{"id":32194,"date":"2016-02-08T07:32:47","date_gmt":"2016-02-08T06:32:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=32194"},"modified":"2016-02-05T13:55:24","modified_gmt":"2016-02-05T12:55:24","slug":"composites-germany-results-of-6th-composites-market-survey-are-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/composites-germany-results-of-6th-composites-market-survey-are-available\/","title":{"rendered":"Composites Germany \u2013 Results of 6th Composites Market Survey are available"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Different assessments of general and own business situations<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Investment climate continues to be positive<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Still the same growth driver<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Composites index down slightly<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>For the sixth time Composites Germany (www.composites-germany.de) has identified up-to-date KPIs for the composites market (market for fibre-reinforced plastics). As before, the survey covered all the member companies of the four biggest umbrella organisations of Composites Germany: AVK, CCeV, CFK Valley and VDMA.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The market survey mainly looks at qualitative data concerning general market developments and also the specific developments of the various composites segments. Like in the previous surveys since 2013, the level of satisfaction among participating companies was generally very high, despite a slightly negative trend for certain indicators.<\/p>\n<h3>Assessment of the general business situation<\/h3>\n<p>The general business situation was seen as more positive or very positive by the vast majority of respondents.\u00a0 The proportion of optimistic assessments of the worldwide business situation in this latest survey was 82%, amounting to a slight increase of 2% since the previous survey. However, this indicator was much higher again for the German market, where 73% of respondents assessed the general business situation as more positive and 14% as very positive (see Fig. 1). Yet despite this highly positive underlying mood, Germany recorded a 3% downturn in positive assessments compared with the survey for the first half of 2015.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_32200\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32200\" style=\"width: 414px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-32200\" src=\"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Business-Situation-Germany.jpg\" alt=\"Business Situation Germany\" width=\"414\" height=\"294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2016\/02\/Business-Situation-Germany.jpg 813w, https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2016\/02\/Business-Situation-Germany-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2016\/02\/Business-Situation-Germany-600x427.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 414px) 100vw, 414px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-32200\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fig. 1: General business situation in Germany (Image Copyright: AVK)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Optimism also prevailed among the majority of respondents on future developments. Only a very small proportion of participants (less than 10%) said they expected the situation to deteriorate in the next six-month period, although there were differences in their assessments of the different regions (i.e. worldwide, Europe and Germany) Whereas, for instance, just over a quarter of respondents expected the worldwide business situation to improve, this proportion was \u201conly\u201d 19% for Germany.<\/p>\n<h3>Assessments of companies\u2019 own business situations<\/h3>\n<p>Companies are currently continuing to give positive assessments of their own business situations. Over three quarters of all respondents described their own companies\/organisations as being in a more positive or indeed very positive position. When asked about expectations about their own business situations for the next six-month period, only a very small number expected a deterioration in Europe (see Fig. 2). The outcome was similar for their expectations worldwide and within Germany.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_32198\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32198\" style=\"width: 416px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-32198\" src=\"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Futurue_-Own-Situation.jpg\" alt=\"Futurue_ Own Situation\" width=\"416\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2016\/02\/Futurue_-Own-Situation.jpg 780w, https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2016\/02\/Futurue_-Own-Situation-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2016\/02\/Futurue_-Own-Situation-600x463.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 416px) 100vw, 416px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-32198\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fig. 2: Future general business situation (Europe) (Image Copyright: AVK) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.composites-germany.org\/images\/press-releases\/PR02-2016\/Futurue_%20Own%20Situation.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">&#8211; Zoom &#8211;<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Investment climate continues to be very positive<\/h3>\n<p>As expected, this positive image was supported by the investment climate indicators. Companies\u2019 HR planning figures were very similar to the level found in the previous survey. As before, many expected to see an increase in their own staffing levels.<br \/>\nIn this segment the ongoing positive trend was even more clearly in evidence for investments in plants and machinery. 44% of respondents expected corresponding increases during the next six-month period. Having risen by 7%, this value was again much higher than in the previous survey.<\/p>\n<h3>Still the same growth driver<\/h3>\n<p>Where the material is concerned, respondents still expected most important growth stimuli to come from CRP. This has not changed. When it comes to application engineering, the most hopeful industries for composites are currently automotive and aviation. When asked about regional expectations, respondents said they expected Germany to continue delivering major stimuli. Both Asia and Europe (except Germany) were down somewhat in significance, but continued to be important (see Fig. 3).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_32197\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32197\" style=\"width: 512px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-32197\" src=\"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Growth-Stimuli-1024x449.jpg\" alt=\"Growth Stimuli\" width=\"512\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2016\/02\/Growth-Stimuli-1024x449.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2016\/02\/Growth-Stimuli-300x132.jpg 300w, https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2016\/02\/Growth-Stimuli-600x263.jpg 600w, https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2016\/02\/Growth-Stimuli.jpg 1351w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-32197\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fig. 3: Growth stimuli \u2013 regions (Image Copyright: AVK) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.composites-germany.org\/images\/press-releases\/PR02-2016\/Growth%20Stimuli.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">&#8211; Zoom &#8211;<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Composites index down slightly<\/h3>\n<p>Compared with the previous survey, both the general economic situation and the companies\u2019 own business situations were seen as less positive (see Fig. 4). These indicators, however, should not distract from a highly positive overall picture of the industry that continues to prevail. In all, satisfaction and optimism for the future continue at a very high level. It remains to be seen whether the slowdown is merely a temporary fluctuation or perhaps a general trend. Another fact which speaks for a positive development is that over half of all respondents said they expected to step up their companies\u2019 involvement on the composite market.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_32196\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32196\" style=\"width: 497px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-32196 \" src=\"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Development-Index-1024x435.jpg\" alt=\"Development Index\" width=\"497\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2016\/02\/Development-Index-1024x435.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2016\/02\/Development-Index-300x127.jpg 300w, https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2016\/02\/Development-Index-600x255.jpg 600w, https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2016\/02\/Development-Index.jpg 1504w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 497px) 100vw, 497px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-32196\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fig. 4: Composites Development Index (Image copyright: AVK) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.composites-germany.org\/images\/press-releases\/PR02-2016\/Development%20Index.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">&#8211; Zoom &#8211;<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The next Composite Market Survey will be published in July 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Different assessments of general and own business situations Investment climate continues to be positive Still the same growth driver Composites index down slightly For the sixth time Composites Germany (www.composites-germany.de) has identified up-to-date KPIs for the composites market (market for fibre-reinforced plastics). 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