Global Construction Equipment Industry Analysed in New Report
The report ‘Global and China Construction Equipment Industry Report 2011-2012’ states that since 2001, the global construction equipment industry had experienced robust development, and it embraced its peak in 2007 but saw a cumulative fall of 35.4% for two consecutive years in 2008 and 2009. In 2010, the global construction equipment industry picked up its skyrocketing growth momentum, with the growth rate exceeding 50%. In 2011, the industrial growth rate approximated 26% and the market scale was roughly USD190 billion.
InChina, every first quarter not only marks the peak season to start infrastructure projects, but also indicates the prime season for the sale of construction equipments. In every Jan.-April, the sales volume of construction equipments makes up around 55% of the throughout year.
The sharp reduction came as the monetary tightening measures launched by the government. Since the Central government worries that further hefty investment in infrastructure construction may lead to debt crisis or financial woe, it started to exercise monetary squeeze measure to control credit scale. Another contributor to the reduction lies in restriction of investments in the property market.
American companies, in particular, performed well. In Q1 2012, the revenue from Machinery and Power Systems division of Caterpillar surged by 25%, with the operating profit also rising 25%.
Read more from this report here: ‘Global and China Construction Equipment Industry Report 2011-2012’
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