms of the consumption structure of BDO, THF/PTMEG is the largest consumption market, followed by PBT.

This report not only analyses the status quo, supply and demand, competition pattern, price tendency, development of BDO industry as well as the development trends of downstream industries concerned, but also introduces in detail the current development, operation and prospect of key BDO manufacturers across China and beyond.

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ResearchInChina, the vertical portal for Chinese business intelligence, announces the release of a new report - China Excavator Industry Report, 2010-2011

Beijing, China -- (SBWIRE) -- 04/20/2011 -- Promoted by the rapid progress of fixed assets investment and real estate development in China, the excavator industry has taken on high-speed growth in recent years, with the output climbing to 192,811 in 2010 from 34,722 in 2005 and the sales volume rising from 28,812 to 165,804.

With the synergy of the booming excavator demand fueled by growing fixed assets investment, the consumers' recognition of excavator's performance and the prosperity of excavator leasing market, as well as the emerging effect of substituting excavator for loader (the possession quantity proportion of excavator to loader advanced to 0.68:1 in 2009 from 0.57:1 in 2006), the output and sales volume of excavator in China expanded in the past 6 years.

Based on an analysis of excavator industry environment, this report probes deeply into the supply & demand and competition pattern of excavator market.

In regard to brand competition, Chinese excavator market is monopolized by foreign brands with the market share of 71.7% in 2010; hereinto, Japanese and South Korean brands enjoyed the total share of 60.1%. The domestic brands represented by SANY Heavy Industry and Guangxi Yuchai Heavy Industry Company Limited (YUCHAI) have expanded the market share via a breakthrough in the small-sized excavator sector ever since 2005, and the market share climbed to 28.3% in 2010, up 8.4 percentage points against 2005.

As for product competition, caterpillar excavating machine still dominated the market in 2010 with the market share exceeding 95%. Meanwhile, the sales volume of 6-10 ton and 21-22 ton excavators maintained the high level.

In addition, this report casts light on 15 key enterprises, including 7 domestic enterprises and 8 foreign enterprises in China.

In 2010, there were seven enterprises whose excavator sales volume surpassed 10 thousand in China, i.e. Komatsu, Doosan, Hyundai, Hitachi, KOBELCO, SANY Heavy Industry, and Caterpillar; SANY Heavy Industry was the only domestic brand among them, and ranked the 6th with a sales volume of 14,154 throughout the year. YUCHAI, LiuGong, and FOTON LOVOL International Heavy Industry Co., Ltd. (FOTON LOVOL H.I.) all boasted an annual sales volume of over 5,000.

In 2011, the first year of China's "12th Five-Year Plan", Chinese Government will continue to increase the efforts in such projects as road, railway, municipal construction, and low-income housing, so the sales volume of excavators throughout the year is predicted to witness the YoY growth of 15% to 190 thousand or so. However, the Japan earthquake has exerted negative influence on the import of hydraulic parts, the core components of excavator, and subject to various factors like the potential overcapacity, the development of excavator industry will encounter certain risks.

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Beijing, China -- (SBWIRE) -- 04/15/2011 -- Dissolving pulp is a pulp that has cellulose content over 95%, and its main downstream product – viscose staple fiber is an important textile material.

In 2010, there were 17 major dissolving pulp producers operating 21 factories in the world. Top five dissolving pulp producers included Sappi, Birla, Sateri, Rayonier and Lenzing, which mainly produced dissolving wood pulp with a total capacity of 2.475 million tons, a 61.9% share of the global dissolving pulp capacity.

In early 2011, as the demand for dissolving pulp is increasing and the price is soaring, some dissolving pulp producers plan to expand their capacity, and have shown a preference for China in their deployment of new capacity in view of the high textile industry concentration in China and the stringent environmental policies in other countries.

By the end of 2012, China's dissolving pulp capacity will increase by 529% over 2010 to 1.636 million tons, while the capacity of other regions will rise only 19.5% over 2010 to 4.47 million tons. By then, China's share of global dissolving pulp capacity will increase from 6.5% in 2010 to 26.8%.

In China, Sun Paper and Yueyang Paper with complete pulping equipment and rich production experience, Jilin Chemical Fiber with a unique bamboo fiber industry chain, and Fujian Nanping Paper with bamboo and wood resource advantages will take the lead to build and expand dissolving pulp production lines on a large scale at the end of 2012. In addition, other producers like Qingshan Paper and Chenming Paper will also step up capacity expansion for a place in the Chinese market.

