Market Introduction
Tunnel sensors play a crucial role in any tunnel safety system by sensing and monitoring various important parameters such as ventilation, air quality, visibility, and lighting. The efficient measurement of these parameters helps tunnel construction and management companies in ensuring high operational efficiency, preventing tunnel accident/fatalities, and reducing costs. The demand for tunnel sensors in applications such as air quality monitoring for ventilation control and smoke detection is growing at an impressive pace. In addition to this, the growing environmental pollution concerns and people safety concerns are further driving the demand for these sensors to measure concentration of gases such as Nitric Oxide (NO) and Carbon Monoxide (CO) in tunnel environments. Various technologies such as ultrasound and electrochemical are being used in air flow and air quality sensors. The adoption of tunnel sensors in road and railway tunnels is anticipated to increase owing to various advantages offered by these sensors. Some of the common advantages include cost savings, high accuracy, enhanced productivity, and environmental benefits. The rising levels of industrialization and urbanization in developing countries due to population growth coupled with tunnel infrastructure up-gradation and growing tunnel safety regulations in developed regions are some of the key factors that are expected to boost the SAM of tunnel sensor market over the forecast period of 2020 to 2027. In addition to this, the increasing trend of smart city development across countries and adoption of tunnel automation systems further fueling the market demand of tunnel sensors in SAM. Also the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is very severely affecting the SAM region. In the SAM region, Brazil has the highest number of COVID-19 confirmed cases, followed by other countries such as Ecuador, Peru, Chile, and Argentina. The governments of various countries in South America are taking several initiatives to protect people and to contain COVID-19’s spread in the region through lockdowns, trade bans, and travel restrictions. These measures are expected to have a direct impact on the region’s economic growth as the region will face lower export revenues, both from the drop in commodity prices and reduction in export volumes, especially to major trading partners. The presence of various developing nations makes South America as one of the major market for the growth of tunnel sensor market over the forecast period of 2020 to 2027. However, the sharp decline in manufacturing, construction, and infrastructure development activities in this region due to COVID-19 lockdown measures is expected to directly impact the growth of tunnel sensor market in the coming quarters. In addition to this, the supply chain disruptions and non-availability of raw materials will also aggravate the problems of various industries operating in this region. Hence, the decline in business operations and infrastructure development activities is expected to directly affect the growth rate of tunnel sensor market in this region for the next three to four quarters.
Market Overview and Dynamics
The tunnel sensor market in SAM is expected to grow from US$ 141.43 million in 2019 to US$ 192.56 million by 2027; it is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 4.1% from 2020 to 2027. The SAM infrastructure and construction industry is growing at an impressive pace owing to the rising population and urbanization levels especially in the developing countries of SAM. Brazil and Argentina are some of the major countries that are driving the growth of SAM transport construction and infrastructure development. In developing nations such Brazil and Argentina the construction industry is rising at an impressive pace owing to the rising disposable incomes, increasing urbanization, high population growth, supportive government policies, and growing number of public private partnerships (PPP). A report estimated that the long term growth outlook of the SAM construction & infrastructure industry is estimated to be positive owing to the growing revenues of major construction companies in SAM. Safety is also very important factor in this market. Thus the rising tunnel safety concerns in SAM will further drive the adoption of tunnel sensors which is one of the significant trends affecting the market growth of the tunnel sensor market.
Key Market Segments
In terms of solution, air quality monitoring held the largest share of the SAM tunnel sensor market in 2019. In terms of services maintenance services is expected to the fastest growing segment over the forecast period. On the basis of connectivity wired segment contributed a substantial share in 2019. Based on application, road tunnels segment held the largest share in 2019 and it is projected to continue its dominance over the forecast period also.
Major Sources and Companies Listed
A few major primary and secondary sources referred to for preparing this report on the tunnel sensor market in SAM are company websites, annual reports, financial reports, national government documents, and statistical database, among others. Major companies listed in the report are ACOEM; CODEL International Ltd; DURAG Group; Geonica; SICK AG; Trolex Ltd.
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