The automated material handling equipment industry is expected to grow due to increase in industrial automation in safe transportation of materials. The development of new automated guided vehicle offering reduced operating costs, battery free option, high return on investment, and safety features are expected to have substantial impact on the market growth.
A new report published by Allied Market Research, titled, Automated Material Handling (AMH) Equipment Market: Global Opportunity Analysis and Industry Forecast, 2014 – 2022, projects that the global automated material handling equipment market size is expected to reach $39,060 million by 2022. Robotic systems dominated the global market in 2015, and is expected to maintain this trend from 2016 to 2022. Europe is expected to dominate the market throughout the forecast period due to increase in demand for automated technologies in manufacturing industries.Automated material handling equipment (for example robotics systems) witnessed a higher demand owing to increased need for automation in industries, such as e-commerce, automotive and food & beverages due to reduced operational costs, improved supply chain process, and reduced labor costs. Moreover, technological advancements such as the introduction of vision guided navigation technology, which allows the vehicle to follow the route without any human intervention, has further strengthened the market growth for automated transport equipment. In addition, the demand for energy efficient and eco-friendly robotics systems are expected to increase the demand for automated material handling equipment. However, high initial installation costs of such systems could hamper their market growth.
Major types of automated material handling equipment sought by the customer industries include automated guided vehicles, automated storage & retrieval systems, automated crane, robotics systems, and automated conveyor & sortation systems. Robotics systems constitute the highest market share of 30.7% in 2015 owing to high accuracy, superior efficiency, and reduction in product damage offered by pick and place robot systems. Automated conveyor systems accounted for one fifth of the market share in 2015, and is likely to reach $7,596 million by 2022 at a CAGR of 6.5%.
