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Wilmer Zhou
Senior Analyst, Manufacturing Technology
Wilmer Zhou is a senior analyst at IHS with expertise in the APAC automation market. In the automation field, his focus is on motors and drives, including low voltage AC motors, medium voltage motors, low voltage motor drives, medium voltage drives, stepper systems, integrated motors, servo motors, servo drives and generators. Wilmer has delivered a number of research projects, also covering the market for industrial automation electronics equipment. Examples of Wilmer’s key publications include: The Chinese Market for Low Voltage AC Motors, The Chinese Market for Low Voltage AC & DC Motor Drives, The Chinese Market for Motion Controls, The China Machinery Production Yearbook , The Chinese Market for Medium Voltage Motor Drives.
Before joining IHS, Wilmer was a product marketing manager in the electronics industry for Vishay and Auvitek. Prior to that, he was a hardware engineer focus on the electronics & electric industry.
Wilmer holds a BS in Mechatronic Engineering from the University of Electronic Science & Technology of China, and MBA master degree from Shanghai JiaoTong University. Wilmer is based in the company’s Shanghai, China Office.

Lisa Wang
Analyst, Industrial Automation Equipment
As part of Omdia’s Manufacturing Technology team, Lisa Wang is the lead analyst of industrial automation equipment market tracker, with a specific interest in global automation equipment and China machinery production market.
Lisa provides analysis on a detailed overview of the major automation equipment markets for regions, the product driving forces and the industry trends that influencing the markets. She also focusses on machinery production and automation equipment market in China.
She holds a bachelor’s degree in Marketing from Tian Jin University of Commerce.
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