Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.76
December 18, 2016
…factor for Amazon to launch Amazon Prime services in China this year. Global expansion is a key priority for Amazon, as it consolidates the US market and continues to grow, putting it directly at odds with local markets. One byproduct of this is that a supply chain that spans the world can provide a huge competitive advantage in new markets. Helping foreign sellers gain access to global markets appears to be at least one of the factors in Amazon registering as an international freight forwarder late last year, while also indicating that it views logistics companies as potential competition. Alibaba…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.50
November 02, 2016
…American factories, which is third to only Japan and China. “It’s a great time to get involved with robotics,” said Jeff Burnstein, president of RIA. “Today’s robotics industry offers innovative products, fulfilling employment opportunities, and competitive advantages for a wide variety of companies.” RIA and its parent group the Association for Advancing Automation are looking forward to a record Automate 2017 trade show in Chicago. “With five months to go, the exhibit floor at Automate 2017 is already over 20% larger than our final 2015 event,” Burnstein said. “Small and medium sized companies, many of whom are just now beginning…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.53
October 23, 2016
…line-haul, and sorting, amounts to about €70 billion, with China, Germany, and the United States accounting for more than 40 percent of the market. And not only is the market large, but it’s also highly dynamic, with growth rates in 2015 of between 7 and 10 percent in mature markets (such as Germany and the United States) and more than 100 percent in developing markets. The biggest driver of this growth, not surprisingly, is e-commerce, which has shifted market share from the B2B to the B2C segment. With the rise of e-commerce, consumer preferences have grown increasingly important in the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.71
October 21, 2016
…surveyed over 4,700 consumers in the U.S., Germany, and China. As the trend toward buying goods online increases, so too does the desire to receive the ordered products as soon as possible. The market for same-day and instant delivery will account for around 20 percent of standard parcel revenue by 2025. Currently, the market share of same-day and instant delivery is less than one percent. McKinsey expects average year-on-year growth of around 40 percent until 2025. Driven by e-commerce, the parcel segment in mature markets like the U.S. or Germany is growing by seven to ten percent annually. By 2025,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.75
October 21, 2016
…surveyed over 4,700 consumers in the U.S., Germany, and China. As the trend toward buying goods online increases, so too does the desire to receive the ordered products as soon as possible. The market for same-day and instant delivery will account for around 20 percent of standard parcel revenue by 2025. Currently, the market share of same-day and instant delivery is less than one percent. McKinsey expects average year-on-year growth of around 40 percent until 2025. Driven by e-commerce, the parcel segment in mature markets like the U.S. or Germany is growing by seven to ten percent annually. By 2025,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.35
August 30, 2016
…of automated material handling equipment. In countries such as China and Japan, the automated material handling equipment market is expected to witness a high growth rate owing to the increasing investments by manufacturers and suppliers in their warehouses and distribution centers. Moreover, the economic growth of APAC has benefited the manufacturing sector which is a primary end user of automated material handling equipment. The leading players contributing to the growth of the region are Toyota Industries Corporation (Japan), Daifuku Co., Ltd. (Japan), Murata Machinery, Ltd. (Japan), Fanuc Corporation (Japan), UniCarriers Corporation (Japan), Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (China), and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.86
August 18, 2016
…American factories, which is third to only Japan and China. “The robotics industry is thriving today as more companies of all sizes are realizing the benefits of automation,” said Jeff Burnstein, president of A3. “The increasing functionality, flexibility, affordability and safety of robots today contributes to how this dynamic market is reshaping the global manufacturing landscape.” Motion Control & Motor Statistics Global shipments for motion control products grew by 3% to $1.54 billion in the first half of 2016. “The encouraging first half performance was largely driven by growth in three important product categories,” said Alex Shikany, MCMA director of…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 12.21
August 17, 2016
…revenue. The market is dominated by five countries, with China, Japan, Republic of South Korea, USA, and Germany covering almost 70% of the market. According to the report, China is the main growth driver of this market. According to the report, the major players in the segment are ABB Robotics, KUKA Robotics, Fanuc Corporation, and Yaskawa Motoman Robotics, with 70% of the total global revenue. Other major players include Mitsubishi Electric Co., Kawasaki Heavy Industries and Nachi Robotics. The industrial robots market has applications in almost all types of industry, with automotive, electrical and electronics industries being the major drivers…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.04
July 14, 2016
…been covered for 11 important national markets including U.S., China, Japan, Germany, South Korea, and Italy. APAC region leads the global material handling cobots market in terms of sales volume as well as annual revenue, followed by Europe and North America. Strongest growth potential also exists in the vast APAC market in the future with China and Southeast Asian countries expected to be the main driving engines for the growth. The major challenges for material handling cobots market are safety concerns, technological difficulty of improving payload capacity & speed of cobots, and low penetration rates of industrial cobots. Highlighted with…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.02
March 30, 2016
…Bharath Kanniappan, lead analyst at Technavio for robotics research, “China controls nearly half of the world’s chemical and petrochemical market, followed by Europe. Hence, most of the demand for robots for the chemical and petrochemical industry should come from these two regions.” Global material handling robotics market in electrical and electronics industry The material handling robotics market in the electrical and electronics industry is expected to exceed $2.5 billion by 2019, growing at a CAGR of more than 8%. Since miniaturization is an evolving trend in the electrical and electronics industry, there is an increased need for maintaining high throughput…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.64
March 22, 2016
…robots with logistics affinity. In addition to the US, China, Russia and Japan, Europe is firmly in the robotics race. “Just like our children can’t picture a world without computers, it is likely that their children will feel the same way about robots,” says Clemens Beckmann, Executive Vice President Innovation, Post - eCommerce - Parcel, Deutsche Post DHL Group. “Developing the next generation of robots that can work around and among people will take a substantial investment to advance the technology but at DPDHL Group we believe that soon supply chains will see humans and robots working side by side…
