Trends and Investment Strategies in the Industrial Control Computer Industry (2025-2030)

(1) Overview of the Industrial Control Computer Industry

Industrial Personal Computer (IPC) refers to industrial control computers, which are tools that use a bus structure to monitor and control production processes, electromechanical equipment, and process equipment.

Industrial control computers possess significant computing attributes and features, such as having a CPU, hard disk, memory, peripherals, and interfaces, along with an operating system, control networks and protocols, computing power, and a user-friendly human-machine interface.

The products and technologies in the industrial control industry are very specialized, serving as intermediate products that provide reliable, embedded, and intelligent industrial control computers for various industries. Industrial control computers are the result of the integration of computer technology and automatic control technology, making them not only an important category of computers but also a crucial technical means to achieve industrial automation and enhance the economic benefits of industrial enterprises. The development of industrial control computers is significant for achieving industrial modernization, promoting industrial informationization, and revitalizing the economy.

With the advancement of information technology, intelligence, and networking, the technology of industrial control computers has matured, and they have been widely applied in various aspects of industry and daily life. For example: field control, toll collection systems for roads and bridges, medical instruments, environmental monitoring, communication security, intelligent traffic control systems, building security monitoring, voice call centers, queue machines, POS cash registers, CNC machine tools, fuel dispensers, financial information processing, petrochemical data collection and processing, geophysical exploration, field portable operations, environmental protection, military industry, power, railways, highways, aerospace, subways, intelligent buildings, outdoor advertising, etc.

With strong application demand, increasingly advanced technology, and a gradually maturing market, the industrial control computer industry is showing a positive development trend, becoming an essential path for industrial modernization and intelligence.

(2) Development Overview of the Industrial Control Computer Industry

1) Global Development Overview of Industrial Control Computers

The application of industrial control computers is extremely widespread, covering various industries, with a vast total market size. According to IHS research data, the global industrial computer market size was $2.937 billion in 2013, reaching $4.009 billion in 2019. In 2020, the global industrial computer market size was approximately $4.050 billion, with a compound annual growth rate of 5% from 2013 to 2020.

According to Markets and Markets data, the global industrial computer market size showed a year-on-year increasing trend from 2016 to 2022, reaching $5 billion in 2022, a year-on-year increase of 5.5%. In terms of distribution, the global industrial computer market share is mainly concentrated in North America, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific region, with market shares of 35%, 18%, and 40%, respectively.

Currently, the global industrial computer market share is mainly occupied by companies from Taiwan, China, and foreign enterprises. According to IHS research data, Advantech is the leading company in the industrial computer industry, with a market share exceeding 30%; Siemens and Beckhoff follow closely, each with a market share of over 5%, while other companies have lower market shares, leading to intense market competition.

2) Development Overview of Industrial Control Computers in China

China is the world’s largest manufacturing country, known as the “world’s factory,” and the rapid development of the manufacturing industry has driven the demand for industrial control computers. At the same time, with the advancement of traditional industrial technology transformation, factory automation, and enterprise informationization, the demand for industrial control computers in China is enormous. According to the “Statistical Yearbook of China’s Electronic Information Industry” published by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology from 2014 to 2019, the production of industrial control computers in China was 1,285,743 units in 2014, increasing to 1,955,216 units in 2016, with a compound annual growth rate of 23.32%.

Although the production of industrial control computers in China slightly declined in 2017, according to the “Statistical Yearbook of China’s Electronic Information Industry,” the production of industrial control computers in China had risen to 3,433,288 units in 2019, representing a growth of 126.90% compared to the 1,513,146 units produced in 2017. In the future, under the backdrop of “Made in China 2025” and the “carbon neutrality” strategy, the acceleration of manufacturing industry upgrades and the trend of various industries towards energy-saving, efficient, and environmentally friendly development will drive the demand for factory automation, indicating significant market development potential for the industrial control computer industry in China.

According to data from China Industrial Control Network, the market size of industrial control computers in China was 7.3 billion yuan in 2018, growing to 9.6 billion yuan in 2022, and it is expected to reach 12.04 billion yuan by 2025, with a compound annual growth rate of 7.41% from 2018 to 2025.

According to statistics from China Industrial Control Network, in 2022, the market size of control products in the industrial automation control sector accounted for approximately 22.36% of the industrial automation industry, with industrial computers accounting for about 5.03%.

Although the overall technical level of domestic brands in China still lags behind internationally renowned manufacturers, domestic brands are continuously narrowing the gap with international well-known manufacturers by leveraging local advantages such as rapid response, cost, and service. As an important component of China’s industrial automation and intelligent manufacturing development, industrial control computers have long-term development prospects. In the future, domestic brand manufacturers will continue to promote import substitution through independent innovation, increasing the market share of domestic industrial control computer brands.

