AMA Research have published the first edition of the 'UK Uninterruptible Power Supply Market Report 2002'. Incorporating original input and primary research, this new report represents an up to date and informed review of the market and is excellent value for money.

Key issues covered in the report are:

• REVIEW OF UK MARKET SIZE, TRENDS AND FORECASTS.
• ANALYSIS BY CATEGORIES OF UPS RATING.
• ANALYSIS OF SUPPLY STRUCTURE - Key Suppliers, shares, distribution channels - direct, distributors/resellers, electrical wholesalers, consultants, 'others' including electronic component distributors etc.
• REVIEW OF END-USE SECTORS - Industrial process and manufacturing, internet and telecom, the water industry, transportation, construction, oil, gas and marine.

The UPS market is complex and fragmented in terms of end-use applications and distribution channels. Trends in the market are influenced by many issues ranging from the activity levels in internet and telecom to the extension of computerisation and general construction activity levels. These issues are assessed alongside their implications for the increasingly concentrated UK UPS market.

The report reviews developments within the industry, with emphasis on both QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE market assessment - both essential requirements to good marketing planning. Recent trends, key influencing factors and forecasts of future developments are assessed.

Of particular interest:

• Growth prospects for the major UPS end-use sectors.
• Trends to distributed power.
• Battery-free storage.
• Review of distribution channels.
• UK Generating set Market Size and Key Suppliers (Up to 750 Kva).

Key areas of coverage in the report include:-

THE MARKET

• Overall UK market size by value for Uninterruptible Power Supply 1997-2006.
• Market trends from 1997. Trends for the future, including growth prospects, and major factors influencing market development up to 2006.
• Assessment of key factors influencing end-use demand - industrial, internet and telecom, water, transportation, construction, oil, gas and marine.
• Review of UK market - historical trends, current situation, future prospects.

PRODUCT SEGMENTATION

• Analysis of the market by categories of rating.
• End use applications - mix by end-use sector, trends within each sector - Industrial Process and Manufacturing, Internet and Telecom, Construction, The Water Industry, Transportation, Oil, Gas and Marine.

SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION

• Key distribution channels share by channel - Direct, distributors/resellers, electrical wholesalers, consultants, 'others' - including electronic component distributors.
• Supply Structure - major UPS manufacturers market shares, changing supply structure, growing concentration through acquisition.
• Review of key suppliers.

FUTURE PROSPECTS/GENERAL

• Positive trends in certain sector application areas.
• Review of market influences - levels of industrial and commercial construction, manufacturing output, exchange rate fluctuations, trends in the usage of electricity, distributed power, the machine tool industry, aerospace, security systems and fire alarm systems, lighting.
• Analysis of future prospects - forecast of market size up to 2006. Key factors influencing forecasts within end-use markets.

The Report contains over 65 pages and 17 tables and charts of ORIGINAL research on the UK Uninterruptible Power Supply Market and provides incisive and thought provoking views on its future development.

1. INTRODUCTION

3.ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT

3.1 GDP

3.2 INFLATION & INTEREST RATES

3.3 UNEMPLOYMENT & CONSUMER SPENDING

3.4 CONSTRUCTION

3.5 STERLING

3.6 CONCLUSIONS

4.1 MARKET DEFINITION

4.2 MARKET SIZE

4.2.1 Market History

4.2.2 Current Situation

4.2.3 Future Prospects

4.3 KEY MARKET INFLUENCES

4.3.1 Construction

4.3.2 Manufacturing and Industry

4.3.3 General

5.1 PRODUCT TYPES

5.1.1 Product Segmentation and Characteristics

5.1.2 Additional Product Features

5.1.3 Battery and Flywheel Storage Systems

5.1.4 External Influences

5.1.5 Synergies Between Generating Sets and UPS Systems

5.2 END-USE APPLICATIONS

5.2.1 Mix

5.2.2 Industrial Sector

5.2.3 Internet and Telecom

5.2.4 Transport, Distribution, etc.

5.2.5 Water Industry

5.2.6 General Commercial

5.2.7 Oil, Gas, and Marine

6.1 DISTRIBUTION MIX AND STRUCTURE

6.2 DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS

6.2.1 Direct Channel

6.2.2 Electrical Wholesalers

6.2.3 Distributors/Resellers

6.2.4 Consulting Engineers

6.2.5 Others

6.2.6 E-Commerce

7.1 UPS MANUFACTURING AND SUPPLIERS

7.1.1 Market Shares

7.2 MAJOR SUPPLIERS

TABLES & CHARTS

CHART 1 UK UPS MARKET 1997-2006 (£M MSP)

TABLE 2 THE SIZE OF THE UK MARKET FOR UPS 1997-2002, £M MSP

TABLE 3 THE UK MARKET FORECAST FOR UPS 2001-2006 (£M MSP)

TABLE 4 NEW ORDERS OBTAINED BY CONTRACTORS 1994-2002 CURRENT PRICES

TABLE 5 LEVEL OF UK MANUFACTURING OUTPUT 1997-2002 (1995 = 100)

TABLE 6 EXCHANGE RATE FLUCTUATIONS 1994-2002 - DOLLARS, AND THE ECU TO THE POUND STERLING, SPOT RATES (END YEAR)

TABLE 7 SALES BY THE PUBLIC ELECTRICITY SUPPLY SYSTEMS 1994-2001

CHART 8 DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMBINED UK SECURITY SYSTEMS AND FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEMS MARKET FROM 1994-2005

CHART 9 INTEREST RATES AND INFLATION (RPI) FROM 1990-2005

CHART 10 PDI & SAVINGS RATIO

TABLE 11 EGMENTATION OF THE UK UPS MARKET 2001 AT £M MSP

CHART 12 UK GENSET MARKET 1995-2005 (£M MSP)

TABLE 13 MIX OF END-USE APPLICATIONS FOR UPS SYSTEMS IN UK MARKET

TABLE 14 UK UPS MANUFACTURERS' SALES BY DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS

CHART 15 DISTRIBUTION STRUCTURE OF THE UK MARKET FOR UPS

CHART 16 ELECTRICAL WHOLESALE MARKET SHARES 2000 BY VALUE

TABLE 17 MARKET SHARES OF THE UK UPS MARKET IN 2001

CHART 18 KEY SUPPLIERS - UK GENSET MARKET SHARES BY VALUE