Robot Sales in North American Manufacturing Up 12%
北美制造業機器人銷售額增長12%

May 23, 2023 - The North American robotics market showed strong growth: Total installations in manufacturing rose by 12% and reached 41,624 units in 2022. Number one adopter is the automotive industry: companies based in the US, Canada and Mexico installed 20,391 industrial robots–up 30% compared to 2021. These are preliminary results, presented by the International Federation of Robotics (IFR).

2023年5月23日——根據國際機器人聯合會（IFR）公布的初步結果，北美機器人市場呈現強勁增長：制造業的總安裝量上升了12%，在2022年達到4萬1624臺。最大應用在汽車行業，美國、加拿大和墨西哥企業安裝了2萬391臺工業機器人，與2021年相比增長30%。
 
“North America represents the second largest operational stock of industrial robots in the world after China,” says Marina Bill, President of the International Federation of Robotics (IFR). “The United States, Canada, and Mexico are key markets in the global growth of robotics automation, and the automotive sector is leading the way.”

國際機器人聯合會主席Marina Bill表示：“北美是僅次于中國的全球第二大工業機器人運營存量市場。美國、加拿大和墨西哥是全球機器人自動化增長的關鍵市場，而汽車行業正在引領這一趨勢。”

Cyclical demand from automotive
汽車的周期性需求

In the United States, demand from car makers and manufacturers of components rose by 48% in 2022. Installations thus display the cyclical demand pattern well-known from this customer segment. After a few years of contraction, down from the peak level of 15,397 units in 2017 to 9,854 units in 2021, installations surged to 14,594 units in 2022.

在美國，汽車制造商和零部件制造商的需求在2022年增長了48%。因此，安裝顯示出該客戶群眾所周知的周期性需求模式。經過幾年的收縮，從2017年的1萬5397臺的峰值水平下降到2021年的9854臺，安裝量在2022年激增至1萬4594臺。

Installation counts in Canada largely depend on investments of the automotive industry that accounts for 40% of robot installations. Sales to automotive declined by 36% with 1,258 units installed in 2022. This is below the pre-pandemic level of 1,897 units in 2019. The robot installations to manufacture parts and accessories for motor vehicles were significantly down by 45% with 995 units sold. Motor vehicles, engines and bodies on the other hand grew by 99% with 263 units sold.

加拿大的安裝數量很大程度上取決于占機器人安裝量40%的汽車工業投資。汽車行業銷量下降36%，2022年安裝了1258臺。這低于2019年疫情前1897臺的水平。制造汽車零部件和附件的機器人安裝量大幅下降了45%,售出995臺。另一方面，汽車、發動機和車身增長了99%，售出263臺。

Robot installations in Mexico are also determined by the automotive industry that accounted for 66% of the robot installations in 2022: Sales grew by 16% and reached 4,222 units in 2022 – the second best result since the peak level of 4,805 units in record year 2017.

墨西哥的機器人安裝量也由占2022年機器人安裝量66%的汽車行業決定:銷量增長16%，2022年達到4222臺——這是自2017年創紀錄的4805臺峰值水平以來的第二好成績。

Non-automotive sectors
非汽車行業

Installation counts in other industries exceeding the 4,000-unit mark in North America are: electrical/electronics (+28%), metal and machinery (-9%), and plastic and chemical products (-4%). They each represent a 9% market share of industrial robot installations in 2022.

在北美，超過4000臺大關的其他行業安裝量分別是:電氣/電子（+28％）、金屬和機械(-9%)以及塑料和化學品(-4%)。到2022年，它們各占2022年工業機器人安裝量的9%的市場份額。