Looking forward to 2014, with the release of reform dividends and the acceleration of new urbanization, market vitality and economic endogenous growth momentum will be further enhanced, and the macro economy will continue its development trend of “stable and goodâ€. In this context, the logistics industry as a whole will maintain a stable operation, and the logistics transformation and upgrading will continue to advance. Among them, the growth rate of demand for bulk commodities such as steel and coal is unlikely to rebound significantly; while the logistics formats such as express delivery, logistics platform, integrated logistics and supply chain management are expected to maintain rapid growth.
According to the forecast of the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing, the total social logistics volume can reach 21.56 billion yuan, an increase of about 9%.
Faced with the increasingly fierce market competition and the continuous improvement of labor costs, the automation of warehousing and logistics industry is an inevitable trend of industry development. According to the analysis of current market conditions, the total market of warehousing and logistics equipment PLC is relatively small, but the application market for logistics equipment is growing rapidly. The compound growth rate is expected to be 17% in 2014. In 2013, the scale of China's PLC market was 6.26 billion yuan. The application of the warehousing and logistics industry accounts for 6.3% of the total PLC market. The development of logistics automation equipment such as cranes, electronic hoists, conveyors and other markets is strong and has further expansion, which will inevitably promote the rapid development of PLC in the warehousing and logistics equipment market.
In the warehousing and logistics industry, PLC suppliers mainly include: Siemens, Omron, Schneider, Panasonic and Mitsubishi, which occupy most of the market share; while domestic manufacturers such as Nanda Otto and other domestic brands are gradually expanding their market share.