Human Machine Interface Market (Updated Version Available)

Key Market Overview:

Human machine interface market size was worth USD 4.3 Billion in 2022 and is expected to exceed USD 8.1 Billion by 2030, registering a CAGR of 8.2% during the forecast period (2022-2030).

A human-machine interface (HMI) is referred to a user dashboard or interface that connects an individual to a system, machine, or device. Although the term HMI is technically applied to any screen which allows a person to interact with any device, it is typically used in the context of varied industrial processes. Within industrial settings, HMI offers several uses such as monitoring inputs and outputs of a machine, tracking production time, tags and trends, supervising key performance indicators (KPI), and others.

Traditionally, human-machine interfaces are connected to a component called Programming Logic Controller (PLC) for integrating them within the manufacturing line. This PLC inputs data from users and sends it to the HMI, which ultimately displays the information received from such PLC to the specified user. The basic HMI offers information that comprises vital parameters such as material counts, processing counts of machines, and the status of the machinery.

Several multimedia-rich industrial HMIs are being created for the smart-factory environment. These HMIs allow users to get integrated SMS or email alerts regarding the machine status, along with providing the access to integrated videos of the activities on the factory floor. More advanced HMIs offer remote control of several machines and processes on multiple sites and a detailed analysis of manufacturing facilities\' operations.

Report Attributes	Report Details
Study Timeline	2016-2030
Market Size in 2030 (USD Billion)	8.1 Billion
CAGR (2022-2030)	8.2%
By Product	Hardware (Basic HMI, Advanced PC Based HMI, Advanced Panel Based HMI), and Software (Cloud Based and On-Premise)
By Configuration	Embedded and Standalone
By Technology	Motion, Acoustic, Bionic, Tactile
By End Use	Automotive, Packaging, Oil and Gas, Food and Beverage, Pharmaceutical, Metal, and Mining
By End Use	Government, BFSI, Healthcare, IT and Telecommunication, Transportation & Logistics, Defense & Security, and Others
By Geography	Asia-Pacific [China, Southeast Asia, India, Japan, Korea, Western Asia] Europe [Germany, UK, France, Italy, Russia, Spain, Netherlands, Turkey, Switzerland] North America [United States, Canada, Mexico] Middle East & Africa [GCC, North Africa, South Africa] South America [Brazil, Argentina, Columbia, Chile, Peru]
Key Players	Accu-Beckhoff Automation (Germany), Rockwell Automation, Inc. (U.S.), Honeywell International, Inc. (U.S.), Beijer Electronics Group (Sweden), ABB (Switzerland), Siemens (Germany), Schneider Electric (France), Eaton. (Ireland), Robert Bosch Gmbh (Japan), Exor International (Italy), Kontron (Germany), OMRON Corporation (Japan), Red Lion (U.S.), Texas Instruments Incorporated. (U.S.), Weintek Labs., Inc. (Taiwan), Yokogawa Electric Corporation (Japan), Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (Japan), Advantech Co., Ltd. (Taiwan), Emerson Electric Co. (U.S.), General Electric (U.S.)

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Market Dynamics:

Driver:

The growing rate of industrialization due to urbanization propels the human machine interface market shares due to the increase in production activities. Further, manufacturing facilities have started to initiate high spending on technology integration within production plants to monitor and track industrial operations. Moreover, the increased demand for industrial automation equipment such as field devices, smart equipment, and others to improve productivity, quality, and connectivity with technology also fuels market growth.

Restraint:

The integration of such HMIs involves high installation, maintenance, and running costs. This creates inconvenience for small enterprises to allocate their limited resources and budgets towards such expensive human-machine interfaces. Further, the shortage of skilled technicians to control highly advanced and complex industrial automation equipment restricts the wide adoption of HMIs. Moreover, the strict regulations and protocols for introducing such highly technical interfaces within manufacturing facilities also limit market growth. These protocols take into consideration every aspect from the perspective of human safety to the overall control of important production tasks.

Opportunities:

The scope of upgrade in industrial internet infrastructure is expected to offer creative opportunities for advanced integration of HMIs within manufacturing facilities. The future of HMIs will also include a large number of interfaces ranging from augmented reality (AR), natural language processing, virtual reality (VR), and voice-based HMI. Furthermore, the availability of 5G technology in some cities would allow mobile access to HMI for getting increasing the data capacity while reducing speed latency and maintaining security standards. Moreover, operator HMI actions, controllers, sensors, and remote machine monitoring are also anticipated to upgrade technology performance gains as compared to traditional technologies.

COVID-19 Impact:

The halted operations within manufacturing facilities resulted in a sudden decline of human machine interface market shares during the initial COVID pandemic phases. The governments of major countries imposed heavy restrictions on the movements of raw materials, products, and even the labor force, which resulted in heavy losses faced by major businesses. However, post-pandemic, the market situations have returned to a moderate pace with the resumed processes within production plants. Huge spending has been initiated by business conglomerates to increase production efficiency through technology integration within facilities. The latest HMI is expected to reduce operation costs by replacing traditional indicator lights, push buttons, and selectors for efficient monitoring of the machines.

