ARC says Motion Control Market Growth Will Resume
ARC表示运动控制市场将恢复增长
October 26, 2010 - The year 2009 started with the deepest global downturn in recent history. While the worst of the financial crisis may be over, the global recovery remains fragile. With the beginning of the economic recovery, an increasing globalization environment is expected to resume, which will once again cause industrial companies to invest in new automation equipment in various industries. Although this investment is expected to start at a slow pace, General Motion Control (GMC) equipment will enjoy moderate growth, according to a new ARC Advisory Group study.
10月26日——2009年成为近代史以来最严重的全球经济衰退。虽然金融危机最糟糕时期可能已经过去，但全球经济复苏仍然脆弱。随着经济的复苏，越来越全球化的环境有望恢复，这将再次引起工业公司在在各个行业进行新的自动化设备投资。根据ARC咨询集团一项新的的研究，尽管这些投资预计将开始缓慢的步伐，但通用运动控制（GMC）设备将享受温和增长。
Automation suppliers closed the books on a disappointing 2009, and for the near term, at least, suppliers expect the challenging business environment to continue. “Emerging economies in Asia, such as China, India, and a few other Asian countries, continue to make investments in automation as a result of strong domestic demand for production machinery. The growth opportunities in the Asian market will provide motion control suppliers a means to sustain the business until the global machinery market recovers,” according to Senior Analyst Himanshu Shah, the principle author of ARC’s “General Motion Control Worldwide Outlook.”
自动化供应商度过了令人失望的2009年，而且至少，供应商预计在短期内充满挑战的商业环境将继续。ARC《通用运动控制全球展望》的主笔、资深分析师Himanshu Shah表示：“亚洲新兴经济体如中国、印度和其他一些亚洲国家，继续将自动化看作对国内生产机械强劲需求导致的投资。亚洲市场的增长机会将为运动控制供应商提供一个维持业务的渠道，直至全球机械市场的复苏。”
Globalization Will Drive GMC Market Growth
全球化将驱动GMC市场增长
Driven by globalization, the GMC market will continue to expand on a worldwide scale during the next five years due to a continued infusion of capital for automation in many regions and industries. These include automotive, food & beverage, electronics, and semiconductor industries. The majority of this globalization is taking place in the countries of Eastern Europe and the developing countries of Asia. Fierce global competition increasingly causes manufacturers to allocate investments in automation to drive down costs and raise productivity by increasing agility and flexibility in their manufacturing operations.
在全球化的推动下，基于资本在许多地区和行业对自动化的继续输送，GMC市场在未来五年将继续在全世界范围内扩大。这些领域包括汽车、食品饮料、电子和半导体产业。全球化的参与者大部分是东欧国家以及亚洲发展中国家。日益激烈的全球竞争导致制造商分配对自动化的投资，期望增加其制造业务的敏捷性和灵活性，减低成本，提高生产力。
GMC systems play a role in almost every piece of automated equipment aimed at achieving higher agility and flexibility in operations. Manufacturers continually seek ways to increase efficiency and push machine builders to do the same. As a result, new technologies are constantly being developed, making old machinery obsolete and serving as the catalyst for the purchase of new agile, flexible, and efficient machinery. This constant turnover and progression helps drive GMC system growth.
MC系统在几乎所有旨在实现更高的灵活性和操作灵活性自动化设备中起着作用。制造商不断设法提高效率，并且推动着机械制造商也这样做。因此，新技术正在不断发展，使得陈旧设备淘汰，并成为购买敏捷、灵活、高效新机器的催化剂。这种不断更替和发展有助于推动GMC系统的增长。
GMC Suppliers Face Challenges
GMC供应商面临的挑战
Clearly, for automation suppliers, the worst economic period is probably behind them, but one caveat is that new order activity remains sluggish, and will have to pick up significantly for a complete recovery in the automation market. Emerging Asian economies, China, India, and others, provided clear evidence of a recovery for most automation suppliers. The investments in automation continued as a result of strong domestic demands. However, GMC suppliers have a relatively small market in these economies, and therefore the uptick in the Asian market was insufficient to compensate for the severe declines in advanced economies.
显然，对自动化供应商而言，最糟糕的经济时期可能已经过去，但有一点需要注意的是，新的订单活动依然疲弱，并且将不得不大力振作起来，以等待自动化市场的全面复苏。亚洲新兴经济体如中国、印度和其他国家，为绝大部分自动化供应商提供了一个最明显的复苏证据。对自动化的投资继续是国内强劲需求的结果。然而，GMC供应商在这些经济体的市场相对较小，因此在亚洲市场上扬不足以弥补在发达经济体的严重下降。