Category: Intelligent Automation
Is the Medium and Heavy-Duty Truck Market Ready for Electrification?
In May 2018 the European Commission set out a two-staged target for the reduction of CO2 emissions produced by heavy-duty vehicles including heavy-duty trucks, buses...
China Manufacturing Industry Output Tracker
The development of China's manufacturing industry has always been given great attention. However, it's not easy to interpret market movements and truly understand the changes...
Industrial Controls on Growth Path Despite Manufacturing Slowdown
We predict that global PLC, DCS and remote I/O revenues will maintain positive growth in 2019 (growing by 0.6%), despite being negatively impacted by the...
The Future of Motor & Drive Systems in the North American HVACR Industry
Opportunities for drive and motor energy efficiency enhancements but unique challenges encountered deploying to end-users. I recently moderated a panel at the Motor & Drive...
The Future of Hybrid and Electric Trucks & Buses
With a growing concern for the negative health implications of NOx and other particulate matter released from the combustion of fossil fuels, it’s no surprise...
Bright Spots for China’s Manufacturing Industry
We recently wrote about the sudden slowdown in growth from China’s manufacturing sector in 2018 and 2019. Fresh economic data released by China’s National Bureau...
Global manufacturing economy to stall in 2019; Europe dipping into the red…
2019 Manufacturing Downturn – A Forecast Revisited Early last year, we predicted (with help from our friends at ITR Economics) a 2019 manufacturing industry downcycle....
China’s Manufacturing Slowdown – Are There Synergies With 2009?
Interact Analysis predicts China’s manufacturing industry output growth in 2019 will be just 1.9%, the lowest since 2008. China’s GDP grew just 6.5% in Q3...
Battery electric truck market to grow 20% in 2019 despite dip in 2018
Sluggish Chinese market offset by explosive growth in other markets Light duty trucks to account for lion’s share of volumes Just over 4 million electric...