VDMA Robotics and Automation
Full order books, disrupted supply chains
The German robotics and automation industry is benefiting from a boom in demand: from January to April 2022, incoming orders rose by 38% compared to the previous year. The dynamic market development had already been announced with the results for 2021.
The sector's turnover recently rose by 13%, which is more than expected. "The robotics and automation industry is booming," says Frank Konrad, Chairman of VDMA Robotics + Automation. However, it will take time to process the orders on the books due to bottlenecks in the supply chains.
"For robotics and automation as a whole, we expect sales to increase by 6% to EUR 14.4 billion," says Frank Konrad, Chairman of VDMA Robotics + Automation. This means that robotics and automation is almost heading for the strong pre-crisis level of 14.7 billion euros from 2019.
© VDMA Robotics + AutomationAccordingly, the industry forecast is also positive for 2022 with a 6% increase in turnover - but with reduced expectations, it already reflects the severely disrupted supply chains. In particular, a shortage of electrical engineering and electronic components is extending delivery times.
The three sub-sectors of Robotics + Automation developed differently in 2021. The machine vision sector grew by 16%, with industry sales reaching €3.1 billion. Robotics turnover rose by 13% to €3.5 billion. Integrated Assembly Solutions recorded sales growth of 11% to EUR 7.1 billion. Overall, turnover in robotics and automation rose by 13% to 13.6 billion euros.
Turnover in the sector recently rose by 13%, which is more than expected. The industry forecast for 2022 is also positive with an increase in turnover of 6%.
© VDMA Robotics + AutomationVDMA R+A forecasts sales growth of 7% to €7.6 billion in Integrated Assembly Solutions in 2022. Robotics is expected to grow by 5% to €3.6 billion. Industrial image processing is also expected to grow by 5%, which corresponds to sales of EUR 3.2 billion.
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