This Report not only sheds light on the development, market supply and demand as well as enterprise competition in the dissolving pulp industry in China and worldwide, but also analyzes the capacity, operation and development prospect of major dissolving pulp enterprises.

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ResearchInChina, the vertical portal for Chinese business intelligence, announces the release of a new report - Global and China Dissolving Pulp Industry Report, 2010-2012

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ResearchInChina, the vertical portal for Chinese business intelligence, announces the release of a new report - China Online Advertising Industry Report, 2010-2011

Beijing, China -- (SBWIRE) -- 04/14/2011 -- In 2010, China's Online advertising market continued to maintain high-speed growth, and the market size increased substantially by 58.7% year on year to RMB 32.7 billion.

China's Online advertising market consists of segments including integrated portal, search and guide website, video website, and vertical portal. Search and guide websites refer to the large websites such as Baidu, Google, Taobao, and Qihoo 360 that lead users to small and medium-sized websites.

In China's online advertising market in 2010, integrated portals accounted for 16.2% of the advertising income, a decrease compared with the 22.9% in 2009; search and guide websites and video websites delivered an excellent performance, and vertical portals expanded their share slightly.

Being more rational, advertisers are pursuing more accurate delivery and maximization of advertising effect. In the future, the advertising income of integrated portals will be further reduced, while the advertising business of search and guide websites and vertical portals will maintain high growth potential.

In 2010, China's online advertising market was still highly concentrated, with top 14 Internet media accounting for 68% of the advertising income. Baidu, Taobao and Google China were the top three Internet enterprises in terms of advertising income.

Baidu achieved advertising income of RMB7.9 billion, occupying 24% market share; benefiting from the substantial increase in its platform turnover, Taobao achieved advertising income of RMB3.9 billion, promoting its market share from the third place in 2009 to the second place.

Impacted by the withdrawal from China, Google China saw decelerated advertising revenue growth and its market share drop from the second place in 2009 to the third place.

In the future, search and guide websites will still be the major players in China's Internet advertising market. Baidu and Taobao will further consolidate their market leadership, sitting tight in the top rank. Relying on their brand value, integrated portals will still maintain some advantages, large user group, for instance, and remain in the second rank despite the intense competition in the advertising business.

Video websites and vertical portals like Youku, Bitauto and Soufun constitute the third rank and will be active members in the future online advertising market. The competition among them will be increasingly tense.

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ResearchInChina, the vertical portal for Chinese business intelligence, announces the release of a new report - Global Top 500 Mining and Metal Companies, 2010

Beijing, China -- (SBWIRE) -- 04/14/2011 -- After the impact of international economic crisis in 2008, the global metal & mining industry has recovered from the bottom in early 2009, ever since when, the global metal price has been on the steady rise.

Fueled by the sustained growth of macro-economy and the expansion of domestic demand, China witnessed the exceedingly strong demand for major metal ore products in 2009, the mining market was continuously animated, and the mining economy transformed from weakness to renewal. Meanwhile, Chinese enterprises accelerated the M&A overseas. According to the statistics of MEG, there were 31 projects or companies priced over US$25 million among the M&A of global basic metal enterprises in 2009. Hereinto, all of the Top 3 purchasers were Chinese enterprises. In addition, the 9 acquisitions of Chinese purchasers held 40% of total resource values of the 31 M&As.

Based on the report of Global Top 500 Mining and Metal Companies in 2009, we sorted out more than 800 mining (excluding coal mine, petroleum, and natural gas) and metal related (excluding metal products) enterprises listed in over 50 major stock exchanges worldwide, downloaded their latest annual reports and financial reports, found the financial data concerning the over 800 mining and metal enterprises, and worked out the global Top 500 mining and metal enterprises in 2010 according to such indices as revenue, net income, and total assets.

The global Top 500 mining and metal enterprises in 2010 indicated the climbing strength of Chinese metal & mining enterprises. In contrast to the global Top 500 in 2009, Chinese enterprises performed powerfully in 2010 and occupied 25 positions of the global Top 100 in 2010, up 31.6% against the quantity of 19 in 2009. Besides, Australian metal & mining enterprises also made remarkable achievements in 2010 and accounted for 64 positions of the global Top 500, an increase of 56.1% from the number of 41 in 2009.

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ResearchInChina, the vertical portal for Chinese business intelligence, announces the release of a new report - China Tablet PC Market Survey Report, 2010-2011

Beijing, China -- (SBWIRE) -- 04/14/2011 -- In 2010, Apple iPad set off an upsurge of tablet PC on a global scale and urged all the manufacturers that tried to compete with Apple to redesign their products, which postponed the release of the majority of competitive tablet PCs till 2011.

