Focus worldwide industrial production

Growth rates of industrial production in countries absorbing 82% of Germany's machine exports

The annual growth rates of the industrialized countries since the overcoming of the global economic crisis are around 1% p.a.

Worldwide industrial production 2008 - 2018: Mostly growing, partly stagnating total tendency

Germany's industrial production declining in 2019 being in crisis with a drop of 1.2% p.a. since 2018

The economic report related to the up-to-date data from August notes a decline of production development since 2018 with the likely outlook of a deepening crisis. The report indicates the global economic factors and the related signals of industrial production.

Growth rates of worldwide industrial production

Global economy: Structural changes and outlook

Growth trend of production and sales of German machinery industry drops to 1.4% resp. 2.7% p.a.

The economic report determines the current growth rates of production and sales in the German machinery industry in June 2019 since a growth trend has actually set in. This approach adapts to the market development instead of orienting itself mechanically to the months of the previous year.

Larger fluctuation range of production and sales of German machinery industry since 2012

The report extends the structural changes that have been developing in the course of global industrial production since 2000. It shows that, despite stagnating production, the range of fluctuation has increased by 17%, while the range of fluctuation in machinery industry's sales has increased by 27% despite slight sales growth.

Focus export markets of machinery industry

Export shares to EU and US lower but higher to BRIC and other countries in 2019 Q2

In the second quarter 2019 export shares are changing in the same direction as at the time of the last global economic crisis in 2008/2009. Temporary fluctuation or sign of a crisis? The global export markets of the German machinery industry from 2008 to 2019 Q2 at a glance.

The ranking of the ten most attractive EU countries for machine exports from Germany

49% of the machine exports from Germany point to the EU. Of those ten EU countries absorb more than 80% of those exports. The ranking of the most export-attractive EU countries for machine exports from Germany.

Trump's reasons for protective tariffs due to US-China trade deficit misleading and hypocritical

A study of the Deutsche Bank Research deprives the reasons of the Trump administration of the factual base regarding the tariffs. The aggressive policy of Trump is going to compensate the weakening of the global position of the US.

Focus Industry 4.0 in machinery industry's sectors

The degree of realization of Industry 4.0 in the sectors of the German machinery industry

With all the numerous technological solutions for Industry 4.0 that are presented at trade fairs and in trade journals, there is no systematic overview of the state of implementation of industry 4.0 in the machinery industry. Based on the market research from Quest TechnoMarketing we publish the overview, to which degree Industry 4.0 is realized or will be realized in ten sectors of the German machinery industry.

Focus machinery industry

Production, sales and growth expectations in German machinery industry's sectors

Sector profiles of German machinery industry

Textile machines: Industry report

The export markets of the German machinery industry

Machine exports to BRIC higher while lower to the EU and the US in second quarter 2019

Structural problems of machine exports: highly concentrated, lagging behind absorbing power of export markets

How German machine exports are using the absorbing power of the EU

Focus global economy

Worldwide industrial production structurally changed

Outlook for global economy

China's industrial production from 2000 to 2019

China's industrial production growing steadily but weaker in second quarter 2019

Focus automation technology

How machine-builders are realizing Industry 4.0 in automation

Tecnologia di controllo nell'industria meccanica

Importante fattori che influiscono l'engineering di automazione delle macchine

Integrated automation technology: Positive feedback from machine-builders

Drive technology in the machinery industry

Above average and dynamic growth of the use of servo drives at the machines to 2020

IO-Link nell'industria meccanica

Costruttori di macchine in Germania sono soddisfatti con IO-Link, da qui al 2016 si prevede una forte espansione

Ethernet at machines

Increasing market penetration of real time Ethernet and Safety Ethernet in the German machinery industry

Interview with Rovema: "Sercos III fits perfectly to packaging machines"
Interview with Koenig & Bauer: "Sercos III - supply of peripherals not so large"

Tendenze technologiche nell'industria automazione

Market structure: Changes from electromechanics to microelectronics
Future market structure: Expected changes

Focus automobile industry

New trends in internationalization of global automobile production

Automotive International

How positons of the world carmakers have changed

How market shares of automakers changing in China

How market shares of the automobile countries at the worldwide car production are changing

Automotive Germany

Decline of production and sales since mid-2018

Rare Earths

Industria alimentari

Ethernet: Protocols in the F&B industry
Sensors: Requirements
Specifications: Role for the automation technology