Market Trends of Personal Cooling Devices Industry
This section covers the major market trends shaping the Personal Cooling Devices Market according to our research experts:
Growing Use by Workforce Operating in Hot Conditions is Expected to Drive Market Growth
- Maintaining a normal body temperature remains critical to the operations of first responders, like firefighters, policemen, and hazardous materials response teams, that need to perform frequently at high activity levels in extremely hot environments.
- Apart from such first responders, many industries, like construction and mining, that have harsh operating conditions are major areas of application for such systems. In such situations, where heat stress can not be reduced by using engineering controls or work practice modifications, special personal cooling devices are used. This includes protective vests that make use of ambient air systems.
- Ambient air systems function by blowing air between protective outer garments and the inner layers of clothing, inducing both convective and evaporative heat losses. They use battery-powered blowers to circulate air through the protective gear. Such personal cooling blowers/fans weigh less than 5 lbs. Ambient air systems are very effective at relatively low humidities.
- The fan units, which are typically put in the side pockets, start at the push of a button and the strength of cooling can be adjusted according to the need of the user, by activating either one or both air fan units. The ventilation vest, manufactured by Entrak, utilizes ambient air as the coolant. The air circulated is generated by a small battery-operated fan unit.
- Also, workers functioning in hot temperatures are increasingly using handheld cooling devices, like hand fans, for minimizing heat stress and fatigue, which affects both comfort and productivity. For instance, Xiaomi is offering DOCO Ultrasonic Dry Misting fan, a handheld fan that also works as a humidifier.
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Asia-Pacific is Expected to be the Fastest Growing Market
- The personal cooling device has been extensively adopted in the Asia-Pacific region. The hot climate of the region and the industrial growth has made it a lucrative region for the market studied.
- Moreover, Asia-Pacific, which is a hub of electronic device manufacturing, is fast emerging as one of the major suppliers of such cooling devices. The presence of a large number of manufacturers in this region is expected to propel the demand for market growth.
- Additionally, the growth of end-user sections, like mining, which is one of the major areas of application for personal cooling devices, is also expected to propel market growth. China, for instance, produces the majority of the rare earth metals in the world.
- Further in countries like India, nearly 90% of the workforce of the country is in the informal sector, with no minimum wages or any kind of social security. The government has been trying to continually improve social security coverage and improve their working conditions. These scenarios offer optimum growth potential for the market studied in the future. Additionally, vendors, like Havells India Limited, have been expanding their fan and personal cooler offerings.
- Furthermore, the increase in consumers' spending on portable and personal devices driven by the trend to adopt advanced technologies is anticipated to drive the demand for personal cooling devices in the region.
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