In 2010, iPad not only fueled the rapid growth of tablet PC market but exerted a revolutionary influence upon the entire media industry and propelled the 3C manufacturers in the consumer electronics, computer and communication industry as well as the traditional media magnates into the tablet PC industry.

According to ResearchInChina, the market size of tablet PC in China approximated 1.73 million in 2010, and is predicted to reach 34 million in 2014.

Apple, Gome, and Eben ranked top three by sales volume, while Apple, Eking, and Eben ranked top three by sales value. Apple iPad occupied 70.2% market share. iPad, Viliv X70 and Eben were the best-selling models in Chinese tablet PC market.

In March 2010, ResearchInChina and 1diaocha.com conducted an online consumer survey, involving evenly distributed 7,000 respondents mainly aged 20-50, and covering 30 provincial capitals and municipalities directly under the central government, including Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and Chengdu.

From the perspective of brand preference, the most popular brands among the potential consumers were listed as Apple, HP, Samsung, Acer, Aigo, etc.

According to the statistics of ResearchInChina Smart Terminal Database, among the 220 tablet PCs under 83 brands available as of February 2011, 59.5% adopt Android and 30.5% use Windows.

Currently, 59.5% of Android tablet PCs still adopt the CPUs lower than 720MHz, while 30.5% use the CPUs higher than 1GHz.

57.1% of Windows tablet PCs adopt the CPUs higher than 1.6GHz, yet 7.9% continue to use the CPUs lower than 1GHz.

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ResearchInChina, the vertical portal for Chinese business intelligence, announces the release of a new report - Global and China Zirconium Industry Report, 2010

Beijing, China -- (SBWIRE) -- 04/14/2011 -- In 2010 when zirconium product industry of China entered the stage of rapid development, the demand of raw material zircon sand increased consequently. Due to insufficient supply of zircon sand domestically, China's import volume of zircon sand increased by 55.7% year-on-year and made a new record of 732 thousand tons in 2010; wherein, Australia and South Africa were the main origins of import for China.

Two main categories of zirconium products include zirconium chemicals and zirconium metal. Represented by zirconium silicate and zirconia, zirconium chemicals are mainly applied in the fields of ceramics and fireproofing, which accounts for 90% of the zircon consumption. In comparison, the zirconium metal shares 3-4% of total zirconium consumption currently, and 90% of zirconium metal, as a high-end product of zircon, applies as special material for nuclear reactor.

Zirconium Silicate
As an upstream primary product, zirconium silicate is mainly used in ceramic industry. In 2010, the capacity of zirconium silicate in China reached approximately 400 thousand tons. Over 40 manufacturers of zirconium silicate mainly converge in Fujian, Guangdong, and Shandong provinces in China.

Zirconium Oxychloride
As a kind of intermediate product of zircon, zirconium oxychloride is primarily utilized to produce zirconium chemicals, such as zirconium dioxide, zirconium sulfate and zirconium carbonate. Till 2010, the industrial capacity of zirconium oxychloride totaled around 300 thousand tons. As a result of abundant supply, the market price of zirconium oxychloride keeps at an ever low level in recent years, which leads to the low gross margin of main manufacturers of zirconium oxychloride in China.

Zirconium Dioxide
As one of the important zirconium chemicals, zirconium dioxide is mainly applied in the sectors like ceramics, glass and fireproofing. In recent years, the capacity of zirconium dioxide in China experienced rapid expansion especially that of high purity zirconium dioxide. Key manufacturers of zirconium dioxide in China consist mainly of Changzhou Baolong Chemicals Co., Ltd., Zhejiang Shenghua Biok Biology Co., Ltd and Zibo Guangtong Chemical Co., Ltd, etc. High purity zirconium dioxide project invested in 2009 by Guangdong Orient Zirconic Ind Sci & Tech Co., Ltd has been put into production, and its capacity will register 6,000 tons annually once it is fully operated.

