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『Company Highlights』

　　In September 2018, Yaskawa Motor will launch the European *** robot factory in southern Europe. It is reported that Yaskawa Electric's sales in Europe accounted for more than 10% of the total, reaching 27.9 billion yen from April to September 2017, an increase of 18% over the same period last year. The growth rate during the same period was lower than that in China (34%), but higher than in Japan (13%). Considering the size of the European market, there is huge room for growth.

　　Recently, the reporter learned from Xinsong Company that Xinsong acquired 80% of the equity of the company established by South Korea's Xinsun (SHINSUNG) for 104 billion won (approximately RMB 640 million). Industry experts said that Xinsong Company's move marks the official opening of the "big drama" of acquisition in my country's robot industry for the first year.

　　Siemens AG has joined hands with 18 partners to establish "MindSphere World". This is a global user organization created by Siemens for its cloud-based open Internet of Things (IoT) operating system MindSphere, aiming to promote the globalization of the MindSphere ecosystem. The organization will also support member companies to develop and improve IoT solutions on the MindSphere platform and open up new markets in the digital economy.

　　On January 19, KUKA Robot Shenzhen Branch held an opening ceremony and officially "settling" in Shenzhen. In recent years, KUKA robots have been moving frequently in the market. The second phase factory started construction at the beginning of last year and is expected to be officially put into production in the second quarter of this year. In addition to planning and deployment in terms of production capacity, after the establishment of the Guangzhou branch in 2014, KUKA Robot has once again increased its investment in South China. The establishment of the Shenzhen branch is a new milestone for KUKA.

　　On January 9, French President Macron *** visited China to attend the founding meeting and the first meeting of the China-French Entrepreneurs Committee, Schneider Electric and China Machinery Industry Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "State Machinery Group") signed a memorandum of strategic cooperation. Mr. Zhao Guohua, Chairman and CEO of Schneider Electric Group, and Mr. Ren Hongbin, Chairman of China National Machinery Group, signed an agreement on behalf of both parties. The two sides will give full play to their respective advantages and continue to cooperate to develop China and overseas EPC engineering general contracting and overseas investment business.

　　Recently, Zhengzhou Coal Mine Machinery Group Co., Ltd. officially acquired Bosch's motor business, with a total transaction volume of 545 million euros, equivalent to approximately RMB 4.1 billion. Zhengmeiji's motor business acquired this time includes start-and-off motors and 48V weak hybrid technology. It is the world's largest energy-saving and environmentally friendly motor technology, which helps reduce the carbon emissions of the domestic automobile industry.

　　On the morning of January 19, Eston held the opening ceremony of the industrial robot intelligent factory in Nanjing and the opening ceremony of Emma Yi (Nanjing) in Germany. Eston has purchased 180 acres of land in Nanjing Jiangning Economic and Technological Development Zone for the construction of industrial robot intelligent factory projects. The project is expected to have a total investment of 1 billion yuan, of which the first phase is planned to invest 590 million yuan, mainly to build 12,000 square meters of intelligent robot product production workshop, 12,000 square meters of robot intelligent manufacturing production line workshop, and 8,000 square meters of pilot workshop. At present, the first phase of the project has been put into production, with the production capacity of robots and complete sets of equipment reaching 9,000 units per set.

　　According to foreign media reports, connector industry giant TE (TE) has signed a *** negotiation agreement with ABB to acquire ABB's Entrelec terminal business. The acquisition will enable TE to provide complete power, signal and data connection systems, as well as more professional connections to harsh environments. At present, the financial terms of the acquisition have not been disclosed yet.

　　On January 2, Eft Intelligent Equipment Co., Ltd. and Nantong Zhenkang Welding Mechanical and Electrical Co., Ltd. officially signed the second strategic cooperation agreement. According to the strategic cooperation agreement, Eft will purchase at least 3,000 Zhenkang RV reducers in 2018. Zhenkang will ensure priority supply of products and shortest supply cycle.

