According to the MarketsandMarkets report "Spectroscopy IR Detector Market
by Detector Technology (DTGS, MCT, InGaAs), Spectrum Sensitivity (NIR,
Mid IR, and Far IR), Cooling Requirement (Cooled and Uncooled), Product
Type (Benchtop, Portable, Hyphenated) - Global Forecast to 2022",
the overall market is estimated to be worth USD 224.5 Million by 2022,
growing at a CAGR of 6.9% between 2016 and 2022, whereas the unit
shipment of IR detector is expected to grow at a CAGR of 7.7% between
2016 and 2022. The major factors driving the growth of the IR detector
market for IR spectroscopy include upgradation of IR spectroscopy
devices by replacing with new IR detector modules and the growing
shipment of IR spectroscopy devices in various industries.
The benchtop IR spectroscopy device segment held the largest share of the IR detector market in 2015
The benchtop IR spectroscopy device segment held the
largest share of the IR detector market in 2015, while the market for
portable IR spectroscopy device is expected to grow at a significant
rate between 2016 and 2022. In the current scenario, benchtop IR
spectroscopy plays a key role in a number of industries such as
pharmaceutical, biological, chemicals, food & beverages, and others.
The increasing shipment of benchtop and portable IR spectroscopy
devices is driving the growth of the IR detector market.
Mid IR detector plays a key role in the IR detector market
The IR detector market for IR spectroscopy has been
segmented on the basis of spectrum sensitivity into NIR, Mid IR, and Far
IR. Of all these, mid IR is expected to hold the largest market share
during the forcast period owing to the wide range of applications of mid
IR spectroscopy in the research and industrial sector. Along with this,
the market for NIR spectroscopy devices is expected to grow at a
significant rate during the forecast period, which would, in turn, drive
the growth of NIR detector market in the near future.
APAC region would grow at a significant rate during the forecast period
The market in APAC is expected to grow at a
significant rate in the IR detector market for IR spectroscopy in the
near future because of factors such as the presence of a large number of
IR detector and IR spectroscopy device manufacturing companies in the
region. For instance, in April 2016, Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. (Japan)
announced its plans to establish a new optosemiconductor manufacturing
unit in Japan by February 2017. Similarly, Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
(U.S.) has expanded its business by establishing an innovation center
in China; it has invested around USD 9.5 million for R&D in this
center. Also, DANI Instruments SpA (Italy) has signed a distribution
agreement with Labindia Instruments Pvt. Ltd. (India).
The key companies operating in the IR detector market
include Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. (Japan), Excelitas Technologies Corp.
(U.S.), LASER Components GmbH (Germany), UTC Aerospace Systems (U.S.),
Newport Corporation (U.S.), and others.