Industry, automation and the further development into Industry 4.0 – PDF library & interesting facts

In the last third of the 19th century, European industrialization took a new direction. In this “Second Industrial Revolution,” the German economy was at the forefront (“from laggard to pioneer”). Having previously had to import technologies primarily from England, it now became a technology exporter. Among the new dominant sectors were the chemical industry, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, and the optical industry.

Industry 4.0 opens up new possibilities and potential for intelligent production in the Smart Factory, for example, with flexible manufacturing processes: All stages of the manufacturing process are transparent in the Smart Factory, enabling companies to react flexibly to changing conditions (e.g., increased feed-in of green electricity due to changing weather conditions) and adapt processes quickly. Furthermore, customized production is possible: Specific customer requests can be implemented flexibly, profitably, and quickly, as the time-consuming reprogramming of machines is no longer necessary.

Nowadays, the automation industry and the field of robotics are an integral part of Industry 4.0, also in the outlook and expansion of future projects.

In the context of Industry 4.0, industrial automation is increasingly becoming the focus of current discussions. The automation industry already plays an important role in the context of digitized production processes.

The growing interest is evident when looking at the revenues of the German automation industry. A continuous increase can be observed from 2013 to 2018. In 2019 and 2020, revenues declined slightly. The measurement technology and process automation sector is the highest-revenue segment within the automation industry.

Industrial robots are an important sector on the path to digitized and automated production processes. In 2017, global sales amounted to approximately 381,000 industrial robots.

Industrial automation is also a major employer in Germany. In 2020, the sector employed approximately 258,200 people. The world's largest automation technology companies, measured by revenue, are Siemens, Emerson, ABB, and Schneider Electric. Siemens alone generated revenue of around US$14 billion in 2019. The Japanese company Mitsubishi Electric and ABB Robotics from Switzerland are also considered leading manufacturers of industrial robots.

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