Shipbuilding industry is one of the most important manufacturing and pillar industries in Korea. It is also a major export trade of Korea, which brings a huge trade surplus every year. A few years ago, exports, the Korean shipbuilding industry trade surplus in seven export industry in South Korea has year after year topped the list, and in 2010 2011 the ship exports were $46 billion 700 million and $54 billion 100 million in 2012, the ship exports dropped below $40 billion. Therefore, the trend of shipbuilding market affects the Korean "economic sensitive nerve", when at the end and the beginning of the ship, "sunny warm city" have become the hot South Korean industry analysis, forecast.

Forecast: boat market is expected to improve, but still in the short term
South Korea's financial sector and related industry outlook for the 2013 international shipbuilding market generally more cautious, but most of that ship, will be better in 2012 2013. The South Korean Trade Association's 2013 South Korean pillar export industry weather map shows that the shipbuilding industry in 2012 was "rainy", in 2013 it became "cloudy", the meteorological level on a step. South Korea's chaebol organization -- South Korea National Federation of economic analysis, shipbuilding and shipping market will be a little better than in 2012, though, it is still difficult to get out of the world economic growth is slow, the debt crisis. Market analysts and researchers have several major securities company in Korea, most of that, although the ship may be slightly improved, but the overall sluggish state of the shipbuilding industry will continue, the market under a single volume than in 2012 will be slightly increased, but the total ship companies holding a single ship may fall, boat of low price is unlikely to improve the situation, the Korean shipping enterprises listed the stock market may decline.
A study by South Korea's Chosun Ilbo, which commissioned ENGIDE, a South Korean securities intelligence information company, shows that South Korea's big shipping companies will see a fall in profits in 2013. The study concluded that, due to the European financial crisis will make the EU appear negative economic growth, as the international shipping center financing market financing capacity in Europe continued to shrink, it will make the new ship orders to increase obviously. The Korea chamber of Commerce believes that several large companies in the South Korean ship marine equipment, liquefied natural gas (LNG) to strengthen efforts to capture market field transport ship, the global oil and gas development especially large-scale development of shale gas in the United States, natural gas will drive LNG ship orders increased.
By contrast, the market outlook for South Korea's big shipbuilding companies is "cautiously" by the South Korean media". Modern industrial general manager Li Zaicheng said: "the economic downturn in developed countries will continue developing countries, economic growth will also slow down the world economy into a low growth stage, which makes our business environment more difficult; shipbuilding sector the main short-term market to out of the doldrums predicament."
The president of the Korean shipbuilders association is Taka Jaeho, general manager of Daewoo shipbuilding. In January 10th, South Korea shipbuilding Association held the 2013 South Korean shipbuilding industry new year party, said the high Zaihao prospects for international shipbuilding market prospects this year in the gathering at the meeting, the world economy has entered a phase of slow growth, international trade growth slowed down considerably, a few years ago the average annual growth rate of world trade at about 6% last year and this year the increase in 2.5~2.6% on the level of floating, which will inevitably lead to the amount of logistics shipping market growth down, directly affects the shipbuilding sector. He said: "this year is expected to ship exports to South Korea and to undertake new ship orders will be the most difficult since the financial crisis of the year, the overall market environment so that we can not lift the" tension ", did not relax."
In addition to the two major shipbuilding enterprises, the Korean shipping industry market forecast for this year, although the world economic downturn, but the beginning of the second half of may turn for the better, therefore, the shipbuilding market is likely to show a low high trend; although the merchant capacity surplus, but the energy saving type business ship market prospects, while South Korea in the field of shipping enterprises and their competitors has some technical advantages, so the South Korean shipbuilding enterprises to undertake the spoils in energy saving and environmental protection type shipping orders; in addition, the South Korean shipbuilding industry of marine equipment with unilateral greater confidence.
In the domestic manufacturing industry, especially in assembly, dispensing, handling, welding and other industrial fields, robot applications have become a hot and big trend. Some well-known enterprises have begun to use a large number of robots, including HUAWEI, ZTE, BYD and so on. Foxconn also suspended recruitment and developed a million robot strategy. All this shows that our robot is very close to the manufacturing industry, and will become a major trend of development.
In addition, the State Council issued the "12th Five-Year national strategic emerging industry development plan", but also to promote the development of the Chinese market. In hospitals, families and some service industries, robots are used to speed up industrial upgrading. This huge market has also attracted the attention of domestic and foreign enterprises.
Although China's robot applications are vast, but in the field of robotics in China, 80% of the market share is still occupied by multinational companies. This is now urgent to break, and such a potential market, but also a good opportunity for China's enterprise development. At present, many governments have introduced corresponding policies, including Shanghai, Kunshan, Tangshan, Chongqing and so on, introducing R & D and manufacturing enterprises, scrambling to build the local robot industry, grab the robot market.
With the increasing use of industrial robots in China, the market demand for robots has been greatly improved, and it is expected to reach 35000 units in 2015, becoming the largest market in the world. In addition, China's current structural shortage of labor and rising labor costs of manufacturing, and other status quo, are driving the development of China's robot industry. And the demand for the transformation and upgrading of manufacturing industry enables industrial robots to accelerate the development.
At present, the main application and manufacturing of robots, in addition, it is also used in the field of coal brick making, concrete machinery industry, hospitals, families and some service industries, military, scientific research and aerospace and other fields. Although the rapid development of China's robot industry, but because of the key parts of the robot are also lack of ability, such as key components of the servo motor, speed reducer, controller, sensor and so on, it will be the development of China's robot industry must face the challenge.
(source: Internet)