Beginning this issue, Leasing Life, in collaboration with Tallon
& Associates/www.assetbid.com will publish a monthly analysis
of data on the demand for used assets. This month Tallon looks at
the performance across all sectors.

Bus & Coach

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• Seasonal market – strong demand in spring and early
summer
• Large number of vehicles on market in autumn and
winter
• Demand for older coaches reducing, partly due to London
Emissions Zone

Commercial Vehicles

• Strong demand for late model 6×2 tractor units and
tippers
• Strong export market for newer vehicles

Construction

• Demand slowing for smaller contractor’s plant and
expecting to slow in Q1 2008 due to slowdown in house building
sector
• Large plant continues to be in demand as large civil
projects continue
• Strong export market with weak pound / Euro expected to
strengthen export market further

Cranes

• Demand continues to increase for all-terrain cranes
• Strong export market with weak pound / Euro expected to
strengthen export market further

Engineering

• Strong demand for late CNC equipment
• Good export market for conventional machine tools and older
CNC equipment
• Strong export market with weak pound / Euro expected to
strengthen export market further

Food

• Demand for food equipment has reduced as there continues
to be many closures and consolidation in the market place
• Over supply of smaller items of food related equipment in
the market place
• Specialist and larger plants continue to attract buyers

Plastics

• Demand for plastic equipment has increased in the past 12
months
• Domestic demand for large capacity injection moulders
• Export demand for low tonnage moulding machines
• Reduced demand for extrusion, flexible and UPVC sectors

Printing

• Demand for standard printing and finishing equipment
starting to increase as the supply of equipment, following closures
and consolidation, starts to return to 2007 levels
• Weak pound should see more demand from the export market

Woodworking

• Demand reducing quarter on quarter
• High number of company closures, particularly in furniture
manufacture sector
• Very little demand in UK for traditional equipment.
• Weak export market