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Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic Market - Forecast(2024 - 2030)

Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic Market Overview:

Carbon fiber reinforced plastic market size is forecast to reach $30.5 billion by 2030, after growing at a CAGR of 9.41% during 2024-2030, owing to the increasing adoption of carbon fiber reinforced plastics over conventional metallic alloys in various end-use industries such as automotive, aerospace, wind energy, and others. This is mainly due to the tensile strength carried by CFRP, which falls between 1500 and 3500 MPa, whereas its metallic counterparts such as aluminum and steel only possess tensile strength of 450–600 MPa and 750–1500 MPa, respectively. Growing demand from the aerospace industry and a rising preference for fuel-efficient and lightweight vehicles are the major factors driving the carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) market during the forecast period

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The report: “Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic (CFRP) Market – Forecast (2020-2025)”, by IndustryARC, covers an in-depth analysis of the following segments of the carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) Industry.

By Type: Thermoplastic (Polyether Ether Ketone (PEEK), Polypropylene, Nylon, Acrylic Resins, Polyamide Resins, PET, Polyphenylene Sulfide (PPS), Polyethylene, Polyurethane, Polyethersulfone, Polyetherimide (PEI), and Others), and Thermosetting (Epoxy Resin, Polyester Resin, Vinyl Ester Resin, Phenolic, Polyimide Resins, and Others)

By Application: Automobiles, Industrial, Aviation & Aerospace, Marine, Defense, Electrical & Electronics, Medical, Sports Equipment, Wind Energy, Civil Engineering, and Others

By Geography: Americas, Europe, Asia Pacific, RoW

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Key Takeaways

Europe dominates the carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) market, owing to the increasing demand and production of lightweight vehicles in the region. According to OICA, in 2018 the production of light commercial vehicles has increased by 2.5 % in Europe.

The carbon fiber reinforced plastics are being widely used to manufacture sport equipment such as golf shafts, bicycles, skis, surfboards, helmets, racquets, hockey sticks, baseball bats and several other products. Its low maintenance cost and corrosion resistance properties are the major factor driving the market in the sports sector.

The properties associated with CFRP such as good conductivity, flame resistance, high strength and vibration damping has facilitated their inclusion in several electrical and electronic products such as household appliances, audio systems, enclosures, electrical installations, interconnects, brushes and EMI shielding.

The X-Ray permeability, biological inertness coupled with high strength has paved the way for CFRP applications in Medical sector. Imaging equipment, orthopedics and surgical outfits are some of the common medical devices that employ CFRP.

Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic most of the countries has gone under lockdown, due to which operations of various industries such as automotive, defense, and aerospace has been negatively affected, which is hampering the carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) market growth.

By Type – Segment Analysis

The thermosetting segment held the largest share in the carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) market in 2019, owing to the superior characteristics of thermosetting CFRP over thermoplastic CFRP. Unlike thermoplastics, they retain their strength and shape even when heated. This makes thermosetting plastics well-suited to the production of permanent components and large, solid shapes. Furthermore, these components have outstanding high strength-to-weight ratio performance, enhanced dielectric strength, low thermal conductivity. Thus, thermoset CFRP find their use in varied applications owing to their heat resistant characteristics, excellent dimensional and chemical stability properties when exposed to high heat and more.

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By Application – Segment Analysis

The defense application held the largest share in the carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) market in 2019 and is growing at a CAGR of 9.42%, owing to its ability to reduce a weight of an object to a large extent while providing superior strength. Thus, there is an increasing demand of carbon fiber reinforced plastics from the defense industries to manufacture specialty components for missile systems, radar panels, body armors, helmets, rocket motor casing, artificial limbs, ballistics, nuclear submarine, propulsion systems and many more. Some of the materials used in military composites include Kevlar, fiberglass and carbon fiber. Countries like Russia, India and Japan are increasingly using composites in submarines, jets, sonar domes and truck components. U.S., U.K., India, and China are the major spenders on defense equipment and maintenance of army. M80 Stileto is the largest U.S. naval vessel built using carbon-fiber composites. Armored vehicles have conventionally used steel armor for protection; however, weight of these large trucks creates logistical problems. Therefore, the adoption of CFRP is increasing in these vehicles. U.S. DOD aims to replace UH-60 Black Hawk with Bell Helicopter’s V-280 which incorporates carbon fibers in its wings, fuselage, and tail. The need for agility at the time of sudden attacks and upgrading the defense technologies has led to the shift from conventional materials to fiber reinforced materials, which is anticipated to propel the carbon fiber reinforced plastic market during the forecast period.

By Geography – Segment Analysis

Europe region held the largest share in the carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) market in 2019 up to 34%, owing to the increasing defense, and aerospace sectors in the region. The CFRP are particularly attractive to defense applications because of their exceptional strength, better stiffness-to-density ratios and superior physical properties. Also, CFRP provides relatively stronger and stiffer fibers in a tough resin matrix. According to International Trade Administration (ITA), the Norwegian Government presented a core defense spending budget of USD 6.9 billion in 2019. The Norwegian defense budget accounted for 1.62% of Norway’s GDP in 2018. French civil aerospace industry in 2018 grew to €50.36 billion, out of total non-consolidated aerospace and defense aerospace revenues of €65.4 billion. This is a 1.2% increase over 2017. Also, France has put forth an agreement with the U.K government of $2.1 billion to build a prototype combat drone, which will further boost CFRP market growth. Thus, the increasing aerospace and defense industry in Europe is likely to influence the growth of the carbon fiber reinforced plastic market in Europe.

Drivers – Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic (CFRP) Market

Growing Wind Power Sector

As a consequence of drastic increase in energy demand, the conventional sources of energy are depleting very fast. Hence, the need to expand and utilize the renewable energy sources like wind power is growing. The wind power sector is increasing, as use of renewable energy sources results in less emission of greenhouse and other harmful gases such as SO2. The modern wind turbine are being increasingly used in wind power sector as they are cost-effective, more reliable and have scaled up in size to multi-megawatt power ratings. Wind Energy installations in APAC increased by 23.6%. This region is set to witness high growth for wind energy equipment and materials majorly driven by commitments of government of India and China towards green energy. Carbon fiber reinforced plastic is used primarily in the spar, or structural element, of wind blades longer than 45m/148 ft, both for land-based and offshore systems. Carbon fiber has known benefits for reducing wind turbine blade mass due to the significantly improved stiffness, strength, and fatigue resistance per unit mass compared to fiberglass. Due to the increasing adoption of wind power energy source, the demand for the carbon fiber reinforced plastic is also increasing, which acts as a driver for the carbon fiber reinforced plastic market during the forecast period.

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Stringent Government Regulation on Emission

Carbon fiber reinforced plastics are being extensively used in the automotive industries to reduce fuel consumption as well as emissions and to manufacture lightweight vehicles. Several governments across the world have imposed stringent standard emission and fuel economy regulations for vehicles. These standard regulations have compelled automotive OEMs to increase the use of lightweight materials such as carbon fiber reinforced plastics to assist in increasing the fuel economy of a vehicle while ensuring safety and performance. The emission regulation for light-duty cars such as Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFÉ) and Greenhouse Gas Emission standards sets fuel consumption standards for the vehicles. These regulations by the governments have made sure that the car manufacture henceforth might need to be manufacturing much lighter vehicles to obey as per these norms, which acts as a driver for the carbon fiber reinforced plastic market during the forecast period.

Challenges – Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic (CFRP) Market

High Cost of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastics

The cost of the carbon fiber reinforced plastics is at times supposedly higher. When compared with other traditional materials such as steel and aluminum, lightweight materials such as carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP) and glass fiber reinforced plastics (GFRP) are costly. Composites of carbon fiber cost almost 1.5 to five times more than steel. High cost of fiber production inhibits large volume deployment. Therefore, precursor and processing costs need to be reduced. The high price of carbon fibers in many applications constrains the potential use of composites. Hence, the high cost of carbon fiber reinforced plastics may hinder with the carbon fiber reinforced plastics market growth during the forecast period. However, cost effective production methods coupled with high volume processing, assembly techniques and automation processes will lead to reduction of price in the near future.

Market Landscape

Technology launches, acquisitions and R&D activities are key strategies adopted by players in the carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) market. In 2019, the market of carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) has been consolidated by the top five players accounting for 40% of the share. Major players in the carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) market are SGL Carbon SE, Teijin Ltd., Toray Industries Inc., Cytec Industries Inc., Mitsubishi Rayon Co. Ltd., Farmosa Plastics Corporation, Nippon Carbon Co. Ltd., DowAksa Advanced Composites Holdings BV, Hexcel Corporation, and Hyosung Advanced Materials.

