Despite the decline in the capital expenditure in 2020 in process industries, primarily due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the outlook remains positive for capital investments in automation products and software in the process industries. This is because the macro trends that underlie the growth in this market remain in place. These trends include globalization, infrastructure expansion, an aging installed base of automation equipment, manufacturing labor shortages, digitalization, an increasing middle class in Asia, and the ongoing need to improve production and process controllability and reduce energy consumption.
"Digitalization already has a marked impact on industrial operations. Each year, new products and capabilities provide higher value, driving investments in new equipment. Features are incorporated to control production processes more precisely, improve functionalities, reduce energy consumption, expand operational visibility, increase plant safety, and provide contextualized and time-relevant information to improve management and production floor decisions. As a result, automation products and software deployed in the process industries are improving product quality and operational efficiency," according to Himanshu, Shah Senior Analyst and key author of ARC's Automation and Software Expenditures for Process Industries Market Research Report.
Process Automation Market Trends
In addition to providing detailed competitive market share data, the report also addresses key market trends as follows:
- Virtualization
- Software Convergence
- Operations Management
- Operational Technology (OT) and Information Technology (IT) Convergence
- Open Process Automation
- OPC UA and OPC UA TSN
- Moving to the Edge
- Industry 4.0 and NAMUR Open Architecture
- Fieldbus Technology and Wireless I/O
- Configurable/Characterizable I/O
- Cloud Computing
Leading Suppliers to the Total Automation Expenditures for Process Market Identified
In addition to providing specific market data and industry trends, this ARC market research also identifies and positions the leading suppliers to this market and provides and summarizes their relevant offerings. An alphabetical list of key suppliers covered in this analysis includes: ABB, Emerson Automation Solutions, Honeywell, Rockwell Automation, Siemens.
About the Automation Expenditures for Process Industries Research
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