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Robots: China breaks historic records in automation

By [email protected] - 11th September 2017 - 10:06

China has rapidly become a global leader in automation. From 2018 to 2020, a sales increase between 15 and 20 percent on average per year is possible for industrial robots. Annual sales volume has currently reached the highest level ever recorded for a single country: Within a year, sales in China surged by 27 percent to 87,000 units (2016). The operational stock of industrial robots marks the highest level in the world. At the same time, Chinese robot manufacturers expand their market share. These are results published by the International Federation of Robotics. “China is by far the biggest robot market in the world regarding annual sales and regarding the operational stock,” said Joe Gemma, President of the International Federation of Robotics. “It is the fastest growing market worldwide. There has never been such a dynamic rise in such a short period of time in any other market.”

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