Zirconium Sponge
Zirconium sponge mainly includes industrial zirconium sponge and nuclear level zirconium sponge, both of which are high-end products in the zirconium industrial chain. In China, the manufacturing of zirconium sponge gives priority to industrial zirconium sponge, but with its capacity comparably small. Till 2010, the total capacity of five main manufacturers including Chaoyang Baisheng Titanium and Zirconium Co.,Ltd., BaoTi Huashen Titanium Industry Co., Ltd and CITIC Jinzhou Metal Co.,Ltd. etc. merely reached 2,200 tons. In the arena of nuclear level zirconium sponge, the key domestic producers of zirconium product including Guangdong Orient Zirconic Ind Sci & Tech Co., Ltd, Jiangxi Kingan Hi-Tech Co., Ltd, and State Nuclear WEC Zirconium and Hafnium Co., Ltd., all have their specific project planning.

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ResearchInChina, the vertical portal for Chinese business intelligence, announces the release of a new report - China Education and Training Industry Report, 2010-2011

Beijing, China -- (SBWIRE) -- 04/11/2011 -- In 2010, the education and training industry of China developed rapidly, accompanying a series of investment and financing activities; a total of eight venture capital investments worth USD27.43 million and two private equity investments worth USD62.74 million in China's education industry were disclosed; five Chinese education and training enterprises went public in the United States in 2010; by the end of the year, the market value of all the listed enterprises in the education industry of China had surpassed USD9.2 billion.

New Oriental saw its net operating income increase by 56.3% to USD95.7 million in the second fiscal quarter of FY2011 (September-November 2010). With a new school established in Henan and 24 teaching centers set up in 20 cities in the second fiscal quarter, New Oriental accelerated its outlet expansion in 2010.

TAL Education Group saw its net revenue increase by 47.7% year on year to USD24.06 million in the third fiscal quarter of FY2011 (September-November 2010). As of 2010, TAL Education Group had 109 teaching centers across China, 80 or 73.4% of which are located in Beijing.

Xueda Education Group saw its net revenue increase by 99.7% year on year to USD154.1 million in 2010. By the end of 2010, it had a total of 207 learning centers in 53 cities of China, an increase of 76 and 50 compared with the end of 2009 and the end of H1 2010 respectively.

Global Education & Technology Group saw its net operating income increase by 40.4% year on year to USD52.40 million in 2010. By the end of 2010, Global Education & Technology Group had 351 learning centers in 119 cities across China; among the learning centers, 34 were added in 2010, while 82 or 23.4% are directly owned and operated by Global Education & Technology Group.

This report elaborates on the status quo, policy environment and prospect of non-government funded education, vocational education, IT training, foreign language training and infant/child training in the education industry of China, and focuses on leading enterprises including New Oriental, Noah Education Holding, ChinaCast Education, ChinaEdu Corporation, ATA, China E-learning Group LTD, China Distance Education Holdings Ltd., China Education Alliance Inc., Ambow Education, Global Education & Technology Group, TAL Education Group and Xueda Education Group.

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ResearchInChina, the vertical portal for Chinese business intelligence, announces the release of a new report - Global and China Mobile Phone RF (Radio Frequency) Industry Report, 2010-2011

Beijing, China -- (SBWIRE) -- 04/11/2011 -- Mobile phone RF system consists mainly of transceiver, power amplifier (PA) and front-end module (FEM). The RF system of a general mobile phone is simply inclusive of a transceiver and a PA. FEM can be assembled in the form of integrated circuit or by discrete components.

By contraries, the RF system of multi-band mobile phone which includes all 3G, quasi-4G and smart phone is exceedingly complicated now that the RF system needs several bands of transceibers and PAs.

Generally, the transceivers of mobile phone excluding Nokia are provided by baseband vendors. Most of Nokia's baseband are jointly developed with Texas Instruments, and its transceivers are jointly developed with ST-Ericsson.

Since the multi-band mobile phone in need of several PAs, the RF system of multi-band mobile phone costs as high as $9 while that of ordinary cell phone only costs $1 to $2.

Take iPhone 2G for example, it renders Infineon PMB6952 as transceiver, Skyworks SKY77340 as power amplifier for GSM/GPRS/EDGE, and three PA chips of Triquint--TQM616035, 666032, 676031 for the three bands of WCDMA.

The latest Samsung Galaxy S 4G is a quasi-4G mobile phone with the comparably sophisticated RF system including four key components. The sole transceiver is ST ERICSSON RF5000, and Skyworks SKY77544 comprising PA for GSM/GPRS/EDGE is used as FEM.

The mushrooming of smart phone, 3G phone and quasi 4G phone greatly enlarges the market size of mobile phone RF system. However, mobile phone RF is as usual GaAs component which pertains to compound semiconductor instead of traditional silicon semiconductor.

