Table of Content

1 Introduction 8
1.1 Industry Definition and Report Scope 8
1.2 Research Methodology 10
1.3 Executive Summary 12
2 Market Environment 15
2.1 Prospects for the World Economy in 2015–2016 15
2.2 Outlook of the World Economy to 2030 18
3 Market Overview and Qualitative Analysis 19
3.1 Market Structure 19
3.2 Market Overview 20
3.3 Major Growth Drivers 23
3.4 Market Restraints and Challenges 27
3.5 Emerging Opportunities and Market Trends 30
3.6 Porter’s Fiver Forces Analysis 33
3.7 Key M&A Trends and Strategic Partnerships 36
3.8 IPO and VCI in Global Industrial Robot Market 40
4 Segmentation of Global Market by End-user 42
4.1 Market Overview by End-user 42
4.2.1 Outlook of the Global Automotive Industry 47
4.2.2 Material Handling Robots Market in Automotive Industry 49
4.3.1 Outlook of the Global Chemical, Rubber and Plastics Market 52
4.3.2 Material Handling Robots Market in Chemical, Rubber & Plastics Industry 59
4.4.1 Outlook of the Global Electrical and Electronics Industry 63
4.4.2 Material Handling Robots Market in Electrical & Electronics Industry 66
4.5.1 Outlook of the Global Machinery Industry 69
4.5.2 Material Handling Robots Market in Machinery Industry 71
4.6.1 Outlook of the Global Metal Industry 74
4.6.2 Material Handling Robots Market in Metal Industry 77
4.7.1 Outlook of the Global Food & Beverage Industry 80
4.7.2 Material Handling Robots Market in Food & Beverage Industry 82
4.8 Material Handling Robots Market in Other Industries 85
5 Segmentation of Global Market by Application 87
5.1 Market Overview by Application 87
5.2 Pick & Place 92
5.3 Palletizing 95
5.4 Packing & Packaging 99
5.5 Other Applications 103
6 Segmentation of Global Market by Product Type 106
6.1 Market Overview by Robot Type 106
6.2 Articulated Robots 111
6.3 Cartesian Robots 115
6.4 SCARA Robots 118
6.5 Other Types of Industrial Robots 121
7 Segmentation of Global Market by Region 125
7.1 Geographic Market Overview by Region 2015-2022 125
7.2 North America Market 2014-2022 131
7.2.1 Overview of North America Market 131
7.2.2 U.S. Market 134
7.2.3 Canadian Market 138
7.3 European Market 2014-2022 139
7.3.1 Overview of European Market 139
7.3.2 Germany 143
7.3.3 Rest of European Market 146
7.4 Asia-Pacific Market 2014-2022 148
7.4.1 Overview of Asia-Pacific Market 148
7.4.2 Japan Market 151
7.4.3 China 154
7.4.4 South Korea 158
7.4.5 Rest of APAC Region 161
7.5 Latin America Market 2014-2022 162
7.5.1 Overview of Latin America Market 162
7.5.2 Mexico 165
7.5.3 Rest of Latin America 168
7.6 Rest of World Market 2014-2022 169
7.7 Relative Availability of Industrial Robots by Country 2013-2014 172
8 Manufacturing Landscape 174
8.1 Overview of Global Manufacture 174
8.2 Company Profiles 177
RELATED REPORTS AND PRODUCTS 214

List of Tables & Figures:

Table 1.  Market Trend of Global Material Handling Robots, 2015-2022 12
Table 2.  Average Annual Growth Rates of Global Real GDP, Outlook to 2030 18
Table 3.  Major M&A Deals of Industrial Robot Industry in 2015 38
Table 4.  Market Trend of Global Food & Beverage Retail Revenue, 2004-2024, $ trillion 80
Table 5.  Top Ten Industrial Robot Manufacturers in 2015 176
Figure 1.  Research Method Flow Chart 10
Figure 2.  Recent Growth Trend of World Gross Product, 2008–2016 16
Figure 3.  Market Structure of Global Material Handling Robots 19
Figure 4.  Global Material Handling Robots Market by Unit Shipment, 2014-2022, thousand units 21
Figure 5.  Global Material Handling Robots Market by Sales Revenue (hardware alone), 2014-2022, $ bn 21
Figure 6.  Global Material Handling Robots Market by Sales Revenue (hardware and software), 2014-2022, $ bn 22
Figure 7.  Global Material Handling Robots Market by End-user, 2015 and 2022, % of Unit Shipment 43
Figure 8.  Global Material Handling Robots Market by End-user, 2015 and 2022, % of Revenue from Hardware 43
