Industrial Counterweights Market Forecasts to 2028 – Global Analysis By Type (Fixed, Swinging), Material (Concrete, Iron & Steel), Application (Excavators, Grinding Wheels), End User (Mining, Construction) and By Geography
According to Stratistics MRC, the Global Industrial Counterweights Market is accounted for $7.15 billion in 2022 and is expected to reach $10.55 billion by 2028 growing at a CAGR of 6.7% during the forecast period. Industrial counterweights are integral components of any machinery that is responsible for lifting significantly heavy loads. The purpose of industrial counterweight is to make lifting the load faster and more efficient, which saves energy and is less taxing on the lifting machine.
In the face of production halts, temporary layoffs and liquidity issues stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, the European shipbuilding and maritime equipment manufacturing industries have sought additional support – beyond horizontal industrial policies and financial support – calling for sector-specific support measures. By doing so, they aim to preserve the economic contribution of the sector but, more importantly, to prevent potential dependence on Asian foreign suppliers for maritime technology, a strategic element to generate value in the maritime supply chain. The European Shipbuilding and Maritime Equipment Association estimated that this scenario could mean losing about €120 billion of added value created by the maritime technology sector; 1 million jobs in maritime technology companies and Europe’s innovation and technological global leadership in complex ship types.
Market Dynamics:
Driver:
Soaring demand for counterweights
The growth of the manufacturing, transportation, logistics, construction, and e-commerce industries has led to the increasing need for material handling equipment, in part due to heightened focus on automation and safe working practices, especially in the manufacturing sector. Warehousing has become a crucial part of several industries. Thus, the need for material handling equipment has increased, which, in turn, has increased the demand for counterweights.
Restraint:
Varying cost of counterweights
Due to the varying cost of the raw materials used for counterweights, end users are compromising on the quality of the product by selecting other materials that are comparatively cheaper but provide similar benefits. Consumers are selecting concrete counterweights for their applications as they are cheaper. Concrete density can be improved by adding dense aggregates such as limonite, hematite, or magnetite, or metal bits and scraps into the concrete mix.
Opportunity:
The generation of additional demand for material handling equipment
The generation of additional demand for material handling equipment by booming retail sector will provide new opportunities for the market. As a result, growing spending on construction industry will necessitate the use of more industrial counterweights in the construction of different buildings, which will serve as a catalyst for the industrial counterweights industry in the future. Since most of the material handling systems require counterweights to counterbalance the load, the demand for counterweights has increased due to new opportunities created by the material handling equipment market.
Threat:
Environmental constraints
Due to varying temperatures across different regions of the world, manufacturers of counterweights need to wisely choose the material for counterweights. High temperature reduces the material’s strength and stiffness, whereas low temperature increases material stiffness and strength. Also, at low temperatures, they tend to shrink in size and become brittle. Since material properties like tensile strength, yield strength, and modules of elasticity are least impacted by high temperature, it may affect the market growth.
The iron & steel segment is expected to be the largest during the forecast period
The use of industrial counterweights made from steel and iron are gaining considerable traction. The properties of iron and steel such as good ductility, tensile strength, etc. prove to be useful for demand generation. Hence, the iron and steel material segment is estimated to observe the highest growth.
The construction segment is expected to have the highest CAGR during the forecast period
Construction industry use industrial counterweights systems to decrease the human interference, to increase efficiency and to increase stability of the equipments used. Using industrial counterweights systems, construction industry operators can easily load and unload the material by counterbalancing the weights with the help of counterweights used.
Region with largest share:
Asia Pacific is projected to hold the largest market share due to the factors such as fast-growing economies, increasing demand of huge population and necessity for high-rise buildings. Moreover, increased production rates, Countries such as China and Japan are focusing on construction activities and industrial manufacturing business like automotive to reduce human lanor, are expected to drive the industrial counterweights market in this region.
Region with highest CAGR:
North America is projected to have the highest CAGR due to the factors such as electric forklift trucks are getting a lot of traction in industrialized countries of the region. Rather than traditional forklift trucks, players here are investing heavily in innovative and modern forklift trucks.
Key players in the market:
Some of the key players profiled in the Industrial Counterweights Market include International Steel & Counterweights, Agescan International, Edgetech Industries, Shanxi Huaxiang Group Co. Ltd., Tenwinkel GmbH & Co.KG, Betonfertigteile Ernst Binder GmbH, Casting Quality and Bruckert Beton GmbH.
Key developments:
In October 2019: CMN partnered with Hydroquest and designed gravity-based ballasts together.
In February 2019: Crescent Foundry expanded its cast iron castings manufacturing capacity from 1,900 tpm to 8,333 tpm at Kulgachia in the Howrah district of West Bengal, India.
In January 2019: Sic Lazaro acquired Diamond Industries, a metal fabrication firm, to expand its fabrication capabilities, and, thus, the manufacturing of counterweights.
Types Covered:
• Fixed
• Swinging
Materials Covered:
• Concrete
• Iron & Steel
Applications Covered:
• Excavators
• Grinding Wheels
• Elevators
• Forklifts
• Cranes
• Lifts
End Users Covered:
• Mining
• Construction
• Renewables
• Industrial Manufacturing
• Marine
• Agriculture
• Logistics
Regions Covered:
• North America
US
Canada
Mexico
• Europe
Germany
UK
Italy
France
Spain
Rest of Europe
• Asia Pacific
Japan
China
India
Australia
New Zealand
South Korea
Rest of Asia Pacific
• South America
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Rest of South America
• Middle East & Africa
Saudi Arabia
UAE
Qatar
South Africa
Rest of Middle East & Africa
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