(3) Development Trends in the Industrial Control Computer Industry

1) Customization and Specialization of Industrial Control Computers

Since the issuance of “Made in China 2025,” the downstream application fields of industrial control computers have greatly expanded, gradually entering fields such as robotics, aerospace, new energy, power equipment, and rail transportation. Due to significant differences among various downstream industries, traditional general-purpose industrial control computers struggle to meet the differentiated needs of these industries. To enhance their competitiveness, companies in the industrial control computer industry are increasingly focusing on the unique needs of customers, developing and manufacturing customized and specialized products for them.

In the future, as the application fields of industrial control computers continue to expand and executable operations increase, customized and specialized industrial control computers will become the mainstream trend in the industry, with companies in the industrial control computer sector strengthening their attention to customer application needs and continuously launching customized and specialized products that meet those needs.

2) Transition of Industry Enterprises to Overall Solution Providers

In the traditional manufacturing model, companies in the industrial control computer industry typically only needed to provide customers with high-performance, high-quality industrial control computer hardware products. However, the current intelligent era, which pursues interconnectivity, has imposed new requirements on industrial control computer manufacturers. Single industrial control computer products can no longer meet the needs of downstream customers, who prefer manufacturers to provide comprehensive automation system solutions centered around industrial control computers.

Therefore, with the development of new-generation information technologies such as artificial intelligence, big data, and cloud computing, industrial control computer manufacturers will enhance their product offerings at the software level, providing intelligent manufacturing system solutions that integrate new-generation information technologies and cater to various industry applications, meeting the increasingly high production demands of customers.

3) Intelligence as a Distinct Feature of Industrial Control Computers

In recent years, with the continuous maturation of new-generation information technologies and the rise of the industrial internet, industrial control systems, which have long been considered relatively closed and specialized, are becoming increasingly open and intelligent. Meanwhile, the issuance of “Made in China 2025” has further confirmed that industrial control systems will develop towards intelligence, networking, and digitization. As an important component of industrial control systems, intelligence will also become one of the distinct features of industrial control computers.

In the future, under the backdrop of advancing Industry 4.0, industrial control computer manufacturers will integrate technologies such as the Internet of Things, cloud computing, and machine learning to produce a new generation of industrial control computers that break through existing technical architectures, with more open system architectures, higher integration, and increasingly intelligent operations.

Chapter 1 Basic Overview of the Industrial Control Computer Industry

Section 1 Definition and Characteristics of the Industrial Control Computer Industry

1. Definition and Research Scope of the Industrial Control Computer Industry

2. Development Characteristics of the Industrial Control Computer Industry

Section 2 Industry Classification

1. Industry Classification Methods

2. Industry Classification Situation

Section 3 Industry Development Characteristics

1. Industry Lifecycle

2. Completeness of the Industry Chain

3. Barriers to Entry/Exit in the Industry

4. Analysis of the Maturity of Related Technologies in the Industry

Chapter 2 Overview of Global Industrial Control Computer Industry Development (2024)

Section 1 Market Size of the Global Industrial Control Computer Industry

1. Changes in the Global Industrial Control Computer Industry Market Size from 2022 to 2024

2. Forecast of Global Industrial Control Computer Industry Market Size from 2025 to 2030

Section 2 Analysis of Supply Conditions in the Global Industrial Control Computer Industry

1. Distribution of Production Capacity in the Global Industrial Control Computer Industry

2. Analysis of Typical Supply Enterprises in the Global Industrial Control Computer Industry

1. Enterprise One

2. Enterprise Two

3. Enterprise Three

Section 3 Demand Analysis of the Global Industrial Control Computer Industry

1. Demand Scale of the Global Industrial Control Computer Industry

2. Demand Structure of the Global Industrial Control Computer Industry

3. Demand Trends in the Global Industrial Control Computer Industry

4. Forecast of Demand Scale in the Global Industrial Control Computer Industry from 2025 to 2030

Section 4 Lessons Learned from Successful Experiences and Failures in the Global Industrial Control Computer Industry

1. Successful Experiences in the Global Industrial Control Computer Industry

2. Lessons Learned from Failures in the Global Industrial Control Computer Industry

Chapter 3 Analysis of the Development Environment of the Industrial Control Computer Industry in China (2024)

Section 1 Policy Environment for the Development of the Industrial Control Computer Industry

1. Policy Planning for the Development of the Industrial Control Computer Industry and Its Interpretation

2. Regulatory Policies for the Development of the Industrial Control Computer Industry and Their Interpretation

3. Standard Policies for the Development of the Industrial Control Computer Industry and Their Interpretation

Section 2 Economic Environment for the Development of the Industrial Control Computer Industry

1. Domestic Macroeconomic Development Situation

2. Domestic Fixed Asset Investment Situation

3. Domestic Commodity Trade Situation

4. Domestic Investment and Financing Scale Situation

Section 3 Social Environment for the Development of the Industrial Control Computer Industry

