Automation Market

The continued global economic slowdown has had a severe impact on worldwide machinery production, with growth in all regions falling significantly in 2012 compared with 2011. According to the new …

The wind industry is facing tough times, as many industries in the ongoing economic crisis are, but what do industry leaders think are the consequences of this difficult period? The …

TechNavio’s analysts forecast the Machine Tool market in Taiwan to grow at a CAGR of 15.04 percent over the period 2012-2016. One of the key factors contributing to this market …

The global HMI/SCADA (Human Machine Interface and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) software and services market is experiencing good growth and evolutionary change. The marketplace is seeking HMI/SCADA software and …

Shipments of precision geared products (gearboxes and geared motors with backlash ratings of less than 20 arcminutes) were nearly 80 percent higher in 2012 compared to 2009 levels. However, uncertainty …

India’s domestic demand driven market propels rapid industrialization and economic growth. Growth is further regulated by monetary and fiscal policies. While the economy of India has slowed down due to …

Sales of motion control products have decreased in 2012 in China as a result of overcapacity, and the global motion control market is forecast to decline by 1.9 percent compared …

adder Logic is still the language of choice for most PLC programmers and it is used in the ‘traditional’ way, without the use of new ‘object oriented’ capabilities that the …

Asia’s energy consumption is expected to rise dramatically in the next few decades. Demand for and cost of energy will only increase with future population growth and increased industrialization. As …

The world market for industrial robots was worth an estimated $8.2 billion in 2011 according to IMS Research (now part of IHS Inc. (NYSE:IHS)). Around 68 percent of revenues were …

IMS Research projects that revenues in the Asia-Pacific PLC market (excluding Japan) will rise to $3.6 billion in 2016, according to a new study The World Market for PLCs – 2012. …

If one were to ask manufacturers of gearboxes whether demand for precision products will everexceed demand for standard products, they would likely say no. After a 70% increase in precision …

Packaging machines are now incorporating robotics and vision to boost their markets and to make businesses in the area more competitive. Packaging professionals are confronted with numerous challenges: increased international …

The market for electrically actuated control valve assemblies was estimated to be $298 million globally in 2011, and still far smaller than the market for products using air as the …

Motion control involves sensing and controlling movements: the position of a work piece, the speed of a system, the rotational speed of a motor, or all of this at once. …