The world's machinery manufacturing industry covers many fields, including household appliances, auto parts, factory equipment and construction machinery, and its annual output value is as high as 1 trillion US dollars.

4 important trends will have an impact on the future development.

1. technology convergence

In many areas of the machinery manufacturing industry, electronic control and software technology have become as important as mechanical engineering.

GmbH, Germany, is the world's largest manufacturer of glass processing systems for large glass factories. At present, the company's software control devices and electronic mechanical devices occupy 1 / 3 of its output value.

2. service thinking

From the elevator to the factory equipment and other fields, the profit increase of manufacturers is no longer due to the production of catalogues in fixed specifications, but because manufacturers can produce products according to the requirements of users to meet the special needs.

In addition, enterprises also increase their output value through maintenance or other "after sales" services.

3. global product development

For example, Whirlpool Corp, the largest US household appliance manufacturer, reorganized the global product development team composed of 2000 engineers to develop new products and shorten the development time of some products.

4. update production strategy

In a number of industries, including printing machinery, machinery manufacturers borrow the idea of the automotive industry to build different products in different markets on the same basic engineering structure, and then modify the design at the later stage of the manufacturing process, so that the products can meet the needs of specific customer groups.