IFR statistics
USA outperforms China
In the USA, sales of industrial robots have reached a new high of around 38,000 units. At 200 robots per 10,000 employees, the robot density in the US manufacturing industry is currently more than twice as high as in China (97 units) and ranks seventh worldwide.
The International Federation of Robotics (IFR) has published these results. The most important driver for robot installations in the USA is the continuing trend towards automation in domestic and international production. The general industrial sector, in particular the food and beverage industry (up 64 percent) and the plastics and chemical products industry (up 30 percent), recorded the greatest growth. Broken down by market share, the automotive industry is the most important customer for industrial robots. The automotive market in the USA is the second largest automotive market in the world after China. The electrical/electronics industry was the second most important customer for industrial robots in 2018 with an 18% share of the overall market. In the course of new developments, several production facilities for lithium-ion batteries, chips and sensors have been established in recent years. More will be built in the coming years. as
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