FÉDÉRATION EUROPÉENNE DE LA MANUTENTION

Product Group
FLURFÖRDERZEUGE
INDUSTRIAL TRUCKS
CHARIOTS DE MANUTENTION

Sascha Schmel
Secretary
June 2010
FEM-IT-NC/N181 P.O. Box 71 08 64
60498 Frankfurt/Main
Germany
Phone +49/69-6603-1505
Fax +49/69-6603-1496
Facts e-mail: sascha.schmel@vdma.org

Industrial Truck Market

Market Development Industrial Trucks in Europe (Order Intake)

Western Europe Eastern Europe 1)

'000 units '000 units
160 40

140 35

120 30

100 25

80 20

60 15

40 10

20 5

0 0
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Electric C/B Trucks Rider Warehouse Tr. Pedestrian Warehouse Tr. IC C/B Trucks

In 2009 the industrial truck market was strongly influenced by the financial market crisis. Almost
all European countries have been hit by the worldwide recession.
As a consequence the market in Western Europe dropped by nearly 40% compared to 2008.
Forklift trucks (-52%) were more affected by the decline than warehouse trucks (-30%). Within
forklift trucks those with E- and IC-motor have equally developed. Considering the bigger
national markets individually, the strongest decrease in demand was found in Spain, Germany
and Italy.

For the current year 2010 in most countries are slight signs of recovery apparent. In the first 4
months the market in Western Europe went up, compared to the low volume of 2009, by more
than 13%.

The strong economic growth in the Eastern Europe countries changed dramatically at the end
of the summer 2008. The market strongly dropped during the whole year 2009. The decline was
even higher than in Western Europe and amounted to over 70%. This decrease was particularly
driven by forklift trucks (- 82%), but also by warehouse trucks (-51%). The strongest reduction
has been observed in Russia, Ukraine and the Baltic States.

In 2010 a significant market recovery has been seen so far. The market volume increased by
about 74% in the first 4 months of this year.

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1) Eastern Europe contains the following countries: AL, ARM, AZE, BY, BA, BG, HR, CZ, EST, GEO, H, KZ,
KGZ, LV, LT, MK, MD, PL, RO, RUS, SK, SLO, TD, TMN, UA, UZ, MNE, SRB.