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KN29016 KEY NOTE MECHANICAL HANDLING JANUARY
1996
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1-85765-518-4
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Executive Summary
- Market Definition
- INTRODUCTION
- MARKET SECTORS
- MARKET POSITION
- Table 1: Number of Local Units in Mechanical
Engineering and Mechanical Handling, 1990-1995
- Table 2: Number of Employees in Mechanical
Engineering and Mechanical Handling, 1991-1995
- Table 3: Breakdown of Number of Employees in
Mechanical Engineering by Employment Size, 1991-1995
- Table 4: Breakdown of Number of Local Units
in Mechanical Engineering by Employment Size, 1991-1995
- Table 5: Average Number of Employees per
Local Unit in Mechanical Engineering by Employment Size, 1991-1995
- Figure 1: Change in Number of Employees in
Mechanical Engineering and Mechanical Handling by Employment Size ( percent),
1991-1995
- Table 6: Breakdown of Number of Employees in
Mechanical Handling by Employment Size, 1991-1995
- Table 7: Breakdown of Number of Local Units
in Mechanical Handling by Employment Size, 1991-1995
- Figure 2: Change in Number of Local Units in
Mechanical Engineering and Mechanical Handling ( percent), 1991-1995
- Table 8: Average Number of Employees per
Local Unit in Mechanical Handling by Employment Size, 1991-1995
- Market Size
- UK MANUFACTURERS' SALES
- FOREIGN TRADE
- APPARENT UK MARKET
- Table 9: UK Manufacturers' Sales of
Mechanical Handling Equipment (£m), 1991-1995
- Table 10: UK Manufacturers' Sales of
Conveyors, Aerial Ropeways, Hoists and Handling Equipment (£m),
1991-1995
- Table 11: UK Manufacturers' Sales of Cranes
and Transporters (£m), 1991-1995
- Table 12: UK Manufacturers' Sales of Lifts
and Escalators (£m), 1991-1995
- Table 13: UK Manufacturers' Sales of Lifting
and Winding Devices (£m), 1991-1995
- Table 14: UK Manufacturers' Sales of Powered
Industrial Trucks (£m), 1991-1995
- Table 15: Imports and Exports of Mechanical
Handling Equipment (£m), 1991-1995
- Table 16: Imports and Exports of Conveyors
(£m), 1991-1995
- Table 17: Imports and Exports of Lifts and
Escalators (£m), 1991-1995
- Table 18: Imports and Exports of Cranes and
Transporters (£m), 1991-1995
- Table 19: Imports and Exports of Lifting and
Winding Devices (£m), 1991-1995
- Table 20: Imports and Exports of Powered
Industrial Trucks (£m), 1991-1995
- Table 21: Apparent UK Market for Mechanical
Handling (£m), 1991-1995
- Table 22: Apparent UK Market by Sector
(£m), 1991-1995
- Industry Background
- INTRODUCTION
- RECENT HISTORY
- INDUSTRY CONCENTRATION
- DISTRIBUTION
- TRADE ASSOCIATIONS
- Table 23: Mechanical Handling Firms by
Employment Size, 1990 and 1994
- Table 24: Mechanical Handling Firms by
Turnover Size, 1990 and 1994
- Competitor Analysis
- THE MARKETPLACE
- MAJOR MANUFACTURERS
- ADVERTISING AND PROMOTION
- Table 25: Estimated Market Share of Major
Conveyor Manufacturers ( percent), 1994
- Table 26: Market Share of Major
Manufacturers of Cranes ( percent), 1994
- Table 27: Estimated Share of Major UK Lift
Manufacturers ( percent), 1994
- Table 28: Turnover of Major UK Lifting
Device Manufacturers (£m), 1994
- Table 29: Share of Installed Base of Lift
Trucks in Manufacturing Industry ( percent), 1993 and 1994
- Table 30: Financial Results of Principal
Mechanical Handling Companies (£m), 1993/1995
- Table 31: Main Media Advertising Expenditure
on Fork-Lift Trucks (£000), 1994/1995
- Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and
Threats (SWOT)
- THE TOTAL MARKET
