MATELAN Research - ISRA VISION AG
MATELAN Research - ISRA VISION AG
MATELAN Research - ISRA VISION AG
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<strong>ISRA</strong> <strong>VISION</strong> In-Depth Report<br />
2012 should still see<br />
solid growth, despite<br />
weaker situation in some<br />
countries<br />
European machine<br />
vision market increased<br />
by 34.8% in 2010<br />
Germany most<br />
important market<br />
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in 2010. Italy remains weak, mainly as a result of sluggish private and public<br />
consumption. In Spain, the restrictive fiscal policy along with the lasting crisis<br />
in the real estate and banking sectors weigh on the recovery. The UK is also<br />
losing ground, in particular because of fiscal measures such as the VAT<br />
increase in order to reduce the national budget deficit. The US has recovered<br />
by 2.7% in 2010 on the back of a number of governmental stimulus packages.<br />
Due the current debt crisis, the country is expected to show weaker rates in<br />
2011 and 2012. With a 4% GDP growth, Japan has seen a strong recovery in<br />
2010, the current year will, however, be burdened by the tragic events in<br />
Fukushima.<br />
For 2012, a variety of indicators point at a major slowdown in economic<br />
growth and equity markets have already reacted quite heavily on such<br />
prospects. In fact, economic forecasts for a number of countries have been<br />
lowered. Still, India and China should not fall materially short of 2011, Italy<br />
and the UK should finally see some acceleration and the US is not going<br />
down further from the 2011 level. Against this background, we should still<br />
see solid single-digit global GDP growth, which is even ahead of the 2008<br />
level. Within Europe, Germany is expected to defend its leading role.<br />
Sales distribution and growth rates by region<br />
400<br />
350<br />
300<br />
250<br />
200<br />
150<br />
100<br />
50<br />
0<br />
Germany<br />
France<br />
Italy<br />
UK & Ireland<br />
Other Europe<br />
2009 2010 Growth (r.s.)<br />
Source: EMVA, sales of surveyed companies in EURm<br />
Americas<br />
160%<br />
140%<br />
120%<br />
100%<br />
80%<br />
60%<br />
40%<br />
20%<br />
0%<br />
Based on the sound economic recovery the European machine vision market<br />
has recovered much faster from the crisis in 2009 than most of the<br />
companies had anticipated. While the industry expected at the beginning of<br />
2010 to raise sales by 10%, a level of 35% was finally achieved, according to a<br />
survey of 225 European machine vision companies undertaken by the<br />
EMVA. It should be highlighted that roughly half of the companies included<br />
in that report are based in Germany and that these companies account for<br />
61% of the reported sales. Germany is thus playing an exceptional role in that<br />
survey.<br />
Looking at the results of the EMVA survey shows that not only 61% of the<br />
sales of European machine vision companies were generated by machine<br />
vision companies located in Germany, 32% of sales are also generated from<br />
German customers. Germany is thus the largest market for European<br />
machine vision companies. With a share of 8% the Italian market has<br />
replaced France as the second most important European machine vision<br />
market. In total, 72% of sales of the European companies are generated<br />
within Europe. Just over 13% go to each, the Americas and Asia.<br />
China<br />
Japan<br />
South Korea<br />
Other Asia<br />
Other World