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Burgeoning Freight and Logistics Demands to Fuel Recovery of China’s Commercial Truck Industry

Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

million units in 2021 to 2.4 in 2020 to 28.2% Key drivers in this revival will be burgeoning transport and logistics needs, particularly for eCommerce retail deliveries, the need for periodic truck replacements to align with stricter new emissions standards, and government impetus in the form of subsidies and incentives.

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Machine vision, automation streamline logistics and warehousing operations

Control Engineering

Autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) and automated guided vehicles (AGVs) used machine vision and sensing technologies to move around freely and a key part around automation when it comes to logistics. Worldwide, 131 billion parcels were shipped in 2020, according to the 2021 Pitney Bowes Parcel Shipping Index.

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Through the looking glass: six predictions for retailers and supply chains in 2021

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

2020 has been a tough year for all businesses, but the retail sector has taken an especially hard hit. With a vaccine expected imminently, 2021 brings fresh hope for the embattled retail industry, but the continued rise of ecommerce means that many of the challenges faced this year will likely be here to stay in the longer-term.

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Cross-border demand for luxury purchases driving post-Covid recovery as global D2C demand increases by 50% in 2021

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

Luxury goods were the fastest growing cross-border ecommerce category in the first half of 2021, increasing by 50% compared to the end of 2020.

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New Leuze plant in Malaysia begins operation

Design World

Based on 2020, sales of the Leuze electronic group should double again by 2025. Construction of the new building, which involved many local partners, began in January 2021. The production and warehouse logistics facilities covering an area of 4,500 square meters make up the bulk of the new plant.

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Interact Analysis predicts strong global cobot market growth

Robotics Business Review

As recently as 2021, global tech market advisory firm ABI Research also predicted that the cobot market would grow substantially over the coming decade. Orders from the semiconductor and logistics industries are expected to bounce back in 2024, but high interest rates could weaken overall order intake this year.

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Global industrial robot market set for ‘steady’ 5-7 percent growth, predicts new forecast

Automation Mag

In the long term, demand from new EV manufacturing lines and from service sectors such as intra-logistics will further fuel the market. Following a slow 2020 due to the pandemic, the industrial robot market witnessed substantial growth in 2021. It had a year-on-year increase of 34.9 percent.

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