Only a small number of OEMs around the world are experts in this field. The fabrication flows of GaAs component start from the making of GaAs substrate followed by epitaxy, wafer fabrication to capsulation and test. In epitaxy sector, the three leaders VPEC, KOPIN, IQE, enjoy over 80% of the world's market share.

In GaAs wafer foundry, the leading OEMs include Taiwan-based WIN Semiconductors and AWSC as well as USA-based TRIQUINT, the three of which enjoy over 85% of the market share. The RF IC design companies cover RFMD, Skyworks, TRIQUNIT, Anadigics, and Avago.

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ResearchInChina, the vertical portal for Chinese business intelligence, announces the release of a new report - China Automotive Windshield Wiper Industry Report, 2010

Beijing, China -- (SBWIRE) -- 04/07/2011 -- An automotive windshield wiper is a set of devices capable of removing rain, frost and other materials from the windshield of an automobile. It can wipe obstacles off the windshield to ensure the driver a clear line of sight and reduce the accident probability. Promoted by the fast-growing automotive industry, the automotive windshield wiper market is gradually expanding in China.

China's automotive windshield wiper market has shown the following three characteristics in 2010:

1. Driven by the automotive market, the market demand for windshield wipers is strong

China's car ownership has exceeded 80 million, and is growing every year. In theory it's better to replace the windshield wiper once a year, providing the automotive windshield wiper market with huge growth potential.

2. Foreign enterprises are major players in the market

Both the automotive windshield wiper OEM market and aftermarket of China are dominated by foreign-funded enterprises. In the OEM market, Valeo, ASMO and Mitsuba are major players, with 46% market shares collectively in 2010; in the aftermarket, besides foreign enterprises including Bosch, Valeo and ASMO, Taiwanese Sandolly and Mainland Chinese SHB Group also have a place.

3. Bracketless wiper is the main product

Automotive windshield wipers are divided into bracketed wipers and bracketless wipers. A bracketed wiper relies on a bracket to fit the wiper blade with the glass, while a bracketless wiper depends on a guide bar to spread the pressure and fit the wiper blade with the glass. With a better wiping performance, bracketless wipers have won the favor of Chinese consumers, and about 80% of the windshield wipers in the aftermarket, especially, are bracketless wipers. Bracketless wiper brands with higher satisfaction in China mainly include Bosch, Champion, Sandolly, Valeo, NWB and TRICO.

Based on the data from China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China and a number of windshield wiper manufacturers, this Report makes a detailed analysis of the characteristics, main windshield wiper products, major manufacturers, OEM and market competition in China's automotive windshield wiper industry, as well as the development trend of China's windshield wiper market.

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ResearchInChina, the vertical portal for Chinese business intelligence, announces the release of a new report - China Specialty Synthetic Rubber Industry Report, 2010

Beijing, China -- (SBWIRE) -- 04/06/2011 -- Specialty synthetic rubber, a type of rubber with special features for special purposes, mainly includes halogenated synthetic rubber, silicone rubber, rare earth rubber, acrylic rubber, fluororubber, polyurethane rubber and polysulfide rubber. Specialty synthetic rubber is mainly applied in the fields of automobile, aerospace, oil drilling and electronics. In 2010, the total consumption volume of specialty synthetic rubber in China reached one million tons. With breakthrough and popularization of manufacturing techniques and expansion of applications, the market of specialty synthetic rubber is expected to maintain a growth rate over 20% in the future.

This Report not only gives an overview of the whole specialty synthetic rubber market but also analyzes the supply and demand as well as enterprise competition in various market segments. Take halogenated butyl rubber (HIIR) and high-temperature silicone rubber for example:

1. Halogenated Butyl Rubber

Halogenated butyl rubber (HIIR) is a modification of butyl rubber (IIR), in other words, IIR is the raw material of HIIR. In 2010, there are 11 sets of facilities producing IIR (including HIIR) worldwide, with a total capacity of 1.09 million tons. In China, there is only one set of production facilities owned by Yanshan Petrochemical for the production of IIR. That is to say, China totally relies on HIIR imports at the cost of at least RMB50,000 per ton. In November 2010, The brominated butyl rubber pilot scale experiment team established by Longshan Chemical and Zhejiang Qi Cheng made a breakthrough in the production technology of industrial brominated butyl rubber (BIIR), and laid the foundation for ending the total dependence of China on HIIR imports. HIIR is mainly used in areas such as tyre, pharmaceutical capsule and eco-friendly anti-corrosion lining. China's demand for HIIR is 170,000 tons in 2010, and is expected to reach 250,000 tons in 2012.

