Growth Opportunities Reshaping Chemical Process Automation

Chemical and petrochemical producers need automation strategies that protect long-life assets while improving flexibility, reliability, throughput, energy use, and compliance. Organizations modernizing installed infrastructure without disrupting operations will need stronger connections between plant-level and enterprise data, along with clearer prioritization of production areas where automation can improve productivity, reliability, and operational performance.

Frost & Sullivan’s latest analysis helps leaders move from broad modernization intent to sharper investment decisions across software, control, reliability, and production-readiness priorities.

Strategic Growth Signals

01 Process automation revenue projected to grow from USD 27.10 billion (2025) to USD 36.10 billion (2030).

02 5.9% CAGR across chemicals and petrochemicals process automation.

03 Specialty chemicals and agrochemicals are accelerating demand for flexible and scalable automation.

04 Software-defined automation (SDA), connected operations and asset performance management (APM) are reshaping modernization priorities.

05 Growth opportunities emerging across specialty chemicals, semiconductor-linked capacity, and Asia-Pacific scale-up.

What This Analysis Helps You Evaluate

Where hardware-centric systems should transition toward software-defined automation

How connected operations convert operational data into decision-ready intelligence

Why APM, predictive analytics, smart sensors, and cloud-based computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS) support near-zero downtime

Which opportunities are forming across specialty chemicals, semiconductor-linked capacity, and Asia-Pacific scale-up

How supplier portfolios compare across distributed control systems (DCS), software, optimization tools, controls, and measurement devices