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| Sales 2009 |
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| In € trillion |
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| World: |
5,6 |
| Europe: |
1,4 |
| USA: |
1,1 |
| China: |
0,7 |
| Japan: |
0,4 |
| India: |
0,2 |
Growth
markets for sales/production Asia-Pacific- Growth will on average be stronger than elsewhere in the world
China- Strongest growth market
- Lack of affordable housing
- Government supports the construction of inexpensive homes
- Expansion of infrastructure in the cities but also in rural areas. Main focuses are:
- water supply and sewage systems
- expansion of the gas network
- construction of underground railways in large and medium-sized cities
- Further expansion of the road and motorway network
- New airports and expansion of existing ones
- Many
railway construction projects and expansion of the route network
(high-speed stretches). Investment volume: €5 bn
India- Immense potential
- US$ 100 billion of government investment in the expansion of the road network between 2007 and 2012
- By 2015 stronger expansion of airport construction, including expanding existing capacities
- Expansion of energy supply network
- Lack of affordable housing
- Transformation
of slum areas into residential and commercial districts in the large
conurbations, with schools, hospitals and own energy supply
Middle
East- Long-term infrastructure investment plans in the region are still amounting to US$2 trillion
Russia- Credit squeeze in the implementation of private construction
projects
- The huge size of the construction market is a real advantage
during the crisis
- Government investment in further expansion of
infrastructure
Eastern Europe- The biggest challenge: to upgrade transport and environment, and energy consumption
- The pace of growth will slow significantly in 2010-11
Opportunities
in established markets USA- Largest national market worth about US$1.1 trillion
- Despite
fiscal and economic stimulus the turn around in the U.S. construction
market is not to be expected before mid-2010
- Initial signs of a stabilization of property prices
Western
Europe- Long-term residential construction in the EU is being driven mostly by demography and incomes
- Prices
drive industry in the short term. Prices are driven by mortgage loans
and incomes. Incomes and mortgage loans are short-term drivers of
industry
- Renovation seems to be holding up better than new construction
- Slight improvement in the situation in 2011
Japan- Private sector has cut back severely on contracts for new
residential and commercial construction, including as a result of the
economic and financial crisis
- Despite the general lack of
activity in private residential and commercial construction there is
still activity in programmes for urban regeneration. In this context
entire urban districts are being given a new face in the form of
integrated business and residential complexes. Activities are taking
place above all in the large conurbations
- New government wants
to support the environmentally-friendly renovation of houses and
apartments, in particular as regards improved insulation against heat
and cold
Technology
trends- Reduction of pollutants
- Energy-efficiency
- Energy improvements to existing buildings
Commercial
trends- As private demand is weak, the construction industry is eager to get involved in public construction projects
- Public-private partnerships
- Sustainability,
optimization of buildings throughout the life cycle, fair cooperation
and a strengthening of the quality of competition
- Increase in productivity and quality along the entire value-added chain
Sources:
EUROCONSTRUCT, EIC, VDMA Bau- und Baustoffmaschinen, German Invest |
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