Welcome

to IFR Press Conference

29 September 2016
Frankfurt
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How Robots protect the EU in Global Competition

 Welcome and introduction

 World Robotics 2016 -
Results, Forecast, Trends
 Robotics & Industrie 4.0
 Get together and personal
interviews

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Speakers on the panel

Joe Gemma
IFR President
President and CEO,
KUKA Robotics Corp, USA

Bild: Reis GmbH & Co. KG Maschinenfabrik

Professor Alexander Verl
Chairman IFR Research Committee
General Head of Institute Control Engineering of
Machine Tools and Manufacturing Units
University of Stuttgart, Germany

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IFR General Secretary, Frankfurt
1.4 million industrial robots between 2016 and 2019

Worldwide annual supply of industrial robots

2001 - 2019*
2017-2019: +13%
450 per year on average

400 414
350 363
+14%
300 322
+15%
'000 of units

290
250
254
200 221

150 178
166 159
100 120 111 114 113 121

50
60
0
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016* 2017* 2018* 2019*
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*forecast Source: IFR World Robotics 2016

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2019: 2.6 million robots in operation

Worldwide estimated operational stock of industrial robots

3,000

2,589
2,500

2,000
1,824
'000 of units

1,632
1,472
1,500

1,059
1,000 923
750
605
454
500

3 66
0
1973 1983 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2014 2015 2016* 2019*
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*forecast Source: IFR World Robotics 2016

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Almost 70% in three main industries

Estimated worldwide operational stock of industrial robots

at year-end by main industries 2013 - 2015

623.1 +10%
Automotive

328.6 +18%
Electrical/electronics

160.9 +16%
Metal

150.9 +11%
Chemical and plastics
2015

51.2 13% 2014

Food
2013
91.6
others

225.3
not specified by industries

0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700

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Source: IFR World Robotics 2016

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Increasing need of robots in all industries

 Continued strong demand from

the automotive industry
 Increasing high volume order
from the electronics industry
 The General Industry is more
and more inclined to use robots
 Small and medium sized
companies will increasingly use
Source: Yaskawa
industrial robots.
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Trends fueling robot installations 2016 to 2019

 Human-robot collaboration will have a

breakthrough in this period.
 Compact and easy-to-use
collaborative robots will drive the
market in the coming years.
 Energy-efficiency and using new
materials require continued retooling
of production

Source: KUKA
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2019: 40% of the global supply will go to China

Annual supply of industrial robots to China

2010 - 2019*
2017-2019 total forecast:
180 20% on average per year

160
160
140

120 +30% 130

000' of units

100 +17% 110

80 90

60 69
57
40
37
20
23 23
15
0
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016* 2017* 2018* 2019*
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Republic of Korea: Continued increase 2016-2019

Annual supply of industrial robots to

the Rep. of Korea 2010 - 2019*
50
2016-2019 total forecast:
+5% on average per year
46
+55% 44
40 42
40
38

30
000' of units

26 25
20
24
21
19

10

0
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016* 2017* 2018* 2019*
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Japan: continued increase 2016 and 2019

Annual supply of industrial robots to

Japan 2010 - 2019*
50
2016-2019 total forecast:
+5% on average per year

40 43
+20% 41
38 39
35
30
000' of units

29 29
28
25
20 22

10

0
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016* 2017* 2018* 2019*
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Continued increase in main Western EU markets

Annual supply of industrial robots to

main Western European** markets 2010 - 2019*
50 2016-2019 total forecast:
+5% to +10%% on average per year
46
40 42
+5%
39
37
35
34
30 32
000' of units

30 30

20 23

10

0
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016* 2017* 2018* 2019*
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**Germany, Italy, Spain, France, UK Soure: IFR World Robotics 2016

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Substantial increase in main Eastern EU countries

Annual supply of industrial robots to

Central and Eastern Europe 2010 - 2019*
2017-2019 total forecast:
12 +14% on average per year
11
10
10
+25%
8 9
000' of units

+29% 8
6
6
5
4 5 5
4

2 3

0
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016* 2017* 2018* 2019*
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Continued increase in North America

Annual supply of industrial robots to North America

2010 - 2019*
units
60
2016 - 2019:
between 5% and 10% per year on
average
48

+17%

36

24

12

0
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016* 2017* 2018* 2019*
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USA Canada/Mexico Source: IFR World Robotics 2016

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High robot density in EU countries

Figure 2.9 Number of multipurpose industrial robots (all types)

per 10,000 employees in the manufacturing industry (ISIC rev.4: C) 2015

600

531

500

398
400

Average robot density world: 69

305 301
units

300

212
190 188
200 176 169 160 150
136 128 127 126 120 119 110
93 86
100 79 71

Netherlands

Slovenia
Taiwan

United Kingdom
Sweden

Slovakia
Germany

Switzerland
Singapore

Spain
USA

Belgium
Japan

Denmark

France

Czech Rep.
Italy

Australia
Finland
Republic of Korea

Austria
Canada

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United States have caught up
5 EU countries among the top ten

Number of multipurpose industrial robots (all types)

per 10,000 employees in the automotive and in all other industries 2015

1,400
1,276
1,218 1,218
1,200 1,147
Automotive

all other
1,000 940 920
883 877 859
795
800
units

600

411
400

213
200 170
126
93 75 81 61
19 22
0
Japan Rep. of USA Germany France Slovakia Spain Italy Thailand Canada
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  ZEW Study*: Automation has a positive net effect on
labour demand in Europe.

 Automation reduces production costs

 Reduced product costs reduce product prices
 Reduced product prices increase demand for products
 Increased product demand increases employment
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*Study of Mannheim Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) and the University of Utrecht, 2016
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 Example automotive industry United States 2010-2015:
 80,000 new industrial robots installed
 230,000 more employees

 Example automotive industry Germany 2010-2015:

 Operational stock increased by 3% on average per year
(+13,000 units)
 Increase of employees : +2.5% on average per year (+93,000
employees)

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