[inspic=269,left,,80]Update 2008 now published. For the first time we also offer all figures in Excel-Format and an additional Presentation in PowerPoint Format.
Standard Version: Pipe Materials in figures 2004 – 2011, more than 5.500 companies, datas on CD + Print, 920,- €, Subscribers only pay 680,- €. Premium Version incl. Excel and PowerPoint Format costs 1.220,- € or 980,- € for Subscribers.
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We had intended to publish our new market study in June but the market turned around almost completely (in a downward direction unfortunately). Some countries, such as Spain and Denmark in particular, saw a major collapse. Raw material and energy prices (especially oil) also seemed to be heading in only one direction.
In the meantime, this downward spiral has at least been halted and the market can lick its wounds (generally manifest in greatly reduced sales opportunities). If the most recent signals from the global authorities are to be believed, raw material prices will fall further and the oil price has already dropped drastically. We have been able to incorporate all this into our study, although we do not need to remind anyone how unreliable today’s forecasts are. This is due in no small part to the fact that construction is no longer one of the guiding instruments of the policy makers (subsidies, incentives).
[inspic=242,right,,400]Politically motivated support measures (renewable energy) no longer offer a long-term guarantee. Refurbishment by private developers is also being increasingly affected by unforeseeable factors such as the general consumer climate, oil prices, stock market developments and global politics, which are almost impossible to factor in, even in the medium term.
In response to numerous requests, we have tried for the first time in the new study to show PEX and PE-RT separately, and above all to show multilayer pipes with Pex inliners separately from multilayer pipes with PE-RT inliners by system and country. The base value for determining the figures for the individual sectors has also been updated, as have the number of fittings per metre and the average weights of the individual raw materials per metre.
On the advice of the copper industry, we have also reduced the number of grams per metre of copper pipe from 460 to 420.
Thanks to much willing assistance from almost all sectors (pipe manufacturers, system suppliers, material suppliers), we have been able to correct some inaccurate estimates and we were often surprised ourselves by new trends. Radiator connection sale volumes have generally fallen sharply. Within this segment PEX in particular but also PE-RT, PB and PP-R lost out strongly in multilayer pipes. This trend was also evident in the case of plumbing systems, and especially so in the German-speaking area. Our observations suggest that the decline in copper and stainless steel, which was entirely price-dependent, has come to an almost complete halt, in some Eastern European countries copper pipe volumes even continued to increase. Countries such as Britain proved virtually “trend resistant”, with individuals and institutions being slow to change their purchasing patterns. Typically British. In France, on the other hand, even warm water underfloor heating is declining in favour of electric heating systems. This is the result of the strong position of EDF, combined above all with the fact that France, with its cheap nuclear electricity compared with oil-fired warm water heating, is able to promote electric heating systems well ahead of everything else. Much has changed, therefore, in the new chart study which is available now as a CD + 2 paper volumes at a price of 680 €. + + + In response to requests, we are also offering this time a premium version for 980 €. This contains for the first time all the tables for all 28 countries plus Europe, as an Excel spreadsheet with graphs of the most important material in each case (see for example “Radiator Heating in Denmark”). In addition, a summary of the most important information for each country, and in somewhat greater detail for Europe, is supplied as a PowerPoint presentation (approx. 7 slides per country and 20 slides for Europe). The Excel file can be manipulated as required, so that companies can enter their own figures and the resulting information (market shares, +/- against previous year, totals and graphs) is calculated automatically.
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