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  • PowerTalk News September 2019

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    The bad times in the India automobile market started with the slowdown in Q4 2018, triggered by the NBFC (Non-Banking Financial Companies) crisis, reports the September issue of PowerTALK™ News. Since then it has been 10 consecutive months of hard times for almost all automobile segments.

    Weak market sentiments and an overall economic slowdown have added to existing reasons for low sales.

    The other top stories in this issue of PowerTALK™ News include:
    • Trouble in India’s Motown
    • CNH Plans Major Changes
    • DataPoint: NA Aircraft Support Equipment
    • Great Wall Motor Plan Europe Expansion
    • Toyota Plans Hybrid Flex Fuel Production in Brazil
    • Brazil, Argentina Sign Auto Free Trade Pact
    • Doosan Bobcat Opens Manufacturing India Plant
    • Toyota To Invest US$ 300 Million in St. Petersburg Plant

  • CAOA acquires Ford Plant in Brazil

    The Ford production plant in Sao Bernardo do Campo-SP will be acquired by the COCA Group.

    During a meeting with governor João Doria, CAOA group, that currently assembly Hyundai cars and Chery-CAOA cars in Brazil, announced the acquisition of Ford Plant in São Bernardo do Campo-SP.

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  • Moscow Hosts 2019 Comtrans and Interauto Shows

    During the first week of September, there were two major trade shows in Moscow dedicated to powertrain and vehicles. They are Interauto (automotive components, service equipment, spare parts), and Comtrans (commercial on-highway vehicles).

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  • Manitou Prepares for Slowdown after Record H1 2019

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    PSR Analysis: Manitou group reported a particularly strong H1 2019 with 24% growth over H1 2018. Michel Denis, Chief Executive Officer, said: “Over the first half of the year, business was very strong in our markets, as well as in almost all geographical areas,” he said.

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  • Welcome to the New Gilded Age

    This forecast appeared in the September 2019 issue of Diesel Progress magazine.

    SUMMARY. The underlying weak conditions in the global economic picture could put pressure on the North American power generation industry for the remainder of 2019 and through most of 2020. We forecast little or no growth for the industry through 2020.

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  • Welcome to the New Gilded Age of Gen-Sets

    This forecast appeared in the September 2019 issue of Diesel Progress magazine.

    SUMMARY. The underlying weak conditions in the global economic picture could put pressure on the North American power generation industry for the remainder of 2019 and through most of 2020. We forecast little or no growth for the industry through 2020.

    Even though the power generation production market was up slightly (0.9% in 2018-2019), we see it declining about 1% over the next year. 

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    Tyler Wiegert

    For those of you a few years removed from your high school U.S. History courses, the original Gilded Age was a period covering the 1870s-1890s that was marked by astonishing economic growth. Driven by the expansion of industrialization in the North and West, facilitated by growing railroad networks, real wages grew an enviable 60%.

    But Mark Twain dubbed this period the “Gilded Age” rather than the “Golden Age,” because it was also marked by extreme poverty, and he represented it with gilded, decaying apple. The shiny outward appearance of growth was masking a rotten core of massive inequality.

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  • Brazilian Motorcycle Production Continues To Grow

    In July 2019, 92,000 motorcycles were produced in Brazil, up sharply from the 68,000 units produced in June 2019. January to July production was 629,000, 6.3% above the 592,000 units produced in the same period of 2018.

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  • FAR EAST: SOUTH KOREA REPORT

    Increased Uncertainty Causes Export-Investment Slump To Continue

    In the August edition of the Economic Trend Report (Green Book), the Korean Ministry of Planning and Finance defined the recent Korean economy this way: “production has increased moderately but exports and investments continue to be sluggish”.

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  • SOUTHEAST ASIA: THAILAND, INDONESIA REPORT

    Thailand May Become New Car Sales Leader in 2019

    New car sales from January to June in six major countries in Southeast Asia were 1.7 million, unchanged from the same period of the previous year.

    Thailand and Indonesia are the two major markets. Thailand, where consumption is strong, increased by 7% year-on-year, while Indonesia, which faces a decline in resource prices, decreased by 13%. Thailand could be ranked first this year for the first time in six years.

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  • FAR EAST: JAPAN REPORT

    Mitsubishi Manufactures Wind Turbines

    Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has begun manufacturing the basic structure of wind turbines at the Nagasaki Shipyard, where excess capacity exists. This is because MHI’s specialty LNG carriers are monopolized by Korean manufacturers and MHI is not receiving orders. Now, they take on non-shipbuilding jobs and help maintain the employment of the shipyard. Their Nagasaki Shipyard started manufacturing the basic structure that supports large wind turbines. Since the shipyard has a space for handling large parts of the ship, it can also be used to manufacture wind turbines.

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