And then there are smaller companies that specialize in manufacture of PLCs only such as Controllino, Velocio and Entertron Industries. However there are some PLC companies that are purely involved in manufacture of industrial automation components such as Rockwell Automation, Keyence, Beckhoff, Wago, Koyo and Unitronics. Some have become large conglomerate organizations not only involved in industrial automation but other sectors such as energy, infrastructure, healthcare, automotive, aviation, robotics, mobility, railways, the list goes on. The majority of PLC manufacturers involved in the industrial automation industry are also heavily involved in manufacture of other industrial automation equipment. The Top PLC Manufacturers in the Industrial Automation Industry Here is a table of the leading PLC manufacturers and the corresponding countries where their headquarters are located: Country Headquarters The countries with the largest number of leading PLC manufacturers have their headquarters located in Japan, America and Germany. They have established operation headquarters in America, Germany, France, Switzerland, Austria, Japan, Taiwan, China, Israel and Republic of Korea.
The leading PLC manufacturers all have a global presence all around the world. The industrial automation industry is no exception with PLC manufacturers having their operation headquarters and production facilities all around the world. The world economy has really opened up with the advent of globalization. Leading PLC Manufactures Around the World If you’d like to read the article by Interact Analysis please click here. The complete list of the 17 most popular PLCs and their manufacturing company, according to market share, is shown below: Market Share Ranking Followed by Mitsubishi Melsec PLC, Schneider Modicon PLC and the Omron Sysmac PLC. The second most popular PLC was Rockwell Automation Allen Bradley PLC. The most popular PLC, according to market share, was the Siemens Simatic PLC. There was a study done by Interact Analysis in 2017 to determine PLC market share of the various PLC manufacturers. One of the best ways to judge which PLC is most popular is by market share.
PLC manufacturers such as General Electric (GE Fanuc), Telemecanique, Square-D and Cutler-Hammer where leading PLC providers in their hay day but are no longer being developed or manufactured and have made way for the next generation of PLCs to enter the market.īelow is an up to date list of 35 of the best PLC manufacturers in the world for 2020 in alphabetic order…. Some companies have added a PLC brand in the market to their portfolio of products via company acquisition or takeover. Other brand names have remained solely focused on manufacture of PLCs and other industrial automation equipment like Rockwell Automation, Omron, Keyence, Unitronics, Fatek, Idec and Yokagawa.Īs the industrial automation landscape changes some PLC manufacturers have come and gone while others have merged to stay competitive. Some of the major PLC manufacturers have diversified to become large conglomerate corporations include brand names like Siemens, Mitsubishi Electric, ABB, Schneider Electric, Hitachi, Panasonic and Fuji Electric. Today competition in the industrial automation industry is fierce with companies being driven to become PLC manufactures and develop their own PLC brands in order to keep up and stay in front of the technology curve.Īll the big industrial automation brands are now manufacturing their own PLCs.