1. Analysis of Domestic Population Situation

2. Analysis of Domestic Per Capita Income and Expenditure Situation

3. Analysis of Domestic Talent Reserve Situation

4. Analysis of Domestic Research Funding Expenditure Situation

Section 4 Technological Environment for the Development of the Industrial Control Computer Industry

1. Patent Application Situation in the Industrial Control Computer Industry

2. Analysis of Major Technologies in the Industrial Control Computer Industry

3. Analysis of the Mechanism of Technology’s Role in the Development of the Industrial Control Computer Industry

4. Analysis of Technological Development Trends in the Industrial Control Computer Industry

Chapter 4 Market Analysis of the Industrial Control Computer Industry in China (2022-2024)

Section 1 Market Size of the Domestic Industrial Control Computer Industry (2022-2024)

1. Changes in the Market Size of the Domestic Industrial Control Computer Industry from 2022 to 2024

2. Factors Affecting Changes in the Market Size of the Domestic Industrial Control Computer Industry (2022-2024)

3. Forecast of Market Size and Growth Rate of the Industrial Control Computer Industry from 2025 to 2030

Section 2 Supply Conditions in the Domestic Industrial Control Computer Industry

1. Number of Supply Enterprises in the Domestic Industrial Control Computer Industry

2. Regional Distribution of Supply Enterprises in the Domestic Industrial Control Computer Industry

3. Number of Employees in the Domestic Industrial Control Computer Industry

4. Supply Scale of the Domestic Industrial Control Computer Industry

5. Capacity Planning Situation in the Domestic Industrial Control Computer Industry

Section 3 Demand Situation Analysis of the Domestic Industrial Control Computer Industry

1. Demand Scale of the Industrial Control Computer Industry

2. Demand Structure of the Domestic Industrial Control Computer Industry

3. Demand Trends in the Domestic Industrial Control Computer Industry

4. Forecast of Demand Potential in the Domestic Industrial Control Computer Industry

Chapter 5 Competitive Landscape and Strategies in the Domestic Industrial Control Computer Industry

Section 1 Analysis of Industry Competition Structure

1. Competition Among Existing Enterprises

2. Analysis of Potential Entrants

3. Analysis of Threats from Substitutes

4. Bargaining Power of Suppliers

5. Bargaining Power of Customers

Section 2 Analysis of Industry Concentration

1. Market Concentration Analysis

2. Regional Concentration Analysis

Section 3 Competitive Hierarchy in the Domestic Industrial Control Computer Industry

1. First Tier

2. Second Tier

3. Third Tier

Section 4 Competitive Strategies in the Domestic Industrial Control Computer Industry

1. Product Strategy

2. Pricing Strategy

3. Channel Strategy

4. Promotion Strategy

Chapter 6 Talent Strategy Analysis in the Domestic Industrial Control Computer Industry

Section 1 Talent Recruitment Strategies

1. Recruitment Strategies for Grassroots Talent

2. Recruitment Strategies for Mid-Level Talent

3. Recruitment Strategies for Senior Talent

Section 2 Talent Development Strategies

1. Internal Development Strategies

2. External Training Strategies

Section 3 Talent Incentive Strategies

1. Promotion Incentive Strategies

2. Equity Incentive Strategies

3. Option Incentive Strategies

Chapter 7 International Development Strategies in the Industrial Control Computer Industry

Section 1 Foundations for International Development in the Industrial Control Computer Industry

1. Export Situation of the Industrial Control Computer Industry

2. External Dependence of the Industrial Control Computer Industry

3. Analysis of OEM Situations in the Industrial Control Computer Industry

Section 2 International Development Strategies in the Industrial Control Computer Industry

1. Participation in the Formulation of International Standards

2. Enhancing Global Competitiveness in the Industry

3. Implementing the “Going Global” Strategy

Chapter 8 Competitive Strategy Analysis of Enterprises in the Industrial Control Computer Industry

Section 1 Analysis of Market Competition Strategies in the Industrial Control Computer Industry

1. Analysis of Growth Potential in the Industrial Control Computer Market in 2023

2. Analysis of Existing Competitive Strategies in the Industrial Control Computer Industry

Section 2 Analysis of Competitive Strategies of Enterprises in the Industrial Control Computer Industry

1. Impact of Global Hotspots on the Competitiveness of Enterprises in the Industrial Control Computer Industry

2. Impact of Domestic Hotspots on the Competitiveness of Enterprises in the Industrial Control Computer Industry

3. Competitive Strategies of Enterprises in the Domestic Industrial Control Computer Industry from 2025 to 2030

Chapter 9 Analysis of Key Enterprises in the Industrial Control Computer Industry in China (2022)

Section 1 Enterprise One

1. Overview of the Enterprise

2. Analysis of Products/Services of the Enterprise