Automation Market

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 …

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 …