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The German robotics and automation industry expects an increase of 6 percent for 2022. The robotics and automation industry in Germany is benefiting from a boom in demand: In the first four months of 2022, incoming orders rose by 38 percent compared to the previous year. The dynamic market development had already announced itself with the results for 2021. Industry sales recently rose by 13 percent – more than expected. “The robotics and automation industry is booming,” says Frank Konrad, Chairman of VDMA Robotics + Automation. “However, the suppliers will not be able to process the orders that are on the books as quickly as usual. The task now is to manage bottlenecks in the supply chains.”
Forecast for 2022: plus 6 percent
The industry forecast for robotics and automation is also positive for 2022 with a sales increase of 6 percent – but with a reduced expectation it already reflects the severely disrupted supply chains. In particular, a lack of electrical engineering and electronic components extends the delivery times.
A comparison of the three sub-sectors of robotics + automation
The three sub-sectors developed differently in 2021. The industrial image processing division grew by 16 percent: Industry sales reached 3.1 billion euros. Robotics sales increased by 13 percent to 3.5 billion euros. Integrated Assembly Solutions recorded sales growth of 11 percent to 7.1 billion euros. Overall, sales in robotics and automation increased by 13 percent to 13.6 billion euros – more than originally expected.
Forecast 2022 – sub-sectors & overall picture
VDMA R+A forecastsa sales increase of 7 percent to 7.6 billion euros for 2022 in Integrated Assembly Solutions . Growth of 5 percent to 3.6 billion euros is expectedin robotics . An increase of 5 percent is also expected in industrial image processing, which corresponds to sales of 3.2 billioneuros.
“For robotics and automation as a whole, we expect sales to increase by 6 percent to 14.4 billion euros,” says Frank Konrad. “In 2022, robotics and automation will thus almost reach the strong pre-crisis level of 14.7 billion euros from 2019.”
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