BGL Industrials Insider - Automation Drives Investment in Industrial Technology, M&A

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Aug 26, 2020, 18:50 ET

CHICAGO, Aug. 26, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Automation is transforming the industrial marketplace, with secular growth driving long-term investment, according to the BGL Industrials Insider, an industry report released by Brown Gibbons Lang & Company (BGL). Access the full report here.

Automation architecture is evolving to adapt to an increasingly connected factory floor to secure real-time information. Industrial communication networks continue to expand rapidly with growing investment in automation software and IoT platforms to enhance operational performance.

Automation is transforming the industrial marketplace, with secular growth driving long-term investment, according to the BGL Industrials Insider, an industry report released by Brown Gibbons Lang & Company (BGL).

Manufacturing and Industrial settings are seeing the highest IoT project initiations, while increased penetration has been observed across diverse industry verticals such as Transportation/Mobility, Energy, Retail, and Healthcare. The industrial IoT platform market is expected to grow at a 20 percent-plus CAGR through 2023.

Discrete Automation is projected to see steady growth driven by growing adoptions and COVID-19- induced reshoring activity that will boost domestic manufacturing.

The robotics market is seeing accelerated double-digit growth, with industrial robotics (based on installations) forecasted to grow ~12 percent annually over the next three years. Technological developments, notably machine learning-enabled robots, greater connectivity, and new business models, are expanding robot adoption.

M&A is continuing to shape the digital transformation of factory production. Devices on the "edge" (e.g., valves, sensors, drives, motors, robots, and machine vision) and Linux-based software systems are among the automation market segments ripe for consolidation and likely to see increased acquisition activity in the coming months.

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