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Worst-ever decline in West European trailer market

Published Monday, June 22, 2009

The West European trailer market will experience a 37% decline during this downturn – worse than the 31% fall in 1992-93, according to consulting group CLEAR. The ’92-93 demand fell by 37,000 trailers, while this year’s demand will fall by 77,000 trailers. Back in 1993, the peak demand for trailers before the downturn was 120,000 units.  This time, the market reached 208,000 in 2007 and is forecast to fall to 131,000 in 2009. This is serious enough for the trailer manufacturers, the leading three of which are the German firms of Schmitz, Krone and Kögel, but is also ...

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