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Everyone points to automation as the savior, but where is the Chinese Caterpillar? The Chinese Bosch? As far as I can tell, they still rely primarily on compani
by ghostcluster 9y ago
Everyone points to automation as the savior, but where is the Chinese Caterpillar? The Chinese Bosch? As far as I can tell, they still rely primarily on companies from the US, Japan, and Germany for their automated heavy industry.
https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Companies/Japanese-robot-maker-taps-China-s-demand-for-automation https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Companies/Japanese-robot-ma...
- maxerickson 9y agoThere's multiple Chinese heavy equipment manufacturers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Heavy_machinery_manufacturers_of_China https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Heavy_machinery_manuf... Have you compared sales numbers? The LiuGong article shows equipment used in other Asian countries and Africa.
- seanmcdirmid 9y agoChina was able to copy Caterpillar very effectively, to the point where they are now eating Caterpillar's lunch. It is much harder for them to copy the precision machinery that German companies wouldn't dare to think of JV-ing in China.