Bargain-Priced Industrial Automation

Right now might be a good time to invest in automation equipment. A survey of industrial automation distributors and integrators indicates a decline in equipment demand, and: “Price increases have reportedly stopped almost entirely,” said analyst Eli Lustgarten of Longbow Research, which conducted the survey. “Not only is this the first survey where we have seen price declines, but the number of respondents reporting price declines (11%) was higher than those reporting price increases (5%); the vast majority of respondents (84%) now categorize prices as flat, compared with 0% in our December and October surveys.”