Working with ARC this year, CONTROL magazine has cleaned up the criteria for their list of "Top-50 Automation Vendors".

Editor Walt Boyes of CONTROL, and Larry O'Brien of ARC - well done !

   

If I might, let me list just the top 12 companies, showing how they change from Global to  N. American rankings.

For some well-known companies on the list, I'll provide my own commentary that might interest you.

 

 

  Company            Global     N. America

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  Siemens                      1         6

  ABB                             2         3  

  Schneider                    3         5

  Emerson Process       4         1

  Rockwell Automation   5         2

  Honeywell Process      6         4

  Yokogawa                    7         19

  Omron                         8         18

  Invensys                       9         8

  Mitsubishi                     10        28 

  GE                                11        7

  Danaher                        12        9

 

Total worldwide sales for the top-50 companies is $65B, which represents the approximate market size for industrial automation; add just a couple % points for the combined sales of companies not listed.

 

The top 6 global companies shuffle their ranks in N. America.

But the Japanese (7,8,10 worldwide) drop way behind in N. America, to 19,18 and 28 respectively.

 

With almost $2B revenue, Invensys jumps from 9 globally to 8 in N. America, while GE jumps from 11 to 7.

 

National Instruments keeps growing and is now 22 globally at over $700M revenue, jumping to 13 with 70% in N. America.

 

MTL (soon to be part of Cooper/Crouse-Hinds) is 40 globally at $175M, jumping to 32 in N. America. Intrinsic-safety rival

Pepperl+Fuchs is 29 worldwide at $446M, and 30 in NA,

with $85M.

 

Matrikon is on the list at 48 with $77M global revenue, over

60% of that in N. America.

 

The old connector/terminal block rivals, Phoenix and Weidmuller

used to be neck-and-neck as they shifted focus to electronics.

Now Phoenix has jumped ahead to 15 globally, at $1.25B, while

Weidmuller has dropped to 24, at $639M.

 

OPTO-22, recognized for its distinctive products, did not make

the list, beyond "honorable mention". This means that the company

is still languishing at less than $60M worldwide, and $22M

in N. America. Pity.

 

Still independent software supplier Iconics was 46 on the

N. American list, with revenues of almost $30M. Didn't make

the global list. Wonderware, of course, is part of Invensys.

 

Beijing HollySys was 50 on the global list, the only China-based

vendor included. Advantech has grown to $200M worldwide,

38 on both the global and N. American lists.

 

Mini-conglomerate Spectris is now 14 globally at $1.4B, dropping

to 16 in N. America with $340M. Ametek, another acquirer, is 17

worldwide at over $1B, jumping to 11 and over 50% of revenues

in N. America. Roper Industries is following the same path with

small acquisitions, and is 28 on the global list at over $0.5B,

with 80% of revenue in N. America, ranked 14.

 

There's lots more interesting stuff on this list, the only one

of its kind in the Automation business. Take some time to study

this and you'll get the pulse of the automation business.

 

  2007 Top 50 Global Automation Vendors:
http://www.controlglobal.com/articles/2007/454.html

CONTROL - 10 things end-users need to know about vendors:
http://www.controlglobal.com/articles/2005/545.html

Automation.com - Tomorrow's Automation Leaders:
http://www.automation.com/sitepages/pid1401.php