The Quest Trend Report shows that the driving force behind this development was car production in China. In the decisive years from the end of 2007 to the end of 2010, China’s market share shot up from 12% to 24% – doubling within just three years.

China’s position in world car production is clearly illustrated by the Quest Trend Report for the eleven-year period from 2007 to 2018. During this period, global automobile production grew by a total of 30%, i.e. by 2.4% per year. Excluding China, it shrinks to a total of only 5%, stagnating at 0.4% per year.

The Quest Trend Report about world automobile production from 2007 to 2018 is available on https://www.quest-trendmagazine.com/en/automobile-industry/china/market-share-of-china-at-global-automobile-production.html

The facts of the Quest Trend Report prove that the aggressive policy of the Trump government "America first" takes place from a position of weakness, representing a flight forward.

This Quest Trend Report is a module of the comprehensive trend analyses of the worldwide automotive industry in the Quest Trend Magazine. The trend analyses include the internationalization of production sites, the world regions of car production, the share of car production in China at world car production, the market shares of the world market leaders and the market leaders in China. These trend analyses in the Quest Trend Magazine make planning and market development for one of the most important sales markets in automation technology easier for the suppliers of automation technology. An overview of the trend analyses can be found on http://www.quest-trendmagazine.com/en/automobile-industry.html

The trend in automobile production in Germany surpassed its pre-crisis level in 2011, fell again in 2013 and established a slight growth trend only from 2014 on. The annual growth rate of production until May 2019 is 0.8% per year.

In mid-2018, the trend growth in production reached its peak with 107.1 index points and at the same time marked a change in trend. Since mid-2018, the production trend has been pointing southwards reaching 100.5 index points in May 2019.

A similar development can be seen in the turnover of German automobile production. Here, too, there happened a change in trend from sales growth to decline in mid-2018.

The new Quest economic report on production and sales in the German automotive industry is available on https://www.quest-trendmagazine.com/en/automobile-industry/germany/german-automobile-production.html

The trend changes in the German automotive industry are in line with the development of the world automobile production, covered by a Quest Trend Report. This has been declining since the beginning of 2018.

The Quest Trend Report on world automobile production from 2007 to 2018 is available on https://www.quest-trendmagazine.com/en/automobile-industry/china/market-share-of-china-at-global-automobile-production.html?limit=all

These reports are a module of the comprehensive trend analyses of the worldwide automotive industry in the Quest Trend Magazine. The trend analyses include the internationalization of production sites, the world regions of car production, the share of car production in China at world car production, the market shares of the world market leaders and the market leaders in China. These trend analyses in the Quest Trend Magazine make planning and market development for one of the most important sales markets in automation technology easier for the suppliers of automation technology. An overview of the trend analyses can be found on http://www.quest-trendmagazine.com/en/automobile-industry.html

Only at the end of 2015 the trend growth in industrial production exceeded the pre-crisis level of 2008 (99.8 index points) for the first time with 100 index points. Since the beginning of 2016, a sustained growth trend has emerged at 1.5% per year in May 2019. At the end of last year, the growth trend still stood a 2% p.a.

The new Quest Economic Report puts forward the thesis that industrial production is likely to stagnate in the current year.

The report cites the situation of the global economy, which is characterized by a mixture of growth, stagnation and decline. This is a fragile situation and the report notes that the factors for maintaining it are weakening. Keywords relating to these factors are: Continuation of the galloping national debt increases risks; weakening growth rates in China; aggressive US policy under Trump and the emergence of a new bipolar power structure in the world that restricts the world economy.

The new Quest Economic Report concludes from the trend in industrial production that the 2018 growth trend has been exhausted. Industrial production in 2018 could no longer surpass the highs of previous years, at the same time production lows were weaker – production development is flattening out and turning into stagnation.

It remains to be seen how long the stagnation will last. It is more likely that stagnation will result in a crisis than the emergence of a new growth trend.

