M&A consulting in Global robotics industry （Robots industrial review in 2013）

Published:2014-08-11    Source:HICG

2013: 179,000 industrial robots sold 2014: Continued increase expected. M&A activites in robots industrial is happening in China.

Munich, 04 June 2014 - "In 2013, about 179,000 industrial robots were sold worldwide, again an all-time high and 12 percent more than in 2012," announced Arturo Baroncelli, IFR President on Wednesday, 04 June at the AUTOMATICA in Munich the preliminary results of the IFR world robot statistics. "Incoming orders in the first four months of 2014 increased remarkably and requests from all customer industries are on the rise. Therefore, we expect that in 2014 growth of unit sales will continue with the same pace like in 2013," stated Baroncelli.

Remarkable increase in all regions
Robot sales reached record levels in Asia/Australia, in the Americas and in Africa. Almost 100,000 new robots were installed in 2013 in Asia/Australia, 18% more than in 2012.
The European market increased by 5% to more than 43,000 units almost reaching the all-time-high of 2011. Robot supplies to the Americas continued to increase by 8% to more than 30,000 units. More than 700 industrial robots were sold in Africa, 87% more than in 2012.

China biggest and fastest growing robot market
China is by far the biggest robot market in the world regarding annual sales and it is also the fasted growing market worldwide. For the first time ever, the sales figures of Chinese robot suppliers are included in the IFR statistics survey.  Almost 37,000 industrial robots were sold in 2013 in China. Thereof, Chinese robot suppliers installed about 9,000 units according to information of the China Robot Industry Alliance (CRIA). Their sales volume was almost three times higher than in 2012. Foreign robot suppliers increased their sales by 20% in China. Between 2008 and 2013, total supply of industrial robots increased by about 36% per year on average. In 2013, every fifth robot sold in the world was installed in China.