Vision 2025: Future of Electric Motors in a Connected World

Vision 2025: Future of Electric Motors in a Connected World

This study forecasts the future of the electric motor industry as it embraces new business models and innovations brought in by the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and digital transformation across the value chain. Shifting customer preferences and socioeconomic volatility, the impact of the global pandemic on the supply chain, and political turmoil are compelling motor original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to design products and solutions to improve thinning margins and maintain a competitive edge. The advent of digitalization and IIoT resulted in motor OEMs achieving business excellence by moving from product-based to solution-based offerings. The motors market, valued at $20.12 billion in 2021, is expected to grow at a CAGR of 2.9% to $22.55 billion, driven by the adoption of digital-based solutions and aftermarket services. Asia-Pacific (APAC) is expected to be the largest region for the motors market, propelled by demand from process industries, such as oil and gas, chemical, and power generation. In addition to the digitalization trend, the motors market will be driven by energy-efficiency norms and demand from hybrid and discrete industries, especially electric vehicles. However, the prevailing global pandemic and its impact on supply chain and operations across end-market will offset the expected growth, resulting in a CAGR of 2.9% by 2025. The key market trends impacting the motors market will be decarbonization, digitalization, vendor-agnostic aftermarket services, supply chain optimization, and focus on glocalization (global + local). In addition, the study discusses industry Mega Trends, disruptive technologies, and competitive landscape trends that are impacting the market. An overview of the key market participants, their product offering, and their market positioning has been provided in this report. The competitive landscape includes details on emerging companies that offer disruptive technologies and business models for the motors market. Frost & Sullivan identified emerging innovative business models that will integrate the IIoT technologies, such as intelligent sensors, big data & analytics, machine learning (ML) & artificial intelligence (AI), cloud computing, and industrial mobility. The study discusses key growth opportunities for motor OEMs to unlock new potential revenue streams. The growing demand for energy efficiency in the process industry, increasing automation in hybrid and discrete industries, customer demand for real-time monitoring and industrial mobility, and the emergence of vendor-agnostic aftermarket services will create new growth opportunities for motor OEMs. This study also provides the estimated potential size and call to action for each of the identified growth opportunities for the motors market.

KEY ISSUES ADDRESSED

What is the current state of the electric motor industry and how is it expected to grow by 2025?
What are the innovative business models motor OEMs can explore as they move toward Motor-as-a-Service model?
What are the key growth opportunities for the electric motor industry? How can they benefit from these opportunities?
What are the global Mega Trends and how do they impact this industry?
What is the mindset of end users toward the new motor solutions?


  • Strategic Imperatives
    • Why Is It Increasingly Difficult to Grow?
    • The Strategic Imperative 8™
    • The Impact of Top Three Strategic Imperatives on Electric Motors
    • Growth Opportunities Fuel the Growth Pipeline Engine™
  • Growth Environment
    • Evolution of the Motor Industry
    • Motor Industry in 2025, Top 7 Predictions
  • Research Scope and Segmentation
    • Research Scope
    • Research Scope, Electric Motors
    • Segmentation
    • Key Competitors
  • Global Electric Motors Revenue Forecast for 2025
    • Key Growth Metrics
    • Growth Drivers
    • Growth Restraints
    • Forecast Assumptions
    • Revenue Forecast
      • Table Electric Motors: Revenue Forecast, Global, 2017–2025
    • Revenue Forecast by Technology
      • Table Electric Motors: Revenue Forecast by Technology, Global, 2017–2025
    • Revenue by Technology and Region
    • Percent Revenue Forecast by Power Rating
    • Revenue Forecast by Region
      • Table Electric Motors: Revenue Forecast by Region, Global, 2017–2025
    • Revenue Forecast by End-user
      • Table Electric Motors: Revenue Forecast by End-user, Global, 2017–2025
    • Revenue Forecast Analysis
    • Competitive Landscape of Motors Manufacturer
    • Competitive Environment
    • Revenue Share
    • Revenue Share Analysis
  • Big Themes and Opportunities
    • Key Market Trends
    • Decarbonization—Driving Demand for Energy Efficiency
    • Digitalization—Advent of Digital-based Managed Services
    • Everything-as-a-Service (XaaS)
    • Digitalization—Diagnostics Transformation, APM
    • State of Digital Transformation—Customer Readiness
    • Broadening of Aftermarket Portfolio
    • Supply Chain Optimization
    • Glocalization—Globalization + Localization
  • Visioning Scenarios—Industry Mega Trends
    • Macro to Micro Visioning
    • IoT + Motors for Managed Services
    • Ie5—Future of Electric Motor Efficiency
    • Increased Adoption of Variable Frequency Drive (VFD)
    • Growth of High Speed Electric Machines
  • Visioning Scenarios—Competitive Landscape Trends
    • Key Global Participants
    • Companies to Watch—Turntide
    • Companies to Watch—Rockwell Automation
    • Companies to Watch—Exro Technologies
  • Growth Pipeline
    • Levers for Growth
  • Growth Opportunity Universe
    • Growth Opportunity 1—Increasing Automation in Discrete and Hybrid Industries
    • Growth Opportunity 2—Energy-efficient Motors for Process and Hybrid Industry
    • Growth Opportunity 3—Motor Real-time Monitoring for Efficiency
    • Growth Opportunity 4—Industrial Mobility for Accessibility in the Process, Hybrid, and Discrete Industry
    • Growth Opportunity 5—Vendor-agnostic Repair and Aftermarket Services for End-users in the Process Industry
    • Growth Opportunity 6—Plug-and-play Motor for the Electric Vehicle Market
    • Strategic Imperatives for Success and Growth
  • Appendix
    • List of Abbreviations
    • List of Other Countries
  • Next Steps
    • Your Next Steps
    • Why Frost, Why Now?

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