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Record sales for German robotics and automation
The German robotics and automation industry posted record sales of over 12 billion euros in 2015 - an increase of 7% compared to the previous year. The outlook for 2016 is more subdued.
Broken down by region, the largest share of sales in 2015 was in the German domestic market at 45%. The most important single foreign market is China with an 11% share of sales. The image gallery below provides an overview of the most important figures:
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