The new economic report on industrial production in Germany is available on https://www.quest-trendmagazine.com/en/global-economy/industrialized-countries/germany.html

In regard to the global economy the Quest Trend Magazine offers an analysis of the most important export markets on https://www.quest-trendmagazine.com/en/global-economy/outlook.html

Since 2014, however, export markets have shifted back to the pre-crisis level, a shift that was completed in 2017.

In 2015, machinery exports to the USA again surpassed those to China, which fell continuously and in 2016 reached their lowest level to date at 8.6%.

In the first quarter of 2019, exports of machinery to the USA peaked at 11.2%, while exports of machinery to China fell to 9.5%.

The Quest Report on the global export markets of German mechanical engineering is available in German and English at https://www.quest-trendmagazine.com/en/machinery-industry/exports/exports-of-the-machinery-industry.html

Comparing the development of machine exports with that of industrial production in the exporting countries, it can be seen that machine exports to China are lagging behind industrial growth there. A Quest Report examines this development in more detail at https://www.quest-trendmagazine.com/en/machinery-industry/exports/machine-exports-and-industrial-production.html

This growth trend has replaced a five-year stagnation phase. If this stagnation phase is taken into account, mechanical engineering production has grown by 0.6% per year since 2012.

The current value of the production index is 104,1 index points, 2 points below the one-year average with 106,2 index points.

In May 2019, the growth trend in sales in mechanical engineering, which began in February 2014, reached a new high of €20.9bn since the outbreak of the global economic crisis in 2008. This growth trend is 3.0% per annum.

The report about production and sales in German machinery industry is available on https://www.quest-trendmagazine.com/en/machinery-industry/production-and-sales/production-and-sales-of-machinery-industry.html

Another report quantifies the increasing fluctuation ranges of production and sales since the world economic crisis. The link to this report is https://www.quest-trendmagazine.com/en/machinery-industry/production-and-sales/production-and-sales-of-machinery-industry-since-2000.html

The Quest Trend Magazine analyses the growth expectations to 2020 of machine-builders, the worldwide export markets of machinery industry, the majority of its automation-relevant sectors and many aspects of its automation technology at the machines.

Only at the end of 2015 the trend growth in industrial production exceeded the pre-crisis level of 2008 (99.8 index points) for the first time with 100 index points. Since the beginning of 2016, a sustained growth trend has emerged at 2.0% per year in November 2018.

The new Quest Economic Report puts forward the thesis that industrial production is likely to stagnate in the current year.

The report cites the situation of the global economy, which is characterized by a mixture of growth, stagnation and decline. This is a fragile situation and the report notes that the factors for maintaining it are weakening. Keywords relating to these factors are: Continuation of the galloping national debt increases risks; weakening growth rates in China; aggressive US policy under Trump and the emergence of a new bipolar power structure in the world that restricts the world economy.

The new Quest Economic Report concludes from the trend in industrial production that the 2018 growth trend has been exhausted. Industrial production in 2018 could no longer surpass the highs of previous years, at the same time production lows were weaker – production development is flattening out and turning into stagnation.

It remains to be seen how long the stagnation will last. The fact that it will result in a crisis is more likely than the emergence of a new growth trend.

The new economic report on industrial production in Germany is available on https://www.quest-trendmagazine.com/en/global-economy/industrialized-countries/germany.html

In regard to the global economy the Quest Trend Magazine offers an analysis of the most important export markets on https://www.quest-trendmagazine.com/en/global-economy/outlook.html

This growth trend has replaced a five-year stagnation phase. If this stagnation phase is taken into account, mechanical engineering production has grown by 0.9% per year since 2012.

The new Quest economic report uses Bollinger Bands for the first time, a statistical measure of the fluctuation range of variables that is widespread in the financial world. The Bollinger Bands cover 95% of all deviations of the values from the average of the last 12 months. Thus, they make it possible to see at a glance whether the deviations of the current values from the average of the last 12 months have reached a stage that signals an economic boom or a crisis.

The current value of the production index is 4 index points above the one-year average and thus in the middle of the Bollinger Bands. So there are currently no signs of an extreme situation.

