AMA
Research have published the 5th edition of the "UK Electricity
Generating Set Market (Up To 750 kVA) Market Report”. The report is
comprehensive, informed and up-to-date and represents an invaluable aid
to sales and marketing professionals involved in the industry. Available
to purchase for £625 from www.amaresearch.co.uk, the report analyses the
UK market for generating sets up to 750 kVA and is based on a
combination of primary and secondary research. The report analyses the
market in terms of market size, key sector trends, product mixes, market
share, key suppliers, customers and distribution channels.
There are four key product
sectors included in the report, which features gensets up to 7.5 kVA,
7.5-75 kVA, 75-375 kVA, and 375-750 kVA. Each of these markets is
reviewed, in total and by product group, including statistical data,
trends, forecasts, key applications and suppliers, also distribution
channels.
The UK genset market is
forecast to benefit from continuing positive trends to higher levels of
construction growth, and rising electricity consumption, with
niche-specific growth opportunities including on-site power in the
construction equipment rental sector, also the increasing demand for
clean and secure power, for example data network infrastructure, and
disaster recovery, etc. While many of these applications are likely to
utilise generators above 750 kVA, in multiple unit configurations,
opportunities are also likely to occur for generators up to 750 kVA,
with, in addition, a gradual long term trend to the adoption of
integrated power systems, reflecting value added development in the
overall genset market.
Positive genset sub-sector
trends are identified in the growing ‘no-mains’ portable accommodation
sector, also OEM applications for on-board generators for mobile
elevating work platforms, currently a buoyant area of the construction
equipment market.
Factors likely to have a
negative influence on the market include the high value of Sterling,
impacting on the competitiveness of UK manufacturers in overseas
markets, also rising and volatile commodity prices, for example steel,
copper and zinc, also oil, adversely impacting on manufacturing and
operating margins and profits. In addition, the general trend to larger
generator sizes may result in share migration to the over 750 kVA
sector.
In overall terms, the
continuing buoyancy of the genset export trade is likely to underpin the
level of activity of the UK genset market with positive factors
including global growth in the oil and gas industry, also growth in
basic utility infrastructure demand in developing countries, for example
Africa, the Middle-East, and post-conflict reconstruction (and military
applications) in Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Balkans, etc.
AMA’s report also provides
an insight into future prospects for the UK genset market and states
that although the UK market is not likely to experience significant
growth in 2007/08, it should show progressive growth, at a nominal rate
in the medium to long term.
The report includes the
profiles of the main genset suppliers with their respective market
shares, with brief profiles, market shares and commentary.