Figure 9.  Global Material Handling Robots Market by End-user, 2015 and 2022, % of Revenue from Hardware and Software 44
Figure 10. Comparison of 2015-2022 Growth Rates Based on Unit Shipment by End-user 45
Figure 11. Comparison of 2015-2022 Growth Rates Based on Hardware Revenue by End-user 46
Figure 12. Comparison of 2015-2022 Growth Rates Based on System Revenue by End-user 46
Figure 13.  Global Automobile Production Trend, 2014-2022, million vehicles 48
Figure 14.  Global Material Handling Robots Shipment to Automotive Industry, 2014-2022, thousand units 50
Figure 15.  Global Material Handling Robots Sales to Automotive Industry, 2014-2022, $ bn (hardware alone) 50
Figure 16.  Global Material Handling Robots Sales to Automotive Industry, 2014-2022, $ bn (hardware and software) 51
Figure 17.  Market Trend of Global Chemicals Consumption, 2014-2022, $ trillion 52
Figure 18.  Market Trend of Global Rubber Consumption by Revenue ($ bn) and by Volume (million metric tons), 2014-2022 54
Figure 19.  Market Trend of Global Plastics Consumption by Revenue ($ bn) and by Volume (million metric tons), 2014-2022 57
Figure 20.  Global Material Handling Robots Shipment to Chemical, Rubber & Plastics Industry, 2014-2022, thousand units 61
Figure 21.  Global Material Handling Robots Sales to Chemical, Rubber & Plastics Industry, 2014-2022, $ bn (hardware alone) 61
Figure 22.  Global Material Handling Robots Sales to Chemical, Rubber & Plastics Industry, 2014-2022, $ bn (hardware and software) 62
Figure 23.  Global Material Handling Robots Shipment to Electrical & Electronics Industry, 2014-2022, thousand units 67
Figure 24.  Global Material Handling Robots Sales to Electrical & Electronics Industry, 2014-2022, $ bn (hardware alone) 67
Figure 25.  Global Material Handling Robots Sales to Electrical & Electronics Industry, 2014-2022, $ bn (hardware and software) 68
Figure 26.  Market Trend of Global Machinery Industry by Revenue, 2014-2022, $ bn 69
Figure 27.  Global Material Handling Robots Shipment to Machinery Industry, 2014-2022, thousand units 72
Figure 28.  Global Material Handling Robots Sales to Machinery Industry, 2014-2022, $ bn (hardware alone) 72
Figure 29.  Global Material Handling Robots Sales to Machinery Industry, 2014-2022, $ bn (hardware and software) 73
Figure 30.  Global Metal Industry by Output Value, 2014-2022, $ bn 74
Figure 31.  Global Material Handling Robots Shipment to Metal Industry, 2014-2022, thousand units 78
Figure 32.  Global Material Handling Robots Sales to Metal Industry, 2014-2022, $ bn (hardware alone) 78
Figure 33.  Global Material Handling Robots Sales to Metal Industry, 2014-2022, $ bn (hardware and software) 79
Figure 34.  Global Material Handling Robots Shipment to Food & Beverage Industry, 2014-2022, thousand units 83
Figure 35.  Global Material Handling Robots Sales to Food & Beverage Industry, 2014-2022, $ bn (hardware alone) 84
Figure 36.  Global Material Handling Robots Sales to Food & Beverage Industry, 2014-2022, $ bn (hardware and software) 84
Figure 37.  Global Material Handling Robots Market by Application, 2015 and 2022, % of Unit Shipment 88
Figure 38.  Global Material Handling Robots Market by Application, 2015 and 2022, % of Revenue from Hardware 88
Figure 39.  Global Material Handling Robots Market by Application, 2015 and 2022, % of Revenue from Hardware and Software 89
Figure 40. Comparison of 2015-2022 Growth Rates Based on Unit Shipment by Application 90
Figure 41. Comparison of 2015-2022 Growth Rates Based on Hardware Revenue by Application 91
Figure 42. Comparison of 2015-2022 Growth Rates Based on System Revenue by Application 91
Figure 43.  Global Pick & Place Industrial Robots Market, 2014-2022, thousand units 93
