Market potential for cement plant automation

In 2007, a boom CapEx value of US$ 793 million has been spent for cement plant automation, in the following years the CapEx significantly decreased and reached US$ 615 million in 2015. The instrumentation sector makes up the largest segment in plant automation with 38% in 2015. The market for cement plant automation is projected to decline from 617 US$m in 2015 to 564 US$m in 2018, before the market will recover to 649 US$m in 2020.

Author: J. Harder

Section: Review

Keywords: automation market, cement production, laboratory, sampling, online analyzer, gas analyzer