March 27, 2023 - The German robotics and automation industry expects its turnover to grow by 9% reaching 15.7 billion euros in 2023. "Demand for robotics and automation remains high, and the transformation of many customer industries requires innovative automation solutions," said Frank Konrad (pictured above), chairman of the VDMA Robotics + Automation Association and CEO of Hahn Automation GmbH in Rheinböllen, Germany. 
The easing in supply chain disruptions is now putting the industry in a position to successively work off the enormously high order backlog. We expect an additional boost for our business from the leading international trade show automatica, which will be held in Munich from June 27-30, 2023.
Therefore, we firmly expect to significantly exceed our previous sales record of 2018 and thus finally leave the pandemic behind us."
Leading trade fair automatica with extensive supporting program
automatica, the Leading Trade Fair for Smart Automation and Robotics, will present all innovations and trends in industrial automation in six exhibition halls during the last week of June. "Its complete range of products and services and its extensive supporting program ensure automatica's undisputed thematic leadership. As the trade show’s conceptual sponsor, we are looking forward to a dazzling array of innovations and highlights: the 'Mobile Robots in Production' showcase, the Service Robot City, and a decentralized Umati demonstrator with connected machines. In addition, the visitor will experience the Test Zone, Start-Up Arena, Machine Vision Expert Huddles, the munich_i Hightech Summit with its special showcase 'AI Society' as well as the popular automatica presentation forum.
This makes automatica a not-to-be-missed event," said Patrick Schwarzkopf, managing director of VDMA Robotics + Automation. 
About VDMA
The VDMA represents more than 3,500 German and European mechanical and plant engineering companies. The industry stands for innovation, export orientation and SMEs. The companies employ around 3 million people in the EU-27, more than 1.2 million of them in Germany alone. This makes mechanical and plant engineering the largest employer among the capital goods industries, both in the EU-27 and in Germany.
In the European Union, it represents a turnover volume of an estimated 770 billion euros. Around 80% of the machinery sold in the EU comes from a manufacturing plant in the domestic market.
About The VDMA Robotics + Automation Association
The VDMA Robotics + Automation Association (VDMA R+A) is a trade association within the umbrella of the VDMA with more than 370 member companies: Suppliers of components and systems from the fields of robotics, integrated assembly solutions and machine vision. The aim of this industry-driven platform is to support robotics and automation through a wide range of activities and services. Key activities include statistical analysis and market surveys, marketing activities, standards development, public relations, trend studies, trade fair policy as well as networking events and conferences.
