ELECTRICITY GENERATING SET Market Report (UP TO 750kVA) UK 2007

Abstract

AMA Research has published the fifth edition of the Electricity Generating Set Market Report. Incorporating original input and primary research, the report represents an up to date and informed review of the market and is excellent value for money.

Key issues covered in the report are:-

• REVIEW OF UK MARKET SIZE AND TRENDS
• ANALYSIS BY PRODUCT GROUP AND GENERATOR RATING
• ANALYSIS OF SUPPLY STRUCTURE - Key Suppliers, shares, distribution channels including industrial distributors, direct/OEM, plant and tool hire, others.
• REVIEW OF END-USE SECTORS - Industrial (manufacturing, process, internet and telecom); construction (including site power); water and sewage; oil, gas and marine; domestic and leisure, etc.

The Genset market is complex and fragmented in terms of end-use applications and distribution channels. Trends in the market are influenced by many issues ranging from the extension of computerisation and internet infrastructure to construction and industrial/manufacturing activity levels. These issues are explored in depth with implications for forecasts and development of the UK Genset market (up to 750kVA).

The report reviews developments within the industry, with emphasis on both QUALITATIVE and QUANTITATIVE assessment - both essential requirements for good marketing planning. Recent trends, key influencing factors and forecasts of future developments are assessed.

Of particular interest:-

• Generator activity in the construction equipment rental market including ‘specialists’.
• Niche applications for gensets e.g. no-mains portable accommodation. Site Power, on-board generators for mobile elevating work platforms.
• Key suppliers (up to 750 kVA) - market shares by value in 2006, acquisition activity, etc.
• Review of construction trends.
• Review of UK genset production levels and exports.

Key areas of coverage in the report include:-

THE MARKET

• Overall UK market size by value for Electricity Generating Sets (up to 750kVA), 2004-2010.
• Market trends from 2004. Trends for the future, including growth prospects, and major factors influencing market development up to 2010.
• Forecasts up to 2010 and key changes and influences in the market.
• Assessment of key factors influencing end-use demand - industrial, construction, including construction equipment rental, water and sewage, oil, gas and marine, domestic and leisure, etc.
• Review of UK overall production levels, impact of the export trade, historical trends, current situation, future prospects, etc.

PRODUCT SEGMENTATION

• Analysis of the market by major product sectors. Trends and future prospects in the product sectors.
• Analysis of the market by generator rating.
• End use applications - mix by end-use sector, trend within each sector - Industrial-Process, Manufacturing, Internet and Telecom, Construction and trends in hire market sectors, Oil, Gas and Marine, Water and Sewage, Domestic and Leisure. Influences on the development of the generating set market.

SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION

• Key distribution channels including Direct/OEM, Industrial Distributors, Plant and Tool Hire, Marine, Agricultural, E-commerce specialists. Review of major companies within the distribution channels.
• Supply Structure - major genset manufacturers market shares, changing supply structure, growing concentration through acquisition. Key suppliers within each product sector.
• Review of key suppliers. Characteristics of the major companies in the UK market.

FUTURE PROSPECTS/GENERAL

Review of market influences - levels of industrial and commercial construction, manufacturing output, exchange rate fluctuations, trends in the usage of electricity, including lighting, airconditioning, etc. Trends in major application areas. Analysis of future prospects - forecast of market size up to 2010. Key factors influencing forecasts within product and end-use markets.