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RISE OF THE ROBOTS
Market Opportunities in theGerman Robotics Industry
Peggy Görlitz
Senior Manager Automation Technology & Robotics
www.gtai.deGERMANY IS THE
5TH LARGEST ROBOTICS MARKET
WORLDWIDE WITH

22,302

NEW ROBOT INSTALLATIONS IN
2020
Source: IFR World Robotics Report 2021
Picture: © GettyImages© GTAI 2

WITH THE HIGHEST
ROBOT DENSITY,GERMANY IS EUROPE’SROBOTICS & AUTOMATION HUB:

371

ROBOTS / 10,000 EMPLOYEES
Source: IFR World Robotics Report 2021
Picture: © GettyImages© GTAI 3

Robot density in the manufacturing industry- TOP 10 worldwide
Robots installed per 10,000 employees, 2020
932

Worldwide Average: 126

246

246

248

255

605
275

2018
Source: IFR World Robotics Report 2021

Japan # 3 , Germany # 4289

2019371

2020

390

Application in the
Automotive industry –higher density

Japan: 1,269
Germany: 1,395© GTAI 4

All major robotics application industries arein Germany.
Annual turnover of industry sector in Germany (in € bn.)
439

198

185

192

Chemicals

Foods

Electronics*
2018*without information technology
Source: Statista 2021

2019

229

Machinery

Automotive

Automotive industry:largest manufacturingsector and robotics
customer in Germany.
Robot density 1,395
robots/10,000employees

2020© GTAI 5

German Robotics Hubs
Robotics
clusters & networks
are mainly locatedin manufacturing
regions
witha higher densityof relatedindustry & research© GTAI 6
Source: webpages of the clustersJapanese FDI Projects
North Rhine-Westphalia ranks first in terms of Japanese FDI projects, followed by Bavaria andHessen.
Number of Japanese Projects in Germany(2015-2020)

Number of Japanese Projects in Germany by Federal State(2015-2020)
North Rhine-Westphalia

625862564947

124

Bavaria

57

Hessen50Baden-Württemberg

46

Berlin

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

25

Saxony7

Niedersachsen

6Hamburg

6

Thuringia

5

Brandenburg

2Bremen1

Saxony-Anhalt

1

Not Specified

4© GTAI 7
Source: fDi Markets 2021

Source: fDi Markets 2021

Japanese FDI Projects
Industrial Machinery & Equipment was the main investment sector between 2015 and 2020.
Japanese Projects in Germany (2015-2020)

Japanese Projects in Germany (2015-2020)

By Sector

By Business Activity

OtherSectors
16%

Ind.
Machinery &Eq.
24%

Business &Financial
Services
6%

Other
16%

BusinessServices
8%

Healthcare,
Pharma,Biotech.
7%

ICT &Software
16%

Headquarters9%

Automobile
7%

Electronics &Semicond.
9%
Source: fDi Markets 2021

Manufact. +R&D
19%

Chemicals,Plastics,Paper
15%

Sales,
Marketing &Support
48%© GTAI 8
Source: fDi Markets 2021

Japanese FDI projects in Germanyin the Robotics & Automation (R&A) industry#1#2

Germany #1 Location in Europefor Japanese Machinery FDI

Germany #2 Location in the World forJapanese Machinery FDI (USA #1, India #3)

Japan #3 of worldwide Machinery
FDI in Germany (Switzerland #1, USA #2)

79

25 %

40 %

Machinery FDI projects fromJapan 2015-2020

Japanese R&A projects share(of all Japanese Machinery FDI)#3

Of all Japanese FDI in Germany arein the Machinery and ICT sector

Source: fDi Markets 2021, GTAI FDI Competence Center 09/2021; data basis FDI projects in the period 2015-2020© GTAI 9

Small and medium-sized companies are thebackbone of Germanys economy

99%
of all German companies belong
to the renowned Mittelstand© GTAI 10

Industrie 4.0
support for SMEs
Among the manifold support measuresacross Germany are:
26 Competence Center for SMEs
advising companies with expert
knowledge to make their way along
the path to digitalizationDemonstration Centers

Test CentersNetworks and events© GTAI 11

Source: www.mittelstand-digital.de, 2021

1,680JAPANESE COMPANIESIN GERMANY

165,700 JOBS

MORE THAN 12 %EMPLOYMENT IN THE
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Source: Markus Database 2021
Picture: © GettyImages© GTAI 12

Testimonial
Japanese companies have been investing in Germany for decades
and have the longest history of Asian investment in Germany.
German company
established in 1982.
Continuous
investment by theJapanese DAIHEN
corporation at their 4
German locations.

Manufacturer ofwelding robots;
supplies completeturnkey system solutions
for industrial production
to their German andEuropean customers.

Developed andexpanded their productand service range
with the requirementsof automation inproduction
Industrie 4.0© GTAI 13

Source: OTC DAIHEN EUROPE 2021

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE ROBOTSENJOYED ROBUST GROWTH

41 % GLOBALLY
TOP 5 APPLICATIONS:TRANSPORTATION & LOGISTICS,PROFESSIONAL CLEANING, MEDICAL ROBOTICS,HOSPITALITY, AND AGRICULTURE
Source: IFR World Robotics Report 2021
Picture: © GettyImages© GTAI 14

Your contact to Germany Trade & Invest:
GTAI Tokyo

GTAI Berlin
Peggy Görlitz

Hiroshi Iwamura

Director Investor Consulting Tokyo
Hiroshi.Iwamura@gtai.com

Senior Manager Investor Consulting
Automation Technology & Robotics
Peggy.Goerlitz@gtai.com© GTAI 15

Thank you very much for your interest:

Peggy.Goerlitz@gtai.com
More information:

www.gtai.com© GTAI 16