Metallurgical plantsrolling mils: Global growthprovides a tailwind in 2017

摘要

For last year, the results of the latest economic situation survey of the metallurgical plants and rolling mills sector of the metallurgy specialist association indicate sales growth in the low double-digit range (12 percent)for last year. As regards orders received, there was also a slight upward trend in the second half of 2017 (up 3 percent)Growth was significantly more pronounced in the large industrial plant segment. However, with a total value of slightly more than euro 1.5 billion, the production volume in Germany was about 5 percent below the figure for the previous year.