Europe Optical Sensors Market Size (2024 - 2029)

Europe Optical Sensors Market Analysis

The Europe optical sensors market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 3.4% over the forecast period (2021 - 2026). The adoption of smartphones is quickly outpacing home gadgets in several users.

• Also, the increasing demand for advanced security features in smartphones has led to features, such as on-screen fingerprint scan, an optical sensor that detects and verifies fingerprints, driving the fiber optic sensor market.
• Ambient sensors measure the light in the room and adjust the screen's brightness accordingly. Thus, the increasing demand for smartphones is expected to drive the demand for these sensors.
• Optical sensors are also becoming an indispensable tool for manufacturers to save power, time, and money, because of the rapid and precise measurements they provide. Moreover, as these sensors have applications in intelligent lighting, they help save power, as they do not rely on a manual on-off switch but turn on light according to the natural light in the premises.
• The imbalance between image quality and price has led to increased competition, particularly for the consumer electronics segment, which has some of the most established players facing peer pressure over optimal pricing. Several small players are also facing difficulty over product differentiation, which leads to a potential barrier for their entry into high-volume applications. In this case, successful product differentiation can move a product from pure pricing to non-pricing factors.
• Thus, companies are vying to overcome this challenge by focusing on advanced and efficient technologies that would help minimize sensors and superior performance. The increasing adoption of these sensors in non-traditional fields, such as automation (mobile robots), is expected to overcome this challenge.
• The COVID-19 pandemic has seriously impacted the semiconductor sector, curbing demand in the optical sensor industry. According to the Semiconductor Industry Association, semiconductor sales in the first quarter of 2020 fell 3.6% due to the severe disruption of international supply chain activities due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, some major automotive and consumer electronics OEMs have shut down manufacturing operations due to various government blockade scenarios, resulting in lower sales of optical sensors.

Europe Optical Sensors Industry Segmentation

Optical sensors are used in various commercial and research applications, such as quality and process control, medico technologies, metrology, imaging, and remote sensing. R&D in the field is driven by the expectation that optical sensors will have significant advantages over the conventional sensor types in terms of their properties.