In October 2018, the growth trend in sales in mechanical engineering, which began in February 2014, reached a new high of €20.8bn since the outbreak of the global economic crisis in 2008. This growth trend is 3.4% per annum.

The report about production and sales in German machinery industry is available on https://www.quest-trendmagazine.com/en/machinery-industry/production-and-sales/production-and-sales-of-machinery-industry.html

Another report quantifies by means of the Bollinger Bands the increasing fluctuation ranges of production and sales since the world economic crisis. The link to this report is https://www.quest-trendmagazine.com/en/machinery-industry/production-and-sales/production-and-sales-of-machinery-industry-since-2000.html

The Quest Trend Magazine analyses the growth expectations to 2020 of machine-builders, the worldwide export markets of machinery industry, the majority of its automation-relevant sectors and many aspects of its automation technology at the machines.

The new industry profile shows the market shares of the entire electronic drive technology for packaging machines to 2020. This applies to the use of servos, servo-similar converters, frequency converters (V/f), stepper motors, DC drives, linear drives and torque motors. The type of growth of each of these components is shown as well as the average number of axes per machine until 2020. Of course, the position of the suppliers of servo converters and servo motors is not missing either.

The use of robots is constantly increasing, even at packaging machines. The new industry profile deals with the market shares of the use of robots in packaging machines for 2018 in terms of presence on machines and among users as well as the types of robots. Even the complex point of how robot and machine control are connected is summed up in its various forms and market shares.

The new industry profile shows the acceptance of Industry 4.0 among packaging machine manufacturers for the year 2016 and the status of the realization of Industry 4.0 in eleven automation areas of packaging machines. This also includes a look beyond 2016 at future implementations. Clear definitions, clear, well-founded classifications bring an operational structure into the confusion of voices on Industry 4.0.

The new industry profile clarifies the market shares of the various machine types of packaging machines, be they series machines, special machines or plants, and what still applies and what does not apply to these distinctions.

The new industry profile is not limited to automation as it deals with key economic industry parameters in long-term trend analyses from 2008 to 2017. This concerns production and sales in the industry compared to machinery industry, global export markets and their changes, the industry’s product segments and their average values in euros. Finally, the market position of packaging machines from Germany is discussed at EU level.

The new industry profile is a guideline for the sales force and for product development with regard to product adaptations to the requirements of the industry. It is based on Quest TechnoMarketing’s trend analyses on automation in machinery industry. Knowledge of all these trends enables the automation manufacturer to tailor its offers much more precisely and convincingly to the needs of packaging machine manufacturers.

Highlights, table of contents and budget of the study are available on https://www.quest-technomarketing.com/product/industry-profile-packaging-machines-control-drive-technology-robotics-industry-4-0-economic-industry-parameters/

The growth trend in car production from the beginning of 2014 to September 2018 is 1.8% per year. This slight growth trend is below the level of the slight growth in global automobile production of 2.6% per year from 2007 to 2017. Without automobile production in China, world automobile production would have stagnated at 0.5% per year since 2007. However, growth in automobile production in China so far in 2018 has been lower than in 2017.

The Quest Report proves the greater fluctuation range of automobile production with only slight growth. This reflects a structural change in the course of global industrial production, which is also having an impact on the German machinery industry. Without this structural change, the range of fluctuation in production would decrease and not increase with stagnation or slight growth.

From the beginning of 2014 to September 2018, the German automotive industry’s sales trend was at 3.3% per year, i.e. one and a half percentage points above automobile production.

The new Quest report to production and sales of the German automobile industry is available on http://www.quest-trendmagazine.com/en/automobile-industry/germany/german-automobile-production.html

This report is a module of the comprehensive trend analysis of the worldwide automotive industry in the Quest Trend Magazine. The trend analyses include the internationalization of production sites, the world regions of car production, the share of car production in China at world car production, the market shares of the world market leaders and the market leaders in China. These trend analyses in the Quest Trend Magazine make planning and market development for one of the most important sales markets in automation technology easier for the suppliers of automation technology. An overview of the trend analyses can be found on http://www.quest-trendmagazine.com/en/automobile-industry.html