Automation Market

“The robotics industry is looking into a bright future!” stated Dr. Shinsuke Sakakibara, IFR President, on the occasion of the publication of the study “World Robotics 2013 – Industrial Robots”, …

The Southeast Asian general motion controls (GMC) market is forecast grow to more $90 million by 2017, and the computer numerical control (CNC) motion controls market to more than $70 …

In the first quarter of 2013, order bookings in Germany’s machine tool industry fell by 19 per cent compared to the equivalent quarter of 2012. Domestic orders were down by …

The market for industrial gearboxes and geared motors in the collective region covering Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) is expected to decline by 4.2 percent this year as …

Originally largely reliant on discrete automation applications, growth in the market for industrial Ethernet switches is increasingly driven by use in infrastructure installations and process automation. These new opportunities, coupled …

The economic growth that had started in 2010 continued in 2011. While demand for automation remained strong for PLCs and PLC-based PACs during the first half of 2011, the pace …

According to a new report from IMS Research – now part of IHS (NYSE:IHS) – the Chinese building automation market was estimated at $181.6 million in 2012, and is forecast …

hina’s market for motion control devices plunged by nearly 20 percent in 2012, as the country’s economic slowdown impacted multiple markets that use the devices, including appliances, automotive and housing. …

According to a recently released report on The World Market for Linear and Torque Motors from IMS Research – now part of IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS) –the global market for …

Windows 8 will make little impact on the industrial PC (IPC) market in the next three years, according to a new report by IMS Research – now part of IHS …

The use of Ethernet with motor drives and motion controllers will more than triple to 2016 from 1.8 million new connected nodes in 2011. According to a new study from …

Following two years of substantial growth, the German machine tool industry expects a modest increase in production output of 1 per cent during 2013. “This means the sector will be …

Global shipments for motion control products fell by 1% in 2012, according to new statistics released by the Motion Control Association (MCA), the industry’s trade group. “While we saw a …

The DIN rail industrial PC (IPC) market is projected the fastest growth of all industrial PC types in 2013, according to a recently published report by IMS Research – now …

Uncertainties surrounding at-risk economies and political change-over impacted the medium-voltage (MV) drive market in 2012, leading to year-over-year revenue growth of 8.8 percent; far less than 2011’s 20 percent market …