Specialist
Former Executive at QKM Technology Co Ltd (Liqun Automation)
Agenda
- Demand in robot market segments, 2018-19 demand trends and potential growth points
- Competition among major Chinese players – product technology and features, client structure and quality, development and business promotion strategies, and key competitive merits
- Clients’ procurement criteria, agents’ inventories and profits, plus manufacturers’ profit trends
- Technical barriers to SCARA (Selective Compliance Assembly Robot Arm) robots, potential breakthroughs and technology differences
Questions
1.
Today we will be focusing on the demand trends and competitive dynamics in China’s selective compliance assembly robot arm (SCARA) robot market and relevant statistics. It seems that the entire industrial robot industry has been faced with certain challenges in 2018-19. What is the sales volume of SCARA robots in China in 2019? Is it higher or lower than what people expected at the beginning of this year?
2.
You mentioned earlier that Epson and Yamaha combine to claim 60-70% of China’s SCARA robot market. Apart from them, there are also some other leading foreign players, including Mitsubishi Electric, Toshiba Machine and ABB. What is your estimate on the market share of Chinese players? Maybe 10-20%?
3.
Why do you think it is difficult for Chinese players to expand their market share? Is it because of technical barriers?
4.
You mentioned earlier that Epson has declined with the growth of Yamaha. What are the reasons behind their different performance?
5.
Adtech is a rather good player in the Chinese SCARA market now. Will it keep its predominance in the future? Could you please make a prediction about its future development strategies and business focus?
6.
How can Adtech integrate four-axis and six-axis robots? Could you please illustrate some methods?
7.
What are Turin’s core strengths and development strategies as a domestic player?
8.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of Inovance compared with Adtech?
9.
Is it true that some companies have the capacity to roll out SCARA robots with direct drivers instead of decelerators?
10.
Profit primarily flows to brands, integrators and agents. For domestic SCARA companies, how much is the respective profit of the three parties and what are the profit trends?