High-temperature silicone rubber is the silicone rubber that molded under high temperature (130-170°C) with peroxide vulcanizing agent. In 2011, the capacity of high-temperature silicone rubber in China is expected to be 300,000 tons, and in accordance with an estimated operating rate of 85%, the total output could reach 255,000 tons. Leading manufacturers of high-temperature silicone rubber in China include Hongda New Material Co., Ltd., Dongjue Silicone Group Co., Ltd., and Xin'an Chemical Industrial Group Co., Ltd. Hongda New Material Co., Ltd., the largest manufacturer of high-temperature rubber in China, realized the industrialization of methyl phenyl dichlorosilane in October 2010, ending the foreign technology blockade and monopoly.

Key application fields of high-temperature rubber include electronic key, insulator for high-voltage power grid, cable and medical equipment. The demand for high-temperature silicone rubber in China was about 250,000 tons in 2010, and is expected to reach 300,000 tons in 2011.

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ResearchInChina, the vertical portal for Chinese business intelligence, announces the release of a new report - China Lighting Source Industry Report, 2010

Beijing, China -- (SBWIRE) -- 04/05/2011 -- During 2001-2010, Chinese electric light source industry witnessed rapid growth with the maximized expansion of industrial scale. In 2010, the annual output of electric light source in China approximated 18.7 billion, and the total output value surpassed RMB72 billion.

The total assets of the industry reached RMB48.3 billion in 2010, up 28% against 2009. The fast expansion of the industrial scale lied in the growing scale of original enterprises as well as the successive surge of peripheral enterprises. In 2010, the number of electric light source enterprises in China registered 931, an increase of 16% from 2009.

Chinese electric light source enterprises have undergone great changes in recent years. Enterprises in such places as the northeast, northwest, and southwest regions have gradually shrunken, and the quantity of provinces without electric light source manufacturers has exceeded 10 from the former three provinces of Tibet, Hainan, and Ningxia. After integration, electric light source industry nowadays is basically centralized in Pearl River Delta and Yangtze River Delta which become the major regional bases of electric light source industry around the globe.

Such coastal provinces and cities as Guangdong, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Zhejiang, and Fujian have been turned into major production areas and shaped certain characteristic regions.

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ResearchInChina, the vertical portal for Chinese business intelligence, announces the release of a new report - China Low and Medium-voltage Inverter Industry Report, 2010-2011

Beijing, China -- (SBWIRE) -- 04/05/2011 -- Fueled by the increasing requirements of energy saving and environmental protection as well as the accelerated upgrading and alteration of equipment, China's low & medium-voltage inverter industry has progressed steadily in recent years at an annual average growth rate over 15%. Nevertheless, subject to the financial crisis, it geared down in 2009 and the market size throughout the year rose by 6.3% year on year to RMB11.9 billion, with RMB10.3 billion and RMB1.6 billion attributable to low-voltage inverter and medium-voltage inverter respectively. With the recovery of the Chinese economy and the advancement of downstream industries, the low & medium-voltage inverter market was estimated to grow by 16% in 2010, a substantial increase over 2009.

Starting with the industrial development environment, this report analyzes not only the market supply, demand and competition but 15 key enterprises as well.

Over the past two decades, enterprises at home and abroad have swarmed into the Chinese low & medium-voltage inverter market. Among them, there are Japanese brands like YASKAWA, Fuji Electric, Mitsubishi, and Sanken Electric, European & American brands including Siemens, ABB, Emerson, and Rockwell Automation, as well as Taiwanese and South Korean brands like Delta Electronics, Inc. and LG. Nowadays, almost all the international low & medium-voltage inverter brands have tapped into the Chinese market and occupied 75% market shares.

Domestic brands have been fighting for a place in the market dominated by foreign brands, and a number of competitive enterprises have made their debut in recent years, including Shenzhen INVT Electric Co., Ltd. (INVT), Shenzhen Inovance Technology Co., Ltd.

(Inovance), Eura Drives Electric Co., Ltd. (Eura Drives), and Hope Senlan Science & Technology Corp., Ltd. (SLANVERT). The expanding brand effect has promoted the market share of domestic brands to 25% in 2010 from 15% in 2005.

In contrast to foreign brands, domestic low & medium-voltage inverter brands are characterized by an extremely low market concentration ratio, and the top four domestic enterprises accounted for merely 6.2% of the domestic market sales in 2009.

