Industrial PC market faces competition from ARM-based products (13/01/2012)

Recently released IMS Research statistics show that the world market for industrial PCs (IPCs) was estimated to be worth $2.07 billion in 2010, up from $1.7 billion in 2009. Growth forecasts put world IPC revenues at $3.5 billion, or over 3 million...

Asia Pacific to become largest DCS market by 2014 (03/01/2012)

IMS Research predicts that Asia Pacific will overtake EMEA in 2014 to become the largest market for distributed control systems (DCS). Revenues from the regional market will reach around $7.3 billion in 2015, 37% of the global total. Until 2009,...

Oil & gas industry powers sales for MV motor drives (16/11/2011)

Medium voltage (MV) drives sales into the oil & gas industry will outpace the market in 2011 due primarily to the high oil prices in 2010 and early 2011, increasing investment for production capacity expansion, according to a new study from IMS...

Bright future predicted for Coriolis flowmeter technology (05/10/2011)

IMS Research forecasts coriolis flowmeters to overtake differential pressure flowmeters as the largest flowmeter market by 2014, replacing magnetic flowmeters as the second largest market by 2012. Manufacturers of coriolis flowmeters strive to find...

Machine vision revenues show signs of slowing, says IMS (02/08/2011)

The growth in machine vision revenues shows signs of slowing, according to John Morse, a senior analyst at IMS Research. He says that this was not entirely unexpected following the dramatic recovery from recession during 2010. Quoting from IMS...

MV soft starter market set for double-digit growth this year, says IMS (05/07/2011)

The worldwide market for medium voltage soft starters was worth an estimated $170 million in 2010, with more than 5,000 units shipped during the year. Sales of these products contracted significantly in 2009 as a result of the global economic...

Harmonic standards will stimulate growth for related equipment in Asia (14/06/2011)

Demand for harmonics mitigation equipment in the Asia Pacific region is poised to grow by 17.8% in 2011, according to a new report, The World Market for Regenerative Drives & Low Harmonic Solutions from IMS Research. China, in particular, will grow...

Packaging machine builders favour 'integrated' motors says IMS (17/05/2011)

Integrated motors sales into the packaging industry are forecasted to continue growing after a 48.8% growth in 2010, according to a new study, The World Market for Integrated Motors, from IMS Research. The majority of integrated motors are...

Industrial Ethernet set to increase strongly in China’s booming sectors says IMS (04/05/2011)

The market for Ethernet infrastructure components in Chinese industry is set to grow strongly, but the opportunity will vary with the strength of the vertical sector. According to a new report from IMS Research, nearly $120 million worth of...

IMS expects LV ac motor revenues to double by 2014 (03/02/2011)

By 2014, IMS Research forecasts that the market for low voltage integral horsepower ac motors will more than double in revenues to $19.4 billion compared with 2009, when the global market was estimated to have contracted by over 20%. Unit shipments...

IMS Research expects LV ac motor revenues to double by 2014 (19/01/2011)

By 2014, IMS Research forecasts that the market for low voltage integral horsepower ac motors will more than double in revenues to $19.4 billion compared with 2009, when the global market was estimated to have contracted by over 20%. Unit shipments...

IMS reports on Chinese motion controls market (13/01/2011)

According to IMS Research, because of high demand for motion control products for machinery, the Chinese general motion controls market is forecast grow to US$1,065 million by 2014, and the CNC motion controls market to US$1,239 million. Research...

Machinery production growth fuels recovery of motion controls market (30/09/2010)

According to the latest statistics from IMS Research, the worldwide market for motion controls is predicted to begin a recovery in 2010, with revenues increasing 15.1 per cent over 2009 levels to reach USD10.5bn. Data reported...