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The Sawyer robotic from Rethink Robotics, a German-based robotics firm after its acquisition from the Hahn Group. | Supply: Rethink Robotics
The German robotics and automation business is poised to hit an all-time excessive in 2023, in accordance with the VDMA Robotics + Automation Affiliation. The business is forecast to extend gross sales by 13% in 2023, reaching 16.2 billion euros (round $17.7 billion).
This is a rise from estimations that VDMA Robotics + Automation made earlier within the 12 months, when the affiliation anticipated the sector to develop 9% in 2023.
“The robotics and automation business is on track for development,” Frank Konrad, chairman of VDMA Robotics + Automation, stated. “In 2023, the earlier document end result from 2018 of 15.1 billion euros with an anticipated turnover of 16.2 billion euros needs to be considerably exceeded. Full order books are at the moment shaping the market scenario. Through the pandemic, suppliers have constructed up giant order books, which the easing bottlenecks within the provide chains at the moment are being labored off step-by-step. Our business is lastly leaving the pandemic behind.”
Essential sub-sectors have developed nicely in 2022 and can proceed to develop in 2023. The commercial picture processing division, for instance, grew 11% in 2022, with gross sales reaching 3.4 billion euros.
The built-in meeting options sub-sector additionally noticed development in 2022, with gross sales rising by 5% to achieve 7.4 billion euros, and is anticipated to develop by 17% this 12 months, with gross sales reaching 8.7 billion euros.
Whereas robotics gross sales solely elevated 1% in 2022 to three.5 billion euros, 2023 ought to fare higher for the sector. VDMA Robotics + Automation expects it to develop by 12% in 2023 to three.9 billion euros.
Germany faces world competitors
Regardless of this development, VDMA Robotics + Automation expects Germany to fall behind China in robotic density by the top of 2023. Germany was the fourth-most automated nation worldwide in 2020 and 2021, with the nation reaching 397 industrial robots for each 10,000 workers in 2021, in accordance with the Worldwide Federation of Robotics (IFR).
Whereas Germany’s robotics business has been rising, China’s has been growing at a way more fast tempo. The nation noticed an enormous soar in robotic installations in 2021, placing it forward of the US for the primary time. China’s industrial robotics market noticed 243,300 installations in 2021, a 44% enhance from the 12 months earlier than.
“We welcome the initiative of the Federal Chancellor’s Future Council to strengthen robotics and automation in Germany,” Konrad stated. “In view of the brand new challenges, there is no such thing as a time to relaxation in worldwide competitors.
Particularly, Germany’s robotics and automation business has loads of room for development in service sectors, which generate 70% of the general financial worth added for the nation.
The VDMA Robotics + Automation Affiliation is a commerce affiliation that’s made up of greater than 370 member firms. These firms embody suppliers of parts and techniques for robotics, built-in meeting techniques and machine imaginative and prescient.
