Food Automation Market Size, Share, Growth Analysis, By Type(Motors and Generators, Motor Controls, Discrete Controllers and Visualization, Rotary Products), By Component(Plant Level Controls and Enterprise Level Controls), By Application(Dairy, Bakery, Confectionery, Fruit and Vegetable), By Automation(Semi-Automatic and Fully Automatic), By Function(Repackaging, Palletizing, Sorting and Grading, Picking and Placing and others), By Region - Industry Forecast 2024-2031

Global Food Automation Market is fragmented and highly competitive. To maintain a competitive edge and increase their market position in the worldwide food automation market, leading companies are increasingly focusing on implementing tactics such as adopting new technology, product developments, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, alliances, and partnerships. Prominent players include Rockwell Automation, Inc., Siemens AG, ABB Ltd, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation and Schneider Electric SE. In order to provide industries with the most effective and economical solutions, the major market players are also continually concentrating on R&D.

Top Player's Company Profiles

• Rockwell Automation, Inc.
• Siemens AG
• ABB Ltd.
• Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
• Schneider Electric SE
• Yaskawa Electric Corporation
• Emerson Electric Co.
• Yokogawa Electric Corporation
• GEA Group AG
• Rexnord Corporation
• Nord Drivesystems
• Festo AG & Co. KG
• Key Technology, Inc.
• Fanuc Corporation
• Omron Corporation
• Bosch Packaging Technology (Robert Bosch GmbH)
• JBT Corporation
• Heat and Control, Inc.
• SPX Flow, Inc.
• Krones AG

Recent Development

• In March 2023, READY Robotics and Rockwell combined ForgeOS with their Logix controllers and design and simulation tools. The combination will shorten the time to market for industrial automation deployment and facilitate robot integration. 
• Teway Food upgraded its production line to meet the growing demand for compound seasoning in January 2023 and installed ABB's automated solution, which included 10 IRB 6700 robots, 65 IRB 360 delta robots fast picking robots, three IRB 660 robots, and a 3D vision system to help identify and locate products as they are fed to the line. Because of these technologies, TewayFood is the first company in the industry to deploy 3D vision-assisted robot positioning for feeding manufacturing lines. 
• In October 2022, Mike Lynch, a veteran of the packaging equipment industry, has been named director for the North American market by Shemesh Automation. Lynch is expected by the company to contribute to market expansion and improve customer satisfaction by bringing to his new position his more than 30 years of experience with machinery and equipment and familiarity with Shemesh's clients, both old and new, gained through his previous positions with major industry players like Bauer, Multivac, and Elsner Engineering Works.