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Strategic Analysis of the South African Industrial Automation and Process Control Products and Solutions Markets
Frost & Sullivan, June 2009, Pages: 206
This study provides strategic market information and guidance for the South African industrial automation and control products and solutions market. The study includes detailed discussions of the market size, segmentations, analysis, and forecasts, while providing key strategic issues concerning industry structure, industry challenges, market drivers and restraints and technology trends; all of which have a future impact on this market.
Research Overview
This Frost & Sullivan research service titled Strategic Analysis of the South African Industrial Automation and Process Control Products and Solutions Markets provides drivers, technology trends, industry challenges and forecasts. In this research, Frost & Sullivan's expert analysts thoroughly examine the following applications: power, metals, minerals and mining, petrochemicals and chemicals, food and beverage and water and waste water. The following technologies are also covered in this research: distributed control systems (DCS), supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA), programmable logic controllers (PLC), human machine interface (HMI) and manufacturing execution systems (MES).
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Market Overview
Multiple Advantages Drive the Uptake of ACS
Despite difficult global economic conditions in the second half of 2008, automation and control solutions (ACS) suppliers in South Africa had an exceptionally good year. Revenues across a number of sectors, such as metals and mining, power, chemicals and petrochemicals and food and beverage grew by over 11.8 per cent. Heightened demand for manufacturing visibility and efficiency, cost control and engineering and maintenance services boosted revenues across products such as PLC, DCS and MES.
“The intensifying focus on the benefits of automation is expected to boost revenues for automation and control solutions,” notes the analyst of this research. “Such advantages include cost savings, process optimisation and manufacturing visibility.” Although project delays and cancellations are expected to limit revenue growth in the metals and mining sector in the short to medium terms, the increasing strategic focus and importance of ACS is set to support revenue growth over the long term.
Diversification of End-user Base Critical for Continued Market Success
The industrial automation and process control products and solutions market has traditionally relied on high capital expenditure in the metals and mining and chemicals and petrochemicals sectors. Hence, the fall in commodity prices and production output is anticipated to have a considerable negative impact on the demand for new installations of industrial automation and process control products and solutions in these end-user segments. This, in turn, will result in low revenue growth. “Due to the fall in minerals and metals prices, a number of projects in this end user segment are expected to be delayed or cancelled all together,” explains the analyst. “This is poised to have a negative impact on growth prospects on the entire market as this sector alone accounts for an estimated 30.0 per cent of the total ACS market in South Africa.”
For market success, companies need to diversify the end-user market base away from the metals, minerals and mining sector. They also need to provide high-quality after-sales services.
Market Sectors
Expert Frost & Sullivan analysts thoroughly examine the following application sectors in this research:
- Power
- Metals, minerals and mining
- Petrochemicals and chemicals
- Food and beverage
- Water and waste water
- Technologies
The following technologies are covered in this research:
- Distributed control systems (DCS)
- Supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA)
- Programmable logic controllers (PLC)
- Human machine interface (HMI)
- Manufacturing execution systems (MES)
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