Growth expectations in the sector building, glass, ceramic machines
Kneading, refiners and shredder machines are the defining product segment of the sector building, glas, ceramic machines 2022
Production in the sector bulding, glass and ceramic machines has been growing at an above-average rate since 2008, with sales stagnating. What role do the four product segments of the sector play in this?
July 4th, 2023 - The production of building, glass and ceramic machines more than doubled since 2008 as the sector report on building, glass and ceramic machines indicates. To which product segments is this strong production growth attributable?
The sector is essentially made up of four product segments1.
- Machine tools for stone, ceramic, glass
- Sorting, mixing machines for stones, earth, ores
- Machines for glass production
- Kneading machines, refiners, shredders.
The product segment with the highest shares in terms of piece numbers and sales2 is kneading, refiners and shredder machines. Their share of unit sales in the sector is 83%, and their share of sales is 43% in 2022.
Following the course of the unit numbers, kneading, refiners and shredder machines show a strong increase from 2016 to 2018. Their course is marked by the red line in the diagram and the red scale on the right side of the diagram.
The number of units of machine tools for stone, ceramics and glass is also growing dynamically during this period.
These two product segments act as drivers of the above average production growth of the sector compared to the machinery industry.
1 The sector building, glass and ceramics machiness includes other product segments than the four mentioned, such as excavators, tunnel boring machines, etc. However, these other product segments require special automation technology and are therefore not taken into account.
2 Official production statistics refer to value and define this as production valued at selling prices excluding value added tax. The difference to sales is mainly due to changes in inventories and can therefore be regarded as sales to a large extent.