　　Honeywell recently announced its fourth quarter and full-year financial results for 2017, with annual sales of 40.5 billion. In 2018, Honeywell is expected to complete the spin-off of its home and global distribution businesses and transportation systems businesses, which will be more conducive to Honeywell's future growth and profit margin improvement. After the spin-off, each business will achieve more targeted strategic decisions and allocate capital to its respective terminal markets, thereby better creating maximum value for shareholders.

　　On January 23, Xinjie Electric released its performance report. The company achieved operating income of 484 million yuan from January to December 2017, a year-on-year increase of 37.01%, and the average operating income growth rate of the electrical equipment industry was 18.72%; the net profit attributable to shareholders of listed companies was 123 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 22.51%, and the average net profit growth rate of the electrical equipment industry was 18.84%.

　　Wednesday was a bad day for GE. On the same day, GE's fourth quarter report was released, with a loss of US$9.826 billion. Later, it was investigated by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). This is also the second time that GE has been investigated by the SEC since 2009. GE said that the SEC's investigation focuses on two key points: *** is a long-term contract revenue source for the power industry. GE's power equipment and oilfield services department is currently the most problematic department of the company. Last year, GE's financial report showed that the company's total revenue was about $122 billion, with about $15 billion of which comes from the power sector. The second is GE's disclosure last week that it needs an additional $15 billion to cover its legacy insurance business debt.

　　On January 23, an announcement released by Huichuan Technology showed that the company and its subsidiaries obtained 49 patent certificates and 7 software copyrights. The reporter found that the acquisition of patent and copyright is closely related to Huichuan Technology's continued high investment in research and development. In the eight years since its listing, the company's R&D expenses have soared from RMB 54 million in 2010 to RMB 385 million in 2016. (The data in 2017 has not yet been released) have increased by 6 times in seven years, and the proportion of R&D investment and operating income has remained at about 10%.

　　InVenten's new generation of high-performance DSV200 series servo spindle drivers are officially launched! The products are divided into six power models: 2.2kW~15kW. Suitable for CNC machine tools, boring and milling machines, vertical lathes, machining centers, and gantry beds.

『Industry Focus』

　　According to the Trends in Frontier Automation Technology in 2018, IT/OT convergence will accelerate, especially as this involves advances in industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) solutions, cybersecurity, edge computing, augmented reality (AR), artificial intelligence (AI), analytics, digital twins, and open process automation (OPA). There are five key technology trends in this article that will have a significant impact on process and discrete automation in 2018.

　　At present, it seems that the three industrial giants led by Siemens, GE and ABB have found their strategic direction in the field of digitalization. In the global market, based on the deep cultivation of professional fields, Siemens uses IT and network technology to create digital solutions for customers and continuously extends upward; GE is more inclined to build a general platform based on IT and network technology to achieve horizontal expansion; as a latecomer, ABB has formed a bottom-up strategic path to counterattack the intelligent manufacturing market.

　　In 2015, the PLC market suffered an unprecedented impact, with sales falling by more than US$8 billion; the decline in 2016 was still the same, and the PLC market continued to shrink; until 2017, PLC and related software and services finally ushered in an industry turning point. Data predicts that from 2017 to 2020, the compound annual growth rate of global revenue will reach more than 3.6%. In the next few years, the Asia-Pacific and US markets may recover quickly and show rapid growth. At the same time, the Chinese market will slowly emerge from the cold winter and join the global competition. In the Chinese market, the trend of "a hundred schools of thought contend" will become increasingly prominent.

　　Statistics released by the Japan Robot Industry Association on January 25 showed that the supply of industrial robots in 2017 (calculated based on the supply of member companies) increased significantly by 28.5% compared with 2016 to 712.6 billion yen. It has set a new record after 10 years since 2007. Exports of industrial robots to China and others increased significantly, and orders also soared by 34.1% to 759.4 billion yen, a record high. Against the backdrop of strong demand for automation, it is expected that the growth momentum of the robot market will continue in the future.

