After the hangover: Demand for tower cranes and truck loaders remain healthy in Italy, While the mobile crane sector has dipped. We review the state of the market and recent product developments

摘要

Italy's mobile crane industry has a hangover. Fiscal 2002/03 was a bumper year for crane manufacturers as Italian buyers took advantage of the Tremont tax breaks that incentives capital equipment purchases. Come 2004, domestic sales fell straight back down to 2001 levels. It was no surprise everyone expected it, and so there was, no great pain. The tower crane manufacturers also expected their numbers to fall back in 2004. However, the slow-down never came and demand just grew stronger than ever. According to research by Cranes Today, most of Italy's tower crape producers experienced strong growth in 2004.