Heavy Duty and Specialty Equipment Market
In 2017 in Poland there were 716 600 registered trucks, road tractors and special-purpose vehicles with GVW above 3.5 tons, i.e. more by 10.7 % than in 2016. Fleet growth dynamic went up three-fold versus the previous year. 716 600 commercial vehicles included 344 100 tractor units with GVW above 3.5 tons; 287 100 trucks with GVW above 3.5 tons and 85 400 special-purpose vehicles. Growth dynamics in the tractor unit segment stood at 14.7 % and at 7.4 % for trucks and special-purpose vehicles. Split by type of ownership, nearly 56.1 % of trucks with GVW above 3.5 tons (including road tractors) belong to individual customers (including users conducting their own economic activity) and 43.9 % are owned by companies, what means that this grow was up by 1.2 percentage points versus 2016.
The most popular make among trucks with GVW above 3.5 tons under 4 years old was DAF (with 18.2 % of the segment at end of 2017) ahead of MAN (18.0 %) and Mercedes-Benz (16.9 %). The leader in the 5 to 10 years old category was still MAN (25 %), out- performing DAF (17.2 %) and Mercedes-Benz (13.6 %).
Used and Remanufactured Parts Market
On the Polish remanufactured parts market there are hundreds companies, local, small manufacturers beginning up to the big companies and concerns specialized in components overhauling, car makers and parts distributors who developed that specialization. Overhauling is in Poland economically and ecologically reasonable. Players are selling overhauled parts exchanging for used, damaged disassembled ones. Overhauled products are top quality ones having warranty the same like brand new components have. This type of service is provided at the dealer`s workshops, at specialized company`s workshops, and which is very popular now – on internet. It`s possible to order online component, sending back used one. That system is fast, cheap and time saving.
Overhauled components became a very attractive source of spare parts for clients because of reasonable price and high quality. Having brand new part like warranty and half price comparing to OE new product, many car users decide to buy overhauled components instead of brand new OE or aftermarket new spare parts.
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