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Acquisitions/Technology Launches

In May 2016, Dowaska, Under secretariat of Defense Industries (SSM) and Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) have jointly opened The DowAksa Global Composites Center with an objective to advance Turkey’s carbon fiber and other reinforcement composites manufacturing mainly for aerospace applications in both defense and commercial aviation and the infrastructure, marine, wind energy and transportation sector.

In March 2018, Toray Industries, Inc. developed a new fabrication technology for Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastics that enables both improved dimensional accuracy and energy savings.

In November 2018, Toray Industries, Inc. developed new carbon fibers that realized both higher tensile strength and tensile modulus named “TORAYCA® MX series”.

In September 2019, Teijin Limited acquired Benet Automotive, a leading automotive composite and component supplier in the Czech Republic. The acquisition benefits Teijin’s composite technologies business.

In December 2019, SGL Carbon and Solvay entered into a joint development agreement to develop composite materials based on large-tow intermediate modulus carbon fiber for aerospace primary structures.

In May 2020, Toray Industries, Inc. developed a high tensile modulus carbon fiber and thermoplastic pellets that are ideal for injection molding employing. Toray announced to push ahead with research and development to commercialize the fiber and pellets within the next three years.

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Sports technology Market Accelerates Growth trajectory

Advance Market Analytics released a new market study on Global Sports Technology Market Research report which presents a complete assessment of the Market and contains a future trend, current growth factors, attentive opinions, facts, and industry validated market data. The research study provides estimates for Global Sports Technology Forecast till 2029*.

Sports technology has been developing the sports arena by adopting technologies in outdoor sports activities such as cricket, football, soccer, rugby, etc. These games are contributing expressively in terms of revenue to the sports technology market. Moreover, indoor sports are also contributing to sports technology. However, the adaption of sports technology is less in indoor sports as compared to outdoor sports. The advantage of sports technology is that it will help the players to deliver better performance and will ensure leisure and entertainment with safety. The clubs segment is expected to make a significant growth of the sports technology market over the forecast period.

Key Players included in the Research Coverage of Sports Technology Market are:

IBM (United States), Ericsson (Sweden), Cisco (United States), Fujitsu (Japan), SAP (Germany), Oracle (United States), NEC (Japan), LG (South Korea), Sharp (Japan), Samsung (South Korea), Fitbit (United States),

What's Trending in Market: Adoption of Social Media Analytics, Cloud computing, IoT, and Smart Devices in Sports Technology

Challenges: Complexities in Upgrading and Replacing Legacy Systems

Risk of Technology Glitches at Live Events

Opportunities: Growing Sports Leagues and Increasing Number of Events with Large Prize Pools

Growing Awareness Regarding this Technology in both Developed and Developing nations

Market Growth Drivers: Significant Improvement in Audience Engagement

Growing Demand for Data-Driven Decisions and Operations

Increasing Sports Events, Online, and Offline

The Global Sports Technology Market segments and Market Data Break Down by Type (Device (Wearables, Digital Signage, and Camera), Smart Stadium, Esports (Media Rights, Tickets and Merchandise, Sponsorships and Direct Advertisements and Publisher Fees), Sports Analytics (Player Analysis, Team Performance Analysis, Video Analysis, Health Assessment and Other)), Application (Active, Tracking, Decision Making, Passive, Analytics and Statistics, Tactics and Simulation, Training, Game Performance Analysis, Team Analysis & Management, Injury and Health Analysis, Others), Component (Software, Wearable devices, Sports equipment, Services, Others), End User (Coaches, Clubs, Leagues, Sports association, Others), Sports (Baseball, Basketball, Cricket, Cycling, Football, Golf, Rugby, Others (Swimming, Badminton, Tennis, Athletics))

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• North America: United States, Canada, and Mexico.

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2 Kings 9: 19-26. "The Second Horseman."

To understand being Jewish, especially if one wants to become a member of the Assembly, one must comprehend the Numbers. They must be memorized and used or their conventions make no sense. They are non-sequential and chance their Values depending on their coefficients. Two glances, for example are not the same as two horsemen, for example, in that number 1 and number 2 do not convey the same degree of magnitude of meaning in the Gematria. Observe:

One Horseman: The Value in Gematria is 39-9, ג‎טט, "divorce gett", "get a divorce decree from the King." This means as a Kingdom of Israel we need to inform the world we are divorcing ourselves from its wickedness.

Two Horsemen: The Value in Gematria is 1358, אגהח‎, agaah, "a beneficial brotherhood."

One man is never enough. Two is ideal. One man cannot create peace, but two can. So a horseman who serves society a divorce decree must then also have a plan for reunity somehow. How this all happens is detailed below:

19 So the king sent out a second horseman. When he came to them he said, “This is what the king says: ‘Do you come in peace?’”

Jehu replied, “What do you have to do with peace? Fall in behind me.”

20 The lookout reported, “He has reached them, but he isn’t coming back either. The driving is like that of Jehu son of Nimshi—he drives like a maniac.”

21 “Hitch up my chariot,” Joram ordered. And when it was hitched up, Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah rode out, each in his own chariot, to meet Jehu. They met him at the plot of ground that had belonged to Naboth the Jezreelite.

22 When Joram saw Jehu he asked, “Have you come in peace, Jehu?”

“How can there be peace,” Jehu replied, “as long as all the idolatry and witchcraft of your mother Jezebel abound?”

23 Joram turned about and fled, calling out to Ahaziah, “Treachery, Ahaziah!”

24 Then Jehu drew his bow and shot Joram between the shoulders. The arrow pierced his heart and he slumped down in his chariot.

25 Jehu said to Bidkar, his chariot officer, “Pick him up and throw him on the field that belonged to Naboth the Jezreelite. Remember how you and I were riding together in chariots behind Ahab his father when the Lord spoke this prophecy against him:

26 ‘Yesterday I saw the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons, declares the Lord, and I will surely make you pay for it on this plot of ground, declares the Lord.’[c] Now then, pick him up and throw him on that plot, in accordance with the word of the Lord.”

Joram and Ahaziah, "to grasp and sieze", the descendents of Ahab and Jezebel, a political union that worshipped lips, cunts, and assholes, all rolled up into a fictitious concept of God that allowed them to commit atrocities are on their way out.

Elisha, The Free Market Economy, at God's behest, anoints a new king, a young army commander named Jehu, "In God's Name."

Jehu is called a maniac because he is the progeny of a prophet who has told him the people must observe Shabbat. Shabbat, a uniquely Jewish concept states we educate persons lifelong in the craftwork of civilization.

Everyone puts something in, everyone gets something out. There are no exceptions. Black people, gay people, Muslim People, drag queens, speed demons, butthole surfers, everyone participates. No one is left behind or locked out.

Persons who teach and enforce Shabbat are treated like they are insane. This label of insanity is a sign of what is wrong with this planet. Contrary to what the TV Preachers and kidz in shirtz say, adult human beings are equipped with the ability to be hospitable, accomodating, patient, understanding, and individualistic in their own non-toxic ways.

We malign it but the idea of the Carnival is essential to health of human culture. Baseball and football games, where crazy people put on bizarre outfits and try to wrestle each other while babes scream on the sidelines is a Carnival. It's an act without a script, it's theater. We worship the people that do it well. Gay Pride is a Carnival, Star Wars movies, comic books, the Mass, all of these things decorate and uniform the human being for the purposes of enlightening forms of recreation that we believe make life dreamable.

Military uniforms, police uniforms, Mormon uniforms, men in black trench coats with big hats, these terrify us because they signal the dream is about to be threatened.

So, the new King of Israel, Jehu, a kind of Jewish Krishna says to the trodden down world, "let us work this out on the field":

v. 19: The King says "fall in behind me"= Ephesus, the New Town, which always follows the inauguration of a new King of Israel.

The Value in Gematria is 10723, יז‎ב‎ג‎, yzbg, "yod, zayin, bet, gimel" "The hand and eye of God are in the House, on the Table."

Gimel= גמל The verb גמל (gamal) means to deal, or recompense in the sense of benefitting from.

v. 20: Jehu, son of Nimshi, "In the Name of God, the Leopard Weapon!"

The Value in Gematria is 5889,החחט‎, the threshing floor. Kings of Israel are born on the Threshing Floor, or regime change. The seed of the society must be separated from its hull and the past must be left behind and swept away.