Furthermore, leading Chinese enterprises feature relatively scattered superior fields; for instance, INVT highlights hoisting, wire drawing and coal fields, while Inovance gives priority to elevator and injection molding machine fields.

As for market application, low & medium-voltage inverters nearly involve all the fields of national economy, especially the hoisting machinery, textile & chemical fiber, and oil & gas drilling and exploitation industries which account for more than 30% market shares. Along with the transformation of inverters from "speed control" to "energy saving", low & medium-voltage inverters have already extended to such emerging fields as elevator, machine tool, rail transit, home appliance, and energy. During the 12th Five-Year Plan period, China will continue to attach equal importance to speed control and energy saving, which will further promote the application of low & medium-voltage inverters in emerging markets. Promisingly, the market sizes of inverters for elevator, machine tool and rail transit will achieve RMB1.13 billion, RMB1.1 billion and 4,000 units respectively in 2011.

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ResearchInChina, the vertical portal for Chinese business intelligence, announces the release of a new report - China Inverter Industry Outlook Report, 2010-2015

Beijing, China -- (SBWIRE) -- 03/29/2011 -- As the important composing equipment of industrial control system, inverters are installed at the front end of motors to regulate speed and save energy. According to different input voltage, inverters can be divided into low voltage (110V, 220V, 380V, etc.), medium voltage (690V, 1140V, 2300V, etc.), and high voltage (3kV, 3.3kV, 6kV, 6.6kV, 10kV, etc.).

Fueled by the implementation of national energy saving policy as well as the internal demand of energy consumption reduction by the industrial enterprises in recent years, Chinese high-voltage inverter and low & medium-voltage inverters have progressed rapidly with the respective growth rate over 37% and 15%. Up to 2009, the market size of high-voltage, medium-voltage, and low-voltage inverters in China had arrived at RMB3.9 billion, RMB1.6 billion, and RMB10.3 billion, up respectively 2.5 folds, 1.3 folds, and 0.6 fold against 2005.

During the 12th Five-Year Plan period, China will highlight 'manufacturing equipment upgrading' and 'industrial energy saving & environment protection' and adhere to the road of 'equal emphasis on speed control and energy saving', which will continuously pull the development of Chinese inverter industry. Promisingly, in 2015, the market size of high-voltage inverters in China will rise to RMB18 billion, and that of low and medium-voltage inverters will hit RMB30.1 billion, hereinto, medium-voltage ones enjoy RMB5.1 billion while low-voltage ones hold RMB25 billion.

High-voltage inverters fall into general type and high performance type. At present, domestic enterprises occupy more than 80% market share in general high-voltage inverter field, yet the high performance high-voltage inverter market is still dominated by such foreign enterprises as Siemens and ABB. In 2010, the capacity of general high-voltage inverter in China was sufficiently released, the product price dropped dramatically, and the enterprise profitability slid; it is anticipated that the market competition of general inverter will be relieved to some extent in 2011 along with the increasing reconstruction demand in downstream market. Meanwhile, the domestic enterprises led by Hiconics Drive Technology Co., Ltd. (Hiconics) and Rongxin Power Electronic Co., Ltd. have tapped into the field of high performance products, but it is possible for the industry to copy the import substitution process of general inverter owing to the high technical threshold of high performance inverter.

Different from high-voltage inverter, the low and medium-voltage inverter market has been invariably monopolized by foreign brands with the market share approximating 75%, including Japanese and European & American brands like Siemens, ABB, YASKAWA, Schneider Electric, and Fuji Electric. The most representative domestic brands cover Shenzhen INVT Electric Co., Ltd. (INVT), Shenzhen Inovance Technology Co., Ltd. (Inovance), Eura Drives Electric Co., Ltd. (Eura Drives), and Hope Senlan Science & Technology Corp., Ltd. (SLANVERT), with the total market share of 6.2% in 2009. INVT, an absolute leader in China's low and medium-voltage inverter market, has involved itself in the field of high-voltage inverter since 2008, successfully went public in 2010, and in the same year started the R&D and the sales of inverters for elevator, explosion proof, and rail transit. Inovance, with competitive advantages in elevator inverter market, stepped into the integrated motor and servo system business in 2010 by virtue of its excellent cost performance. In 2010, Eura Drives also initiated the expansion of inverter related products, setting foot in such product areas as servo, PLC, and soft starter as well as widening the coverage of product lines.

