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.
Table of Contents
1. INTRODUCTION
2. SUMMARY AND FUTURE PROSPECTS
- 2.1 SUMMARY
- 2.2 FUTURE PROSPECTS
3. ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT UPDATED
- 3.1 GDP
- 3.2 INFLATION & INTEREST RATES
- 3.3 STERLING
- 3.4 CONCLUSIONS
4. THE UK MARKET FOR ELECTRICITY GENERATING SETS UP TO 750 KVA
- 4.1 MARKET DEFINITION
- 4.2 MARKET SIZE
- 4.2.1 Market History
- 4.2.2 Current Situation
- 4.2.3 Future Prospects
- 4.3 UK PRODUCTION, IMPORTS, EXPORTS OF GENERATORS
- 4.3.1 UK Production Analysis By Value
- 4.3.2 UK Production Analysis By Volume
- 4.3.3 Imports and Exports Of Generators
- 4.4 KEY MARKET INFLUENCES
- 4.4.1 Overview
- 4.4.2 Construction
- 4.4.3 Manufacturing and Engineering Sector Influences
- 4.4.4 Rising Electricity Consumption
- 4.4.5 Aerospace
- 4.4.6 Air Conditioning
- 4.4.7 Portable Accommodation
- 4.4.8 Lighting Trends
- 4.4.9 The Hire Sector - UK Construction Equipment Rental Market
5. PRODUCT SEGMENTATION
- 5.1 PRODUCT TYPES
- 5.1.1 Overall Trends And Mix
- 5.1.2 Mainline Generating Sets
- 5.1.3 Generating Sets for Marine and Oil and Gas
- 5.1.4 Oil & Gas
- 5.1.5 Small Domestic Leisure And Industrial Gensets
- 5.1.6 Combined Heat And Power Generating Sets
- 5.1.7 Power Sectors
- 5.1.8 Trends in Generator Product Development
- 5.2 PRODUCT SEGMENTATION BY GENERATOR RATING
- 5.2.1 Mix
- 5.2.2 Gensets Up To 7.5 kVA
- 5.2.3 Gensets 7.5-75 kVA
- 5.2.4 Gensets 75-375 kVA
- 5.2.5 Gensets 375-750 kVA
- 5.3 END-USE APPLICATIONS
- 5.3.1 Mix
- 5.3.2 Industrial Sector
- 5.3.3 Construction And On-Site Power
- 5.3.4 Oil, Gas and Marine
- 5.3.5 Domestic And Leisure
6. DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS
- 6.1 DISTRIBUTION MIX AND STRUCTURE
- 6.2 DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS
- 6.2.1 Industrial and Construction
- 6.2.2 Hire & Sale
- 6.2.3 Marine
- 6.2.4 Agricultural
- 6.2.5 DIY Multiples
- 6.2.6 E- Commerce Specialists
- 6.2.7 Electrical Wholesalers
- 6.2.8 OEM
7. MAJOR SUPPLIERS OF GENERATING SETS UP TO 750 KVA
- 7.1 GENSET MANUFACTURING AND SUPPLIERS
- 7.1.1 Market Shares
- 7.2 MAJOR SUPPLIERS
TABLES AND CHARTS
- CHART 1 UK GENSET MARKET UP TO 750KVA 2004-2010 (£M MSP)
- CHART 2 INTEREST RATES AND INFLATION (CPI) FROM 1990-2010
- TABLE 3 EXCHANGE RATE FLUCTUATIONS 2000-2007 - STERLING TO THE DOLLAR, AND THE EURO, SPOT RATES
- TABLE 4 THE SIZE OF THE UK MARKET FOR GENERATING SETS, 2002-2006, £M MSP
- TABLE 5 THE UK MARKET FORECAST FOR GENERATING SETS 2006-2010 (£M MSP)
- CHART 6 UK ELECTRICITY GENERATING SETS MARKET 2004-2010 CONSTANT 1995 PRICES £M MSP
- TABLE 7 VALUE OF UK PRODUCTION OF GENERATORS UP TO 750KVA 2004-2010 £M
- TABLE 8 ANALYSIS OF UK MANUFACTURERS SALES OF GENERATING SETS UP TO 750 KVA - 2005
- TABLE 9 IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF GENERATORS UP TO 750 KVA IN 2006
- CHART 10 VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION OUTPUT NEW WORK 1990-2007 (£BN)
- TABLE 11 CONSTRUCTION NEW WORK OUTPUT BY SECTOR 2000-2007 (£ BILLION) AT CURRENT PRICES
- TABLE 12 OUTPUT OF THE PRODUCTION INDUSTRIES (AVERAGE 2003 = 100)
- TABLE 13 SALES BY THE PUBLIC ELECTRICITY SUPPLY SYSTEMS 2004-2007
- TABLE 14 THE OVERALL UK AIR CONDITIONING MARKET 2004-2008 £M MSP
- CHART 15 UK LIGHTING MARKET 2002-2008 £M MSP
- TABLE 16 UK CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT RENTAL MARKET AT HIRE MARKET PRICES 2005-2008
- TABLE 17 ESTIMATED SHARES BY TYPE OF HIRE COMPANY IN HIRE PRODUCT SECTORS 2006
- TABLE 18 SEGMENTATION OF THE UK GENERATING SET MARKET UP TO 750KVA 2006 AT £M MSP
- CHART 19 UK UPS MARKET 2004-2008 (£M MSP)
- CHART 20 UK MIX OF GENSETS BY SELECTED RATING CATEGORIES - 2006 BY VALUE
- CHART 21 ESTIMATED MARKET SHARE FOR GENSETS BY SELECTED RATING CATEGORIES FOR 1997 & 2006
- TABLE 22 MIX OF END-USE APPLICATIONS FOR THE UK GENSET MARKET 2006
- TABLE 23 HIRE MARKET FOR GENERATORS ETC AT HIRE MARKET VALUE 2006
- TABLE 24 HIRE MARKET FOR PUMPS AND CRUSHING PLANT AT HIRE MARKET VALUE 2006
- TABLE 25 GENSET MANUFACTURERS' SALES UP TO 750 KVA BY DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS - 2006
- CHART 26 DISTRIBUTION STRUCTURE OF THE UK MARKET FOR ELECTRICITY GENERATING SETS UP TO 750KVA
- TABLE 27 UK INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS DISTRIBUTORS - MARKET SHARES BY % VALUE 2006
- TABLE 28 MARKET SHARES OF THE UK PLANT HIRE OPERATORS - 2005
- TABLE 29 MARKET SHARES OF LEADING COMPANIES BY VALUE 2005
- TABLE 30 UK KEY SUPPLIERS - MARKET SHARES BY VALUE UP TO 750 KVA IN 2006



