IFR Report: Japan delivers 52 percent of global industrial robot supply
IFR報(bào)告：日本交付了全球工業(yè)機(jī)器人供應(yīng)量的52％

November 27, 2017– According to a recent IFR report, Japan is the world´s predominant industrial robot manufacturer: The production capacity of the Japanese suppliers has reached 153,000 units in 2016 – the highest level ever recorded. Today, Japan´s manufacturers deliver 52 percent of the global supply. These are results published by the International Federation of Robotics (IFR) ahead of the International Robot Exhibition (iREX) in Tokyo - November 29th - December 2nd 2017.

2017年11月27日——根據(jù)最近的一份IFR報(bào)告，日本是世界上最大的工業(yè)機(jī)器人制造商：日本供應(yīng)商的產(chǎn)能在2016年達(dá)到了15.3萬(wàn)臺(tái)，創(chuàng)歷史最高水平。如今，日本的制造商交付了全球供應(yīng)量的52％。這些是國(guó)際機(jī)器人聯(lián)合會(huì)（IFR）在2017年11月29日至12月2日在東京舉辦的國(guó)際機(jī)器人展（iREX）之前發(fā)布的數(shù)據(jù)。

“Japan is a highly robotized country where even robots are assembled by robots”, said Joe Gemma, President of the International Federation of Robotics (IFR). “The statistics show that automation strongly boosts exports and domestic investments as well  – robot sales in Japan increased by 10 percent to about 39,000 units in 2016 - reaching the highest level in the last ten years.”

“日本是一個(gè)高度機(jī)器人化的國(guó)家，甚至機(jī)器人都是由機(jī)器人組裝的。”國(guó)際機(jī)器人聯(lián)合會(huì)主席Joe Gemma表示，“統(tǒng)計(jì)數(shù)據(jù)顯示，自動(dòng)化極大地促進(jìn)了日本出口和國(guó)內(nèi)投資——2016年日本的機(jī)器人銷(xiāo)售量增長(zhǎng)了10％，約為3.9萬(wàn)臺(tái)，是過(guò)去十年的最高水平。”

Japan exported a total of nearly 115,000 industrial robots in 2016 with a value of 309 billion yen (about US$ 2.7 billion). This is by far the highest export volume for one year. The export rate increased from 72 percent to 75 percent (2011-2016). North America, China, the Republic of Korea and Europe were target export destinations. The Japanese imports of robots were extremely low, only about 1 percent of installations. Thus, foreign robot suppliers did not achieve a high sales volume in Japan. The home market has strongly recovered since the financial crisis in 2009 and reached 39,000 units, the highest level since 2006 (37,000 units).

在2016年，日本總共出口了近11.5萬(wàn)臺(tái)工業(yè)機(jī)器人，價(jià)值3090億日元（約合27億美元）。這是迄今為止最高的一年出口量。出口率從72％上升到75％（2011至2016年）。北美、中國(guó)、韓國(guó)和歐洲是目標(biāo)出口地。日本的機(jī)器人進(jìn)口量非常低，只有大約百分之一。因此，外國(guó)機(jī)器人供應(yīng)商在日本的銷(xiāo)量并不高。自2009年金融危機(jī)以來(lái)，日本國(guó)內(nèi)市場(chǎng)強(qiáng)勁復(fù)蘇，達(dá)3.9萬(wàn)臺(tái)，為2006年以來(lái)的最高水平（3.7萬(wàn)臺(tái)）。

The automotive industry is the largest destination market for industrial robots in Japan with a share of 36 percent of the total supply. Car manufacturers bought 48 percent more industrial robots than in 2015 (2016: 5,711 units). Japanese car suppliers are leading in the production of hybrid cars and will increase investments in automated driving technologies. The development of new materials which reduce weight and save energy will also foster investments in robot automation. However, the ongoing reduction of production capacities in Japan will impact domestic demand for robots. Investments abroad, on the other hand, will continue to increase. The Japanese car companies have been increasingly expanding production facilities overseas, particularly in China, as well as other Asian countries and in the United States and Mexico.

汽車(chē)行業(yè)是日本工業(yè)機(jī)器人最大的應(yīng)用市場(chǎng)，占總供應(yīng)量的36％。汽車(chē)制造商購(gòu)買(mǎi)的工業(yè)機(jī)器人比2015年多出48％（2016年為5,711臺(tái)）。日本汽車(chē)供應(yīng)商在混合動(dòng)力汽車(chē)生產(chǎn)方面處于領(lǐng)先地位，并將增加對(duì)自動(dòng)駕駛技術(shù)的投資。減少重量和節(jié)約能源的新材料開(kāi)發(fā)也將促進(jìn)對(duì)機(jī)器人自動(dòng)化的投資。但是，日本產(chǎn)能持續(xù)減少將影響國(guó)內(nèi)對(duì)機(jī)器人的需求。另一方面，海外投資將繼續(xù)增加。日本汽車(chē)公司越來(lái)越多地在海外擴(kuò)大生產(chǎn)設(shè)施，特別是在中國(guó)以及其他亞洲國(guó)家，還有美國(guó)和墨西哥。

After the strong growth of robots in the electrical/electronics industry in 2015 (11,659 units), a decrease of 7 percent followed in 2016. However, the electrical/electronics industry has preferred to invest in production facilities abroad. Furthermore, continued investments in robots can be expected in this sector with the increasing demand for chips, displays, sensors, batteries and other technologies around electro mobility, and industry 4.0 (connected industries).

2015年電器/電子行業(yè)機(jī)器人業(yè)務(wù)增長(zhǎng)強(qiáng)勁（11,659臺(tái)），但2016年下降了7％，主要是因?yàn)殡娖?電子行業(yè)更多投資到國(guó)外生產(chǎn)設(shè)施。此外，隨著芯片、顯示器、傳感器、電池和其他電動(dòng)交通技術(shù)以及工業(yè)4.0（連接行業(yè)）需求的不斷增長(zhǎng)，這一行業(yè)對(duì)機(jī)器人的持續(xù)投資預(yù)計(jì)將會(huì)出現(xiàn)。

The two most important customer groups of industrial robots in Japan - automotive and electrical/electronics - had jointly, a share of 64 percent of the total supply in 2016. Robot sales to both sectors increased by 8 percent in 2016. In all other branches, as a whole, the market increased by 14 percent.

日本工業(yè)機(jī)器人中最重要的兩個(gè)客戶群體——汽車(chē)和電器/電子，在2016年共占總供應(yīng)量的64％。2016年，機(jī)器人在這兩個(gè)行業(yè)的銷(xiāo)售額增長(zhǎng)了8％。而所有其他分行業(yè)，市場(chǎng)整體上漲了14%。

In Japan, the economy benefits from increased foreign demand, especially from China, the expansive monetary policy of the Bank of Japan and the weaker yen. Based on estimates provided by the Japanese Robot Association (JARA), the IFR expects an increase of around 10 percent in 2017 in domestic installations. Between 2018 and 2020 a further average annual increase of about 5 percent is likely, provided the economic recovery in Japan continues.

日本央行擴(kuò)張性的貨幣政策和日元走軟使得外需增加，特別是來(lái)自中國(guó)的需求，識(shí)得經(jīng)濟(jì)受益。根據(jù)日本機(jī)器人協(xié)會(huì)（JARA）提供的估計(jì)，IFR預(yù)計(jì)2017年日本國(guó)內(nèi)市場(chǎng)增長(zhǎng)10％左右。如果日本的經(jīng)濟(jì)復(fù)蘇持續(xù)下去，2018年和2020年之間的平均年增長(zhǎng)率可能會(huì)達(dá)到5％左右。