This is why the King rides ahead of Ephesus, and why it is easy to see that pedophiles like Donald Trump and Charles Mary or despots like Vladimir Putin will never create anything new or brilliant from their positions of power.

v. 21: Joram and Ahaziah ride out to meet Jehu on the plane of Naboth the Jezreelite, "the High Place where God Sows." They hitch up their chariots, meaning they are wed to a destiny they might no longer be attached to or may be appropriate for their actual desires.

The Value in Gematria is 11840, יאחדאֶפֶס‎‎, yechadefes, "to become unified through echad, through the vision and the festival."

= the Passover Seder, "the Arragement". It is a sin to be a party to slavery of any kind, especially the ideological kind which has the effect of stunting civlization. Just look at what has happened to the Middle East and America too, where children have become slaves to religion instead of being rightly guided through the natural causes for human existence, AKA the Holy Spirit.

To be informed one is slaving someone to nonsense or to remain a slave to nonsense is to seek the vengeance of the God of Israel who does not suffer stupid people to procreate, see v. 22:

"When Joram saw Jehu he asked, “Have you come in peace, Jehu?” “How can there be peace,” Jehu replied, “as long as all the idolatry and witchcraft of your mother Jezebel abound?”

The Value in Gematria is 13171, גיא‎זהר‎, gaya zahar, "the whole body, purified."

If we combine the ideas in v. 21 and 22 in order to come up with a "pure arrangement that concludes in peace" then you see how the Gay Pride Mounted Army Soccer Game Parade is the best idea ever. I really think so.

v. 23-24: The King draws his bow and shoots a traitor in the heart. This means he found a Policy in the Torah that allowed him to execute the rogue royal. The Value in Gematria is 13065, יגאֶפֶסוה, "they'll jump, igapeswa."

"to command to feel an affinity for other lifeforms." From agape, "a natural force that is felt in some way or form by every entity in the universe from atoms up to entire societies."

v. 25: Bidkar the Chariot Officer=the son of the thrusting spear.

A son with a spear is a new government with a new constitution and wherewithal. It should be used first and foremost to give the old government a hemorrhoidectomy.

The Value in Gematria is 9781, טז‎ח‎‎א‎, "the Sixteenth" meaning the world needs to act its age, we are always a mixture of the old and the new. The end result should always show an improvement over the days gone by.

v. 26: The Value in Gematria is 11130, קיא‎ל‎, kiel, "the wrong desires fail, the correct ones succeed."

The feminine noun כלה (kala), meaning general completion (Genesis 18:21 and Exodus 11:1 only) but most often complete destruction or complete annihilation and that almost always by God (Isaiah 10:23, Ezekiel 13:13).

The adjective כלה (kaleh), meaning failing with desire. This word occurs only once, in Deuteronomy 28:32.

The masculine noun כליון (killayon), meaning a failing or pining of the eyes (Deuteronomy 28:65 only), or annihilation (Isaiah 10:22 only).

The feminine noun מכלה (mikla), meaning completeness (2 Chronicles 4:21 only). Note that this word is identical to third derivation of the previous root.

The feminine noun תכלה (tikla), meaning perfection (Psalm 119:96 only).

The feminine noun תכלית (taklit), meaning end (Nehemiah 3:21, Job 26:10) or completeness (Psalm 139:22 only).

The masculine noun כלי (keli), denoting some kind of article that (possibly) took a while to make but is now finished, or a vessel that was designed to hold some finished product; a holding pot. This word is very common in the Bible. It occurs in the sense of a general article (Exodus 22:6, 1 Samuel 6:8), a weapon or weaponry (Genesis 27:3, Isaiah 13:5), a musical instrument (Amos 6:5), general equipment (1 Samuel 8:22), temple utensils (1 Kings 10:21), a receptacle (Genesis 43:11), a sack (Genesis 42:25) and even paper-reed boats (Isaiah 18:2).

So it is the job of the New King of Israel to analyze the "arragement" that permitted corruption and delusion to waylay the happiness of the people, to exact revenge upon those who caused it, and exile those complicit, like the persons calling themselves "Mormon Judges". Some get to stay, some have to leave, history learns a valuable lesson in the efficacy of a well-adminstered way of life everyone can fall in love with.

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Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic Market - Forecast (2023 - 2028)

Carbon fiber reinforced plastic market size is forecast to reach $22.50 billion by 2025, after growing at a CAGR of 9.41% during 2020-2025, owing to the increasing adoption of carbon fiber reinforced plastics over conventional metallic alloys in various end use industries such as automotive, aerospace, wind energy, and others. This is mainly due to tensile strength carried by CFRP, which falls between 1500 and 3500 MPa, whereas its metallic counterparts such as aluminum and steel only possess tensile strength of 450–600 MPa and 750–1500 MPa, respectively. Growing demand from the aerospace industry and a rising preference for fuel efficient and light-weight vehicles are the major factors driving the carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) market during the forecast period.

Report Coverage

By Application: Automobiles, Industrial, Aviation & Aerospace, Marine, Defense, Electrical & Electronics, Medical, Sports Equipment, Wind Energy, Civil Engineering, and Others

By Geography: Americas, Europe, Asia Pacific, RoW

Key Takeaways

By Type – Segment Analysis

By Application – Segment Analysis

By Geography – Segment Analysis

Drivers – Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic (CFRP) Market

Growing Wind Power Sector

Stringent Government Regulation on Emission

Challenges – Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic (CFRP) Market

High Cost of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastics

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Roller Ironer Market Segmentation, Research Methodology And Revenue Growth Forecast Till 2030

Global “Roller Ironer Market” research report is a comprehensive analysis of the current status of the Roller Ironer industry worldwide. The report categorizes the global Roller Ironer market by top players/brands, region, type, and end-user. It also examines the competition landscape, market share, growth rate, future trends, market drivers, opportunities, and challenges in the global Roller Ironer market. The report provides a professional and in-depth study of the industry to help understand its current state and future prospects.

Browse More Details On This Report at - https://www.businessresearchinsights.com/market-reports/roller-ironer-market-104426 What Are The Prominent Key Player Of the Roller Ironer Market?

Miele

Brewer & Bunney

Siemens

Pfaff

Electrolux

GMP

Metos

Sewingtime NZ

MAG

Fagor Professional

Girbau

Primus

Guru Nanak Mechanical Workshop

Guruson International

Bharat Udyog

Fabcare Garments Textile Machinery Pvt Ltd

Sangeetha Enterprises

Fabcare

Schulthess

JLA

Grandimpaniti

IPSO

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To determine the size of the total market opportunity of global and key countries

To assess the growth potential for Roller Ironer

To forecast future growth in each product and end-use market

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This report also provides key insights about market drivers, restraints, opportunities, new product launches or approvals.

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Geographically, the report includes research on production, consumption, revenue, market share, and growth rate of the following regions:

United States

Europe (Germany, UK, France, Italy, Spain, Russia, Poland)

China

Japan

India

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Latin America (Brazil, Mexico, Colombia)

Middle East and Africa (Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Egypt, South Africa, Nigeria)

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Turf Protection Market Trends and Forecast

The turf protection market refers to the industry focused on developing and providing solutions, products, and services for the protection and maintenance of turf surfaces such as lawns, sports fields, golf courses, and recreational areas. Turf protection aims to ensure the durability, health, and aesthetic appeal of the turf by mitigating various challenges such as foot traffic, environmental stress, pests, diseases, and weather conditions.

The market for turf protection has been witnessing significant growth due to the increasing demand for well-maintained turf surfaces in various sectors. This includes sports facilities, residential and commercial lawns, golf courses, parks, and landscaping projects. The market encompasses a wide range of products and solutions, including turf reinforcement mats, turf covers, turf paints, fertilizers, pesticides, soil amendments, and maintenance equipment. Factors driving the turf protection market include the growing popularity of sports activities and the need for safe and playable surfaces, increasing urbanization leading to the rise in residential lawns and landscaping projects, rising awareness about environmental sustainability, and the emphasis on maintaining green spaces for recreational purposes.

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Key players in the turf protection market include manufacturers, distributors, and service providers offering innovative and effective solutions for turf maintenance. These companies continuously invest in research and development to develop new technologies, formulations, and equipment that enhance turf quality, resilience, and longevity.

The turf protection market is also influenced by factors such as regional climate variations, regulations related to pesticide and fertilizer use, and evolving consumer preferences for eco-friendly and organic turf care products. Market trends include the adoption of precision turf management techniques, the use of biostimulants and biopesticides, and the integration of smart technologies for efficient turf maintenance.

