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Wheelchairs (Powered and Manual) - A World Market Review
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Wheelchair frames made of lightweight materials represent one of the revolutionary technologies in the global wheelchair industry. Historically, stainless steel dominated the wheelchair market. Following the intensive efforts of manufacturers to innovate and to manufacture discerning products, lightweight and ultra-light wheelchairs flooded the market. Presently, wheelchairs made of a wide range of materials including steel tubing, stainless steel, aluminum, chrome, and alloys of chrome and other lightweight materials such as titanium are available in the market.
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Despite technology advancements and emergence of powered wheelchairs, manual wheelchairs are still witnessing a growth in demand. Aging population, and legislation that requires improvements in workplace remain as prime drivers of the market. Further, increasing number of baby boomers taking care of aging parents and themselves using such products promises a strong demand for mobility aid products. Advances in medical technology saving the lives of many a premature infants and adults present another growth factor for wheelchairs market.
These and other market data and trends are presented in "Wheelchairs (Powered and Manual): World Market Review" by BizAcumen, Inc. Our reports are designed to be most comprehensive in geographic coverage and vertical market analyses
WHEELCHAIRS (POWERED AND MANUAL) BMR-1144
CONTENTS
1. METHODOLOGY 1
Study Reliability and Reporting Limitations 1
Disclaimers 2
Quantitative Techniques & Reporting Level 3
2. MARKET OVERVIEW & OUTLOOK 4
The United States - Largest Market for Wheelchairs 4
Reimbursement - Uncertain Environment 4
North American Powered Wheelchair Market - Impact of-
Reimbursement Levels 4
3. TRENDS & ISSUES 5
Innovation - A Source of Competitive Advantage 5
Lightweight Wheelchairs Flood the Market 6
Manual Wheelchairs - Still in Demand 6
Ultra-light & Powered Versions Witnessing Maximum Change 6
Smart Wheelchairs - An Emerging Market 7
Home Health Care: Foremost Driver of Wheelchair Sales 7
Aging Population - Major Factor Impacting Current and Future
Demand 7
Sunrise and Invacare: Two Major Competitors in the Wheelchairs
Market 8
Product Differentiation Through Innovation & Technological
Superiority 8
Technological Advancements Equip Disabled Persons with Greater
Mobility 9
Emerging Niches in Wheelchairs Market 9
Technological Change Driven by the Younger Generation of the
Disabled 9
Demand & Technology Set to Drive the Market 10
Repair & Maintenance Costs - A Major Cause of Concern 10
The New Role of Power Wheelchairs and Scooters 10
Electric Scooter - Is it a Medical Necessity or Life-
Enhancement Product? 11
Sports Utility Wheelchairs - Boon for Athletes with Disabilities 11
Standing Wheelchairs - What the Future Holds? 12
4. PRODUCT FACTS 13
Manual Wheelchairs 13
Powered Wheelchairs 13
Powered Scooters 13
5. CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS 13
Wabtec Corporation Acquires Ricon 13
Dane Technologies Completes the Acquisition of LEVO AG 13
Creative Technology Acquires PlainSense Wheelchairs 14
Sunrise Medical Associates with Dyna Vox, Introduces Hi-tech
Wheelchair 14
Invacare Closes Manual Wheelchair Line 14
Lasher Sport Introduces Two New Wheelchairs 14
Colours N Motion Introduces 3 New Wheelchairs 15
Remploy Introduces Stackable Wheelchair 15
Earplug Provides Steer-by-tongue Control 16
TGA Introduces Latest Scooter 16
Permobil Launches Latest Pediatric Wheelchair 16
Sunrise Medical Launches Kid Rock(TM) 16
6. MAJOR PLAYERS 17
21st Century Scientific Inc. (USA) 17
Graham-Field Health Products, Inc. (USA) 17
Invacare Corporation (USA) 17
LEVO AG (Switzerland) 17
Otto Bock HealthCare GmbH (Germany) 18
Permobil Inc. (USA) 18
Pihsiang Machinery Manufacturing Company Limited (Taiwan) 18
Pride Mobility Product Corp. (USA) 18
Sunrise Medical, Inc. (USA) 18
7. GLOBAL MARKET ANALYTICS 19
8. THE UNITED STATES 27
