This is the fourteenth time that Composites Germany (www.composites-germany.org) has identified the latest KPIs for the fibre-reinforced plastics market. The survey covered all the member companies of the three major umbrella organisations of Composites Germany: AVK, Composites United and the VDMA Working Group on Hybrid Lightweight Construction Technologies.
As before, to ensure a smooth comparison with the previous surveys, the questions in this half-yearly survey have been left unchanged. Once again, the data obtained in the survey was largely qualitative and related to current and future market developments.
The assessment of the prevailing business situation produced rather restrained results in the last few surveys, and this trend is continuing. Respondents in all three regions under review continue to give negative assessments of the general business situation. Ratings have reached the lowest figures since the surveys were started in January 2013.
On the other hand, companies’ expectations for the future are slightly more positive than they were in the last survey. Respondents are quite positive about the future, both in terms of the general development and indeed of their own companies. Furthermore, they tend to rate the development of their own business situations as more positive than the business situation in general.
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19 February 2020
