
Automation structures at the machines: Market shares to 2017
Based on a market survey from Quest TechnoMarketing, this report outlines the leading automation structures. more...
Software solutions in machinery industry: Role as competitive advantage
The role of software solutions as competitive advantage for the machine-builder is quite differently determined. That is also true for the competitive advantages themselves. more...
Mechatronics at machines: Market shares 2014
The extent to which mechatronics at the machines is realized in the German mechanical engineering industry discovers the market survey by Quest TechnoMarketing about the engineering of the machine automation until 2017. mehr...
Automation integration of machines: Positive feedback of the German machine-builders
The German machine-builders evaluate eight features of the integration of the machine automation in a representative survey providing a positive feedback. more...
Use of servo drives at the machines to 2020: Dynamic growth
The use of servo drives will develop faster than the electronic drive technology and the production of machines according to the market research from Quest TechnoMarketing. more...
Integrated safety engineering with servo drives: Market shares and functions until 2016
To which extent integrated safety engineering with servo drives will be used until 2016 in the German machinery industry makes the market survey from Quest TechnoMarketing visible. more...
Supplier policy with servo drives: Changing emphases until 2016
Control system and drive technology from a single source will win relatively strongest with product couplings in the supply policy. more...
Real time Ethernet protocols: Market shares 2005 - 2015
Market shares of real time Ethernet protocols based on four market survey by Quest TechnoMarketing. more...
IO-Link: Implementation in machinery industry 2007 - 2011
IO-Link has been implementing by more and more sectors of the machinery industry. more...
Use of robots until 2018: Dynamic growth with robot users
Robot users are increasing dynamically the use of robots at ever more machines according to the market survey from Quest TechnoMarketing dated 2015. more...
Interview with Lenze: Engineering of robot in-house solutions strongly simplified
In the interview Dr. Cord, Managing Director at Lenze Automation, highlights how machine-builders with robot in-house solutions may omit to program the robot when using FAST. more...
Market study to Industry 4.0: Interview with Thomas Quest
Thomas Quest presents the emphases, methods and the new approach the comprehensive market survey regarding Industry 4.0 in the German machinery industry applied to. more...
Relevance in practice of Industry 4.0: Acceptance of machine-builders
Which relevance in practice Industry 4.0 provides for machine-builders highlights this report based on a comprehensive market survey. more...
SPS IPC Drives fair 2015: Feedback on automation and Industry 4.0
Machine-builders providing feedback on components or solutions providing advantages for their applications. And what they could pick up to Industry 4.0. more...
Industry 4.0 and engineering: Feedback from machine-builders
As part of a representative market survey machine-builders provided their feedback to the topic what Industry 4.0 is supposed to mean for the engineering of the machines until 2017. more...
Production and sales of machinery industry July 2023: Production stagnating, sales on new high
Production and sales monthly analyzed since 2008. more...
Long-term trends in production and sales of German machinery industry: 5 trends from 2008 to 2022
5 trends, identified and quantified. more...
Machine exports 2022: Breakdown of machinery exports by world regions remains constant
The current structure of the export markets against the background of long-term changes. more...
German machine exports and industrial production 2008 - 2022: Exports do not synchronize much with industrial production
Do the machine exports from Germany develop synchronously to industrial production in the export countries? A comparison. more...
Industry structure 2022: How the German machinery industry is divided into three parts
A differentation into three groups appears showing only the middle group a medium-sized character. more...
Production and sales of packaging machines 2008 - 2022: Packaging machinery a growth sector only to a limited extent
The long-term analysis identifies the characteristics of the sector packaging machines in comparision with the machery industry. more...
Market shares EU countries 2015: GMarket shares of Germany stable, Italy's rising
Different market shares of the EU countries pop up in the three main product segments of the packaging machinery industry. more...
Product segments of rubber and plastics machines 2008 - 2022: Trend to higher-value machines interrupted since 2021
Since 2015 this sector has been showing a tendency to value-added machines. more...
Firm structure of the sector rubber and plastics machines 2022: Strong group of mid-sized companies
This report highlights the position of the sector companies regarding to their ratio of number, sales and employees. more...
Robotics + automation vs. machinery industry: Growth sector 2008 - 2022
Compared to the machinery industry the sector robotics and automation is showing growth. However, the impact of the four product segments on this growth is quite different. more...
Food processing machines 2008 - 2022: Production and sales show an above average growth
Compared to machinery industry the sector food processing machines shows an above average growth from 2011 to 2022. more...
Industry structure food processing machines 2022: Smaller and mid-sized firms stronger
Compared to the German machinery industry smaller and mid-sized firms are represented more strongly. more...
Uhlmann Pac Systems: How the trend to value-added packaging machines shows up
The analysis of the industry structure of packaging machines has identified the trend to value-added machines. Uhlmann Pac Systems highlights this trend at their machines. more...
Interview: "SERCOS III fits perfectly for packaging machines"
Erhard Lutz, Head of the Software Development Department at ROVEMA, outlines the experiences with SERCOS III in an interview. more...
ARBURG's customer magazine: "today"
From the sector of rubber and plastics machines "today" offers up-tp-date application reports, innovations and news about plastics processing. more...