Oct 19
The International Lead and Zinc Study Group held its Fifty-seventh Session in Lisbon, Portugal from 11-12 October 2012. The Session included a meeting of the Study Group’s Statistical and Forecasting Committee to review the current levels of world supply and demand for lead and zinc and the outlook for 2013. Forecasts | Lead Outlook for 2012 …
Aug 28
The 2012 World Industrial Truck Statistics (WITS) give an overview of figures for 2011, showing a world market growth of over 27%. The main growth came from America, followed by Europe and then Asia, so growth returned to the old world. The distribution over classes was nearly the same as in 2010 so there was no …
Aug 24
In 2011, the worldwide industrial lift truck market saw orders and shipments on the rise. More specifically, according to ITA’s figures, orders were up 22.67% and shipments were up 27.15% in 2011. Based on Modern Material Handling’s Ranking, the TOP 20 industrial lift truck suppliers in 2011 are the following: Source: http://www.mmh.com/article/top_20_lift_truck_suppliers_2012
Apr 10
According to recent quarterly tracker results of the global UPS market from IMS Research, year-over-year growth slowed to 5% in Q4 2011 following three consecutive quarters of double digit growth. As part of its ongoing UPS market analysis, IMS Research shows 2011 revenues roughly in line with what was forecast. The year started out relatively …
Dec 12
The global market for Consumer Batteries is forecast to reach $55.4 billion by the year 2017. Rising popularity of portable electronic devices; growing adoption of rechargeable batteries; increase in consumer income levels, specifically in emerging markets; ever-increasing end-use device markets; and growing popularity of Lithium polymer batteries in applications such as mobile phones; are the …
