In the May market review, Omdia decreased its global MP and IAE market forecasts by 0.10% and 0.02%, respectively as the factors affecting market growth in the 1Q23 forecast remained almost the same.
The Analyst Team
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Ahmad Afiq
Research Associate
As part of Omdia’s research operations team, Afiq provides research support for various research products in Government and Manufacturing such as industrial automation equipment, machine vision, and discrete automation.
Prior to joining Omdia, Afiq worked as a research assistant at Universiti Sains Malaysia, involved in R&D in robotics and automation field. Previously, Afiq worked as a sales engineer at a manufacturing company in Penang, Malaysia.
Afiq holds a master’s degree in electrical and electronics engineering (industrial automation and control) and a bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering from Universiti Sains Malaysia.

Baldesh Singh
Research Analyst, Manufacturing Technology
Baldesh is part of Omdia’s manufacturing technology team, leading the Machinery Production Market Viewpoint Service. His research focuses on machinery sectors including material handling, packaging tools, and food and beverage machinery, combining Omdia’s industrial expertise with macroeconomic and supply chain analysis to understand key trends affecting developments in the machinery market. He is also passionate about sustainability initiatives driving the future of the manufacturing industry.
Baldesh joined Omdia (formerly IHS Markit) in 2018. Prior to that, he was an analyst at Contact Energy, one of New Zealand’s major energy companies. He holds a bachelor’s degree in economics and international business from the Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.

Lisa Wang
Senior Analyst, Manufacturing Technology
As part of Omdia’s Manufacturing Technology team, Lisa Wang focuses on the industrial automation equipment and medium voltage motors segments, with a particular focus on global and regional automation market trends, key factors affecting the automation market, and changes in trends for various industries. Lisa has also carried out extensive research on various segments of the medium voltage motors market.
Lisa joined Omdia (formerly IHS Markit) in 2013. She has been studying the automation market in depth for five years, having previously focused on the Chinese machinery equipment market. Many clients recognize her analyses and insights in the automation field. She is currently based in China.
She holds a bachelor’s degree in marketing from Tian Jin University of Commerce.
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