Food manufacturers in Europe and Asia-Pacific grew their share of efforts to hire for robotics-related jobs in the three months ending May.

The number of roles in Europe made up 24.8% of total robotics jobs – up from 22.2% in the same quarter last year.

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That was followed by Asia-Pacific, which saw a 2.5 year-on-year percentage point change in robotics roles.

GlobalData tracks the number of new job postings from key companies in various sectors over time. Using textual analysis, these job advertisements are then classified thematically. The data and analytics group, Just Foods parent company, seeks to group key company information by topic to see which companies are best placed to weather the disruptions coming to their industries.

By tracking the themes across job advertisements, GlobalData says it can see which companies are leading the way on specific issues and which are dragging their heels – and importantly where the market is expanding and contracting.

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In Europe, the country that accounted for the greatest activity was France.

The top country for robotics roles in the food industry is the US, which saw 62.1% of all roles advertised in the three months ending May.

Which cities and locations are the biggest hubs for robotics workers in the food industry?

Some 6.1% of all food industry robotics roles were advertised in Sheboygan (United States) in the three months ending May.

That was followed by Franklin (United States) with 5.1%, Madrid (Spain) with 2.6%, and Jeffersonville (United States) with 2.4%.

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