Home Healthcare Market is Expected to Reach USD 305.9 Billion by 2018 : Transparency Market Research

The total home healthcare market in the Americas is expected to reach the value of USD 150.8 billion by 2018 followed by Europe with total revenue of USD 80.5 billion.

The rising need to continuously monitor and care for health has increased the global expenditure on healthcare services and products.

The trend is also gradually pushing people towards home healthcare products and services, due to their cost efficiency and reliability. This, in turn, is driving the growth of the global home healthcare products and services market.

The technological and application developments that have taken place in the home healthcare segment have made them more reliable and globally acceptable. It has also made it feasible for hospitals and patients to get early discharge, and minimize the cost and infrastructure pressures. The growth in certain diseases or medical conditions such as high blood pressure, diabetes, asthma, and other cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, which require continuous monitoring and care, are further driving the home healthcare market growth.

Though the global share of the home healthcare equipment market is considerably less, it is growing at a faster CAGR of 9.9% from 2012 to 2018 due to rising technological innovations, especially in the field of home therapeutic equipment. The home healthcare services market, despite its large share, is expected to grow at a CAGR of 7.4% from 2012 to 2018. The main deterrent, restricting the entry of organized players in this segment is dominance of a large number of small regional players, who are offering their services at low prices, and enjoy high customer loyalty. This has in turn, shifted the attention of big players towards the home healthcare equipment market.

The global home healthcare equipment market can be categorized as: therapeutic equipment market, self-diagnostic and monitoring equipment market, mobility assists equipment market, and others. Currently, the key market players dominating the home healthcare equipment market are: J&J (Johnson and Johnson), Braun, GE Healthcare, Baxter International, Philips Healthcare, Omron Corporation, Invacare, and Medtronic.

The global market for home healthcare services is classified into respiratory therapy, telemetry, rehabilitation services, infusion therapy, and other unskilled home healthcare services. The unskilled healthcare services are provided by individuals such as family members, unlicensed or traditional caretakers, relatives, and friends. The market for home healthcare services is highly organized in regions such as the Americas and Europe, where it is very efficient. A large share, 79.9%, of the global home healthcare services market is dominated by rehabilitation and unskilled care services. However, the segment is believed to be extremely fragmented, and dominated by small and unorganized players.

This research is specially designed to estimate and analyze the demand and performance of home healthcare equipment and services in a global scenario. The research provides in-depth analysis of home healthcare equipment manufacturers, product sales, trend analysis by segments and demand by geography. The report covers all the major application segments of the global home healthcare market and provides in-depth analysis, historical data and statistically refined forecast for the segments covered.

Assess Semen Indonesia Rp 3 Trillion Bonds

Jakarta – President Director of PT. Semen Indonesia Tbk Soetjipto said the company examines global bonds worth U.S. $ 300 million or Rp 2.98 trillion. The plan that bonds will be issued next year. “It’s an investment for next year,” he said when met after the event Bisnis Indonesia, Tuesday evening, July 2, 2013.
The Company requires capital expenditure of U.S. $ 500 million – U.S. $ 600 million next year. Half of it comes from the need of external funding is through the issuance of bonds. “For this year we are still strong power of cash.”
Capital expenditure was used to build two new factories in Apex, Central Java, and Indarung, West Sumatra. Some will be used to finance business expansion plans into Myanmar and Vietnam.
Factory in Vietnam built with a production capacity of 2.3 million tons. The investment value of Rp 1.5 trillion in the form of investment of 70 percent ownership stake Thang Long Cement.
The Company is considering a rate cut option Thang Long Cement factory in Vietnam that is too high. “Hopefully in the near future could have taken a decision,” he said.
The plant began operations in Myanmar next year. The investment value of U.S. $ 200 million. The plant production capacity of 6.5 million tons per year. “This new subsidiary with local companies Myanmar, our ownership share of 51 percent minimum,” said Dwi.
This year the company is targeting sales volume in 2013 amounted to 28 million tons, and the company’s 44 percent market share.
Capex this year of Rp 4 trillion. Sources of funding capital expenditure is 40 per cent and 60 per cent internal funds from bank loans.

Ramadan, Home Based Cake Industry Emerges

SOLO– Arrival of Ramadan is not wasted some people to carry out seasonal business. One is a cottage industry cake proliferation. Utilizing the home kitchen, turnover of up to tens of millions of dollars could be obtained.

