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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Executive Summary

Market Definition

INTRODUCTION

MARKET SECTORS

MARKET TRENDS

Table 1: Process Plant Definitions

Market Size

THE TOTAL MARKET

BY INDIVIDUAL MARKET SECTOR

IMPORTS AND EXPORTS

Table 2: Total UK Expenditure on Process Plant at Current Prices (£m and percent), 1994-1997

Table 3: Total UK Expenditure on Process Plant at Constant 1990 Prices (£m and percent), 1994-1997

Table 4: New Orders for Process Plant (£m), 1994-1996

Table 5: UK Expenditure on Process Plant by Sector at Current Prices (£m), 1994-1997

Table 6: UK Expenditure on Process Plant by Sector at Constant 1990 Prices (£m), 1994-1997

Table 7: Share of Process Plant Market by Sector ( percent), 1994-1997

Table 8: Process Plant Expenditure by the Chemicals Industry (£m and percent), 1994-1997

Table 9: Process Plant Expenditure by the Nuclear Fuel Processing Industry (£m), 1994-1997

Table 10: Process Plant Expenditure by the Oil and Gas Production Industry (£m and percent), 1994-1997

Table 11: Breakdown of Construction Expenditure on Oil and Gas Production Plant ( percent), 1995

Table 12: Process Plant Expenditure by the Petroleum Refining Industry (£m), 1994-1997

Table 13: Process Plant Expenditure by the Gas Supply Industry (£m and percent), 1994-1997

Table 14: Process Plant Expenditure by the Electricity Generation Industry (£m), 1994-1997

Table 15: Process Plant Expenditure by the Steel Industry (£m and percent), 1994-1997

Table 16: Process Plant Expenditure by the Water and Sewage Industry (£m), 1994-1997

Table 17: Process Plant Expenditure by the Food and Drink Industry (£m and percent), 1994-1997

Table 18: Import of Process Plant Equipment (£000), 1996

Table 19: Export of Process Plant Equipment (£000), 1996

Table 20: Imported Process Plant by Country of Origin (£000), 1996

Table 21: Destinations of Exported Process Plant (£000), 1996

Table 22: Geographical Analysis of Exports (£m and percent), 1997

Industry Background

RECENT HISTORY

INDUSTRY CONCENTRATION

DISTRIBUTION

TRADE ASSOCIATIONS

Table 23: Number of VAT-Based Enterprises by Turnover Size (£000), 1996

Table 24: Number of VAT-Based Enterprises by Employment Size (number of employees), 1996

Table 25: Industry Sector Analysis of New Business (£m and percent), 1994-1996

Competitor Analysis

THE MARKETPLACE

MARKET LEADERS

ADVERTISING AND PROMOTION

Table 26: Process Plant Contractors (£m), 1994-1996

Table 27: Leading Process Plant Equipment Manufacturers (£m), 1995-1996

Table 28: Financial Analysis of AMEC PLC by Sector (£m and percent), 1995 and 1996

Table 29: Financial Analysis of AMEC PLC by Country (£m and percent), 1995 and 1996

Table 30: Breakdown of the Engineering and Construction Group by Country ( percent), 1996

Table 31: Segmental Breakdown of the Engineering and Construction Group ( percent), 1996

Table 32: Breakdown of the Energy Equipment Group by Country ( percent), 1996

Table 33: Turnover of McDermott International by Country ($m and percent), 1996

Table 34: Financial Analysis of Motherwell Bridge by Sector (£m and percent), 1995 and 1996

Table 35: Turnover of Motherwell Bridge by Country (£m), 1995 and 1996

Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT)

STRENGTHS

WEAKNESSES

OPPORTUNITIES

THREATS

Buying Behaviour

CONSUMER PENETRATION

Table 36: Activities of ECIA Member Companies by Sector ( percent), 1996

Table 37: Activities of ECIA Member Companies by Region ( percent), 1996

Outside Suppliers to the Industry

STEEL

CONTROL EQUIPMENT

SYSTEMS INTEGRATORS

PROCESS PLANT INSTALLATION TEAMS

Table 38: Activities of ECIA Member Companies ( percent), 1996

Current Issues

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

HEALTH AND SAFETY

COMPUTERISATION

LEGISLATION

INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENTS

Forecasts

FORECASTS FROM 1998 TO 2002

Table 39: Forecast for Process Plant Expenditure in the UK at Current Prices (£m and percent), 1998-2002

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 UK expenditure on process plant equipment in 1997 was estimated by Key Note to be £5.33bn. Although this represented a 1.9 percent increase over the 1996 figure of £5.23bn, it is a fall of 17.3 percent compared with the 1992 figure of £6.25bn. Much of this fall is related to the slow recovery rate, after the capital expenditure cuts in the process industries took effect in 1993 onwards.

The process plant industry examined by this report includes the manufacturers of equipment, ranging from the larger items of plant such as distillation columns, evaporators, pressure vessels and dryers. The report also includes smaller items such as pipework components, pumps, filters and valves; to control gear items such as switchgear, instrumentation and control computers. The main end customers for process plant include chemicals, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology product manufacturers; oil and gas producers; petroleum product refiners; electricity generators; iron and steel producers; water and sewage treatment plants; and food and drinks producers.

The process plant industry was affected by the recession, although the reduction in spending has come later for the industry than for other sectors that have a shorter lead time for product procurement. The recovery from the recession is also later for the process plant industry as new projects have a lengthy design period before orders are placed on manufacturers. Competition for overseas orders is intense due to the fall in orders in the European and US home markets of the major process contractors.

The water industry was under strong pressure to conform to European Union (EU) water quality standards and invested heavily in plant and process equipment in the early to mid-1990s. The purchasing levels of this sector are now greatly reduced. In the oil and gas production markets, cost cutting exercises and the fact that no new large fields have been discovered in offshore UK waters has reduced the capital expenditure of this sector. The food industry has been subject to intense price pressures from its major customers, the supermarkets, during the recession, and most expansion plans have been shelved as a result.

The total UK expenditure on process plant is forecast to be £4.53bn in 2002. This represents a fall of 15 percent against the 1997 figure, with the oil and gas production market being most heavily affected, falling to 49.6 percent of its 1997 market value.

Text © 1998 Key Note

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