Industrial Ethernet infrastructure component sales will recover in 2017
工業以太網基礎設施組件銷售將在2017年收復

The market for industrial Ethernet infrastructure components has been monitored by IHS Markit for many years and has enjoyed revenue growth at a rate above that of industry in general, driven by the increasing adoption of Ethernet in its various forms as the industrial protocol of choice. There have been dips in the growth pattern; the latest research from the Industrial Ethernet Infrastructure Components Annual Service forecasts one of these dips in 2016. The report estimated that the world revenue growth 2014 to 2015 was a healthy 10.1 percent but forecasts this will fall to 4.5 percent, 2015 to 2016. However, the horizon looks brighter for 2017 and beyond.

多年來，IHS Markit一直關注著工業以太網基礎設施組件市場，受到以太網以各種形式作為工業協議選擇而被越來越多地采用的推動，這一市場收入增速高于一般工業收入增長。但目前增長模式出現了放緩， 《工業以太網基礎設施組件年度服務》最新研究預測了2016年是放緩的一年。這份報告估計，2014年至2015年的全球收入增長是健康的10.1％，但2015年至2016年預計將下降到4.5％。不過2017年及其后的市場前景看起來比較光明。

IHS Markit believes there are two main reasons for this, one being the knock-on effect of the lull in investment caused by the oil price crash in late 2014 and 2015. New production facilities and refurbishment programs were reviewed at that time and suppliers, including distributors, have been living off their stock for the business that was about. The signs are that business will return to a more normal growth pattern from 2017 on, assuming of course there are no further major world economic upsets.

IHS Markit認為，這有兩個主要原因，其中一個是2014年底和2015年油價暴跌造成的投資下滑而帶來的連鎖效應。當其時，新的生產設施和更新計劃受到重新評估，供應商，包括分銷商，只能依靠存量市場維持其相關業務。跡象表明，從2017年起，假如全球經濟沒有進一步的大混亂，企業將恢復到更加正常的增長模式。

The other reason for the lull in sales is believed to be that of confidence in world trading conditions caused mainly by the stability of the European Union and the presidential election in the United States. Factors affecting business confidence in the European Union includes the United Kingdom referendum voting to leave the union. The consequences of taking this action are not clear, which has caused uncertainty in some market sectors. Other factors include the mass immigration from the Middle East and Africa; and the stability of the euro. Despite this, Germany’s strong manufacturing base and the impetus and publicity behind Industry 4.0 and the industrial internet of things (IIoT) continues to be a stabilising factor. IHS Markit believes that the lull in component sales is temporary and the revenue growth rates of the past will return.

銷售放緩的另一個原因是對世界貿易條款的信心度，這主要是歐盟的穩定和美國總統選舉造成的。影響歐盟商業信心的因素包括英國脫歐公投。公投造成的后果不明朗，這導致一些市場行業的不確定性。其他因素包括來自中東和非洲的大規模移民，以及歐元的穩定性。但盡管如此，德國強大的制造業基礎以及在工業4.0和工業物聯網背景下的動力和宣傳仍然是一大穩定因素。IHS Markit認為，組件的銷售放緩只是暫時的，未來將恢復到前期增長率。