A well-renowned player
There are some ten players on the
Nordic automation market:
- Siemens of Germany, with some 30 per cent of the market.
- ABB Automation’s estimated market
share is 20 per cent.
- Beijer Electronics is the third
largest with an estimated market share of fully 15 per cent.
- Other competitors are Rockwell of
the US, Schneider Electric of France and
Omron
of Japan.
Beijer
Electronics considers that it advanced its positioning in the
year.
Fragmented market for HMI
Products
The HMI
sector is relatively fragmented with many players in Europe and the US.
The market is dominated by a cluster of major global corporations like
Siemens of Germany, Schneider
Electric/Proface of France and Rockwell of the US. Regional competitors in
Europe like Omron of Japan, Italy’s Exor and
ESA, and
Pilz of Germany are additional. US competitors include
GE Fanuc, Eaton Electrical and
Horner
.
HMI Products is the fifth or sixth largest
supplier in Europe and the US, with a market share of some 4 per cent. The group
has 15-20 per cent of the Chinese and Taiwanese market through Hitech
Electronics.
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