Endang Paryanti is one that utilizes baking hobby into an extra source of income. Since before the fast, he got busy with the flour and butter in the house which is located in Jalan Sapodilla III No. 6 Karangasem. He expertly made cakes nastar, Kastengel and snow princess. Currently, without hiring employees he can still fulfill the orders kept coming. One day, he alone could produce 20 jars of cookies.
“It will start the third week, there may be an additional two employees to help make the cake. If alone, fear can not serve demand more and more,” he said.
Endang, was three years in a row to make each cake using a label Aura Lebaran Cookies. Every Eid, he can accept orders up to 500 jars. Assorted pastries are sold for Rp 35,000 for each of the jar. He believes, orders will continue to come to close to Lebaran. Because this year he’s doing more extensive promotion.
“In the past only by word of mouth promotion. Now I use facebook and blackberry messenger. Besides in Solo, the buyer also come from Jakarta, Semarang, Yogyakarta and Jepara,” he said.
The same is done Rahayu. Together with his brother, he used to market the Idul Fitri various pastries. On an average day, more sisters make snacks for the kids, such as donuts vegetable or vegetable noodles.
Unfortunately, he was not able to accept orders in large quantities due to limited production capacity.
“Cake made our family at home in Kartasura. Was looking for an additional year hard labor. Mostly people prefer seasonal work in printing rather than making the cake,” he said.
To date, he has received 200 orders a variety of pastries. Starting from nastar, Kastengel, corn cookies, cheese and sago. The cakes are sold at varying prices, from Rp 35,000 to Rp 55,000 per jar.

Cheesecake beautiful Rainbow Arlen coockies

Trends in rainbow colored cakes are being enliven the culinary realm in Bandung. After rainbow cake hits in Bandung, in this month of Ramadan, pastries enlivened the new variant coockies aka rainbow rainbow cake.

One of the producers who make variations rainbow cake is Arlen coockies. Home baking industry located in Jalan Pasir Impun No. 16, Bandung Sukamiskin this, make a rainbow cake of cheese.

The owner, Arlen Leni (38) thought to make cheesecake variations as inspired rainbow rainbow cake yab popular trend.

“Actually’ve thought for a long time. I really like to experiment. Example, there is a snow princess cake red, be inspired by it. Incidentally it is also a trend,” said the mother who is familiarly called Leni, to detikbandung.

The majority of species that make a rainbow cake is usually a cat’s tongue. However, Leni actually make the cheese cake ingredients.

“Most of the existing cat’s tongue. Though I make cheese different from the others. This difference is only in terms of color alone, so it can be applied on the cake that tastes salty,” said Leni.

Rainbow-style cheese cake Arlen coockies look nice. Cheese cake is just usually studded yellow cheese, now sweeter with 3 colors, namely red, yellow, green. On it also persists as a characteristic sprinkling of cheese cheese cake.

“Why only three colors, because as the song rainbow-rainbow. Red, yellow, green, sky is blue,” Leni said with a laugh.

Slightly turnover, Profit Drops 54% In fact XL

PT XL Axiata Tbk (EXCL) correction suffers 54% profit in the first half of 2013 to Rp 670 billion from Rp 1.46 trillion. The company’s revenue edged up 1%.

XL recorded net income of Rp 10.3 trillion in the first half of this year, from Rp 10.2 trillion in the previous position. The rise in revenue driven by increased data service revenues by 13%.

“Our performance this quarter marks our success to turn things around after a decline in the previous two quarters,” said President Director of XL Hasnul Suhaimi, in a press release on Thursday (01/08/2013).

Until the end of the first half of 2013, the XL has spent Rp 4 trillion for infrastructure investment in the data. A combination of internal funds and debt.

XL has signed a new loan agreement in U.S. dollars with Standard Chartered Bank in May 2013 for U.S. $ 50 million. Meanwhile, during the first half of this 2013 also, the amount of debt XL increased to Rp 17.1 trillion from Rp 12.7 trillion in the previous year.

“XL will remain focused on data services given the growing use of data rapidly increasing contribution to company revenues. During the first six months of this year, data revenue accounted for 22% of total revenue, compared to 19% last year, “he added.

Industry: Capturing Profit Fake Butterfly

Beauty butterfly inspired many. Not only butterfly cocoon life worth expensive, fake butterfly business is not less thrill in capturing profits.

In Malang region precisely Tepus Foot, found many craftsmen making miniature ornate butterfly that exploit many garbage ball badminton (shuttlecock).

Murtini point is one of the crafters making artificial butterfly (brooches and accessories), start a business kerajianan butterfly made since 2004. He is quite successfully developed this business to a butterfly homemade products to penetrate the export market.

Creative ideas are not only produces its own inner satisfaction for the creator, but it can also bring in dollars that promise.

At first no one thought that discarded trash shuttlecock futile it can be processed into products that are beautiful and have a high value-added exports competitive even in the international market.

Up to now at least butterfly product has crossed the globe to across the world, from Europe, America, Asia. For example, for the American market butterfly products quite popular in Colombia, Mexico, to Asia quite popular in Thailand, Malaysia. The sale price is quite competitive and fairly priced for the European market as it sells for a homemade butterfly only 1 euro.