North America is expected to dominate the market during the forecast period

Countries such as the US, Canada, and Mexico have been considered in this study. Turf protection refers to the use of various products and techniques to protect natural or artificial turf from damage caused by environmental factors, heavy foot traffic, and other factors. The demand for turf protection products and services is driven by several factors, including the increasing popularity of outdoor sports and recreational activities, the growing use of artificial turf in landscaping and sports fields, and the need to maintain healthy and attractive lawns and landscapes.

The demand for turf protection products and services is particularly strong in developed countries with large and growing sports and landscaping industries. For example, in the United States, the demand for turf protection products and services is driven by the popularity of sports such as football, baseball, and soccer, as well as by the growing use of artificial turf in residential and commercial landscaping. According to a report by the Sports & Fitness Industry Association, participation in outdoor sports and fitness activities in the United States increased by 4.9% in 2020, despite the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. This trend is expected to continue in the coming years, driving demand for turf protection products and services.

Key Market Players

The key players in this include Syngenta Crop Protection AG (Switzerland), UPL Limited (India), Corteva Agriscience (US), Nufarm (US), Bayer AG (Germany), BASF SE (Germany), SDS Biotech K.K. (Japan), AMVAC Chemical Corporation (US), Bioceres Crop Solutions (Argentina), Colin Campbell (Chemicals) Pty Ltd (Australia), ICL Group Ltd. (US), Andersons, Inc. (US), FMC Corporation (US), Soil Technologies Corporation (US), and CoreBiologic (US). These players in this market are focusing on increasing their presence through agreements and collaborations. These companies have a strong presence in North America, Asia Pacific and Europe. They also have manufacturing facilities along with strong distribution networks across these regions.

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3.8% CAGR, Baseball Equipment Market Growth to Surpass USD 5.1 billion by 2031

According to a new report published by Allied Market Research, titled, “Baseball Equipment Market," The baseball equipment market size was valued at $3.5 billion in 2021, and is estimated to reach $5.1 billion by 2031, growing at a CAGR of 3.8% from 2022 to 2031.

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Baseball is a subtle and complicated game for two teams that are predominantly played in U.S., Japan, Cuba, Dominican Republic, China, and other countries around the globe. Baseball ball is played with help of different equipment which includes the bat, ball, gloves, helmet, and other protective gear. This equipment is available in different types which have different functions. The composite and wooden baseball bat is widely used by institutional and individual players in most countries around the globe.

Individual is an emerging segment and hold significant baseball equipment market share as consumers are increasingly participating in sports and sports events in developing economies. The manufacturers are offering mid-range baseball equipment which has good quality and durability as compared to the economic range with the lower penetration of the sport in developed as well as developing countries. The increase in the number of participants in baseball is expected to boost the growth of the baseball equipment Industry.

Increase in sponsorship in the sports industry is one of the major factors for the growth of the market. Various players in the industry recently attempted to arrange sports events to obtain market exposure, capture the attention of the audience, and other companies to invest, cooperate, or form a partnership. Brand positioning and media coverage of the sports league or events are the two factors that help to promote events and increase participant count as well as baseball equipment market demand. Marketing, promotion, and the growing popularity of baseball leagues are motivating other top players in the industry to sponsor events or leagues to obtain market exposure and boost growth rates. These baseball equipment market trends are expected to create more opportunities for manufacturers as well as baseball equipment market growth

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According to baseball equipment market analysis, the market is segmented on the basis of type, distribution channel, price point, buyer type, and region. By type, the market is classified into bat, gloves, helmets, and others. The other segment includes the ball, protective gear, and other equipment. Among these, the bat segment occupied the major share of the market in 2021 and is projected to maintain its dominance during the baseball equipment market forecast period.

By price point, the market is segmented into economy, mid-range, and premium. The mid-range segment is anticipated to grow at the highest rate during the forecast period, owing to the increasing number of consumers participating in baseball are preferring mid-range price baseball equipment in developing economies as we as developed economies.

By buyer type, the market is further segmented into individual and institutional. The institutional segment occupied the major share of the market in 2021 and is projected to maintain its dominance during the forecast period.

By distribution channel, the market is further segmented into specialty sports stores, e-commerce, supermarket & hypermarkets, and others. The specialty sports stores segment held the major share of the market in 2021 and is projected to maintain its dominance during the forecast period. The e-commerce segment is anticipated to grow at the highest CAGR in the future. In 2021, North America accounted for more than 20% of the global baseball equipment market and is expected to maintain its dominance during the forecast period. Moreover, LAMEA is expected to possess the highest CAGRs, owing to the increasing adoption of baseball and increase in expenditure on sport in the countries and create more baseball equipment market opportunities for new players. Inquiry Before Buying :- https://www.alliedmarketresearch.com/purchase-enquiry/17656

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By type, the other segment includes ball and protective gear is estimated to witness significant growth, registering a CAGR of 4.4% during the forecast period. By price point, the mid-range segment is estimated to witness significant growth, registering a CAGR of 4.2% during the forecast period. By distribution channel, the E-Commerce channel segment is anticipated to grow at a CAGR of 4.6% during the forecast period. By region, North America was the dominant region in 2021, occupying a major share of the baseball equipment market. By region, LAMEA registered the highest growth rate and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 5.3% during the forecast period. The major players analyzed for the baseball equipment market are Marucci Sports, Victus Sports, Demarini, Adidas, Easton, Mizuno, New Balance, Nike, Rawlings, and Wilson. These major market players have adopted various strategies such as collaboration to expand their market reach. With the growing popularity and Baseball equipment market opportunity, new market players are also entering the market with the latest and advanced baseball equipment.

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Baseball Equipment Market Surge to Witness Huge Demand at a CAGR of 2.98% during the forecast period 2028

Industry Analysis

Baseball equipment market is expected to be growing at a growth rate of 2.98% in the forecast period of 2021 to 2028.

Individuals that participate in sports or leisure activities wear bats, gloves, socks, jerseys, and cleats as part of their baseball equipment. It also contains injury prevention and mitigation equipment such as equipment bags, helmets, jockstraps, arm guards, and chest protection. It can be found in a vast range of materials, sizes, colours, and designs.

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Presently, a huge increase in baseball events is driving the global use of baseball equipment. In addition, the convenience of use and extensive availability of products are driving up demand for baseball equipment via online distribution channels. Other significant factors driving the growth of the baseball equipment market include growing knowledge of the health advantages connected with sports like baseball and increase in the prevalence of chronic diseases. Furthermore, rising disposable incomes and changing lifestyles are encouraging the global adoption of high-performance and luxury baseball equipment.

The Baseball Equipment Market report encompasses various segments linked to FMCG industry and market with comprehensive research and analysis. These comprise industry outlook with respect to critical success factors (CSFs), industry dynamics that mainly covers drivers and restraints, market segmentation & value chain analysis, key opportunities, application and technology outlook, regional or geographical insight, country-level analysis, key company profiles, competitive landscape, and company market share analysis. All the data, figures and information are backed up by well recognized analysis tools which include SWOT analysis and Porter’s Five Forces analysis. So, take business to the peak level of growth with the all-inclusive Data Bridge Market research report.

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The baseball equipment market is segmented on the basis of product, sales channel and buyer type. The growth amongst these segments will help you analyse meagre growth segments in the industries, and provide the users with valuable market overview and market insights to help them in making strategic decisions for identification of core market applications.

On the basis of product, the baseball equipment is segmented into bat, helmets, equipment bag, gloves and accessories.

Baseball equipment on the basis of sales channel is segmented into independent sports outlet, franchised sports outlet, modern trade channel, direct to customer brand outlet, direct to customer online channel, direct to customer institutional channel and third-party online channel.

Based on buyer type, the baseball equipment market is segmented into individual, institutional, and promotional.

Market Country Level Analysis

The countries covered in the baseball equipment market report are

U.S., Canada and Mexico in North America, Germany, France, U.K., Netherlands, Switzerland, Belgium, Russia, Italy, Spain, Turkey, Rest of Europe in Europe, China, Japan, India, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, Rest of Asia-Pacific (APAC) in the Asia-Pacific (APAC), Saudi Arabia, U.A.E, Israel, Egypt, South Africa, Rest of Middle East and Africa (MEA) as a part of Middle East and Africa (MEA), Brazil, Argentina and Rest of South America as part of South America.

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Some of the major players operating in the baseball equipment market are

Under Armour, Inc., Nike, Inc., Newell Brands, Amer Sports, Mizuno Corporation, Schutt Sports, Emmanuel Sports, RK Mahajan Exports, among others.

