PART 01: Executive summary PART 02: Scope of the report • Market overview • Base year • By retail distribution channel (revenue) • By geography • Definitions/descriptions • Top-vendor offerings PART 03: Market research methodology • Research methodology • Economic indicators PART 04: Introduction • Key market highlights • Mechanism of inverter technology refrigerator • Comparison between conventional refrigerators and inverter technology refrigerators • Inverter technology applied to various types of compressors such as reciprocating, rotary, and linear • Top reasons for consumers to buy inverter technology refrigerators PART 05: Market landscape • Market overview • Market size and forecast • Five forces analysis PART 06: Market segmentation by retail distribution channels PART 07: Geographical segmentation • Inverter technology refrigerator market in APAC • Inverter technology refrigerator market in Europe • Inverter technology refrigerator market in Americas • Inverter technology refrigerator market in MEA PART 08: Market drivers • Superior performance achieved through variable motor drive (frequency conversion/control) and choice of suitable compressor • Attractiveness and sophistication of inverter refrigerators in terms of design • Innovative inverter technology creating opportunity for upgrade purchase PART 09: Impact of drivers PART 10: Market challenges • Lack of standardization for interface and core frequency control algorithm • High prices of inverter system owing to low mass production and heavy reliance on few brands • Low awareness of inverter technology and its benefits among consumers • Small market for inverter technology refrigerators in Europe and the US PART 11: Impact of drivers and challenges PART 12: Market trends • Value added features to justify high cost of inverter refrigerators • Inverter refrigerators showcasing green trend PART 13: Vendor landscape • Competitive landscape • Competitive assessment of key vendors • Hitachi • LG Electronics • Panasonic • Samsung Electronics • Other prominent vendors PART 14: Explore Technavio List of Exhibits Exhibit 01: Product offering Exhibit 02: Inverter fed variable frequency induction motor speed controlled drive Exhibit 03: Global electricity consumption on household cold appliances (refrigerators and freezers) by region in 2015 (%) Exhibit 04: Global electricity usage (kwh) per annum by regular household appliances in 2015 (%) Exhibit 05: Global overall and inverter technology refrigerators market in 2015 ($billion) Exhibit 06: Global overall and inverter technology refrigerators market in 2020 ($billion) Exhibit 07: Inverter refrigerator by type of doors, location of freezer, and capacity of refrigerator Exhibit 08: Five forces analysis Exhibit 09: Global inverter technology refrigerator market by retail distribution channels 2015 Exhibit 10: Global inverter technology refrigerators market by geography 2015 Exhibit 11: CAGR by geographic segment 2016-2020 Exhibit 12: Inverter technology refrigerators market in APAC 2015-2020 ($ billions) Exhibit 13: Economic indicators of key leading countries in APAC for inverter technology refrigerators market in 2015: Exhibit 14: Inverter technology refrigerator market in Europe 2015-2020 ($ billions) Exhibit 15: Inverter technology refrigerator market in Americas 2015-2020 ($ billions) Exhibit 16: Inverter technology refrigerator market in MEA 2015-2020 ($ billions) Exhibit 17: Comparison of different capacity control techniques at half load Exhibit 18: Means of regulation and consumption of energy Exhibit 19: Comparison of on/off mechanism with inverter mechanism in terms temperature Exhibit 20: Product penetration 2015 (% of households) Exhibit 21: Impact of drivers Exhibit 22: Impact of drivers and challenges Exhibit 23: Hitachi: Business segmentation by revenue 2015 Exhibit 24: Hitachi: Geographical segmentation by revenue 2015 Exhibit 25: LG Electronics: Business segmentation by revenue 2015 Exhibit 26: LG Electronics: Business segmentation by revenue 2014 and 2015 ($ billions) Exhibit 27: LG Electronics: Geographical segmentation by revenue 2015 Exhibit 28: Panasonic: Business segmentation by revenue 2016 Exhibit 29: Panasonic: Business segmentation by revenue 2015 and 2016 ($ billions) Exhibit 30: Panasonic: Geographical segmentation by revenue 2016 Exhibit 31: Samsung Electronics: Business segmentation by revenue 2015 Exhibit 32: Samsung Electronics: Business segmentation by revenue 2014 and 2015 ($ billions) Exhibit 33: Samsung Electronics: Geographical segmentation by revenue 2015

Hitachi, LG Electronics, Panasonic, Samsung Electronics, Arçelik, Godrej, Haier, Hisense, Midea, Mitsubishi Electric, Robert Bosch, Toshiba, Whirlpool.