“My product has been around the world,” said Lili to detikFinance last weekend.

The export market is beginning produksnya known. When it several overseas counterparts to bring examples of butterfly products. As a result, the market response is quite astounding, all products are sold out.

Starting from where he started confidently to expand into other markets such as the U.S. in Mexico and Colombia. Unmitigated, Lili not only makes selling a butterfly, but the status of Mexican nationality law got was achieved.

Former employees of the interior design, continues to expand its business by making new breakthroughs, such as looking for alternative materials and developing a miniature forms of decoration outside of the butterfly. The result is extraordinary, the buyers are increasingly interested in the product.

“I also developed outside suttlecock, from the leaves too, stocking, patchwork. Besides butterflies, insects and animals all I’ve made, dragonflies, birds, bats and others,” he explained.

Speaking of capital calculations, falls into this very promising business, other than a small capital with promising results, its products are also quite durable. Lili explains, one sack waste of capital suttlecock the price of one sack he only Rp 50,000 can be 3000 pieces of magic butterfly made with a variety of sizes.

Price of the butterfly homemade fruit priced at Rp 750 to Rp 1,000 per fruit. If multiplied by 3000 then at least Rp 2.5 million already in hand to cut costs coloring and other components.

Although for certain sizes and types for special purposes such as wedding souvenirs, she pairs a higher price with a price range of Rp 2,500 to Rp 15,000 for a large size.

“Every month I was able to production of 30,000 to 50,000, I helped my 20 employees. If I buy the excess orders from other traders or artisans,” he said.

Although in the category of cottage industry, which he turnover handful of craft brooches and accessories butterfly is quite large, at least every month at least he could pocket the turnover reached USD 50 million.

“The challenge now is, because in Malang has many, so many crafters are dropping in price,” he complained.

Lili admitted despite the current crisis, not ebbing demand for its products, the total production of almost 35% it exports to international markets, while 65% he threw into the domestic market. Honestly he said the domestic market has not been explored everything especially outside Java.

“The market outside Java is still great potential, this is actually an opportunity,” he said.

Mestika Bank Shutter Credit Distributes Rp 5.9 Trillion in 2013

Tbk PT Bank Mestika Dharma targets loan portfolio to Rp 5.94 trillion in the year 2013. As many as 30% of the total loan will be disbursed to Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) who are so focused the company’s business.

Director of Bank Mestika Dharma Achmad S. Kartasasmita said, until the end of December 2012 the Bank from Medan, North Sumatra has disbursed loans amounting to Rp 5.1 trillion to Rp 1.4 trillion disbursed details for working capital.

“Approximately 30% of the company disbursed loans to the SME sector. Remainder distributed to consumers, including mortgages and corporate,” Achmad said when met at the House Energy, Jakarta, Wednesday (06/19/2013).

He said the company also plans to open a branch office in the area of ​​Jambi, Jakarta, Tanjung Pinang, and Jabodetabek, but currently only one branch which has obtained permission from the regulator, which in Jambi.

“Bank Mestika seek middle branch offices in other locations, namely Jakarta, Tanjung Pinang, and Greater Jakarta,” he said.

With the addition of the branch offices, Achmad targets a net profit of Rp 291 billion at the end of 2013, up 8.8 percent.

Throughout 2012, the company has collected deposits (deposits) amounted to Rp 5.4 trillion to Rp 2.98 trillion composition is saving, Rp 706 billion in demand deposits and time deposits remaining. The company targets increase in deposits during the year amounted to Rp 6.3 trillion.

Assets of the company until the end of 2012 reached Rp 7.3 trillion and is targeted to increase to Rp 8.4 trillion this year. Asset growth was driven by the addition of the company’s branch offices.

“Now we have 10 branches, 44 sub-branches, cash offices and 6 are located in Sumatra and Java,” he said.

Government Program for Entrepreneurs Build Smelter

President Director of PT Indosmelt, Natsir Mansyur assess government policies increase the mineral processing industry and coal (mineral and coal) in the country is considered to be the right move.
It was an industry pioneer, with reference to the Mining Law No.4/2009, Instruction No.7/2012 no.3/2013 and ESDM.
The smelter industries include copper smelter / gold, aluminum, nickel, iron, and other minerals, because the industry produces raw materials for downstream industries in the country.
“During the import of raw materials for downstream industries needs to reach 80 percent of the existing downstream industries in the country,” Natsir said, Monday (07/15/2013).
He said he appreciates the support of government policy and the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources and the Ministry of Industry to encourage program development through industrial mineral and coal downstream processing and purification (smelter) in the country.
Natsir said, to build its smelter industry varied depending on the type of metal minerals will be produced. According to him, build a smelter is not difficult as long as it was built by the national government employers can be clear, firm, and consistent with the application of the rules in favor of the construction of the smelter industry.
“The government must be clear, firm and consistent since the smelter industry pioneer industries with large investments, futures and high-tech display. Needed so that the rule of law and other incentives,” Natsir said.
PT Indosmelt will build a processing plant and refinery (smelter) copper ore with a capacity of 350 thousand tonnes of concentrate per year in Maros, South Sulawesi. The Company is ready to disburse funds of 700 million U.S. dollars (USD 6.58 trillion).