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Baseball Equipment Market Shows Strong Growth with Leading Players | Amer Sports, Mizuno Corporation, Emmanuel Sports, RK Mahajan Exports.

Baseball Equipment Market report provides details of new recent developments, trade regulations, import export analysis, production analysis, value chain optimization, market share, impact of domestic and localised market players, analyses opportunities in terms of emerging revenue pockets, changes in market regulations, strategic market growth analysis, market size, category market growths, application niches and dominance, product approvals, product launches, geographic expansions, technological innovations in the market. To gain more info on Data Bridge Market Research baseball equipment market contact us for an Analyst Brief our team will help you take an informed market decision to achieve market growth.

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Few of the major competitors currently working in Global Baseball Equipment Market are Nike, Inc, Newell Brands, Amer Sports, Mizuno Corporation, Under Armour, Inc, Schutt Sports, Emmanuel Sports, RK Mahajan Exports, among other domestic and global players. Market Share data is available for Global, North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa and South America separately. DBMR analysts understand competitive strengths and provide competitive analysis for each competitor separately.

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Baseball equipment market is segmented on the basis of product, sales channel and buyer type. The growth among segments helps you analyse niche pockets of growth and strategies to approach the market and determine your core application areas and the difference in your target markets.

On the basis of product, the baseball equipment is segmented into bat, helmets, equipment bag, gloves and accessories.

Based on buyer type, the baseball equipment market is segmented into individual, institutional, and promotional.

Baseball Equipment Market Country Level Analysis

Baseball equipment market is analysed and market size, volume information is provided by product, sales channel and buyer type as referenced above.

The countries covered in the baseball equipment market report are U.S., Canada, Mexico, Germany, Italy, U.K., France, Spain, Netherland, Belgium, Switzerland, Turkey, Russia, Rest of Europe, Japan, China, India, South Korea, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, Rest of Asia- Pacific, Brazil, Argentina, Rest of South America, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt, Israel, Rest of Middle East & Africa.

North America region is expected to hold a dominant position amongst all of the regions worldwide, growing at the highest growth rate and holding the largest share in the baseball equipment market for the forecast period 2020 to 2027. This is due to increasing baseball & tournament league in the region.

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Someone—almost certainly Israel—recently assassinated Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, the leading scientist behind the Iranian nuclear program. The latest reporting from Iran suggests that the assassins employed a remotely controlled machine gun mounted on a pickup truck. If this reporting proves correct, the death of Fakhrizadeh will not be the first instance of successful or attempted assassination-by-robot: In 2018, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro survived a possible attempt on his life carried out by small drones armed with explosives. And the U.S., in targeting Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani with a drone strike, has made clear that it is not above the use of such tools in modern statecraft.

So how hard is it to build such a tool? How expensive? Unfortunately, the answer is “hard but doable” and “not much money”—with the further complication that in a few years, it will probably be possible to pick up the necessary equipment online from vendors like Banggood. I know, because this field is something of a hobby for me. For three years, I’ve been trying to build an autonomous computing package for drone-hunting drones, and this work has familiarized me with the relevant technology.

It doesn’t take much for a robot to kill an exposed person. 200 grams (seven ounces)—not that much more than a baseball—is enough explosive to kill anyone within five meters (15 feet). A small ground or air vehicle can easily carry that payload, creating a robotic assassin.

Currently, the remote control needed to maneuver such an assassin is easily defeated with broad-spectrum jamming, which interferes with the radio signals necessary for communication. This played out in 2017, when the Islamic State developed and deployed effective small drones until the U.S. and others employed jammers to disrupt the remote link. There is also reporting suggesting this is why the Maduro assassination attempt failed. In order to avoid this problem, successful robotic assassins will need to be autonomous, capable of identifying targets and attacking without any human intervention.

Likewise, a drone-hunting drone needs to be autonomous because it needs to deal with autonomous—and therefore fast-thinking—adversary drones. It also needs to be fast in order to engage its target while protecting a larger area from attack. And it needs to be cheap, because there are so many potential targets that need defending.

Basically, to fight autonomous robot assassins, I need to build autonomous robot assassins to assassinate the autonomous robot assassins.

The available hardware and most of the software pieces are already available—it’s simply a matter of assembling everything together on a single circuit board. Combining a low cost hardware autopilot, a powerful compute module, a GPS receiver, a cellular modem and a machine-learning accelerator all on the same board—and getting it to fit in a small footprint—is a fun design exercise. My work so far suggests that I can fit everything needed in a roughly 60 millimeter by 80 millimeter (2.3 inch x 3.1 inch) footprint. When I finally fabricate a few prototypes, it will likely end up costing a couple thousand dollars, while low-rate production would be less than $500 per copy. Further integration by designing with lower level components—for example, building an integrated flight control computer from a CPU and accelerometers rather than purchasing an off-the-shelf module—could substantially lower the cost per unit, but that level of design probably requires a commercial, rather than a hobby-level, effort.

The software is also widely available. Machine-learning based image classification can run at an incredible speed on the ML accelerator, while the autopilot itself accepts high-level directions using MAVLink. Once I get a working board, it will primarily be a matter of gluing existing software pieces together rather than developing a lot of new components.

And this is where the modern supply chain comes in. Every piece I’m using is already widely available in scattered pieces—and providing a single integrated package would be useful for so many tasks, not just offensive ones. The same software and hardware needed for killer drones can just as easily act as a synthetic peregrine and chase away birds from a vineyard or keep a continual watch for wildfires. Because the benign market is so large, I suspect that the “brains” needed for small autonomous robots will be available in integrated packages in less than five years.

#a friend of mine used to make drones for identifying people siphoning oil from pipelines #used lots of off the shelf open source software

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Revolutionary

Pairing: Preston Garvey/ Female Sole Survivor

Summary: In the aftermath of personal tragedies, Preston and Charlie both seek to make a difference in the Commonwealth and those around them. They could never anticipate the impact that they will have on eachother in the process.

Chapter Seven: Jewel of the Commonwealth

Chapter Summary: Charlie and Preston make the most of their time in Diamond City.

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“Revolution is not something fixed in ideology, nor is it something fashioned to a particular decade. It is a perpetual process embedded in the human spirit.” ― Abbie Hoffman

Diamond City, January 2287

Charlie sat uncomfortably, poorly supported by the worn, flattened cushions of the dingy, yellow couch beneath her. It wasn’t the various questionable stains in the fabric that caused her to sit stiffly, hands in her lap, twisting at her wedding ring with her thumb. In fact, as far as couches went, she’d seen much worse in the Commonwealth. She simply hadn’t expected to find a lead on Shaun so quickly, nor had she been prepared to spill her guts to some nosy reporter in order to follow that lead.

“You don’t have to talk to her, you know,” Preston muttered at her side. He’d declined the offer of a place to sit, and instead leaned against the wall with his arms crossed. “Diamond City’s a big place. I’m sure someone else knows something.”

Charlie shook her head. She wanted answers more than she wanted confidentiality, and after walking around the repurposed baseball stadium for an hour, being blown off and scoffed at by everyone she’d approached with questions about her missing son, she’d considered Piper’s offer. At least she seemed like she meant well.

They’d run into the journalist at the “city” gates, bickering with the security officer on the radio who refused to let her inside. She’d quickly roped Charlie and Preston into the conflict, using their arrival as a way to get the guard to open up. After all, how could he possibly refuse to open the gates to guests on account of her presence? Ultimately he’d opened up, and the mayor, a pompous man named McDonough— who looked like every bit of a pre-Nuclear Revolution oil tycoon— was waiting to greet them all.

According to him, Piper had stirred up a fuss with one of her articles, throwing suspicion at McDonough about his lack of concern over person’s mysteriously missing from Diamond City, as well as his possible ties to something called “the Institute.” He’d hilariously called her a “muckraker” and apologized that Charlie and Preston had gotten dragged into her “little scheme.” It was all Charlie could do to keep from laughing as she told him that freedom of the press was important and watched him stomp away.

Piper had thanked them for their help, inquired as to why they’d come to town, and Charlie made the mistake of mentioning her missing son. This sort of thing was right up Piper’s alley as far as journalistic intrigue and investigation went, and she’d jumped at the opportunity to offer her assistance in return for an interview. Charlie declined at the time, but now she felt like she didn’t have many options. Not even Mama Murphy’s vision offered her the insight she’d hoped for.

“So, Blue,” Piper announced as she returned from upstairs with a notepad in one hand and two Nuka Cola bottles in the other. She handed one of them to Preston and the other to Charlie. “I’m really glad you decided to stop by. I know I was a little pushy at the gate. I just—”

“You actually care about this stuff, don’t you,” Charlie asked with a smile, opening her Nuka Cola and sticking the cap in her pocket.

