Process Automation Markets 2010

This World Report analyzes and forecasts the development of the worldwide markets for automation in the process industries up to the year 2010.

The segmentation of this Report is as follows:

1. Segmentation of Capital Expenditures and Process Automation by Process Industries:

Mining, Oil & Gas, Stones & Earths, Metal Producing Industries, Chemical Industries, Pharmaceuticals, Petroindustries, Pulp and Paper, Food and Beverages, Power Plants and Environmental Protection.

These industries are further subdivided and analyzed into nearly 130 subsectors. For example, the automation demand inside the Metal Producing Industries is subsegmented into blast furnace, direct reduction, converter, electric arc, casting, hot rolling mills for long products, hot rolling mills for sheet products, cold rolling mills, surface technology and environmental protection inside the metal industries.

2. Countries & Regions:

Western Europe: Germany, France, United Kingdom, Italy, Benelux, Scandinavia, Spain with Portugal, Rest of Western Europe

 

Eastern Europe: Russia, Other Countries of the former Soviet Union, Other Eastern European Countries including Turkey

 

North America: USA, Rest of North America

 

South America: Brazil, Rest of South America

 

Asia Pacific: Japan, Australia, China, India, Rest of Asia Pacific

 

Rest of the World

3. Automation Products:

a) Automation Hardware Control Level

HMI-Devices: I-PCs, Workstations, Client Servers, Others

Control Devices: Proprietary Controls, PLC-Based Controls, PC-Based Controls (Soft and Slot PLCs), Others

Communication Devices: Field bus, Ethernet/TCP-IP, Others

b) Automation Hardware Field Level (Instrumentation):

Actuators
Weighing Systems Process
Analyzers
Sensors and Measuring Instruments

c) Stand-alone Software and Embedded Software

d) Services Project Phase: Basic Engineering, Detail Engineering, Application Engineering, Assembly and Installation, Start-up and Commisioning

e) Services Operation Phase: Maintenance and Repair Services, Adaptation and Support Services, Training

f) Automation Services are further segmented into open market and captive market services

4. Automation Demand Segmented into Automation Demand for the Project and Operation Phases

For each process industry sector, the demand for automation products and services is broken down into the project and execution phase on the one side and the operation phase on the other side.

5. Automation Demand for Core Processes and Auxiliary Processes

Core Processes, Packaging/Filling, Storage Facilities, Utilities, Environmental Facilities

6. Distribution Channels

CEFs and General Contractors, Machinery and Package Unit Firms, Electrical Firms including System Integrators, Distributors and Resellers

7. Methodology and Size of the Report

This World Report is based on the analysis and forecast of worldwide capital expenditure figures, 180 expert interviews worldwide and the analysis of more than 3'500 basis statistics to back up the market figures: association statistics, country statistics, various analyses on sales figures, investment figures, machinery, electrical and industrial electronics statitics as well as a host of business reports.

This Report has more than 1'000 pages of in-depth market information including 654 tables and 206 figures.