ARC says Motion Control Market Growth Will Resume
ARC表示運動控制市場將恢復增長

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年成為近代史以來最嚴重的全球經濟衰退。雖然金融危機最糟糕時期可能已經過去，但全球經濟復蘇仍然脆弱。隨著經濟的復蘇，越來越全球化的環境有望恢復，這將再次引起工業公司在在各個行業進行新的自動化設備投資。根據ARC咨詢集團一項新的的研究，盡管這些投資預計將開始緩慢的步伐，但通用運動控制（GMC）設備將享受溫和增長。

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.”

自動化供應商度過了令人失望的2009年，而且至少，供應商預計在短期內充滿挑戰的商業環境將繼續。ARC《通用運動控制全球展望》的主筆、資深分析師Himanshu Shah表示：“亞洲新興經濟體如中國、印度和其他一些亞洲國家，繼續將自動化看作對國內生產機械強勁需求導致的投資。亞洲市場的增長機會將為運動控制供應商提供一個維持業務的渠道，直至全球機械市場的復蘇。”

Globalization Will Drive GMC Market Growth
全球化將驅動GMC市場增長

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.

在全球化的推動下，基于資本在許多地區和行業對自動化的繼續輸送，GMC市場在未來五年將繼續在全世界范圍內擴大。這些領域包括汽車、食品飲料、電子和半導體產業。全球化的參與者大部分是東歐國家以及亞洲發展中國家。日益激烈的全球競爭導致制造商分配對自動化的投資，期望增加其制造業務的敏捷性和靈活性，減低成本，提高生產力。

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系統在幾乎所有旨在實現更高的靈活性和操作靈活性自動化設備中起著作用。制造商不斷設法提高效率，并且推動著機械制造商也這樣做。因此，新技術正在不斷發展，使得陳舊設備淘汰，并成為購買敏捷、靈活、高效新機器的催化劑。這種不斷更替和發展有助于推動GMC系統的增長。

GMC Suppliers Face Challenges
GMC供應商面臨的挑戰

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.

顯然，對自動化供應商而言，最糟糕的經濟時期可能已經過去，但有一點需要注意的是，新的訂單活動依然疲弱，并且將不得不大力振作起來，以等待自動化市場的全面復蘇。亞洲新興經濟體如中國、印度和其他國家，為絕大部分自動化供應商提供了一個最明顯的復蘇證據。對自動化的投資繼續是國內強勁需求的結果。然而，GMC供應商在這些經濟體的市場相對較小，因此在亞洲市場上揚不足以彌補在發達經濟體的嚴重下降。