Manufacturers, infrastructure providers and applied-technology businesses are racing to automate, digitise and de-risk production. Analysys Mason will identify which technologies to back for future growth.

Across industrial production, the sources of competitive advantage are changing. As automation, robotics, machine vision and connected systems integrate, operational performance, product quality and production economics increasingly depend on technology decisions. The result is a redistribution of value across these markets, rewarding businesses that back the right technologies early.

Analysys Mason advises manufacturers, infrastructure providers, automation specialists and their investors on where these changes can create opportunity. We assess markets, pressure-test technology and growth strategies, run commercial and technical due diligence, and turn digital manufacturing ambition into executable plans and delivered outcomes. Our team comes from industry, which grounds our analysis in how technologies perform today and how they will shape a company's position in the future. 

 

Oli Barnett

Industrial clients don’t need more technology for its own sake; they need to make critical decisions that move enterprise value. We help our clients focus priorities, cut through technical complexity and execute changes with confidence.

Oli Barnett Managing Partner, Head of Transformation Practice
Oliver Runkel

Industrial technology businesses face constant questions. Am I in the most attractive markets? Do I have the right capabilities? We answer by reading the trajectory of technology and economics, not just today's state of play.

Oliver Runkel Partner, expert in strategy and transaction support
Al Walker

We cover the technologies behind fully automated, transparent, self-regulating production, from advanced manufacturing to machine vision. For investors and corporations, that means clearer bets and fewer surprises.

Al Walker Engagement Director, expert in operating models and transformation

Explore our services

  • Commercial and technology due diligence

    We support investors across the deal lifecycle  market attractiveness, technology assessment and value-creation theses  for targets in advanced manufacturing, automation, robotics and industrial software. 

  • Advanced manufacturing strategy

    We help clients in machinery, high-precision, additive manufacturing and laser processing (and packaging) decide where to experiment, prioritise investment and respond to shifting cost and competitive dynamics. 

  • Automation and robotics growth

    We advise hardware and software players in automation and robotics on product, industry and go-to-market choices – turning technical capability into defensible commercial advantage. 

  • Measurement, control and machine vision

    We bring sector insight to measurement, control and vision technologies, helping clients and their backers to size opportunities and validate differentiation in fast-moving niches. 

  • Digital manufacturing and industrial IoT

    We help manufacturers to use connectivity, data and industrial IoT to drive transparency, efficiency and asset performance – and build the business case for transformation. 

  • Technology-enabled industrial services

    We support technology-enabled business services across the industrials value chain, including testing, inspection and certification (TIC) and industrials services, on strategy and transaction questions. 

Client projects

Client project

We validated the digital transformation strategy for a B2B operator entering a rapid growth phase providing the senior leadership team with the confidence to invest

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Customisable total addressable market (TAM) model for an MSP-focused vendor

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Cost–benefit models comparing M2M connection platforms

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Meet the team

Oli Barnett

Managing Partner, Head of Transformation Practice

Oliver Runkel

Partner, expert in strategy and transaction support

Al Walker

Engagement Director, expert in operating models and transformation

Simon Fischer

Managing Partner, Co-lead Germany