The German robotics and automation industry stumbles. The American rates also contribute to this, especially because they disconnect customers because of their ups and downs.
For this year, the industry expects a break in its turnover by ten percent to 14.5 billion euros, as the VDMA Robotik + Automation Association has announced. “The growth prospects are currently registered in all subsector by the end of the year,” explains the chairman Dietmar Ley.
The competitiveness has partially deteriorated – especially in comparison with the competition of Asia. If the amount of the rates was clear, customers could at least adapt to it, Ley said. And in any case, the companies in the industry usually have good opportunities to pass on the extra costs to customers, because there are fewer domestic companies in the United States in the United States. There may even be positive catch -up effects -if there is finally clarity.
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Current problem child is primarily the area of assembly systems, the largest of the three sub -areas in the industry. In the current year it is expected to fall by 15 percent to EUR 7.7 billion. And Ley does not expect a quick revival here either. The area is usually relatively slow when it comes to cyclical developments. For the following year he sees “no growth”.
It looks much better in image processing. Here the association expects a stable turnover of 3.1 percent and then an upward trend. “If the customs events are over at some point, we expect growth for image processing next year,” Ley said.
The robot as the third area is in between. In 2025, the industry expects a decrease in turnover from five percent to 3.7 billion. There is no prediction for the coming year.
The industry also hopes for impulses of the Automatica Trade Fair in Munich in around three weeks to around 40,000 commercial visitors and 780 exhibitors.
Source: Krone
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