Annual 2023 gross sales close to equal for automotive and non-automotive industries; This fall numbers present attainable return to optimistic with 20% development over Q3 2023
After document orders in each 2021 and 2022, robotic gross sales in North American declined by 30% in 2023, based on the most recent report from the Affiliation for Advancing Automation (A3). Corporations bought 31,159 robots in 2023, in comparison with 44,196 ordered in 2022 and 39,708 in 2021. These 2023 orders have been divided virtually equally amongst automotive (15,723 robots offered) and non-automotive corporations (15,436 robots offered), a 34% drop in gross sales to automotive OEMs and automotive suppliers over 2022 and a 25% complete lower in all different industries.
“Whereas robotic gross sales naturally ebb and movement, the return to extra typical robotic gross sales after the final two document years can doubtless be attributed to some apparent points: a gradual U.S. financial system, larger rates of interest and even the over buying of robots in 2022 from provide chain issues,” mentioned Jeff Burnstein, president of A3. “We have seen a slowdown within the manufacturing of digital autos this yr together with fewer new distribution facilities, each doubtless lowering the demand for robots. From what we’re listening to in our member surveys and at current occasions, nonetheless, optimism is powerful for development, probably choosing up within the second half of the yr. In truth, we anticipate document numbers at our Automate Present in Could as extra corporations put together for brand new automation initiatives.”
Metals, All Different Industries class improve in annual and This fall over Q3 2023 gross sales In 2023, the strongest demand for robots from non-automotive corporations got here from the metallic {industry}, adopted by semiconductor & electronics/photonics; meals & client items; life sciences, pharmaceutical and biomedical, plastics & rubber, and others.
Whereas every of those industries confirmed an total decline in comparison with 2022, the final three months of the yr noticed larger gross sales in automotive (each OEM and parts), metals, semiconductor & electronics/photonics, plastics & rubbers, metals and the All Different Industries class, leading to a rise of 20% over the earlier quarter (Q3 2023). The All Different Industries class contains corporations in areas resembling building, hospitality and agriculture, sometimes newer to robotics.
“Whereas robotic gross sales have been down over the yr, 2023 ended with each a rise over the earlier quarter and a virtually equal variety of gross sales from automotive and non-automotive corporations,” Burnstein mentioned. “Each are promising indicators that extra industries have gotten more and more snug with automation total. Whereas we count on to see automotive orders rise once more, there’s little doubt that orders will improve from all non-automotive industries as they acknowledge how robots may help them overcome their distinctive challenges.”
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About Affiliation for Advancing Automation (A3) The Affiliation for Advancing Automation (A3) is the main international advocate for the advantages of automating. A3 promotes automation applied sciences and concepts that remodel the way in which enterprise is finished. Members of A3 signify over 1280 producers, element suppliers, system integrators, finish customers, tutorial establishments, analysis teams and consulting corporations that drive automation ahead worldwide.
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