
Sumitomo’s Acquisition of Invertek Should Raise a Few Eyebrows of Intralogistics Specialists
On September 27th, Sumitomo Heavy Industries announced it will be acquiring Invertek Drives for around £100m. This announcement comes nearly one year after the company...

UK Warehouse Automation Market: Boom or Bust?
UK Warehouse Automation Market: Boom or Bust? With the IMHX show upon us next week, we thought it would be good timing to take a...

The Future of Warehouse Automation – 2019
With the rise of e-commerce and omni-channel retail, retailers and manufacturers alike are redesigning their supply chains in order to cope with the increasing logistical...

Innovative New Forecasting Approach Greatly Improves Accuracy of AC Motor Drive Demand Model
Big data model from Interact Analysis used to improve sophistication of market model dynamics Extensive primary research used to train and enhance model Motor drive...

6 River Systems to be Acquired by Shopify for $450m – Our Analysis
Key points: 6 River Systems announced last night that it would be acquired for $450m by Shopify – 60% in cash and 40% in Shopify...

The Off-Highway Vehicle Market – 2019
Driven by the need to lower greenhouse gas emissions and particulate matter, and the electrification trends taking place in passenger vehicles, buses and trucks, the...

CNH Investment in Nikola Motors – the Interact Analysis assessment
CNH Industrial – owner of Iveco Trucks and Buses, Heuliez Bus, FPT Industrial, Case IH, New Holland and Case Construction –announced yesterday that they are...

China’s Electric Bus Market Dominance Driving Demand for Lithium-Iron-Phosphate Batteries
The demand for battery electric buses has skyrocketed in recent years. The number of electric buses delivered in Europe and the US increased by 75%...

The Lithium-Ion Battery Market
With the steadily increasing penetration rate of lithium-ion batteries in the transportation market, the energy storage market and the consumer electronics market, from 2017, the...