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US / EU / Japan · Physical AI

Factory Automation & Integration

Reshoring and labour scarcity push automation spend. Integrators and controls vendors are the existing, profitable expression of physical AI.

Controls→Cells→Integration→Factory
46
Tightness score ⓘ
#51 of 56
■ Stable
Supply concentration3
Lead time2
Capex intensity3
Geopolitical exposure2
Pricing power3
Lead time
6–12 mo
Theme 1M
−4.5%
% in uptrend
33%
Metric to watch

Industrial automation orders, reshoring capex, and warehouse automation backlog.

What would prove us wrong

Weakens if industrial orders fall for multiple quarters despite reshoring announcements.

Dependencies
↑ supplier  Servo Motors & Drives54↑ supplier  Robot Platforms & Humanoids44

Automation theme performance

Equal-weight · rebased 100 · 1Y
Stocks we track

Who controls this bottleneck

Roles, not recommendations. Delayed prices; local currency.

StockRoleListingLast1D1M3MYTDOff 52w highTrendNext earnings
ROK
Rockwell Automation
 Industrial automation and controls NYSE
US		 $436.2 −3.37% −1.4% −9.0% +13.2% −11.6% 2026-11-05
EMR
Emerson Electric
 Process automation and controls NYSE
US		 $164.9 −3.40% +4.0% +6.9% +25.7% −3.4% 2026-11-04
SIE.DE
Siemens
 Factory automation and industrial software XETRA
Germany		 €265.6 −2.96% −2.3% −7.6% +13.4% −8.3% 2026-11-12
ABBN.SW
ABB
 Electrification, drives and robotics SIX
Switzerland		 CHF 70.68 −3.34% −11.2% −13.4% +21.1% −20.2% 2026-10-20
ZBRA
Zebra Technologies
 Warehouse robotics and scanning NASDAQ
US		 $361.3 −4.27% −3.8% +23.9% +48.8% −7.6% 2026-11-03
SYM
Symbotic
 Warehouse robotics systems NASDAQ
US		 $37.93 +1.42% −12.1% −17.3% −36.2% −56.5% 2026-11-23

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