The Global Forklift Market – 2020
The current forklift truck market is split roughly 60-40 between electric and diesel trucks. Electric trucks powered by lead-acid cells have been on the scene...
COVID-19 To Reduce 2020 Industrial Robot Revenue By >8%, Followed By A Rapid Growth To Return From 2021
After a weak 2019, we originally expected the 2020 robot market to recover strongly, but COVID-19 changed the market revenue growth forecast from 4.8% to...
The Global Forklift Market – 2020
A study on the electrification trend of lifting trucks.
The Forklift Truck Market Now and Moving Forward
Our post-COVID-19 neutral scenario (we posit 3 scenarios – positive, neutral and negative) sees global forklift shipments in 2020 growing by just 1.4%, as compared...
BYD reveals strategy to dominate the EV market
As an industrial giant that straddles the key areas of new energy vehicles and lithium-ion batteries, BYD revealed two major pieces of news in March:...
On and Off-Highway Vehicles Driving Strong Growth in Lithium-Ion Battery Market
A version of this article was originally published in Japanese by Yoshiko Iwahashi-san of Global Information, Inc. (GII) – an information service provider based in...
The Collaborative Robot Market – 2019
In 2019, overall robot market revenues experienced negative growth for the first time in many years affected by the global manufacturing downturn and reduced demand...
General Motors and LG Chem Joint Venture – How Does This Differ From Tesla and Panasonic?
On December 5th, General Motors announced that it will work with LG Chem to produce battery cells on a large scale for use in the...
Cobot Sales Will Reach $5.6bn by 2027, Driven by Growth in Non-Manufacturing Applications
As demand has grown for equipment automation and production flexibility, so too has the desire to find new technologies which can help achieve these aims....