World Manufacture of Concrete Mix & Concrete Pump Trucks. July 2006

A global profile, analysis and segmentation underlying the manufacture of trucks for concrete mix and concrete pumping applications.

The delivery and placement of concrete with over-the-road vehicles is generally accomplished either by concrete mix trucks or through concrete pump trucks. However, truck-mounted concrete mixers and truck concrete pumps are highly dissimilar products from country to country, and when combined with local government/private contractors’ purchase practices that favor home manufacturers, it is not surprising that cross-border connections are minimal for these types of trucks.

Yet, in this quickly growing global world, these characteristics provide the very ingredients for the market for these products to become increasingly international, with growing trends towards the eyeing of foreign acquisitions and alliances. Sleeper markets of this type provide unique niche opportunities to companies already in the business that are seeking to apply their product know-how and technology towards international expansion.

This report is a first ever attempt to cohesively research, analyze and put into a structured format, “who is who” in the business of manufacturing concrete mixer trucks and concrete pumpers on a worldwide basis.

The study further analyzes on a region-specific basis, product characteristics which include vehicle capacities, chassis and axle specifications, special purpose/customized features, export geography and future product outlook, including key product/technological innovations. This project involved eyeballing hundreds of companies in virtually all countries of the world to arrive at a final list of around 80 identifiable players that are bona fide manufacturers of concrete mix trucks and concrete pump trucks.

The report provides, for the first time ever, a competitive and market analysis of the size and segmentation underlying the global manufacture of specialty purpose trucks for concrete mixer and concrete pump applications. The study segments the market into different geographic regions, for both truck-mounted concrete mixers and truck concrete pumps. These are then cross-matrixed by manufacturers’ market shares.

This is an industry with around $4.5 billion of annual potential output for completed trucks, including chassis and body fabrication. In the truck-mounted concrete mixer segment, there are around 80 manufacturers, with the top ten accounting for 54% of world production, while in the concrete pump segment, there are 54 manufacturers, with the top ten accounting for over 70% of world production.

The INTRODUCTION covers the scope of the report, methodology and statistical notes. The SUMMARY pulls together the study contents into a brief synopsis of the industry highlights. The INDUSTRY OVERVIEW is centered on a matrix that shows sales and summary shares across all product types, together with regional inter-comparisons to show an overall world picture.

PRODUCT REVIEW is a brief outline of the concrete mixer and concrete pump configurations covered in the report, together with the main features and recent advances in design/technology and materials, with due comparisons by regions.

UNIT & DOLLAR PRODUCTION SIZE ESTIMATES BY MANUFACTURER presents research on each product type covered in the report, beginning with a By Region Market Analysis that focuses on unit and dollar sales figures for each country within a region for each truck body type. The values are shown for complete units. This is followed with By Country Market Analysis Within Region, in which unit and dollar value estimates are presented by country, further broken down by manufacturer shares based on plant location.

MANUFACTURER DATA shows a matrix/tabulation of the sales, employees and manufacturing facilities at each company to arrive at a bird’s eye view of the underlying industry structure.

COMPANY PROFILES, based on a mix of interviews and/or other information, seek to describe company operations in a way that adds immeasurably to the overall understanding of this industry.

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