　　Looking at the world from a Chinese perspective, it seems that the scenery is unique, but this is just the tip of the iceberg. The rapid progress and frequent news of the Chinese market have misled people's understanding and understanding of the development of world manufacturing. In fact, from a global perspective, the manufacturing industry is in a huge change full of noise and restlessness. Whether it is called the Fourth Industrial Revolution or the whitewash of transformation and upgrading and great rejuvenation, under the undercurrent of this light and undercurrent without gunpowder, a brand new game rules and pattern are quietly forming, and China is also in the situation. Looking at China from a world perspective, although China's manufacturing industry is "young and promising", if it wants to reach the top of the world, it is still a long way to go.

　　In 2017, my country's industry gained a brilliant "report card": the added value of large-scale industries in the country increased by 6.6% over the previous year; new breakthroughs have been made in the industrial base-strengthening project, and the pace of digital transformation of manufacturing industry has accelerated; C919 large passenger aircraft and AG600 amphibious aircraft have successfully made its first flight; new intelligent hardware and other products emerge one after another, high-end CNC systems have broken the monopoly of foreign technology, and high-end equipment innovation has fruitful results... How should we take the next step in 2018?

　　At the end of last month, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued the "Industrial Control System Information Security Action Plan (2018-2020)", aiming to accelerate the construction of my country's industrial control system information security guarantee system, improve the information security protection capabilities of industrial control systems in industrial enterprises, and promote the development of the industrial information security industry. The action plan also proposes five main actions: First, improve the level of safety management. The second is to improve situational awareness. Third, the safety protection capability is improved. Fourth, the emergency response capabilities are improved. Fifth, the industrial development capacity is improved.

　　On January 26, the press conference on "Made in China 2025" Technical Innovation Roadmap (2017 Edition) was held in Beijing. This revision follows the top ten key areas and 23 priority development directions identified in the 2015 edition of the technology roadmap, and on the original basis, it supplements key materials and key special manufacturing equipment and other contents based on the specific situation of each development direction. It also carefully and meticulously adjusted and optimized the types, parameters, orders, goals, etc. of 9 major areas, 20 key directions, and hundreds of key products and technologies in the top ten areas of "Made in China 2025".

　　As of January 25, Wande statistics show that among the more than 30 robot industry companies, 17 have released their 2017 annual performance forecasts, and their performance is generally improving. Analysts said that the robot industry is developing rapidly overall, and the market prospects for automation applications in emerging fields such as 3C, ceramics, home appliances, and logistics are broad. Among the 17 companies mentioned above, 12 companies expect net profit to grow, 4 companies expect to continue to earn their performance, and 1 company expects to turn losses into profits.

　　With the development of China's economy, especially the release of "Made in China 2025", high-skilled talents with high education are becoming increasingly in short supply, and the new "blue-collar" has become the main target of China's global talent acquisition. According to a relevant person in charge of the Vocational Capacity Building Department of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, currently there are more than 165 million skilled workers in my country, accounting for 21.3% of the total number of employed people, but there are only 47.91 million high-skilled talents, accounting for 6.2% of the total number of employed people.

　　Looking ahead to 2018, which instrument industry segments will become the next trend and provide new impetus for industry development? Ten reference keywords: environmental monitoring, sensors, smart water meter, Internet of Things, smart electricity meter, instrument sharing, food detection, graphene, laboratory, Internet+

　　The focus of developing the real economy is on manufacturing, and the difficulties are also on manufacturing. As the foundation and important pillar of national governance, the central government has played an important role in supporting the implementation of the "Made in China 2025" strategy and promoting industrial transformation and upgrading in recent years. The central government innovates the way of fiscal funds investment, focuses on key areas and weak links of "Made in China 2025", increases financial support, and effectively promotes the accelerated development of my country's strategic, basic and pioneering industries.

　　In 2016, the global optical sensor market size reached 137 billion yuan. In recent years, driven by downstream application markets such as smart cities, Internet of Things, smart mobile terminals, smart manufacturing, robots, smart grids, petroleum and petrochemicals, and new energy, China's optical sensor market has grown rapidly, becoming the main force driving the growth of the global optical sensor market. In 2016, the market size of China's optical sensors reached 77.8 billion yuan, accounting for about 57% of the global market size. It is estimated that by 2022, the global optical sensor market size will grow to 183.6 billion yuan.