Demand to Come from Aging Baby Boomer Generation 27
Declining Prices 27
Sunrise and Invacare: Leading Players 27
Trends in the Market 28
Funding Obstacles Hamper the Growth of Powered Wheelchairs & -
Scooters 28
K0011 Powered Wheelchairs - Different from the Lot 28
High-End Power Wheelchairs Market - Still Growing 29
New Entrants Find the Going Tough 29
R & D and Marketing - Two Important Aspects of the Market 29
NY Market Shuns New & High-End Products 30
Adverse Affect of Third-Party Reimbursement 30
Market Structure 30
Standard Products 30
Power-Operated Vehicles 31
Rehab Technology Products 31
EXIM Stats 31
Competitive Scenario 33
Invacare - Leader in Standard & Powered Wheelchairs Market 33
Wheelchairs of Kansas - Specialist in Bariatric Wheelchairs 35
9. CANADA 37
EXIM Stats 37
10. JAPAN 40
Competitive Factors in Japanese Wheelchairs Market 41
Focus on Health and Comfort 41
New Buildings and Facilities to Support Wheelchairs 41
Long-Term Insurance Program - An Overview 41
Products Covered Under Long-Term Insurance Program 42
New Program Gives Boost to Rental Market 42
Import Scenario in the Recent Past 42
Growing Imports 42
Taiwan Leads Powered Wheel Chairs Imports (In Volume) 43
An Overview of Distribution Channels 43
Japanese Home Health Care Industry - A Review 43
Increased Hospitalization Expenses 44
Hospitals Operating at Losses 44
11. EUROPE 45
a. France 48
b. Germany 50
c. The United Kingdom 52
d. Italy 53
e. Rest of Europe 55
12. ASIA-PACIFIC 59
13. LATIN AMERICA 60
Major Markets 61
Argentina 61
Medical Equipment Distribution 61
Rehabilitation Equipment Market Imports 61
Distribution Practices 61
Domestic Orthopedic Equipment Market in Argentina 61
Competition 62
End-Users 62
Mexico 62
Market for Rehabilitation Equipment 62
Production 62
Competition 63
14. REST OF WORLD 65
EXHIBITS
Table 1: Percentage Breakdown of Leading Players in the World
Market for Wheel Chairs - 2005
Table 2: Global Wheelchairs Market by Region for the Period
2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Units)
Table 3: Percentage Breakdown (Volume Sales) of Global
Wheelchairs Market by Region for the Years 2008 & 2012
Table 4: Global Wheelchairs Market by Region for the Period
2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million)
Table 5: Percentage Breakdown (Value Sales) of Global
Wheelchairs Market by Region for the Years 2008 & 2012
Table 6: Global Manual Wheelchairs Market by Region for the
Period 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Units)
Table 7: Percentage Breakdown (Volume Sales) of Global Manual
Wheelchairs Market by Region for the Years 2008 & 2012
Table 8: Global Manual Wheelchairs Market by Region for the
Period 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million)
Table 9: Percentage Breakdown (Value Sales) of Global Manual
Wheelchairs Market by Region for the Years 2008 & 2012
Table 10: Global Powered Wheelchairs Market by Region for the
Period 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Units)
Table 11: Percentage Breakdown (Volume Sales) of Global
Powered Wheelchairs Market by Region for the Years 2008 & 2012
Table 12: Global Powered Wheelchairs Market by Region for the
Period 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million)
Table 13: Percentage Breakdown (Value Sales) of Global Powered
Wheelchairs Market by Region for the Years 2008 & 2012
Table 14: Global Powered Scooters Market by Region for the
Period 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Units)
Table 15: Percentage Breakdown (Volume Sales) of Global
Powered Scooters Market by Region for the Years 2008 & 2012
Table 16: Global Powered Scooters Market by Region for the
Period 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million)
Table 17: Percentage Breakdown (Value Sales) of Global Powered
Scooters Market by Region for the Years 2008 & 2012
Table 18: Percentage Breakdown of US Wheelchairs Exports by
Country - 2006 (in terms of dollar sales)
Table 19: Percentage Breakdown of US Wheelchairs Imports by
Country - 2006 (in terms of dollar sales)
Table 20: Percentage Breakdown of US Mechanically Propelled
