As you may know that Robotics in Thailand is on rising demand, not only in Asia, but also around the globe, the maximum investment has been from Japan. Presently, there is 25% of Japan’s automotive manufacturing output in Thailand. And it is expected by the Chairman of the Yaskawa Electric Corporation that the local automotive manufacturing industry will rely heavily on the industrial robotics as the government is found promoting the next-generation cars.
As far as the industrial robots are concerned they can be used both during potentially dangerous situations and other fields like biomedical services. According to the World Robotics Report, 2017, Thailand is viewed as a growing market for the industrial robots in Asia with a sales projection at 3,500 units in 2018, and 4,000 in 2019, up from 2,646 in 2016. On the other hand, robot sale across the globe was expected to stay at 379,250 units in 2018, and 433,900 units in 2019, up from 294,312 units in 2016.
The Yaskawa Electric is one of those many companies in Japan that has approached the Thai government to invest in developing an “industrial robot factory in the Eastern Economic Corridor”. If you don’t know already, robotics is considered among the 10 targeted industries for Board of Investment promotion that enjoy the maximum investment privileges, provided the factory is situated in the special economic zone like EEC. You will be glad to know that the cabinet last August has approved a robotics development plan as the government pushes to enhance 200-billion-baht investment scheme in the next five years.
Additionally, the cabinet has granted some measures in order to support the development of robotics and so many other targeted industries to keep up to Thailand 4.0 policy. The measures focus on encouraging the service sectors and manufacturing in order to raise productivity through robotics use and automation systems.