“Somebody has to,” Piper answered, “People go missing all the time in Diamond City, the Commonwealth, and everyone just turns a blind eye. I’m hoping that your story will wake them up.”

“Well,” Charlie began, interrupting herself to take a drink, “What do you want to know?”

Charlie spent the next hour or so answering Piper’s questions, starting with the basic items that most Commonwealth inhabitants would want to know about a vault-dweller. Unfortunately, Charlie couldn’t provide those answers, as she had never dwelled in a vault. She’d lived in a house, spent two-hundred plus years as a popsicle, and woke up in an irradiated wasteland. Of course, Piper found that response to be even more intriguing, and she’d pressed Charlie for information about what it was like before the war, what happened to her family, why she was in Diamond City, and ultimately if she believed the Institute was involved.

Finally, she’d asked Charlie to leave the readers with some words of wisdom, something she did not feel particularly equipped to do. She glanced up and over at Preston, whose eyes were already on her. He’d been listening quietly to the interview the entire time, heard her talk about her life before the war in details she’d yet to give to him. She’d talked about how much better everything was before the bombs fell, how she’d give anything to go back. She’d been honest, but as she saw his somber expression, the furrow in his brow, she wished she’d shared those truths with him more gently.

“If there’s anything I think the people of the Commonwealth should know,” Charlie said, letting her eyes linger on Preston before turning back to Piper, “It’s that they shouldn’t give up hope. When I watched those bombs drop, I just knew that it was the end of the world, and to wake up and see that people are still out here not only surviving, but rebuilding, and trying to make the Commonwealth a better place… it’s pretty inspiring. It gives me hope in humanity.”

It was dark by the time Charlie and Preston stepped back out into the marketplace, sent away by Piper with new information. Admitting that she had nothing but hunches about the abductions, she told them that they should seek out some private detective named Nick Valentine, who had an office in the city. Charlie tried not to get her hopes up at the mention of the “tacky little neon heart signs” above his office door. As right as Mama Murphy typically was, Charlie preferred to expect the worst these days, so that when she was wrong, it was a pleasant surprise rather than devastation.

Though the sun had set, Diamond City still bustled with life, citizens buzzing around, chatting with one another, and making purchases at the vendors set up in the square. It was a collage of juxtaposed pieces of rusted metal and wood built in the middle of the field and grafted up into the stands, an impressive feat of human ingenuity and creativity decorated with neon lights. Charlie admired that the human race had found ways to press on in the face of destruction. She was less excited about the prospect of attempting to find Mr. Valentine’s office in all the chaos, of pushing past and around people who’d been rude to her just hours earlier. She’d never been prone to claustrophobia before her time in the vault, and yet panic seized her gut and grappled with her chest at the thought.

“Charlie,” Preston asked, voice a thousand miles away as he lay a hand on her shoulder, “You good?”

He wore the expression of someone who’d spent enough time fighting his own demons to realize that she needed a hand with hers, and Charlie nodded in response. “Yeah. I am now.”

With her newfound sense of clarity she moved to take a step out into the square, toward the far corner where she could see a path to some alleyways that circled the market. Preston’s hand slid from her shoulder only to catch her hand and stop her in her tracks. Surprised, she snapped around to look at him, unsure what to make of the gesture.

“What,” she asked, looking around to make sure she hadn’t overlooked something obvious, like a mutant hound standing in the middle of the ballpark, ferals pouring out of windows, or even one of those annoying eyebots that blared advertisements for companies that no longer existed. After all, Charlie had already bumped face first into one of those things because she wasn’t paying attention. Maybe Preston was just trying to save her another bout of bruised ego and busted lip.

“Where are you going,” he asked, raising his eyebrows expectantly.

“To find this Valentine person,” she answered excitedly, tugging at his hand that still held onto hers, “C’mon.”

Preston shook his head and laughed quietly. “I know you’re itching to talk to the guy, but it’s getting late. I’m sure his office is closed by now.”

“Oh,” she replied, bringing up her PipBoy to check the time and feeling rather ridiculous when it said 20:00, “Right.”

“Besides, it’s been a really long day,” he said, “I think we could both stand to take the night off.”

The prospect of an evening in the city with Preston, free of her commitments for just a few hours, enticed her more than she was willing to vocally admit, and instead she replied with a sigh and, “That’s fair.”

“So,” he began after a moment, a smile forming on his lips as he gave her hand a squeeze before letting go. “You hungry?”

“Depends,” she answered, nudging him with her shoulder, “Is there something to eat besides grilled radroach?”

He laughed. “Definitely.”

“Then, I’m starving.”

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It wasn’t long after her return from Corvega that Charlie had approached Preston about her wish to visit Diamond City, the “great jewel of the Commonwealth,” as the wastelanders sometimes called it. He had offered to accompany her without hesitation— as soon as her leg healed up, of course. At the time, she’d wondered if his offer was simply a way to keep an eye on her, to make sure his newly-appointed General didn’t croak in her first month on the job. Now, as she walked around with him in the city, watching his face light up with genuine excitement for the first time since she’d met him, she couldn’t help but wonder if he had other motivations for joining her.

Their search for a decent meal led them to a vendor in the middle of the marketplace, aptly called “Power Noodles,” and operated by a slightly unorthodox protectron chef named Takahashi. It took several clumsy attempts to order the only thing on the menu, and Takahashi served them what turned out to be honest-to-goodness ramen noodles. Charlie nearly wept at the sight, taste, and smell of real actual food that wasn’t questionably past its expiration date or harvested from directly irradiated flora and fauna. She never appreciated artificial flavorings and monosodium glutamate enough before the war, and she was unashamed to purchase several packets to take with her for later.

It was Preston who had stood up first, paying the chef for both of their meals, and placing his hat back on his head before turning to Charlie. He extended a hand to her, and she glanced awkwardly between it and his face several times before she realized he intended to help her down and took it. If the nuclear fallout hadn’t killed chivalry, nothing could.

She still had not let go of his hand, even as they finished perusing the vendors in the square. She’d managed to purchase a change of clothes, some worn jeans and a flannel shirt that actually fit, as well as a handful of bobby pins, some stale bubble gum, and a supersized bottle of Wonder Glue for Sturges. Preston didn’t buy anything for himself, but Charlie caught random glimpses of him laughing and shaking his head at her as she tried to haggle down the merchants, with little success. Once, their eyes met, and the same heat she’d previously attributed to whiskey rose to her face.

She shook it away as she trailed behind him, through clusters of city dwellers and toward a clearing near the city gates. She could no longer deny the uncomfortable, burgeoning affection she felt for her companion. She could, however, pretend it didn’t exist, lock it up in her chest and place it on the mental shelf right next to the bottle which held her oceans of grief. It wasn’t exactly the healthiest way for her to handle her emotions, she knew, but it was the only one where they did not consume her.

When Charlie finally escaped her thoughts, she noticed that Preston had slowed his pace to a halt, and was now gazing up at the rows and rows of empty seats in the stands. For someone who claimed to have passed through Diamond City several times in his life, he sure acted like some wonderstruck tourist seeing it for the first time.

“In all the times I passed through here, I never really realized just how many seats there are,” Preston mused before turning to Charlie. “I sometimes try to picture what things looked like before the bombs destroyed it all, but… so many people in one place at the same time. It’s hard to imagine.”

“To be honest I never really understood it either,” Charlie admitted,” Back then, I had this idea that places like this, where enormous amounts of money were spent so that America could watch grown men hit tiny balls with wooden sticks, were a waste.”

“It does sound kind of ridiculous when you put it that way.”

“I’m glad it’s here, though,” she said, blinking up at the remnants of a scoreboard, “It looks like it’s given lots of people a safe place to live.”

Preston smiled, but only briefly, and sighed as the wistfulness faded from his face. “It’s good to know there’s at least one thing that’s gotten better since your time.”

He didn’t mean for his words to cut her, and they didn’t at first, not until she processed the fact that he’d alluded to her earlier conversation with Piper. Boy did they ever smart after it clicked. She fumbled around in her head looking for some balm of a response.

“Listen, I—” she began, but was interrupted as something slammed into her shoulder and knocked her into Preston.

The man who smacked into her was tall and stocky, dressed in the black uniform and baseball helmet all of the other DC Security Guards wore. He looked back, and glared at the both of them. “Stop standing in the middle of the fucking street, you goddamn hicks.”

