In 2020 and 2021, we saw unprecedented times economically, socially and almost every market was impacted. In the fabrication world, the welding labor shortage was impacted in combination with continued market growth.
We will see increased adoption of industry 4.0 principles. It is about making your business smarter and more efficient. Industry 4.0 fully automates manufacturing processes with very little human involvement.
In North America, there will be a push to change the story around the notion that welding automation results in losing jobs and the use of welding robots displaces low-skilled workers. However, this is not reality as a collaborative welding robot creates more jobs in the long run through re-purposing of low-skilled workers and allows for higher skilled welders to be used more efficiently in a fabricators business process.
2022 will hold substantial market growth and opportunity for fabrication shops that support businesses in energy, oil & gas, shipbuilding, offshore and heavy industrial contracting…and that are ready for the quickly evolving marketplace.
It’s time to connect and start the conversation and allow your fabrication shop to be future proof and ready.