Wheelchairs Exports by Country - 2006 (in terms of dollar
sales)
Table 21: Percentage Breakdown of US Mechanically Propelled
Imports Wheelchairs - 2006 (in terms of dollar sales)
Table 22: Percentage Breakdown of US Non-Mechanically
Propelled Wheelchairs Exports by Country - 2006 (in terms of
dollar sales)
Table 23: Percentage Breakdown of US Non-Mechanically
Propelled Wheelchairs Imports by Country - 2006 (in terms of
dollar sales)
Table 24: Percentage Breakdown of Leading Players in the US
Market for Lightweight Wheelchairs by Company - 2005 (in
terms of unit sales)
Table 25: Percentage Breakdown of Leading Players in the US
Market for Ultra-Light Wheelchairs - 2005 (In Terms of Unit
Sales)
Table 26: Percentage Breakdown of Leading Players in the US
Market for Pediatric Wheelchairs - 2005 (In Terms of Unit
Sales)
Table 27: Percentage Breakdown of Leading Players in the US
Market for Powered Wheelchairs - 2005
Table 28: Percentage Breakdown of Leading Players in the US
Market for Electric Scooters - 2005
Table 29: Percentage Breakdown of Leading Players in the US
Market for Bariatric Wheelchairs - 2005
Table 30: Wheelchairs Market by Product Segment in the US:
2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Units)
Table 31: Percentage Breakdown (Volume Sales) of Wheelchairs
Market by Product Segment in the US for the Years 2008 & 2012
Table 32: Wheelchairs Market by Product Segment in the US:
2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million)
Table 33: Percentage Breakdown (Value Sales) of Wheelchairs
Market by Product Segment in the US for the Years 2008 & 2012
Table 34: Percentage Breakdown of Canadian Wheelchairs Exports
by Country - 2006 (In Terms of Dollar Sales)
Table 35: Percentage Breakdown of Canadian Imports of
Wheelchairs by Country - 2006: (In Terms of Dollar Sales)
Table 36: Percentage Breakdown of Canadian Mechanically
Propelled Wheelchairs Exports by Country/ Region- 2006 (In
Terms of Dollar Sales)
Table 37: Percentage Breakdown of Canadian Mechanically
Propelled Wheelchairs Imports by Country/ Region - 2006
(Dollar Sales)
Table 38: Percentage Breakdown of Canadian Non-Mechanically
Propelled Wheelchairs Exports by Country/Region - 2006 (In
Terms of Dollar Sales)
Table 39: Percentage Breakdown of Canadian Non-Mechanically
Propelled Wheelchairs Imports by Country/ Reiong- 2006 (In
Terms of Dollar Sales)
Table 40: Wheelchairs Market by Product Segment in Canada:
2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Units)
Table 41: Percentage Breakdown (Volume Sales) of Wheelchairs
Market by Product Segment in Canada for the Years 2008 & 2012
Table 42: Wheelchairs Market by Product Segment in Canada:
2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million)
Table 43: Percentage Breakdown (Value Sales) of Wheelchairs
Market by Product Segment in Canada for the Years 2008 & 2012
Table 44: Wheelchairs Market by Product Segment in Japan:
2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Units)
Table 45: Percentage Breakdown (Volume Sales) of Wheelchairs
Market by Product Segment in Japan for the Years 2008 & 2012
Table 46: Wheelchairs Market by Product Segment in Japan:
2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million)
Table 47: Percentage Breakdown (Value Sales) of Wheelchairs
Market by Product Segment in Japan for the Years 2008 & 2012
Table 48: Wheelchairs Market by Region in Europe: 2007-2015
(Sales in Thousand Units)
Table 49: Percentage Breakdown (Volume Sales) of Wheelchairs
Market by Region in Europe for the Years 2008 & 2012
Table 50: Wheelchairs Market by Product Segment in Europe:
2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Units)
Table 51: Percentage Breakdown (Volume Sales) of Wheelchairs
Market by Product Segment in Europe for the Years 2008 & 2012
Table 52: Wheelchairs Market by Region in Europe: 2007-2015
(Sales in US$ Million)
Table 53: Percentage Breakdown (Value Sales) of Wheelchairs
Market by Region in Europe for the Years 2008 & 2012
Table 54: Wheelchairs Market by Product Segment in Europe:
2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million)
