Trade policies continue to bring uncertainty to many industries, and the recovery projected for 2025 in fluid power and other sectors has not yet come to fruition — and at this point will not likely occur until 2026 according to some forecasts.
But there remain bright spots in the various markets served by hydraulics, pneumatics and other motion control technologies, namely those related to automation. As our top article in this month’s newsletter discusses, cobot uptake is increasing in various industries to help augment human labor and maintain productivity. Pneumatics in particular are commonly used in the tooling on these and other robots to perform a number of tasks.
Automation in general is on the rise in both the industrial and mobile machinery markets to help provide improved accuracy as well as overcome the labor challenges being faced in these sectors. Due to the continued growth of automation, it remains a key technology development area for fluid power — as well as an important coverage area for Power & Motion. So much so that the week of June 2 we dedicated a full week of new content to the topic, looking at technology developments as well as examples of how automation is being employed. If you missed any of that content, you can visit our automation page on our website or download our new eBook containing our newest articles on the topic.
In this monthly newsletter my goal is to inform you of the latest technology and economic trends impacting the hydraulics, pneumatics and electromechanical motion control industries. Have topics you’d like to see covered and included in this newsletter or want to provide input on the trends you’re seeing? Reach out to me any time at [email protected] to offer your thoughts.
Sara Jensen, Editor, Power & Motion
