INTERMAT Paris 2009

There were 184,518 visits to INTERMAT 2009 held from 20 to 25th of April 2009 at Paris-Nord, Villepinte. A third of which were made by industry professionals from outside France. The exhibition was an opportunity to find out about the new machines and equipment being shown by the 1,470 exhibitors, 67% of whom were from overseas. The stands covered 210,000 m2 of exhibition space.

Clients appreciate the opportunity to meet NPK in a festive atmosphere in Hall 6 booth number M078.

NPK France exposed their products and showed several of the current GH- Series hammers, M- Series and D-Series and the renewed S- series with the C-arms.

The S-90XCR with a weight of almost 9-ton was one of the eye catchers at the booth.

Something new on the INTERMAT where the G-17J, K-3XJ and K-33XAR.

According to Alain Bohrer, vice-chairman of the construction sector of CISMA, Association of equipment manufacturers for construction infrastructure, steel and handling equipment industries ,businesses are experiencing something of a slowdown, with a drop in activity of between 2% and 15%. The equipment market, on the other hand, is seeing a fall of up to 60%. After four or five years of very strong growth with equipment fleets being completely renewed, it looks as though investments were being used as a balancing variable. Companies have had to restore their cash flow and are experiencing financing difficulties.

The market situation is not clear-cut. Sales have fallen dramatically, but after-sales services have been less affected – which proves that the machines are actually being used. We're expecting 2009 to be a difficult year, and a number of major projects have still not got off the ground. So even if there is a pick-up in technical developments at the end of the year, optimistically, We don't see a real recovery getting underway until the first half of 2010. The equipment hire sector might be where we see the first signs of a recovery.

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