Apart from the emphasis on inverter market size, supply & demand, and competition pattern, this report probes into the key applications and development trend of high-voltage inverters and low & medium-voltage inverters, together with 19 key enterprises like Beijing Leader & Harvest Electric Technologies Co., Ltd., Hiconics, INVT, and Inovance.

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ResearchInChina, the vertical portal for Chinese business intelligence, announces the release of a new report - China Road Construction Industry Report, 2010

Beijing, China -- (SBWIRE) -- 03/28/2011 -- From 2006 to 2010, China's road construction witnessed rapid development. During this period, China built 639,000 km of roads. As of the end of 2010, China's road mileage had reached 3.984 million km, including an expressway mileage of 74,000 km (28,700 km of which were added in 2006-2010). The future development of road sector will focus on the following three aspects:

- Road Pavement;
- Expressway Construction;
- Rural Road Construction.

1. Road Pavement

In 2009, roughly paved roads and unpaved roads accounted for over 50% of China's total road mileage. Limited by land resources and funds, the improvement of road traffic in China will not rely on the increase of new roads in the future; therefore, the focus may be repair and improvement of the existing roads, which can save land resources and funds. ResearchInChina predicts that the road paving industry will see rapid development in the future; road paving companies, cement companies, as well as road marking paint & marking equipment companies will have huge potentials.

2. Expressway Construction

China's planned expressway mileage for 2020 is 100,000 km, while the planned expressway mileage of all provinces totals 154,000 km. Therefore, the goal of 100,000 km is likely to be achieved ahead of schedule.

According to the plans of different regions, there are 11 provinces each having planned an expressway mileage of 6,000 km or above, especially Inner Mongolia ranks first with a goal of 9,200 km. ResearchInChina predicts that the development of expressway in these 11 provinces will be faster than that in other provinces in the future, which will benefit large-scale road construction and expressway operating companies in these provinces.

3. Rural Road Construction

Rural roads mainly include county roads, town roads and village roads. Due to vast rural areas and rural population, the rapid development of rural roads can effectively promote rural economy. Therefore, Chinese government attaches great importance to rural road construction. From 2006 to 2010, Chinese government invested RMB197.8 billion in rural road construction, with an average annual growth rate of 30%, and built and repaired 1.868 million km rural roads, including 527,000 km new rural roads.

China's Rural Road Development Goal (2011-2015): by 2015, 450,000 km new roads will be built, so that the rural road mileage will reach 3.9 million km; the rural transport sector will be promoted significantly, and buses will be available in all towns and 90% of administrative villages.

In the future, the rapid development of rural road construction will not only promote the road construction industry, but also boost the rural public transport industry, the rural freight and passenger transport industry, and even the passenger car industry.

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ResearchInChina, the vertical portal for Chinese business intelligence, announces the release of a new report - Global and China PCB Industry Report, 2010-2011

Beijing, China -- (SBWIRE) -- 03/28/2011 -- This report only studies the rigid PCB sector.

PCB is the cornerstone of the electronics industry, and the circuit of all electronics requires PCB. PCB industry has been very mature, with limited growth rate or decline margin. In 2008 and 2009, the output value of PCB industry decreased due to the fierce price competition. In 2010, the electronics industry rebounded, but PCB industry only grew by 10.5%. In 2011, the growth rate of PCB industry is expected to be merely 5.1%.

The internal PCB of ordinary mobile phones employs the design of 1HDI+2 traditional boards +1HDI, with HDI as the outer layer and the traditional board as the inner layer.

Intermediate and high-end smart phones adopt the design of 2 +2 +2 and 3 +2 +3, with 4 layers and 6 layers of HDI used respectively.

In addition, iPad1 uses 1HDI +8 boards (traditional) +1 HDI, with 2 layers of HDI. iPad2 renders 3 +4 +3, with 6 layers of HDI, namely Any-Layer HDI, which reduces the thickness to be 0.88 cm. The thickness of iPad1 is 1.34 cm.

New type of iPad is 1/3 thinner than old type?mainly because HDI develops from the original multi-layer board to Any-Layer, and Any-Layer has dense holes. Nevertheless, the hole diameter of Any-Layer must be done by laser drilling instead of machine drilling. In the future, iPhone 5 will be lighter and thinner like iPad 2.

In the world, there are four iPad 2 suppliers, including Tripod which is the exclusive supplier of HDI mainboard in Taiwan, TTM of the USA, IBIDEN and MEIKO of Japan. All alternative suppliers are from Taiwan, including Nan Ya PCB Corporation, Gold Circuit Electronics, Compeq Manufacturing Co., Ltd. and Unimicron.

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