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Annual Installations of Industrial Robots by Country 2019

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According to the World Robotics 2020 Industrial Robots report, currently there are 2.7 million industrial robots in operation in factories around the world. This figure is an crease of 12% relative to 2019 when 373,000 units were shipped global. Click to enlarge Source: IFR presents World Robotics Report 2020 China is the largest market for industrial robots with …

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What is Intermodal: Infographic

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Intermodal freight transport means movement of freight in a container using multiple multiple methods of transportation such as trucks, trains, ships, barges, etc. without any handling of the freight itself when the mode of transportation changes. This process reduces unnecessary handling, risk and of course if the most efficient. In simple terms, this means a …

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The Top 10 Pharmaceutical Companies In The World 2020

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The Top 10 Pharmaceutical Companies in the World for 2020 based on their 2019 revenue are shown in the graphic below. The Top 3 firms were Roche, Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson. Click to enlarge   Source: Proclinical The tickers of the companies shown above are: Roche Holding AG (RHHBY) Pfizer Inc (PFE) Johnson & Johnson …

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Historically Bear Markets Tend To Be Shorter Than Bull Markets

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Stocks perform well relative to other assets in the long run measured in years or decades. This is possible because even if there are bear markets during any given time period, they usually are shorter than bull markets. For example, over a 10 year period if a bull market leads to a 50% increase with …

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The Top 10 Global Medical Devices Companies by Revenue 2020

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The Top 10 Global Medical Devices Companies based on their revenue in the devices segment in 2019 are shown in the graphic below. According to Proclinical research, the worldwide market for medical devices reached about $457.0 billion last year. Many of these firms are in the news lately due to the growing market for COVID-19 …

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