Human Machine Interface Market Segmentation:



By Product

The product segment is bifurcated into hardware and software. The hardware segment is further sub-segmented into basic HMI, advanced panel-based HMI, and advanced PC-based HMI. This segment is projected to account for the largest share contribution to the human machine interface market statistics during the forecast period. The hardware segment includes devices such as personal computers, field-mounted flat-face panels, printers, and others. Further, the hardware or software HMI applications can range from a physical control panel with indicator lights and colored buttons to an industrial personal computer with a color graphics display. Moreover, HMI software provides an in-built graphic user interface with dedicated controls for input and output. This helps to operate and monitor advanced industrial equipment. Additionally, such software is easily compatible with HMI hardware or mobile devices, regular PCs, and wearables.

By Configuration

The configuration segment is divided into embedded and standalone. The standalone HMI configuration is projected to support the market growth in terms of the largest share contribution. This configuration offers a touchscreen or display panel integrated within equipment with high computing performance and ultra-low power consumption. These equipment are also water and dust resistant which results in reduced costs of maintenance to manufacturing facilities. Moreover, embedded HMI configuration is also anticipated to support the market growth in terms of value. A large number of original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) use embedded controls in their production machinery. These embedded controls have been converted into embedded HMIs and platforms that include a display and an embedded OS such as Linux, Windows, and others. Such embedded programming software allows users to modify the functionalities of robots or machinery according to their business needs.

By Technology

The technology segment is separated into motion, tactile, acoustic, and bionic. The bionic segment conquered the market in terms of the largest share contribution. This bionic technology was used as a collaborative HMI to collect and differentiate between sensory stimuli. The electromechanical sensors based on such bionic technologies offer a valuable toolkit for several HMI applications by mimicking human forms and supporting human-like functions within industrial processes. Further, tactile technology is widely used by major industrial facilities due to several factors. A tactile display falls within the category of human-machine interface which leverages the sense of touch to display information. Typically used tactile displays include arrays of actuators that stimulate the skin, specifically fingertips, by retraction/raise or vibration of a contact pin called a tactor.

By End Use

The end-user segment is divided into automotive, packaging, oil and gas, food and beverage, pharmaceutical, metal, and mining. The automotive segment is estimated to support the human machine interface market growth in terms of revenue and volume. Automotive original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) heavily rely on HMIs to carry out precise and reliable industrial processes. Additionally, automotive HMIs are also integrated as vehicle dashboards which allow passengers and drivers to easily interact with their vehicles. These HMI automotive dashboards comprise push rotary controllers, in-car touch screens and buttons, gesture and swipe functions, and even speech recognition technology. Further, the pharmaceutical industry is also projected to support market growth in terms of value. Pharmaceutical processing includes a batch process where the production of active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) or drug substance involves multiple unit operations. The HMIs play an essential role as a piece of equipment used to monitor and control these processes. They are also used in several stages of the manufacture, processing, extraction, purification, and packaging of the final product.

By Region

The regional segment comprises Asia Pacific, Europe, North America, Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa. North America is anticipated to support the market growth in terms of value. The large and established presence of market players especially in the U.S. is among the major factors responsible for increased human machine interface market statistics in the North American region. Additionally, the early adoption of any type of technology advancement makes it easy for existing infrastructure systems to use HMI interfaces for focusing on business efficiency.



Further, Asia Pacific is also expected to support the market growth in terms of volume. The growing foreign direct investments (FDI) into manufacturing facilities to boost the production rate allow producers to involve HMIs in monitoring and improving existing business operations within production plants. Further, the presence of one of the largest IT and Telecommunication sectors in India, China, and Japan offers a high scope of research and development specifically in HMIs.

Human Machine Interface Market Competitive Landscape:

The global competitive nature of the market is primarily on a higher scale due to the large presence of market players. These market players focus on the adoption of multiple business strategies as product innovations to generate healthy revenue. As a result, other competitors have the opportunity to form joint ventures and collaborative efforts for attaining a stable position in market circumstances. Following are the major market players which comprise the latest market concentration–

• Beckhoff Automation (Germany)
• Rockwell Automation, Inc. (U.S.)
• Honeywell International, Inc. (U.S.)
• Beijer Electronics Group (Sweden)
• ABB (Switzerland)
• Siemens (Germany)
• Schneider Electric (France)
• Eaton. (Ireland)
• Robert Bosch Gmbh (Japan)
• Exor International (Italy)
• Kontron (Germany)
• OMRON Corporation (Japan)
• Red Lion (U.S.)
• Texas Instruments Incorporated. (U.S.)
• Weintek Labs., Inc. (Taiwan)
• Yokogawa Electric Corporation (Japan)
• Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (Japan)
• Advantech Co., Ltd. (Taiwan)
• Emerson Electric Co. (U.S.)
• General Electric (U.S.)

Recent Developments

• In February 2020, U.S.-based conglomerate, Rockwell Automation, renewed its product portfolio to strengthen its market representation. They successfully initiated procurement of ASEM, which is a specialist in the IPC and HMI market. The main goal of this initiation is to improve the capacity of the organization to convey superior and unified robotization arrangements.

• In December 2021, KYOCERA Corporation launched its human-machine interface (HMI) technology called HAPTIVITY. This is a hybrid innovation with the combination of its patented touch technology with IMSETM, which is the patented technology of 3D injection-molded structural electronics from TactoTek.

• In August 2022, Avalanche Technology, one of the leaders in next-generation MRAM technology, announced that the company aims to provide a portfolio of Persistent SRAM (P-SRAM) products for developing industrial touchscreen applications offered by FALINUX. FALINUX has integrated Avalanche\'s called device 8Mb High-Performance Serial P-SRAM within its next generation Human Machine Interface (HMI) products mainly focussing on industrial automation systems.