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KN29019 KEY NOTE MECHANICAL HANDLING OCTOBER
1999
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1-85765-518-4
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The market for mechanical handling equipment is an
important sector of the UK's mechanical engineering industry. In recent years,
the sector has become involved more closely in the integration and automation
of a variety of material handling activities in the manufacturing, distribution
and transportation areas of the economy.
The market consists of six product
sectors:
* conveyors
* cranes and transporters
*
lifts, escalators and moving walkways
* lifting, jacking and winding
devices
* forklift and self-propelled industrial trucks
* other
mechanical handling products.
In 1998, the total UK market is estimated to have
had a value of £2.29bn, including products and after-sales service items.
The overall rise in the value of the market between 1994 and 1998 was 15.3 percent,
but 1998 saw a fall of 2.6 percent on the previous year as increased price competition
and recessionary forces influenced the UK economy.
The UK market for
mechanical handling equipment is dominated by companies which are subsidiaries
of overseas businesses, mainly from elsewhere in Europe or the US. The process
of consolidation is continuing, and a number of mergers and acquisitions have
taken place recently.
Over the next few years, the market is unlikely to
see any significant upturn in value, due to increased price competitiveness,
occasioned by an over-supply situation and the tight investment budgets
experienced by many end users. Opportunities for added value will, however,
present themselves to suppliers which are prepared to offer additional services
alongside their equipment sales.
Taking these factors into account, Key
Note forecasts that the apparent UK market for mechanical handling equipment
will reach a value of £2.28bn by 2003.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Executive Summary
- Market Definition
- INTRODUCTION
- MARKET SECTORS
- MARKET POSITION
- MARKET TRENDS
- Table 1: Selected Applications for
Mechanical Handling Equipment, 1999
- Market Size
- THE TOTAL MARKET
- BY MARKET SECTOR
- KEY NOTE ESTIMATES
- FOREIGN TRADE
- A EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE
- Table 2: The Apparent UK Market for
Mechanical Handling Equipment by Value (£m), 1994-1998
- Table 3: UK Manufacturers' Sales of
Mechanical Handling Equipment by Product Sector by Value (£m),
1994-1998
- Table 4: The Apparent UK Market for
Conveyors by Value (£m), 1994-1998
- Table 5: The Apparent UK Market for Cranes
and Transporters by Value (£m), 1994-1998
- Table 6: The Apparent UK Market for Lifts,
Escalators, Moving Walkways and Parts by Value (£m), 1994-1998
- Table 7: The Apparent UK Market for Lifting,
Jacking and Winding Devices by Value (£m), 1994-1998
- Table 8: The Apparent UK Market for Forklift
and Self-Propelled Industrial Trucks by Value (£m), 1994-1998
- Table 9: The Apparent UK Market for Other
Mechanical Handling Products by Value (£m), 1994-1998
- Table 10: The Apparent UK Market for Parts
and Accessories by Value (£m), 1994-1998
- Table 11: The Market for the Installation,
Repair and Maintenance of Mechanical Handling Equipment by UK Suppliers by
Value (£m), 1994-1998
- Table 12: UK Exports of Mechanical Handling
Equipment by Product Sector by Value (£m), 1994-1998
- Table 13: UK Imports of Mechanical Handling
Equipment by Product Sector by Value (£m), 1994-1998
- Industry Background
- RECENT HISTORY
- INDUSTRY CONCENTRATION
- DISTRIBUTION, LEASING AND PLANT HIRE
- TRADE ASSOCIATIONS
- STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS
- Table 14: The Number of VAT-Based
Enterprises Involved in the Manufacture of Lifting and Handling Equipment by
Turnover (£000), 1998
- Table 15: The Number of Units Involved in
the Manufacture of Lifting and Handling Equipment by Number of Employees,
1998
- Table 16: The UK Representative Bodies for
Manufacturers of Mechanical Handling Equipment by FEM Section, 1999
- Competitor Analysis
- THE MARKETPLACE
- MARKET LEADERS
- ADVERTISING AND PROMOTION
- Table 17: Selected Leading Suppliers of
Conveyors by Turnover (£m), 1997/1998
- Table 18: Selected Leading Suppliers of
Cranes and Transporters by Turnover (£m), 1997/1998
- Table 19: Selected Leading Suppliers of
Lifts, Escalators and Moving Walkways by Turnover (£m), 1997/1998
- Table 20: Selected Leading Suppliers of
Lifting, Jacking and Winding Devices by Turnover (£m), 1997/1998
- Table 21: Selected Leading Suppliers of
Forklift and Self-Propelled Industrial Trucks by Turnover (£m),
1997/1998
- Table 22: Main Media Advertising Expenditure
on Forklift Trucks and Industrial Vehicles (£000), 1998
- Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and
Threats (SWOT)
- THE TOTAL MARKET
- CONVEYORS
- CRANES AND TRANSPORTERS
- LIFTS, ESCALATORS AND MOVING WALKWAYS
- LIFTING, JACKING AND WINDING DEVICES
- FORKLIFT AND SELF-PROPELLED INDUSTRIAL TRUCKS
- Buying Behaviour
- INTRODUCTION
- CONVEYORS
- CRANES AND TRANSPORTERS
- LIFTS, ESCALATORS AND MOVING WALKWAYS
- LIFTING, JACKING AND WINDING DEVICES
- FORKLIFT AND SELF-PROPELLED INDUSTRIAL TRUCKS
- Outside Suppliers to the Industry
- INTRODUCTION
- STORAGE AND WAREHOUSING
- MONITORING SYSTEMS
- SYSTEMS INTEGRATOR
- LOGISTIC AND DISTRIBUTION PLANNING
- Current Issues
- ECONOMIES AND COMPETITION
- HEALTH AND SAFETY
- AUTOMATION
- LOGISTICS
- ENVIROMENTAL ISSUES
- TECHNICAL ISSUES
- Forecasts
- FORECAST 1999 TO 2003
- Table 23: The Forecast Apparent UK Market
for Mechanical Handling Equipment by Product Sector by Value (£m),
1999-2003
- Company Profiles
- INTRODUCTION
- DEFINITIONS
- FURTHER INFORMATION
- Further Sources
- ASSOCIATIONS
- PERIODICALS
- DIRECTORIES
- GENERAL SOURCES
- HOPPENSTEDT BONNIER INFORMATION SOURCES
- GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS
- OTHER SOURCES
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