“Hick” was an insult Charlie hadn’t expected to still be in use in the 23rd Century, and she puffed up, preparing the most artfully profane comeback she could think of; however the man continued to stomp away, and before she could yell after him another guard approached, stopping when he was shoulder to shoulder with Charlie.

“Don’t mind him,” the guard said, pushing his sunglasses back up the bridge of his nose. The next time he spoke, his voice was loud enough that the other guard could hear him. “Ralph had to dump his girl last night ‘cause she left the cap on her toothpaste.”

“Who does that?” Ralph called back, voice audibly strained with betrayal, “A synth! That’s who.”

“Or just your regular old run of the mill psychopath,” the guard beside Charlie muttered.

“I keep the cap on my tooth paste,” Charlie chimed in with a shrug.

“Me too,” echoed Preston.

The man scoffed and waved his hand dismissively at them, “Weirdos.”'

“What the hell just happened,” Charlie asked as she watched the unusual security officer walk away and then glanced over at Preston.

“I was just about to ask you the same thing,” he replied.

There was a beat of silence in which he glanced around the area, then brought his gaze back to her, amusement bright in his eyes and apparent in the dimples that formed in his cheeks. Before Charlie could conjure up anything to say, he erupted into a fit of laughter unlike anything she’d heard from her stoic lieutenant yet. It wasn’t the polite chuckle he offered to Mama Murphy when she teased or flirted with him, nor was it the snort he’d sometimes let out when Sturges made an off-color joke that he knew he shouldn’t find funny. It was real, genuine laughter, and it was enchanting as hell.

Charlie slipped easily into the contagion, laughter bubbling up past the wall of anxiety that had taken up permanent residence in her chest. For just those few moments, as they stood giggling like children surrounded by famous green walls and so many neon lights, she felt something more than empty. When the laughter finally subsided, it was Preston who spoke first, a smile still painted on his face.

“Man,” he said looking down at the ground and kicking at the dirt, “I can’t even remember the last time I had this much fun.”

“And to think it’s all because of a toothpaste cap,” she joked, tilting her head.

“No.” Preston shook his head and looked up at her. “I mean, that was kind of hilarious, but I’m talking about this whole night… hanging out with you. I needed this.”

“So did I,” she replied, reaching for his hand almost unconsciously, “We should do it more often.”

He glanced thoughtfully between her eyes and extended hand before taking it, allowing their fingers to lace. A grin spread across his face. “Yeah?”

Charlie smiled and nodded, embracing the fondness swelling in her chest. “Yeah.”

After a few seconds Preston cleared his throat awkwardly. “It’s, uh, it’s getting pretty late isn’t it?”

Charlie checked the clock on her PipBoy, reading the time aloud. “23:57.”

He blinked a few times, clearly surprised. “Well, damn.”

“Time flies when you’re having fun, huh,” she teased, releasing his hand and bumping his shoulder with hers.

“I guess it does,” he sighed, “We should probably start looking for somewhere to sleep for the night.”

Charlie opened her mouth to ask if there were any hotels in town, and realized she had no idea if hotels existed anymore. Bringing her hand to her face, she sighed and mumbled into her palm. “God, I don’t even know if you mean rooms with beds or a suitably clean spot on the ground where we can use our jackets as pillows.”

A warm pressure fell on her middle back, Preston’s hand, and she looked up and over at him. “I mean rooms with beds,” he reassured her, “And, come to think of it, I might actually know a place.”

---

As it turned out, inns still existed in 2287. The place Preston knew of turned out to be a sizable bar and inn constructed in the ruins of one of the old team dugouts, aptly named “The Dugout Inn.” The lighting was low and comfortable, some slow jazz from the 1950s hummed over the radio as patrons sat on couches and at tables nursing bottles of pale ale or sipping whiskey as they chatted. Charlie could have gotten used to a place like that.

On the radio, the bumbling mess she’d come to know as Travis tried and failed to tell a joke about mutfruit. At her side, Preston snorted out a laugh and rolled his eyes. Several of the Inn’s customers booed and called for someone to change the station.

“Change station,” asked the man standing behind the bar with a hearty laugh and an inexplicable Slavic accent. He looked to be in his forties, balding and dressed in a flannel shirt and denim jacket with a fur-lined collar. “Change to what exactly? Cambridge Police station? Boring classical bullshit stati—”

“Vadim,” hissed another inexplicably Slavic man as he turned the dial on the radio until some concerta-symphony-thing started playing. He looked identical to the bartender, only he wore a dirty grey suit and a scowl instead.

“What, brother? They make stupid suggestions,” Vadim said and shook his head, waiting until his brother walked past him and down the hallway before grabbing the radio and turning it back to Travis and his Diamond City station.

Sixty Minute Man poured through the speakers, and Charlie brought her hand up to her mouth to stifle a chuckle at the irony. When she looked up, Vadim appeared to have locked eyes with Preston, his already wide grin stretching even further across his face as he waved and shouted, “Preston Garvey, old friend, is that you?”

Preston glanced at Charlie as if he was gauging her reaction, and then looked back at Vadim, mirroring the delighted expression. “The one and only.”

He made his way toward the bar, and Charlie tailed closely behind. As they approached Vadim pointed a thumb to the radio. He’d clearly connected the same dots as she had. “What is the old American saying? Speak of the Devil?”

Easing down onto one of the stools, taking his hat off, and setting it on the bar, Preston answered. “I tell you, we could use some of that Lovin’ Dan’ energy right now, Vadim.”

“You will be first to know if I find some,” Vadim chuckled, but his expression fell, eyebrows pressing together in concern. “It is good to see you. I heard rumors about Quincy… I was worried.”

“Yeah, it got pretty bad,” Preston admitted somberly, looking down, then another sidelong glance at Charlie before he returned his attention to the man behind the bar, “But things are starting to look up now.”

“This is good news,” Vadim, bringing his eyes up to examine Charlie casually, “It could not possibly have to do with this lady friend of yours, could it?”

She flinched, shaking her head more quickly than she needed to and giving a dismissive hand wave. She wasn’t his “lady friend,” and she certainly had nothing to do with turning his outlook around. Hell, all she’d done was stumble into a museum half out of her mind. Things were looking up for Preston because he was no longer running for his life, the lone shield between the dangers of the Commonwealth and the settlers he was charged to protect. Things were looking up because the Minutemen were back in business.

She opened her mouth to decline the undeserved credit, when Preston turned back to her, nearly beaming, and said, “It may have something to do with her.”

Vadim’s brows shot up in amusement. “Oh ho?”

Charlie rolled her eyes playfully, pretending her face wasn’t on fire, and moved to sit on the stool next to Preston, leaning her elbows on the table. “Preston likes to put me on a pedestal because I was in the right place at the right time.”

“And Charlie likes to pretend she didn’t throw a grenade down a deathclaw’s throat,” Preston corrected, giving her a nudge with his elbow.

“So the lady’s name is Charlie?” asked Vadim.

She nodded. “Charlie Smart. It’s nice to meet you.”

“Same to you! Any friend of Garvey’s is a friend of mine.”

“Just don’t let him talk you into trying any of that moonshine of his,” Preston warned, smirking, “That shit’ll make you forget your own name.”

“What? No,” Vadim feigned offense, “ Only side effect of Bobrov Brothers’ Moonshine is growing of hair on strong, feminine chest.”

Charlie laughed at the exchange, even as her thoughts drifted to moonshine and memories of home. It was an Appalachian staple after all, a relic of the farce that Prohibition had been. Folks in the mountains brewed hooch in five gallon stills far away from the prying eyes of “The Man,” and the practice had never stopped. Growing up, Charlie’s next door neighbors had a still in their basement, and they’d occasionally deliver mason jars of moonshine-infused peaches and cherries. She had blurry memories of sneaking the cherries from the cupboard when she was fifteen or sixteen, and taking them to Nate’s house just down the road. His parents were never home, and no one cared if they consumed an entire jar.

Shaking herself out of forever ago memories, she glanced from Vadim to Preston, then back, and smiled. “As much as I’d love to forget my own name... among other things, we’re just here for rooms tonight.”

“Have it your way,” he replied with a shrug, as he reached below the counter and pulled up a clipboard that held a single, indescribably stained sheet of paper that appeared to serve as the inn’s guest book. Scanning the page, Vadim winced and looked back up at Charlie.

“Let me guess,” she remarked dryly, “There aren’t any open rooms.”

“No, no,” Vadim corrected her, “We have room. A room.”

