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Study - USA - Truck manufacturing entering rise and fall period
Truckmakers gear downNEW YORK,NY,USA -Today's Trucking -15 May 2006: -- North American Class 8 sales are expected to top a record 300,000 units this year, but could plunge by as much as 30 to 50 percent in ’07, according to a study by Roland Berger Strategy Consultants... Higher fuel costs, tough new EPA rules and trucking labor shortages are the main reasons says the firm. Significant highs and lows in commercial truck demand are projected to continue into 2015, However... Meanwhile, analysts at BearStearns estimate that class 8 truck builders may have about 40,000 production slots left for this yeardue to EPA ’07 pre-buying. There may be some spill-over into Jan. ’07 due to timing of engine inventories, but that could add another 40,000-50,000 units at best, says the firm... Freightliner, for one, is cautiously preparing its plants for a 40 to 50 percent reduction in ’07 heavy truck production, but "barring disaster, a complete recovery to normal market conditions in 2008," COO RogerNielson told the Heavy Duty Manufacturer Association's annual Breakfast & Briefing recently...
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