market analysis | Europe
Injection moulding site ownership 2014 by owner type (left) and owner country (right)
within Europe. However, this has been offset by investment by larger European moulders in facilities in China and other low cost regions. These investments have been made to retain OEM business and to take advantage of emerging local economies. AMI’s database of injection moulders records more than 10,200 injection moulding sites. This fi gure is believed to represent more than 75% of the European industry in terms of the number of moulding sites but 80-90% of companies with an injection moulding turnover of more than €500,000 in injection moulding. Based on this data, it is estimated that the European injection moulding machine pool in 2014 amounted to almost 210,000 machines in operation across more than 13,000 separate injection moulding sites.
Size matters The average European injection moulding site is estimated to operate 16 machines. Germany and Italy are notable exceptions. In the case of Germany, moulding sites are estimated on average to be more than one third larger than the average for Europe in terms of the number of machines operated (averaging more than 21 machines). Italy, with its more fragment- ed market structure, includes a high number of companies with only a few machines, reducing its average to just 10. Injection moulding sites, of course, range in size
from very small companies or in-house operations with single machines up to very large operations with more than 100 machines. AMI estimates that in 2014, 72% of European injection moulding sites operated fewer than 20 machines and 43% fewer than 10 machines. Just 8% of sites operated greater than 40 machines.
14 INJECTION WORLD | January/February 2015
© Applied Market Information Ltd, 2015 With the number of European injection moulding
sites forecast to decline by 2% by 2018, it is considered unlikely that the overall number of machines operating in Europe will increase. Even today, it is believed that a high proportion of injection moulders retain machines they do not intend to fully load for production. While injection moulding machines are usually depreciated over 10 years, they can readily operate effectively for more than 20 years if well maintained. It is expected that new machinery sales will be largely balanced out by de-commissioning. Industry rationalisation increases availability of
second hand machinery on the market. While much of this volume is channelled outside of Europe, it still increases the pressure on new machinery sellers. This challenge is largely being met through a focus on machines offering better performance in terms of speciality optimisation or versatility, lower energy consumption and other features.
Industry ownership The injection moulding industry in Europe is quite fragmented and this is illustrated by its share owner- ship structure. The 10,200 active injection moulding sites within the AMI database are owned by more than 8,500 different companies. The majority are privately- owned companies operating from a single site. Privately-owned groups account for a further 26% of sites (including injection moulding-focussed groups operating more than one site). The number of publicly-owned injection moulding
companies has declined by almost 9% since AMI last carried out this analysis in 2009. Less than 3% of companies involved in injection moulding in Europe are
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