Table 55: Percentage Breakdown (Value Sales) of Wheelchairs
Market by Product Segment in Europe for the Years 2008 & 2012
Table 56: Wheelchairs Market by Product Segment in France:
2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Units)
Table 57: Percentage Breakdown (Volume Sales) of Wheelchairs
Market by Product Segment in France for the Years 2008 & 2012
Table 58: Wheelchairs Market by Product Segment in France:
2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million)
Table 59: Percentage Breakdown (Value Sales) of Wheelchairs
Market by Product Segment in France for the Years 2008 & 2012
Table 60: Wheelchairs Market by Product Segment in Germany:
2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Units)
Table 61: Percentage Breakdown (Volume Sales) of Wheelchairs
Market by Product Segment in Germany for the Years 2008 & 2012
Table 62: Wheelchairs Market by Product Segment in Germany:
2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million)
Table 63: Percentage Breakdown (Value Sales) of Wheelchairs
Market by Product Segment in Germany for the Years 2008 & 2012
Table 64: Wheelchairs Market by Product Segment in the UK:
2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Units)
Table 65: Percentage Breakdown (Volume Sales) of Wheelchairs
Market by Product Segment in the UK for the Years 2008 & 2012
Table 66: Wheelchairs Market by Product Segment in the UK:
2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million)
Table 67: Percentage Breakdown (Value Sales) of Wheelchairs
Market by Product Segment in the UK for the Years 2008 & 2012
Table 68: Wheelchairs Market by Product Segment in Italy:
2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Units)
Table 69: Percentage Breakdown (Volume Sales) of Wheelchairs
Market by Product Segment in Italy for the Years 2008 & 2012
Table 70: Wheelchairs Market by Product Segment in Italy:
2007-2015 Sales in US$ Million)
Table 71: Percentage Breakdown (Value Sales) of Wheelchairs
Market by Product Segment in Italy for the Years 2008 & 2012
Table 72: Wheelchairs Market by Product Segment in Rest of
Europe: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Units)
Table 73: Percentage Breakdown (Volume Sales) of Wheelchairs
Market by Product Segment in Rest of Europe for the Years 2008 &
2012
Table 74: Wheelchairs Market by Product Segment in Rest of
Europe: 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million)
Table 75: Percentage Breakdown (Value Sales) of Wheelchairs
Market by Product Segment in Rest of Europe for the Years 2008 &
2012
Table 76: Wheelchairs Market by Product Segment in
Asia-Pacific: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Units)
Table 77: Percentage Breakdown (Volume Sales) of Wheelchairs
Market by Product Segment in Asia-Pacific for the Years 2008 &
2012
Table 78: Wheelchairs Market by Product Segment in
Asia-Pacific: 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million)
Table 79: Percentage Breakdown (Value Sales) of Wheelchairs
Market by Product Segment in Asia-Pacific for the Years 2008 &
2012
Table 80: Wheelchairs Market by Product Segment in Latin
America: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Units)
Table 81: Percentage Breakdown (Volume Sales) of Wheelchairs
Market by Product Segment in Latin America for the Years 2008 &
2012
Table 82: Wheelchairs Market by Product Segment in Latin
America: 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million)
Table 83: Percentage Breakdown (Value Sales) of Wheelchairs
Market by Product Segment in Latin America for the Years 2008 &
2012
Table 84: Wheelchairs Market by Product Segment in Rest of
World: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Units)
Table 85: Percentage Breakdown (Volume Sales) of Wheelchairs
Market by Product Segment in Rest of World for the Years 2008 &
2012
Table 86: Wheelchairs Market by Product Segment in Rest of
World: 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million)
Table 87: Percentage Breakdown (Value Sales) of Wheelchairs
Market by Product Segment in Rest of World for the Years 2008 &
2012
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