As
a consequence, the British research institute Off Highway Research forecasts a
recovery in worldwide sales of machinery and equipment, returning to 2007 levels
as early as 2015 (100 billion dollars). In Western Europe, the consultancy
expects growth of 7 percent on the equipment market in 2014 and forecasts a 4
percent increase in sales in 2015 with a total volume of 124,098 units.
On
the backdrop of a sensitive economic environment, research nevertheless predicts
that worldwide spending in infrastructure will double between now and 2020.
(Source: Price Waterhouse Coopers). This expenditure
should grow by 6 to 7 percent per year over the next ten years, with faster
growth in sub-Saharan Africa, estimated at over 10 percent per year.
Despite
a gloomy market, France plans to launch a host of construction programs in 2015
in the areas of urban redevelopment, the huge rapid transit project Grand Paris
Express, a construction stimulus plan, the overall Grand Paris program, etc. The
construction machinery and equipment
sector should benefit from this. It will also be able to take advantage of the
continuing investments announced by rental companies, and the need to renew an
aging stock of equipment acquired during the pre-2009 boom years.
In
2014 the European market entered a new phase of growth. Following seven years of
hardship during which the market recorded a drop of 21 percent in volume, and in
the wake of a negative-growth 2013 (-2.7 percent), EUROCONSTRUCT has provided
confirmation that 2014 will be the first year of recovery for the construction
market. Estimates for growth are moderate for 2014 (+1 percent) but forecast an
acceleration in 2015 (+2.1 percent) and in the two years thereafter (+2.2
percent).
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