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onversations with attachment
suppliers at the various trade shows
around the world in recent times
indicate that market conditions for them
have been somewhat challenging, with
contractors extending the working life of their
tools and therefore delaying the purchase
of replacement new equipment. Add to that
the ongoing effects of the downturn in many
countries and the resultant decline in work
volumes mean that many contractors are
being much more cautious in their spending
decisions.
But the signs are there that as some
economies are showing signs of an economic
recovery, with demand for attachments
beginning to pick up once more. Cat for one
reports that it is beginning to signs of demand
for its multiprocessors and demolition and
sorting grapples picking up around the
established markets.
Ramtec also reports that the demand for
its products remain strong in the UK and
Germany and that Russia is also an important
market for the company.
BAV Crushers in the UK is perhaps an
exception in its view of current market
conditions in terms of the optimism it
expresses. Director Marcus Clay told D&Ri:
“In terms of the UK economy, it is in a
different world to where it was from 2009 to
2012. The speed of increase of recovery seems
to have caught many plant and equipment
There is a definite drive
towards the use of ‘silent’
demolition tools and away
from hydraulic hammers.
That suggests that demand
for these tools should be
strong but market conditions
do not appear to reflect this.
D&Ri
reports
Allied Gator’s new shear blade
design for its MT mobile shear can
be retrofitted to existing models
Lean
times?
Trevi Benn supplied Swedish contractor Rivners
with a MK 70 multiprocessor, together with shear
and pulveriser jaw sets
