Exhibition review Automatica 2012 Automation industry enjoys
Taking place in Munich from 22 to 25 May, Automatica 2012 consolidated its position as the international meeting place of the automation industry and the world’s largest trade fair for robotics with 31,000 visitors from more than 100 countries. Five halls with plenty of visitors, many project enquiries and a very positive mood made it clear that the manufacturing industry is confident and everything points to growth
in all survey results with a good busi- ness mood and satisfied participants. The independent market research institute, tns infratest determined that 96 per cent of the visitors were impressed and enthused by the com- pleteness of offers, and 95 per cent confirmed the leading trade fair char- acter of Automatica in the industry. A total of 84 per cent praised the topic sustainable technologies and wel- comed the VDMA initiative Blue Competence for this.
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ith trade fairs being consid- ered the place to go in order to see the latest trends and technology in Germany, it was no surprise that this year’s Automatica held in Munich was the biggest and busiest yet. There were queues of people waiting to get in on the first day, with one-third of the visi- tors coming from foreign countries. The highest number of visitors came from Germany, Austria, Italy, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Turkey,
Queues on the opening day of Automatica was a good start to what was a busy fair
TOP RIGHT: Many of the service robotics exhibits took on a more humanoid form
Fanuc built a huge ‘yellow park’ in the fair and filled it with a wide range of its latest robots and machinery
ABB had a large presence with many robots on show
France, Poland and the Russian Federation. The global reach of the trade fair has increased: there were strong increases from the Russian Federation, Turkey, Poland, Brazil, the Republic of Korea and Japan. The current figures of VDMA Robotics and Automation prove that the general economic conditions for automation technology are excellent. Following growth of 35 per cent in 2011, the association expects further growth of four per cent in the current year. This market situation was obvi- ous at Automatica, and the fair scored
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Top grades from exhibitors The exhibitors praised the great number of people at the fair as ideal for their sales activities. More than 720
in the good survey results. A total of 91 per cent cited the quality of visitors and confirmed the high degree of deci- sion-making competence of visitors. The leading trade fair character was often praised, and 94 per cent indi- cated that they will participate in the trade fair again.
exhibitors from 40 countries showed their solutions for the manufacturing industry, 30 per cent of them from for- eign countries. The five top exhibitor countries in addition to Germany were (ranked in order) Italy, Switzerland, Austria, the USA and France. The sat- isfaction of the exhibitors is reflected
Exhibitor Thomas Visti, Vice President at Universal Robots ApS from Denmark said: “Automatica is extremely important for us as robot manufacturers. To put it succinctly, it is the right trade fair in every aspect. The general level of visitors is very high, and we are really very satisfied with the number of visitors too.”
Industry solidly supports its leading trade fair
Thilo Brodtmann, managing director of VDMA Robotics + Automation, said: “Automatica did complete justice to its role as the leading international trade fair for robotics and automation. It ignited innovation fireworks with pioneering solutions for production optimisation, energy and resource effi- ciency, future mobility and light- weight construction. Visitors do not get such a comprehensive overview anywhere else of how they can increase their competitiveness and consequently business success in the long term.”
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