Figure 44.  Global Pick & Place Industrial Robots Market, 2014-2022, $ bn (hardware alone) 93
Figure 45.  Global Pick & Place Industrial Robots Market, 2014-2022, $ bn (hardware and software) 94
Figure 46.  Global Palletizing Industrial Robots Market, 2014-2022, thousand units 97
Figure 47.  Global Palletizing Industrial Robots Market, 2014-2022, $ bn (hardware alone) 97
Figure 48.  Global Palletizing Industrial Robots Market, 2014-2022, $ bn (hardware and software) 98
Figure 49.  Global Packing & Packaging Industrial Robots Market, 2014-2022, thousand units 101
Figure 50.  Global Packing & Packaging Industrial Robots Market, 2014-2022, $ bn (hardware alone) 101
Figure 51.  Global Packing & Packaging Industrial Robots Market, 2014-2022, $ bn (hardware and software) 102
Figure 52.  Global Market of Material Handling Robots for Other Applications, 2014-2022, thousand units 104
Figure 53.  Global Market of Material Handling Robots for Other Applications, $ bn (hardware alone) 104
Figure 54.  Global Market of Material Handling Robots for Other Applications, $ bn (hardware and software) 105
Figure 55.  Global Material Handling Robots Market by Robot Type, 2015 and 2022, % of Unit Shipment 107
Figure 56.  Global Material Handling Robots Market by Robot Type, 2015 and 2022, % of Revenue from Hardware 107
Figure 57.  Global Material Handling Robots Market by Robot Type, 2015 and 2022, % of Revenue from Hardware and Software 108
Figure 58. Comparison of 2015-2022 Growth Rates Based on Unit Shipment by Robot Type 109
Figure 59. Comparison of 2015-2022 Growth Rates Based on Hardware Revenue by Robot Type 110
Figure 60. Comparison of 2015-2022 Growth Rates Based on System Revenue by Robot Type 110
Figure 61.  Global Articulated Material Handling Robots Market by Shipment, 2014-2022, thousand units 113
Figure 62.  Global Articulated Material Handling Robots Market by Revenue (hardware alone), 2014-2022, $ bn 114
Figure 63.  Global Articulated Material Handling Robots Market by Revenue (hardware and software), 2014-2022, $ bn 114
Figure 64.  Global Cartesian Material Handling Robots Market by Shipment, 2014-2022, thousand units 116
Figure 65.  Global Cartesian Material Handling Robots Market by Revenue (hardware alone), 2014-2022, $ bn 117
Figure 66.  Global Cartesian Material Handling Robots Market by Revenue (hardware and software), 2014-2022, $ bn 117
Figure 67.  Global SCARA Material Handling Robots Market, 2014-2022, thousand units 119
Figure 68.  Global SCARA Material Handling Robots Market by Revenue (hardware alone), 2014-2022, $ bn 120
Figure 69.  Global SCARA Material Handling Robots Market by Revenue (hardware and software), 2014-2022, $ bn 120
Figure 70.  Other Types of Industrial Material Handling Robots by Shipment, 2014-2022, thousand units 123
Figure 71.  Other Types of Industrial Material Handling Robots by Revenue (hardware alone), 2014-2022, $ bn 124
Figure 72.  Other Types of Industrial Material Handling Robots by Revenue (hardware and software), 2014-2022, $ bn 124
Figure 73.  Geographic Spread of Worldwide Material Handling Robots Market, 2015 and 2022, % of Shipment 126
Figure 74.  Geographic Spread of Worldwide Material Handling Robots Market, 2015 and 2022, % of Revenue from Hardware 128
Figure 75.  Geographic Spread of Worldwide Material Handling Robots Market, 2015 and 2022, % of Revenue from Hardware and Software 128
Figure 76. Comparison of 2015-2022 Growth Rates Based on Unit Shipment by Region 129
Figure 77. Comparison of 2015-2022 Growth Rates Based on Hardware Revenue by Region 130
Figure 78. Comparison of 2015-2022 Growth Rates Based on System Revenue by Region 130
Figure 79.  North American Material Handling Robots Market by Shipment, 2014-2022, thousand units 132
Figure 80.  North American Material Handling Robots Market by Revenue, 2014-2022, $ bn (hardware alone) 132
