Infrastructure Upgrades Likely to Propel Growth in the North American High & Medium Voltage Electrical Fuses Market.

DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c50306) has announced the addition of the Frost & Sullivan report: North American High and Medium Voltage Electrical Fuses Markets to their offering.

The Frost & Sullivan research titled North American Medium and High Voltage Electrical Fuses Markets provides an overview of expenditures and revenues in the power sector by sources of funding, along with a complete analysis of key market drivers, restraints, and trends that are impacting the fuses market, specially the medium and high voltage fuses.

Market Sectors

Expert Frost & Sullivan analysts thoroughly examine the following market sectors in this research:

By Application:

* Energy and Power Supplies

* Transmission and Distribution (T&D)

* Power Generation

By Technology:

* T & D

* Renewable energy

* Power Generation

* Oil and Gas

Topics Covered
1. Executive Summary
 - 1. Market Overview

2. Total North American Electrical Fuses Market
 - 1. Market Overview and Definitions
 - 2. Market Trends

3. North American High Voltage Electrical Fuses Market
 - 1. Introduction
 - 2. Market Forecasts
 - 3. Competitive Environment

4. North American Medium Voltage Electrical Fuses Market
 - 1. Introduction
 - 2. Market Forecasts
 - 3. Competitive Environment

5. Global Decision Support Database
 - 1. Electric Sector Decision Support Database

6. Appendix
 - 1. List of Abbreviations

List of Figures

Summary

North American Medium and High Voltage Electrical Fuses Market at a Mature Stage

The North American high and medium voltage electrical fuses market is at a mature state at present. Factors contributing to this include the stagnant industrial growth in the United States, the uncertainties in the utility sector, and the excess installed capacity of power. Since the present installed capacity exceeds the demand, utilities and large industries are refraining from making fresh investments. Moreover, no new technologies seem to be emerging in the fuses industry, and stringent technical requirements are preventing smaller participants from entering the market. Many customers have already started retrofitting or replacing their electrical fuses with the latest circuit breakers (vacuum/SF6 breakers).

Among the challenges, distribution continues to a major burden for market participants. The industry can be largely divided into two major groups of distributors namely the smaller co-ops and the large wholesalers. Smaller co-ops are usually tied to long-time industry participants such as GE and ABB, and thus are reluctant or restricted contractually from handling competitors' products. "Larger wholesalers, on the contrary, bargain down prices due to their volume sales," notes the analyst of this research service." They are less likely to be restricted from carrying competing products, but they use the competition and their market share to drive down their purchasing cost, thereby narrowing margins."

Infrastructure Upgrades Likely to Propel Market Growth

Infrastructure upgrades are expected to be one of the major driving factors for the growth of the North American medium and high voltage electrical fuses market. The demand for electrical fuses increases, when there is growth in the construction market and infrastructure maintenance and development. Infrastructure development projects such as new estates and subdivisions in South America have increased the exports to those countries, thereby propelling the fuses market in North America. This apart, many outdated facilities in North America are in need of improvement to raise overall reliability and performance This is a major driver for the high voltage electrical fuse market, as the operational life of an average fuse component or a fuse itself unit is approximately three to four years. Hence the replacement of electrical fuses and its components is typically an unavoidable cost for the end users, and the fuses business is expecting a sizable income from such replacement and maintenance programs.

"In respect to the market segments, the medium voltage (MV) electrical fuse market contributes 50 percent of the total market revenues, as opposed to the high voltage (HV) market that contributes only 20.0 percent of the revenues," says the analyst. "Across end-user segments, the industrial segment accounted for around 45 percent and the utility for around 30 percent of the total revenues generated from the North American electrical fuses market in 2005."

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