APC Market Analysis
                     Market Highlights 
Advanced Process Control (APC) enhances process profitability by improving quality, increasing 
throughput while reducing energy usages. The state-of-the-art APC technologies are capable of 
releasing process potential across the industries, including food & beverages, refining, 
petrochemical, and mining.  
Leverage to the economic environment, today, manufacturers are confronted by the need to curtail 
the capital budgets due to the rising overheads, manufacturing cost, energy costs, and struggle to 
stay at the front of the market competition. 
Advanced process control helps manufacturers to address such complex challenges with various 
solutions that can extract maximum value from the manufacturing processes. APC also improves 
production yield, quality, and reduce energy consumption, optimizing manufacturing operations. 
Resultantly, advanced process control solutions are garnering a colossal market prominence, 
getting quickly absorbed in various industries for optimized operational techniques. The APC 
market is witnessing rising deployments of these solutions. Moreover, increasing mandates to save 
energy are acting as significant tailwinds escalating the market on the global platform.  
According to Market Research Future (MRFR), the global advanced process control market would 
register 12.09% CAGR throughout the forecast period (2017-2023), witnessing exponential 
accruals.  
Additional factors influencing the growth of the market include the introduction of new labor safety 
norms, increasing requirement for energy-efficient process control solutions, and the integration of 
APC with the traditional business process.  
The demand for high efficiency and a low-cost model and the success achieved in easing business 
processes are major driving forces supporting the growth of the market. Conversely, high costs of 
implementation and the reduced potential APC for knowledge-based business processes are some 
of the factors challenging the growth of APC market.  
Segmentation: 
The report is segmented into four key market dynamics to widen the scope of understanding, 
By Type: Multivariable Model Predictive Control, Advanced Regulatory Control, Inferential Control, 
Compressor Control, and Sequential Control, among others. 
By Revenue Source: Software and Services, among others.  
By Application: Pharmaceuticals, Oil & Gas, Power, Food & Beverages, Chemicals, Petrochemicals, 
and Semiconductors among others. 
By Region: Europe, North America, Asia Pacific, and the Rest-of-the-World. 
Regional Analysis: 
North America would retain its leading position in the global market. Factors fueling the regional 
market growth include substantial investments made into the development of technologies and the 
presence of major manufacturers that can offer cutting-edge technologies. Also, the increasing 
adoption of these solutions in some of the burgeoning sectors, including healthcare, O&G, and 
Power, is influencing the growth of the market in the region.  
Besides, the well-established infrastructure in the region provides impetus to the regional market 
growth, allowing faster development and implementation of advanced technologies. The US and 
Canada lead the North American APC market, heading with the increasing technological 
advancements and the uptake of these solutions. 
The advanced process control market in the European region accounts for the second-largest 
market, globally. The demand from the various sectors and the augmented uptake of these 
solutions lead the market growth, predominantly. The resurging economy in the region s playing a 
significant role in the growth of the market. 
The advanced process control market in the Asia Pacific region is emerging as a profitable market, 
globally. The improving economy that drives the urbanization and healthcare and entertainment 
industry in the region fosters market growth. The market is estimated to witness healthy growth 
over the review period. 
Competitive Dashboard: 
Highly competitive, the advanced process control market appears to be diversified due to the 
presence of several large and small-scale small players. To gain an edge over their competitors in 
the market, matured players adopt strategies such as acquisition and merger, expansion, 
collaboration, and technology launch.  
These players also invest increasingly in R&D to develop a cost-competitive product portfolio and 
to acquire small yet promising companies in the emerging markets. They strive to address the 
critical market needs with a wide range of solutions and effective & complete workflow.  
Major Players:  
Players leading the global APC market are Aspen Technology, Inc., Emerson Electric Co., ABB Ltd., 
Honeywell International, Inc., Rockwell Automation, Inc., General Electric Co., Schneider Electric SE, 
Yokogawa Corporation, Rudolph Technologies, Inc., and Siemens AG, among others.  
Industry/ Innovation /Related News:  
June 24, 2019 --- Nanometrics Incorporated (the US), a leading provider of advanced process 
control metrology and software analytics, and Rudolph Technologies, Inc. (the US), a leading 
provider of semiconductor process control systems, announced the signing of a merger to create a 
premier semiconductor process control company.  
Combining an all-stock merger of equal transactions, the merged company will be a premier 
company, providing end-to-end process control software, metrology, inspection, and lithography 
equipment to the semiconductor industry and other advanced markets. Considering the fact that 
customers are to continue to invest in more advanced process control (APC) solutions, the 
combined technology portfolio and established channels to these markets are estimated to 
accelerate the ability to serve both front-end and back-end markets.