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2021: Industrial Computer Market Estimated at $4.6 Billion
In 2021, sales of industrial computers worldwide amounted to $6.1 billion, calculated in the research company MarketsandMarkets. The data were released in December 2021.
Analysts did not give a comparison with 2020, but reported that the market is growing, which will continue in subsequent years. So, according to experts, the volume of industrial PC sales will increase by an average of 5.8% annually and will reach $6.1 billion by 2026.
MarketsandMarkets experts listed several main drivers of market recovery:
- growing demand for industrial Internet of Things;
- the continued shift to digital production technologies;
- strict compliance with industry regulations;
- Increasing awareness among production enterprises of the need to optimize their resources.
Among the largest manufacturers of industrial PCs, analysts included the following companies (the study does not specify on what basis this list was formed):
- Advantech (Taiwan);
- Beckhoff Automation (Germany);
- Siemens (Germany);
- IEI Integration Corporation (Taiwan);
- Kontron S&T (Germany);
- Nexcom International (Taiwan);
- B&R Automation (Austria);
- Avalue Technology (Taiwan);
- DFI (Taiwan);
- American Portwell Technology ( США ).
According to the study, panel devices are the most popular products in the industrial PC market. They combine the system unit and the monitor. It is used in various branches of automation: housing and communal services, smart home, in medicine, monitoring and control systems for thermal and electric power facilities, banking, trade, transport, and public catering.
The report notes that commercial PC technologies are constantly improving, and doing so quickly enough. At the same time, many technological improvements, for example, in the field of removable memory and reducing energy consumption, are in high demand in industrial automation applications. If developers produce their own non-standard industrial computer, they are faced with the difficult task of constantly updating equipment in order to introduce new modern technologies. On the other hand, manufacturers of commercially available industrial computers have excellent opportunities to quickly implement the best commercial PC technologies in order to improve their products.
The largest growth in industrial computer sales is expected in the Asia-Pacific region. This will be facilitated by rapid industrialization, increased investment in energy infrastructure and favourable public policies that encourage foreign players to enter the Asia-Pacific market.
In addition, companies producing high-tech medical equipment are actively seeking to expand their geography due to the growing demand for medical services, increased interest in health and increased investment in research and development. This is also likely to contribute to the growth of the industrial PC market in the Asia-Pacific region in the coming years, the researchers said.
North America remained the largest market for industrial computers in 2021 due to the high demand for this equipment in the aerospace, defense and automotive industries. It is noted that several major players are increasing their investments in the industrial PC market in North America, thereby contributing to the growth of this sector in this region.[1]
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