Global machinery industry sales have been impacted by high interest rates, elevated inventory, and sluggish demand making it a tough year for the industry overall.
Despite this, innovative technologies continue to create new opportunities for Motion Control (MC), attracting new entrants to the market through product launches or partnerships.
Interact Analysis has identified 2 new growth areas through their research and conversations with manufacturers- smart conveyance technology and robots with machine-integrated control.
Smart conveyance technology is available as either planar or linear systems.
The market for linear systems has surged over the past 3 years, with sales revenue growing from $237 million in 2020 to $488 million in 2023.
By 2029, sales of linear systems could exceed $1.1 billion, nearly five times the market size in 2020, according to Interact Analysis.
The term machine-integrated robots refers to robots that are fully integrated into machine control platforms.
The shortage of experienced engineers is one of the major drivers of growth for the machine-integrated robot market.
The surging smart conveyance market and the emergence of machine-integrated robots offer new opportunities to MC suppliers.
Driven by the trends of digitalization, flexibility, and ease of use in the manufacturing industry, both technologies are expected to increase their penetration in the machinery industry.