Known as the “Pearl of the Top of Manufacturing Crown”, robots are an important indicator of a country's innovation capability and industrial competitiveness, and have become an important entry point for a new round of global technology and industrial revolution. In recent years, China's industrial robot industry is in a period of rapid development. However, since September 2018, industrial robot production has ended “high growth” for many years and has experienced negative growth. This trend has continued until 2019.
In 2019, the automobile industry, which is the industry with the largest demand for industrial robots, also ushered in the first decline in sales in 28 years. The 3C industry, which had experienced a substantial increase, also experienced a sharp decline. The welding, painting, assembly and other sections have not seen any warm recovery. sign.
From the data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on the national economic operation from January to July 2019, the added value of industrial enterprises above designated size increased by 5.8% year-on-year. However, careful study of the data shows that industrial robot sales have been declining in the first half of the year. . In June, the sales volume of industrial robots was 13,680 units (sets), which was 11% lower than that of the same period of last year. The decline was magnified. The cumulative sales of industrial robots in January-June was 75,406 units, down 10.1% year-on-year.
More than half of this year, many domestic robot companies have announced the performance forecast or semi-annual report for the first half of 2019. According to the report released, most of the company's performance has increased compared with the same period of last year, but the net profit has decreased significantly. It is difficult to see that in 2019, China's robotics companies are facing more and less money to make money or even not make money.
