Ten-year trends in the cranes sector

The last ten years have seen crane manufacturers and owners alike ride the waves of an extraordinary boom in activity, followed by a painful recession in 2009 in the wake of the Lehman Bros. collapse. Now well into the recovery phase, this presentation from November’s China International Crane Summit (CICS) in Shanghai looks at key indicators for the sector, including manufacturer revenues and share prices, along with the size and characteristics of the crane owners’ fleets.