Friday, January 4, 2008
Trends of Material Handling Equipment
Manufacturers now demand for equipment that is less complex, work smarter and require less maintainence so that cost can be reduced.The following information was taken from a website. It shows some figures and the expected trend for the demand of Material Handling Equipment.
it mentioned that the countries all over the world has increased its demand for the materal handling equipments. equipments such as forklifts,conveyors,cartons, trucks and etc. overall, it increased 13% during the second quarter of the year 2007. this research was performed by World Industrial Truck Statistics.
the orders in Europe increased 22% in that period, compared to the previous year, 2006. indicidually, the Eastern Europe increased 51% in its demand for the forklifts and 18% in Western Europe. on the other hand, the demand from Asia's market recorded a rise in 15%. however, it does not prove the same to every country. for example, the demand for forklift in North Americian declined by 15%
German manufacturer,Jungheinrich expects demand for materials handling equipment to remain high in the second half of 2007, but they think that growth will drop marginally.
Entry by:Julia
