Machinery Industry
The market shares of the automation structures in machinery industry to 2017.

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...

The role of software solutions as competitive advantage in the machinery industry.

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...


The integration of machine automation in the German machinery industry 2012.

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...

The use of servo drives in the German machinery industry until 2020.

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...


The use of integrated safety engineering until 2016 in the German machinery industry.

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 until 2016 in the German machinery industry.

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...

The market shares of the real time Ethernet protocols from 2005 to 2015.

Real time Ethernet protocols: Market shares 2005 - 2015

Market shares of real time Ethernet protocols based on four market survey by Quest TechnoMarketing. more...

The introduction of IO-Link in the German machinery industry from 2007 to 2011.

IO-Link: Implementation in machinery industry 2007 - 2011

IO-Link has been implementing by more and more sectors of the machinery industry. more...

Growth of the use of robots in the German machinery industry from 2015 to 2018.

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...


Company logo Lenze.

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...

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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...


Acceptance of Industry 4.0 in machinery industry.

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...


Visitors on the PLC fair 2015.

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...


The feedback of the machine-builders on Industry 4.0.

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...


Export shares for German machines to the EU, BRIC, MIST countries and the US and Japan from 2008 to 2021.

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...


Machine exports from Germany to the US and the course of industrial production in the US from 2008 to 2022.

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...

The industry structure of the German machinery industry 2022.

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 packaging machines compared to machinery industry 2008 - 2022.

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...


The market shares of the EU countries at packaging machines 2015.

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...


The firm structure of the rubber and plastics machine sector 2022 in the German machinery industry.

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...

Production and value of the sector robotics and automation from 2008 to 2022.

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...

Production of food processing machines from 2008 to 2022.

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.

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...

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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...


Foto Erhard Lutz, Rovema.

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...

Titel of Arburg's customer magazine today.

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...