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June 2014


AUTOMATICA 2014 Final Report: Record Participation



  • 34,500 visitors from more than 100 countries
  • 731 exhibitors from 42 countries
  • Great success for the service robotics sector: 139 organisations active in service robotics, which included more than 60 service robotics companies with B2B relation
  • Next AUTOMATICA:  June 21 - 24, 2016, in Munich


With 10% more visitors and 7% more exhibitors AUTOMATICA 2014 draws very positive conclusions.  Trade Fair Deputy CEO Dr. Reinhard Pfeiffer stated "The growth rates and the high degree of satisfaction among exhibitors and visitors prove that AUTOMATICA has expanded its leading role."  Patrick Schwarzkopf, VDMA Robotics + Automation Managing Director and EUnited Robotics Director, added: "AUTOMATICA provides a decisive contribution to a change in production as an innovation platform. Trade show visitors from the whole world learn what the future looks like at AUTOMATICA."

Robotics and automation are becoming increasing important globally
A total of 32% of the visitors came from foreign countries, an increase of more than 15%. Hans-Dieter Baumtrog, Chairman of the Board of VDMA Robotics + Automation, explained "The motto of AUTOMATICA – "Optimize Your Production" – is experiencing a boom throughout the whole world. It concerns the quality, safety and sustainability of products. Integrated assembly solutions, robotics and machine vision are the key to success in this context! The increasing internationalization of AUTOMATICA is a clear indication of this development."

SPARC: 2.8 billion euros for European robotics
The role of the industry is becoming very clear on a European level. Neelie Kroes, Vice President of the European Commission, announced the world's largest civilian robotics program SPARC at AUTOMATICA 2014. With a total volume of 2.8 billion euros, Europe's leading position is to be expanded and consequently more than 240,000 jobs created. Ms. Kroes emphasized: "AUTOMATICA is a perfect opportunity to showcase the latest European robotics technology."

Man and machine will work hand in hand in the future
Robotics and automation are reaching a new dimension with human-machine cooperation. Robots are handling work that is tough, tedious, and hazardous to health. This makes workplaces more productive, flexible and ergonomic. AUTOMATICA also showed the enormous potential for small- and medium-sized firms in numerous examples.

Professional service robotics – a fantastic start
Marketable service robotics created a lot of interest. Overall 139 organisations active in service robotics which included more than 60 companies that specialized in service robotics with B2B relation, exhibited the outstanding possibilities of intelligent service robots and components from the areas of medicine and nursing, inspection and maintenance as well as logistics. The Berlin-based company Argo Medical Technologies won the first Service Robotics Masters Start-up Award with its exoskeleton suit, which provides paraplegics with the possibility to walk again.

The fourth industrial revolution on the rise
The fourth industrial revolution has no longer been just a vision for quite some time. Trade fair visitors obtained information about the concrete effects of Industry 4.0 on production in live demonstrations and during talks given by experts. Stefan Kapferer, Permanent State Secretary at the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, stated "The realization of Industry 4.0 will determine our future, because we can only succeed in establishing a networked, resource-efficient and highly flexible form of doing business in this way".


Excellent mood among visitors and exhibitors

The range of offers at the trade fair ensured full halls and created an energetic and positive mood among exhibitors and visitors. The independent market research institute tns infratest determined that 97% of the surveyed visitors found the completeness of the offer good to excellent, and 95% praised the good presence of market leaders. The feedback from exhibitors was correspondingly positive. The mood at the trade fair was good to excellent for 95% of the surveyed companies.


Join us at the next AUTOMATICA, June 21-24, 2016, in Munich.




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