PLC and PLC-based PACs Market Is Growing with the Challenges of Industrial IoT
PLC和基于PLC的PAC市場隨著工業物聯網的挑戰而增長

New ARC Advisory Group research on the global PLC and PLC-based PAC market reveals that programmable logic controllers (PLC) and programmable automation controllers (PAC) continue to be the preferred choice among machine builders and end users.  This applies  not just for traditional machine control, but also increasingly in process and infrastructure applications. The market contracted slightly in 2019 after two strong years of growth, and is taking a strong hit in 2020 due to the coronavirus.

ARC顧問集團對全球PLC和基于PLC的PAC市場的最新研究表明，可編程邏輯控制器（PLC）和可編程自動化控制器（PAC）仍然是機器制造商和最終用戶的首選。這不僅適用于傳統的機器控制，而且越來越多地應用于過程和基礎設施應用中。經過兩年的強勁增長，該市場在2019年略有收縮，并在2020年因冠狀病毒而受到重創。

“The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is changing how industrial processes are controlled and monitored, but PLCs are growing with and adapting to the new challenges rather than being replaced by alternate technologies," according to David Humphrey, research director at ARC Advisory Group and key author of ARC’s PLC and PLC-based PAC Global Market Research report. "Based on established industrial technology, PLCs are valued for their speed, repeatability, reliability, and ease of deployment and maintenance.”   

“工業物聯網（IIoT）改變了工業過程的控制和監控方式，但PLC不斷發展并適應新挑戰，而不是被替代技術所取代，”ARC顧問集團研究總監、ARC“PLC和基于PAC的PAC全球市場研究報告”主要作者David Humphrey表示。“基于成熟的工業技術，PLC因其速度、可重復性、可靠性以及易于部署和維護而受到重視。”

“PLCs have gained a lot of speed and new functionality in the past decade, allowing some users to switch to smaller PLCs," Humphrey added. "This tactic is especially popular with cost-conscious machine builders, and is changing the market dynamics. The coronavirus will set the market back in 2020, and the study includes an updated forecast that reflects how and when we expect the PLC market to recover in the coming years."

Humphrey補充說：“在過去的十年里，PLC取得了很高的速度和新的功能，使一些用戶可以切換到較小的PLC。這種策略尤其受到注重成本的機器制造商的歡迎，并正在改變市場動態。冠狀病毒將使2020年市場倒退，該研究包括了最新的預測，反映了我們對未來幾年PLC市場將如何恢復和何時恢復的預測。”