Frankfurt, Germany: In the past years, robots have considerably contributed to economic growth and prosperity worldwide. The German robotics and automation sector saw a new record in 2014 by achieving a turnover increase of 9 per cent to Euro 11.4 billion. In the current year a turnover growth of 5 per cent is expected. In the first four months of 2015, order intake exceeded last year's level by 11 per cent. Demand came mainly from abroad. In 2014, exports already accounted for 55 per cent. The largest export market is China where investments are increasingly being made in automation technology in order to advance into technologically advanced markets in the future. The automotive industry expanded its population of industrial robots in Germany by 15 per cent up to 92,000 units between 2010 and 2014.
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