Charlie blinked a few times, realization of the predicament dawning on her. Under typical circumstances, she wouldn’t have batted a single eyelash at the thought of sharing a room with someone as harmless as Preston. Especially considering the fact that they’d slept near one another on multiple occasions on the road and their first few nights in Sanctuary. She shouldn’t have even thought twice about it, and yet there she stood with nothing but a blank expression and a head full of second thoughts.

“That’s fine,” Preston piped up nonchalantly, as if it were nothing. Maybe it was. “How much?”

“For you and lady friend,” Vadim answered, wiggling his eyebrows suggestively, “On the house.”

“You sure,” Preston asked, tilting his head, oblivious to the other man’s gestures. Vadim’s brother could be heard cursing and scoffing about Vadim’s penchant for charity, and Preston continued. “We don’t care to pay.”

“Nonsense!” Vadim bent down under the counter and rose back up with a rusty key dangling from a keychain that was shaped like a Nuka Cola bottle, “Here. You’re in room at far end of hall. Try not to disturb our other guests.”

Another suggestion that her companion failed to notice as he took the key, put his hat on and said, “Thanks, man.” Clearly, Preston had never spent hours consuming hundreds of pages of tropey romance literature in his early twenties as Charlie had.

As they made their way down the hall and toward their room, Preston chuckled and started to shake his head characteristically. “Vadim totally thinks we’re sleeping together.”

A wave of relief washed over her. “Thank God.”

“What,” he asked matter-of-factly, stopping in front of the door marked with the number five at the end of the hall and fiddling with the key and lock, “Did you think I didn’t notice?”

She shrugged and scrunched her nose. “Maybe.” “Miss Charlotte,” he exclaimed, imitating Codsworth in faux-offense as he twisted the knob, pushed open the door, and turned back to her with a smile, “I may have been born at night, but it wasn’t last night.”

A smirk tugged at one of Charlie’s cheeks, and she rolled her eyes, taking a step into the room. “Does it not embarrass you that your bartender buddy thinks we’re going to get it on in—” she flipped on the light and looked around the space provided for them— “this sad, dusty little room?”

“This is actually pretty nice compared to other places I’ve stayed.” Preston closed the door, locked it, and tucked the key into one of his duster pockets. “There aren’t even any radroaches.”

Charlie grimaced and moved to sit down on the edge of the sheetless bed, then flicked her eyes up to him. “Don’t think I didn’t notice how you expertly evaded my question.”

He sighed and flopped down on the patchy brown sofa that was directly across the room from the bed. “No,” he said as he took off his hat yet again, reaching over to place it on an end table. It was amazing how the Bobrov brothers managed to squeeze so much furniture into a room that was hardly bigger than a shoebox.

“No?”

“It doesn’t embarrass me,” Preston explained matter-of-factly, gaze dancing around the room before settling on Charlie, “Does it embarrass you?”

“No,” she lied, “I mean… why would it? We’re two, grown-ass, consenting adults, and if that’s what we were doing here— which it obviously isn’t— there would be nothing to be ashamed of.”

The room was quiet as he took a moment to raise his eyebrows and blink at her before letting out a quiet chuckle. “Whatever you say, General. ”

They readied themselves for bed in a comfortable silence, with the exception of the rustling of fabric as boots and coats slipped off. Without his ridiculous-- yet oddly appropriate-- period attire, Preston looked so normal , like someone she might have stood in line behind in the Super Duper Mart, someone who did normal things like laundry and family dinners. He deserved a life like that, she thought. If anyone had no business living in Hell, it was Preston Garvey.

“Something wrong,” he asked when he caught her mid stare.

She shook her head. “Uh… no. Well, not really.”

He didn’t respond, except to give her a knowing look.

“I’m sorry,” she muttered, looking down at the floorboards.

“For what?”

“The things I said during the interview with Piper.” She forced herself to meet his gaze. “I got carried away talking about my old life, and I didn’t consider how it would sound for the General of the Minutemen to talk shit about the Commonwealth we’re supposed to be saving.”

Preston laughed humorlessly. “The Commonwealth is shit, Charlie. That’s just honest.”

“Yeah, but—”

“And if I’d had your life… well, I think I’d miss it, too,” he interjected as he stood up and sat down beside her on the bed, “Hell, I sometimes look around and wonder what is even the point. Why am I fighting for this place?”

Charlie lay her hand over his where it rested on his knee. He looked down at their hands, and then turned his palm up so that their fingers could interlock. Without its glove, his hand was warm and softer than she expected it to be. She caught the gold flare of her wedding band, and hot tears brimmed in her eyes. She couldn’t figure out whether the emotion was grief or guilt, and she refused to think more about it.

Clearing her throat as if it would force her feelings away, she said, “That’s why I apologized. I don’t want you to doubt that what you’ve done, what you do, matters.”

“Trust me, I was doubting that before you showed up,” he admitted, absently tracing her thumb with his while he talked, “You don’t owe me an apology.”

“Preston—”

“You don’t,” he repeated more firmly, “I wasn’t just kidding around with Vadim out there. Things really have started looking up because of you.”

“I…” She began but faltered, unable to tell if his words were just a compliment or more than that. It sure felt like more than that, sitting on a bed in a dimly lit hotel room and holding hands after an evening of eating and shopping and talking that was uncomfortably close to a date when she thought about it. She pulled her hand away from Preston to rest on her own lap, trying not to think too much about the hurt look it left on his face.

“You blow up one deathclaw,” she deflected, “And suddenly you’re a superhero.”

“Yeah,” he said, sighing and standing up. He smirked and then pointed toward the headboard of the bed. “Now, hand me one of those pillows, Grognak.”

---

Charlie awoke the next morning to a pounding chest, tears streaming down her face. She rarely dreamed, but when she did it was always a nightmare that she could barely remember as soon as she opened her eyes. Flashes of Nate, Shaun, the bombs, her conscious moments in the cryochamber, her past was a phantom limb, aching where she could no longer reach.

She didn’t actually remember falling asleep. After her less than comfortable moment with Preston, he’d taken one of the pillows and gone to lay on the couch while she curled up on the bed, wondering how it was that the Bobrovs ran an inn without blankets for their guests. They’d stayed up for sometime afterward, talking about innocuous things like comic books, music, and everything else but the elephant in the room. She figured she must have dozed off sometime before they got back to the elephant again.

Yawning and stretching, she sat up and looked over toward the couch where Preston still dozed, his breath slow and heavy. She’d never seen him asleep before, always in bed before and up after him. She’d begun to question whether he actually slept at all. Now she knew, and she refused to disturb him.

That did not mean she would wait a minute longer to head to find Nick Valentine’s office. As quietly as she could, she pulled on her jacket and boots, fastened her PipBoy to her wrist, and slipped out of the room. Were they in a pre-war inn, she would have left Preston a note on one of those little stationery pads where the paper was decorated with the company’s logo. Gone to see a guy about a baby . Unfortunately they weren’t at a Motel 7, and there wasn’t anyone at the bar with whom she could leave a message about her whereabouts. She would have to trust his ability to connect the dots.

Stepping out of the Dugout, she squinted her eyes in the sunlight, bringing a hand up to her forehead to serve as a visor while she glanced around. Still clueless as to where that damn detective agency was located. It was well hidden for an office that was supposed to have more than one glowing neon sign pointing toward it. Frustrated, she let out a huff, moving to walk down one of the nearby alleyways, and instead bumped directly into a suit of Diamond City security riot gear.

“Shit. Sorry,” she muttered, as the officer turned around slowly. “Oh, it’s you.”

The guard from the night before, Ralph’s friend, who’d worn sunglasses instead of a helmet, stood in front of her, an amused smirk twitching at his lips. “We’ve got to stop bumping into each other like this.”

“Mhmm,” she said dismissively as she continued to scan the area before looking up at him, “Say, maybe you could help me.”

“What? Did you lose your friend,” he asked, words thick with sarcasm, “Don’t worry, he’s the only person in DC dressed like an American Revolution action figure. He shouldn’t be hard to find.”

“What? No,” she replied, shaking her head, “He’s not lost, just sleeping.”

“Then what do you need,” he urged, “I’m kind of busy here.”

Taking a deep, centering breath, she placed her hands on her hips and answered. “I’m looking for Valentine’s Detective Agency.”

The guard raised his eyebrows and pointed out toward the market. “Nick’s place is directly across the market. There’s neon signs. You can’t miss it.”

Charlie followed the line of his arm, mentally charting out a path through the city. She turned around to thank the unusual guard only to see that he had vanished.

“Weirdo,” she mumbled, and trudged out into the square.

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