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New industry information enables us to re-estimate the Russian Market, with a higher level of apartment metering.. Deployment of AMR and AMM continues in the US and new countries are following suit. Italy has lead the way with its national installation of advanced meters, the largest ever. Scandanavia is now setting the pace for Northern Europe.

The leading Chinese companies have announced increases in production capacity and it is anticipated that China will become a major market and supplier of AMR in the next few years. There are 1.4 billion electricity meters in the world with a total demand of 107 million meters both new and replacement.

Global demand is expected to rise to 125 million meters by 2011 with an annual growth of 3.1%. It is a comprehensive study of the world market and contains demand forecasts for 184 countries and detailed meter market surveys of the 15 largest markets in Europe, Asia and the Americas, accounting for 80% of demand.

Report Outline
Meter market size
- Demand for electricity meters for every country
- Demand forecasts from 2006 to 2011

Market analysis and meter types
- Analysis of the installed base of electromechanical and electronic meters by country
- Future trends of electromechanical/solid state deployment in major markets, with country analysis
- Development of new electronic meter production. Identifying important new producing countries

Market shares
- Company mergers and consolidations
- Global shares of top seven companies
- Major new players identified, ?the dark horses?
- Company shares in EU
- Company shares in each of the major EU countries
- Market leaders identified in major non-EU markets ;USA, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, China, Japan, India, Russia
- Report on 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)
- Future trends and deployment projections
- Major AMR suppliers identified with market share for leader

Detailed surveys of the 15 largest electricity meter markets, 80% of the world market volume
- Number of electricity customers
- Annual meter demand
- Analysis on meter type ? electromechanical/electronic
- Market trend
- AMR deployment and development
- Type approval and certification, together with significant changes which are driving market development
- Market participants
- Utility background and market characteristics

Tables and spreadsheets containing:
- Market size, analysis and forecasts for every market, for each of 184 countries
- Annual meter demand
- Market analysis by production, imports, exports and demand, for every country
- Market size and forecast for each year from 2006 to 2011 for every country, units and $ value
- Historical export data from 1997 to 2005
- Analysis of exports from all countries to all destinations, for 2003, 2004 and 2005

Meter Manufacturing Companies
- Major meter companies identified and consolidations and mergers outlined
- Directory of 970 meter manufacturers, including 560 electricity meter companies

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

This report package is also accompanied by a database which includes:
- The tables from the report
- Current demand in units and value
- Forecasts of demand in units and $ value
- Export analysis in units, $ value and average unit export price from 1997 to 2005
- Spreadsheet of exports by country of origin and importing country for the years 2003, 2004 and 2005