Industrial Automation and Machinery

Building efficient factories through industrial automation and machinery for flexible autonomous production systems

Global Market Size: USD 450.8 Bn (2033)

Industrial production is becoming more automated, software-defined, and data-driven. Factories installed approximately 542,000 industrial robots worldwide in 2024, more than twice…

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Industrial Automation and Machinery
USD 450.8 BnGLOBAL MARKET SIZE (2033)
850+INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION AND MACHINERY REPORTS TRACKED
200+PRIMARY INTERVIEWS / QUARTER
85–92%FORECAST ACCURACY

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Our Advantage

Why CMI for Industrial Automation and Machinery

01

Equipment-Level Demand Intelligence

We interview 200+ plant, engineering, procurement, operational, and commercial leaders per quarter across leading automation vendors, machinery manufacturers, system integrators, and industrial end users. Our forecasts are developed using equipment shipments, installed bases, production capacity, replacement cycles, utilization rates, automation intensity, and confirmed capital-expenditure programs.

02

Standards, Safety, and Cybersecurity Coverage

Our research evaluates the EU Machinery Regulation, OSHA machine-guarding requirements, ISO machinery-safety frameworks, ISA-95 integration models, ISA/IEC 62443 cybersecurity requirements, and industry-specific compliance standards. This helps clients anticipate equipment-certification, worker-safety, interoperability, cybersecurity, and market-access risks.

03

Lifecycle Economics and Automation ROI

We benchmark equipment productivity, cycle time, downtime, changeover requirements, energy consumption, maintenance costs, labor requirements, software expenditure, and total cost of ownership. This helps clients distinguish technically advanced machinery from solutions capable of delivering measurable productivity, reliability, flexibility, and return on investment.

Inside CMI’s Industrial Automation and Machinery Research Engine

Industry Briefing

Inside CMI’s Industrial Automation and Machinery Research Engine

An 8-minute walkthrough of how we track automation platforms, machinery shipments, installed equipment, factory investments, robotics adoption, digital technologies, industrial standards, safety regulations, and competitive developments across industrial automation and machinery subsegments.

Industry Overview

Market Landscape

Industrial production is becoming more automated, software-defined, and data-driven. Factories installed approximately 542,000 industrial robots worldwide in 2024, more than twice the number recorded ten years earlier. Global installations were forecast to reach approximately 575,000 units in 2025, reflecting continued demand for productivity, quality consistency, and greater manufacturing flexibility.

Factories are also moving from individual automation projects toward connected production systems covering design, planning, equipment control, quality, maintenance, and supply-chain operations. The cutting edge manufacturing facilities are demonstrating how AI, digital twins, machine learning, and configuration automation can improve inventory management, lead times, product customization, and operational responsiveness.

Our industrial automation and machinery practice tracks control systems, industrial robots, production machinery, drives, motors, sensors, machine vision, software platforms, industrial networks, digital twins, safety systems, system integrators, equipment investments, and competitive strategies. Clients use this intelligence to size addressable markets, evaluate technology adoption, benchmark suppliers, prioritize applications, plan product launches, and identify market-entry opportunities.

Industry Trends

  • Industrial AI moving into engineering, scheduling, maintenance, quality control, and production execution
  • Software defined automation making control functions more flexible, scalable, and hardware-independent
  • Digital twins reducing commissioning risk via virtual design, simulation, testing, and optimization
  • Collaborative robots and simpler programming expanding automation amongst the smaller manufacturers
  • Machine vision and sensor fusion improving the inspection, positioning, traceability, and robotic performance
  • Predictive maintenance shifting machinery service models toward uptime and lifecycle outcomes
  • Cybersecurity, functional safety, interoperability, and machinery compliance becoming central purchasing requirements

Trusted By

Our Clients in Industrial Automation and Machinery

Doosan Group
Emerson Electric Co.
Delta Electronics
Caterpillar Inc.
Schneider Electric
Triveni Engineering & Industries Ltd.

Leadership

Industry Experts

Raj Shah

Raj Shah

CEO & Founder · Coherent Market Insights

Pune, Maharashtra, India

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