GERMANY - The German robotics and automation industry forecasts its turnover to grow by 10 percent in 2022.

"Our sector currently has a high order backlog and we see a positive investment climate in our key customer industries. We are also well on track to reach our 2021 growth forecast of +11 percent. This means that in 2022 we are likely to return to our pre-crisis level of 2019 with an industry sales volume of 14.7 billion euros. The prerequisite for this is that the current disruptions in supply chains do not intensify significantly," says Frank Konrad, Chairman of the VDMA Robotics + Automation Association and CEO of Hahn Automation GmbH in Rheinböllen, Germany.

The VDMA Robotics + Automation Association (VDMA R+A) forms a separate trade association within VDMA with more than 350 member companies: Suppliers of components and systems from the fields of robotics, integrated assembly solutions and machine vision. The aim of this industry-driven platform is to support robotics and automation through a wide range of activities and services.