- CONVEYORS, AERIAL ROPEWAYS, HOISTS AND HANDLING
PLANT
- CRANES, TRANSPORTERS AND MONORAILS
- LIFTS AND ESCALATORS
- LIFTING AND WINDING DEVICES
- POWERED INDUSTRIAL TRUCKS
- Buying Behaviour
- PROJECT MANAGEMENT
- INSTALLATION TEAMS
- SERVICING
- PURCHASE VERSUS LEASING
- WAREHOUSING
- LIFTS AND ESCALATORS
- CRANES
- LIFTING DEVICES
- Outside Suppliers to the Industry
- BELTING MANUFACTURERS
- WIRE ROPE AND CHAIN MANUFACTURERS
- CONTROL GEAR
- BATTERY AND TYRE MANUFACTURERS
- PALLET AND CONTAINER MANUFACTURERS AND SHELVING
SYSTEM SUPPLIERS
- WAREHOUSE STOCK LOCATION AND CONTROL SOFTWARE
- Current Issues
- PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
- INFLUENCES ON BUYING BEHAVIOUR
- LEGISLATION
- Forecasts
- THE TOTAL MARKET
- CONVEYORS, AERIAL ROPEWAYS, HOISTS AND HANDLING
EQUIPMENT
- CRANES AND TRANSPORTERS
- LIFTS AND ESCALATORS
- LIFTING AND WINDING DEVICES
- POWERED INDUSTRIAL TRUCKS
- Table 32: Forecast UK Manufacturers' Sales
of Mechanical Handling Equipment (£m), 1996-2000
- Company Profiles
- INTRODUCTION
- DEFINITIONS
- FURTHER INFORMATION
- Further Sources
- ASSOCIATIONS
- PERIODICALS
- DIRECTORIES
- GENERAL SOURCES
- HBI UK INFORMATION SOURCES
- GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS
- OTHER SOURCES
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The apparent UK market for mechanical handling
equipment was estimated by Key Note to be worth £2.6bn in 1995, with UK
manufacturers' sales valued at £2.7bn. Between 1991 and 1995, there was
an 8.2 percent growth in the apparent market. The UK is a net exporter of goods in
this sector, with a positive trade balance of an estimated £45m in
1995.
The market consists of five sectors, of which the major items are
conveyors, cranes, lifts and escalators, lifting equipment, and fork-lift
trucks.
The market has been badly affected by the recession in the
manufacturing industry and by the slump in the building trade (for lifts and
escalators). International competition has become more noticeable in most
market sectors in the past 5 years. Whilst the workforce for the industry as a
whole has remained constant, there has been a noticeable shift of employees to
small companies. Legislation from the European Union (EU) has affected all
companies in the industry and there has also been considerable effort expended
in the implementation of BS5750 and ISO 9000 quality standards throughout all
sectors, but especially by companies in the lifts and escalators market.
The mechanical handling industry is mainly involved in the movement of
goods around manufacturing premises. In recessionary times, engineering
projects have to compete with financial markets that offer attractive rates of
return. If these are better than the return generated by the project, it is
unlikely to be funded, and companies which would have supplied equipment for
the project suffer a slump in sales until interest rates fall.
UK
manufacturers' sales of mechanical handling equipment are predicted to grow by
an average annual rate of 5.5 percent between 1996 and the year 2000, reaching
£3.5bn by the year 2000. The sectors that are forecast to outperform the
sector average are the conveyor sector, as automated warehousing projects
expand, the lifts and escalators sector, as UK and Asian markets grow, and
sales due to small companies as the migration of employees continues. Any
future government change of taxation rules to allow tax relief on capital
expenditure would increase this figure considerably.
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