Automation Market

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. …

North American based robotics companies are in the midst of another strong year, with new orders up 20%, according to new statistics released by Robotic Industries Association (RIA), the industry’s …

I first visited Japan in 1982 and was very impressed with the level of automation in manufacturing facilities. Over the following 10 years I returned a number of times, each …

Macroeconomic conditions are having the largest effect on the performance of the low voltage motor drives market in the first half of 2012, with a modestly growing U.S. economy the …

ABB’s Nigel Platt explains how automating with industrial robots can help companies to bring their manufacturing home without any adverse effects on their competitiveness. This article first appeared on www.manufacturingdigital.com The …

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 …

Precision gearboxes and geared motor shipments were 69 percent higher in 2011 than in 2009 because of increased manufacturing output in 2010 and 2011. IMS Research, recently acquired by IHS …

Shipments of U.S. packaging machinery grew 19 percent in 2011, reaching US$7.7 billion, according to PMMI’s 2012 Shipments Study. PMMI’s annual research also shows total consumption in the United States …

IMS Research  projects that Asia (excluding Japan) will be the largest region for machine vision revenues in 2016. “Japan has always been the largest market for machine vision in the …