VDMA: German robotics and automation industry turns into the minus (photo)
Frankfurt am Main (ots) –
– sales forecast 2025 minus 9 percent
– Companies see urgent need for action at the Germany location
– Requestant pulses only from the Euro zone
The robotics and automation in Germany has lost competitiveness:
For 2025, the industry predicts a total turnover of minus 9 percent
13.8 billion euros. For the past year, companies closed with one
Sales of minus 6 percent with 15.2 billion euros.
“The sales development of the robotics and automation industry signals
Need for action, “says Dr. Dietmar Ley, chairman of VDMA Robotik +
Automation. “The downward trend is not based solely on cyclical
Ascends to demand, but now has very tangible structural
Causes: This includes, for example, too much dependence on the robotics and
Automation industry from the German automotive industry. There are also weaknesses
in competitiveness, business and politics with consistent
Have to address reforms. “
Order inputs collapse
Have the economic and structural weaknesses in the order inputs
in 2024 not only in Germany with a minus of 16 percent for the previous year
shown. Growth impulses from abroad also fail to materialize: the demand
shrank by 2 percent. The only bright spot for German robotics and
Automation was the export to the euro zone: the order inputs from the
In 2024, Euroländer rose by a proud 44 percent. The foreign demand without the
States of the euro zone, on the other hand, were 13 percent below the previous year’s value.
Reforms required
“The companies in the German robotics and automation industry must have their own
Focus on competitiveness, “says Dr. Dietmar Ley.”
to make more pace in innovations. More agility is also required to
to react faster to customer demand and get out of competitors
abroad. After all, we too have to pay the costs
bring competitive level. “
A determined reform agent is also needed by politics, demands Dr.
Ley: “Disprints such as exuberant regulation and too high cost burden
we can no longer afford in international competition. The
Business needs reliable framework conditions at the Germany location, which
Support growth and not to slow down, “he emphasizes. Then the robotics can
And shine again. Because: “All long -term growth trends
For our future industry, intact are still intact. We have to do the right ones now
Places, “emphasizes the VDMA specialist association chairman.
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Video statements by Dr. Dietmar Ley, chairman of VDMA Robotik +
Automation, photos and graphics can be found for download at:
https://ots.de/rhgbkkn
The VDMA represents 3600 German and European companies in the machine and
Plant building. Industry stands for innovation, export orientation and
SME. The companies employ around 3 million people in a total of
The EU-27, more than 1.2 million of them in Germany alone. So it is
Machine and attachment construction among the investment goods industries the largest
Employer, both in the EU-27 and in Germany. He is in the
European Union for a volume of sales of around 910 billion euros.
Around 80 percent of the machines sold in the EU come from a
Manufacturing site in the internal market.
VDMA Robotik + Automation forms its own association with more than 420
Member company: Provider of components and systems from the areas
Robotics, automated solutions and machine vision (industrial
Image processing). The aim of this industrial -driven platform is that
Robotics and automation through a wide range of activities and
To support services. Work focuses on statistical analyzes
and market surveys, marketing activities, standardization, public relations,
Research, future studies, trade fair policy and networking events and
Conferences. You can find more information at:
http://www.vdma.org/robotik-automation
Press contact:
VDMA Robotik + Automation
Patrick Schwarzkopf, Managing Director VDMA Robotik + Automation
Tel. (+49 69) 6603 – 1590
Email: mailto: [email protected]; http://rua.vdma.org/
Econnewsnetwork
Carsten Heer
Tel. +49 (0) 40 822 44 284
Email: mailto: [email protected]
Further material: http://presseportal.de/pm/119474/5958383
OTS: VDMA specialist association Robotik + Automation