Figure 81.  North American Material Handling Robots Market by Revenue, 2014-2022, $ bn (hardware and software) 133
Figure 82.  U.S. Industrial Material Handling Robots Market by Shipment, 2014-2022, thousand units 135
Figure 83.  U.S. Industrial Material Handling Robots Market by Revenue (hardware alone), 2014-2022, $ mn 136
Figure 84. Comparison of Robot Density in U.S. Manufacturing Industries with World Average, 2013 and 2014 137
Figure 85.  European Material Handling Robots Market by Shipment, 2014-2022, thousand units 140
Figure 86.  European Material Handling Robots Market by Revenue, 2014-2022, $ bn (hardware alone) 140
Figure 87.  European Material Handling Robots Market by Revenue, 2014-2022, $ bn (hardware and software) 141
Figure 88.  Industrial Material Handling Robots Market in Germany, 2014-2022, thousand units 144
Figure 89.  Industrial Material Handling Robots Market in Germany, 2014-2022, $ mn (hardware alone) 144
Figure 90.  Comparison of Robot Density in Manufacturing Industries of Germany with World Average, 2013 and 2014 145
Figure 91. Asia-Pacific Material Handling Robots Market by Shipment, 2014-2022, thousand units 149
Figure 92. Asia-Pacific Material Handling Robots Market by Sales Revenue, 2014-2022, $ bn (hardware alone) 149
Figure 93. Asia-Pacific Material Handling Robots Market by Sales Revenue, 2014-2022, $ bn (hardware and software) 150
Figure 94.  Japan Material Handling Robots Market by Shipment, 2014-2022, thousand units 152
Figure 95.  Japan Material Handling Robots Market by Revenue (hardware alone), 2014-2022, $ mn 152
Figure 96.  Comparison of Robot Density in Manufacturing Industries of Japan with World Average, 2013 and 2014 153
Figure 97. Material Handling Robots Market in China, 2014-2022, thousand units 156
Figure 98. Material Handling Robots Market in China, 2014-2022, $ mn (hardware alone) 156
Figure 99. Comparison of Robot Density in China Manufacturing Industries with World Average, 2013 and 2014 157
Figure 100.  Material Handling Robots Market in South Korea, 2014-2022, thousand units 159
Figure 101.  Material Handling Robots Market in South Korea, 2014-2022, $ mn (hardware alone) 159
Figure 102.  Comparison of Robot Density in Manufacturing Industries of South Korea with World Average, 2013 and 2014 160
Figure 103.  Latin America Material Handling Robots Market by Shipment, 2014-2022, thousand units 163
Figure 104.  Latin America Material Handling Robots Market by Sales Revenue, 2014-2022, $ bn (hardware alone) 163
Figure 105.  Latin America Material Handling Robots Market by Sales Revenue, 2014-2022, $ bn (hardware and software) 164
Figure 106. Material Handling Robots Market in Mexico, 2014-2022, thousand units 167
Figure 107. Material Handling Robots Market in Mexico, 2014-2022, $ mn (hardware alone) 167
Figure 108.  Material Handling Robots Market in Rest of World by Shipment, 2014-2022, thousand units 169
Figure 109.  Material Handling Robots Market in Rest of World by Revenue, 2014-2022, $ bn (hardware alone) 170
Figure 110.  Material Handling Robots Market in Rest of World by Revenue, 2014-2022, $ bn (hardware and software) 170
Figure 111.  Industrial Robot Density in Automotive Industry and Other Manufacturing Industries of Selected Countries, 2013 and 2014 172
Figure 112.  Segmentation of ABB Group's Revenue by Divisions in FY 2014, % 177
Figure 113.  Segmentation of ABB Group's Revenue by Region in FY 2014, % 179
Figure 114.  KUKA Revenue by Business Segment, 2013 and 2014, million euros 183
Figure 115.  KUKA Revenue by Region in 2014, % 184
Figure 116.  Yaskawa Revenue by Business Segment, 2013 and 2014, % 186
Figure 117.  Yaskawa Revenue by Region in 2015, % 187
Figure 118.  Toshiba Machine Revenue by Business Segment, 2015, % 192
Figure 119.  Toshiba Machine Revenue by Region in 2015, % 192