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Executive Summary

Market Definition

INTRODUCTION

MARKET SECTORS

FACTORS INFLUENCING THE MARKET

MARKET POSITION

MARKET TRENDS

Table 1: Total New Housing Completions and Value of Orders and Output (000 completions and £m at constant 1990 prices), 1990-1996

Figure 1: Value of Orders and Output for House Completions (£m at constant 1990 prices), 1990-1996

Table 2: New Orders and Output for New Industrial, Commercial and Public Sector Non-Housing Buildings (£m at constant 1990 prices), 1990-1996

Table 3: Index of Growth for the UK Lighting Equipment Market at Current Manufacturers' Prices (1992=100), 1992-1997

Market Size

THE TOTAL MARKET

EXPORTS AND IMPORTS

Table 4: Apparent UK Market for Lighting Equipment (£m), 1992-1996

Table 5: Estimated Size of the Lamp and Light Fittings Sectors (£bn at msp), 1996

Table 6: Import Penetration of the UK Market and Exports as a percentage of UK Manufacturers' Sales for Lighting Equipment ( percent), 1992-1996

Table 7: UK Foreign Trade in Lighting Equipment (£m) 1992-1996

Table 8: Sources of Imports to the UK of Lighting Equipment ( percent by value), 1996

Figure 2: Sources of Imports to the UK of Lighting Equipment ( percent by value), 1996

Table 9: Destination of UK Exports of Lighting Equipment ( percent by value), 1996

Figure 3: Destination of UK Exports of Lighting Equipment ( percent by value), 1996

Industry Background

RECENT HISTORY

INDUSTRY CONCENTRATION/FRAGMENTATION

DISTRIBUTION

EMPLOYMENT

TRADE ASSOCIATIONS

Table 10: UK VAT-Based Enterprises Classified as Lighting Manufacturers by Turnover Band (£000 and number of firms), 1996

Table 11: Employment in Great Britain by Manufacturers of Lighting Equipment and Electric Lamps by Region, 1995

Competitor Analysis

THE MARKETPLACE

MARKET LEADERS

SECTOR LEADERS

ADVERTISING AND PROMOTION

Table 12: Leading Lighting Companies in the UK by Latest Turnover (£m), 1996/1997

Table 13: Market Shares in the European Non-Domestic Light Fittings Market ( percent by value), 1996

Table 14: Main Media Advertising Expenditure on Lighting Equipment (£000), 1993-1996

Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT)

DOMESTIC SECTOR

NON-DOMESTIC SECTORS

Buying Behaviour

CONSUMER SECTOR

NON-DOMESTIC SECTORS

Table 15: Use of Electric Light Bulbs ( percent of adults), 1996 and 1997

Table 16: Ownership and Purchase of Standard, Bedside and Table Lamps ( percent of all households), 1997

Table 17: Profile of Users of Standard, Bedside and Table Lamps by Social Grade, Region, Type of Home and Household Income ( percent of households), 1997

Table 18: Electricity Supplied by End-User Sector (gigawatts per hour and percent), 1996

Table 19: Electricity Supplied to the Commercial Sector (gigawatts per hour), 1992-1996

Outside Suppliers to the Industry

SPECIALIST COMPONENTS

LAMPSHADES

Current Issues

INDUSTRY NEWS

ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS

SAFETY LEGISLATION

EUROPEAN HARMONISATION

Forecasts

FORECASTS FOR NEW BUILDING ACTIVITY

FORECASTS 1997 TO 2000

Table 20: Forecasts for New Building Activity in Great Britain (£m at constant 1990 prices), 1996-1999

Table 21: Forecasts for the UK Lighting Equipment Market (£m at msp at current prices and percent), 1997-2000

Figure 4: Forecasts for the UK Lighting Equipment Market (£m at msp at current prices), 1997-2000

Company Profiles

INTRODUCTION

DEFINITIONS

FURTHER INFORMATION

Further Sources

ASSOCIATIONS

PERIODICALS

DIRECTORIES

GENERAL SOURCES

HBI UK INFORMATION SOURCES

GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS

OTHER SOURCES

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The UK market for lighting equipment is estimated to have been worth £1.53bn in 1996, showing only a very slight growth from 1995, but progress is expected to be better in 1997 and a market of £1.62bn is forecast.

Lighting equipment includes lamps, which are the light sources; and light fittings, which account for the larger share of the market and encompass many types of product, from domestic fittings to office lighting, street lights and floodlights, as well as many specialist functions. Within the lamps sector, the traditional filament lamp still takes a substantial share of the household market, but there is growth in energy-saving compact fluorescent bulbs. Other established lamp types include sodium discharge, mercury discharge, metal-halide discharge, fluorescent tubes, and tungsten-halogen lamps. There is growth in new low-energy fluorescent tubes for office use and in tungsten-halogen lamps for many applications. There is a high rate of new product development (NPD), both in lamps and fittings, and various new lamp technologies could penetrate the market.

The UK market is showing healthy volume growth compared to some others in Europe, but prices have been falling in some sectors and this has limited the value growth. The problem is especially severe in the commercial lighting sector where competition is most fierce, but there is also strong price competition in domestic light bulbs.

The main driver for sales growth is new building, and the situation is now improving gradually. Projects planned for the Millennium also offer good opportunities.

Issues which affect the industry are energy-saving requirements, new European Union (EU) directives and environmental considerations.

Key Note expects the lighting equipment market to reach a value of £1.96bn at manufacturers' selling prices (msp) in the year 2000.

Text © 1997 Key Note

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