Semester I, Oil Production Reaches 99 Percent

JAKARTA – Special Unit Managing Upstream Oil and Gas (SKK Migas) said state revenue from the management of upstream oil and gas in the first half of this year reached $ 18, 7 billion from USD18.4 billion target set for the first half year .

While oil production in the same period, managed to achieve an average of 831 118 barrels per day (bpd), or 99 percent of the target set in the state budget in 2013 amounted to an average of 840,000 barrels of oil per day.

Rudi Rubiandini SKK Migas chief, said the achievement of the national oil production up to 99 percent of the budget target has never happened within the last three years. Previous achievements continue to be under 99 percent.

“The successful achievement of oil production and revenues is the result of the hard work of the workers in the oil and gas SKK, all workers Sharing Contract (PSC), leaders and workers in the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Ministry leaders and workers in other related, among House of Representatives (DPR), Regional Governments and all stakeholders in the upstream oil and gas industry, including the support of the media, “Rudi said in Jakarta, Thursday (08/01/2013).

Therefore, Rudi appreciate and thank them for their hard work and support of all stakeholders in order to increase production of oil and natural gas revenues nationwide so that the target could be exceeded.

“Although there are still many unsuccessful PSC oil production exceeded the target set in the state budget in 2013 but some very well managed PSC exceeded the target,” said Rudi.

Rudi insisted that the entire PSC is still not able to meet the target set in the state budget-2013 as well as targets in the Work Programme and Budget (WP & B) in 2013, in order to immediately improve the performance target is met.

“Performance targets are not reached so soon improved to the national oil production target could also be exceeded. What we are doing right now is working for the state, in the national interest because it lets us collaborate and work together,” he said.

A number of non-technical constraints such as the licensing process in local government, including the issue of sealing oil wells crude oil theft is still a major persolaan in an effort to increase national oil production.

Therefore, said Rudi, the regents are expected to participate and support efforts to increase domestic oil production in order to improve the welfare of the people in Indonesia.

“State revenue from oil and gas are not only enjoyed by the people in the oil and gas producing areas but also enjoyed by the public at the end of the island in the archipelago that has no oil. Due to direct oil and gas revenues into the state account and go straight in the oil and gas revenues in the state budget enjoyed by all people of Indonesia from Sabang to Merauke, “he concluded.

Maximum oil production of 834,000 barrels / day

Head of Special Unit the Upstream Oil and Gas (Migas SKK) Rudi Rubiandini estimates, production of crude oil and condensate in 2013, up 834,000 barrels per day.

“At present, production is 831,700 barrels per day and by the end of the 834 000 barrels per day,” he said in Jakarta on Tuesday.

According to him, the production level is still lower than the budget target set at 840,000 barrels per day.

“But, his accomplishments can be 99.3 percent and it was nice,” he said.

In the last 1.5 months, production is declining mainly due to a number of field maintenance cut gas condensate production.

However, he added, in the second half of 2013, the SKK optimistic that production could increase to 840,000 barrels per day.

Although, in the second half of 2013, the production of the Offshore North West Java (ONWJ) fell due to the work platform (platform).

However, in the second half as well, there is the addition of Block West Madura Offshore (WMO) which started production three wells.

In contrast to oil, Rudi optimistic “lifting” gas will exceed the budget target.

According to him, until the first half of 2013 production was still 6,998 BBTUD or lower than the budget target BBTUD 7175.

“However, we are optimistic until the end of 2013 will exceed the budget target,” he said.

Head of the Division of Oil and Gas Utilization Gas SKK Popi Nafis Ahmad added that the present downturn is “lifting” gas is mainly because there is a maintenance schedule Tangguh, Papua, and Bontang, East Kalimantan, and damage to electrical transformer in Cilegon, Banten.

“However, going forward, there is a field that will increase its production,” he said.

Which are expected to come from South Mahakam field managed by Total E & P Indonesia with a production rate of 115 MMSCFD, Musi East of PT Pertamina EP 20 MMSCFD, Epic Sengkang 12 MMSCFD, and Ruby from Pearl Oil Sebuku 6.7 MMSCFD.