The Advanced Manufacturing Outlook is a survey that measures Industry 4.0 engagement among manufacturing business owners and senior executives in Canada. For a second consecutive year, research firm R.K. Insights in Toronto conducted the survey through June and July form Canadian Manufacturing and PLANT magazines, in partnership with Machines Italia (The Italian Trade Commission), Lapp Group North America and Alps Welding Ltd. 185 manufacturers participated in Advanced Manufacturing Outlook 2021 with the survey findings strongly representing the industry with a margin of error is +/- 6%, 19 times out of 20. The focus of the year’s research is Industry 4.0 in all its aspects and dimensions such as automation, interconnectivity, machine learning and the analysis of real time data that involves the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), the Internet of Things (IoT), the cloud, advanced computing, and artificial intelligence.
Relevant Sectors:
Agriculture and Farm Machinery, Ceramics Machinery, Construction and earthmoving machinery, Equipment and components for hydraulic transmissions, Food technology, Footwear, leather goods and tanneries, Foundry and metallurgy machines, Glass, Marble and stone, Metalworking, Packaging, Plastic and rubber, Power transmission and motion systems, Printing, graphics and processing, Textile machinery, Wood
Fresh Off The Press...PLANT Manufacturers' Outlook 2017
Although economic growth was disappointing this year, Canadian manufacturers have a positive view of their prospects next year when GDP for Canada and the US is forecast to rise a bit above 2%. The PLANT Manufacturers’ Outlook 2017 survey shows 36% of senior company executives are optimistic although most (55%) qualify their optimism with caution. The survey, conducted by Northstar for PLANT Magazine in partnership with sponsors Grant Thornton LLP, SYSPRO Canada and Machines Italia with the Italian Trade Commission, is based on 526 replies from senior manufacturing executives (margin of error +/-4.27%, 19 times out of 20). Read or download the full report.
Relevant Sectors:
Agriculture and Farm Machinery, Ceramics Machinery, Construction and earthmoving machinery, Equipment and components for hydraulic transmissions, Food technology, Footwear, leather goods and tanneries, Foundry and metallurgy machines, Glass, Marble and stone, Metalworking, Packaging, Plastic and rubber, Power transmission and motion systems, Printing, graphics and processing, Textile machinery, Wood