This document is one of three market briefs delivered throughout the year to subscribers of our Linear motion products Service. The market brief will be delivered 3, 6 and 9 months after publication of the main service deliverable.

This brief provides a general overview regarding the performance of the major end-user sectors for linear motion products using sources such as the IHS Markit Industrial Automation Equipment Market Tracker, the Capital Equipment Market Tracker, and the Machinery Production Market Tracker.

Note that this brief does not provide updated data for the linear motion market. Instead, it presents qualitative insight on the evolving underlying market drivers by machinery type and equipment sector.