United States: 2010 Stone Industry have an optimistic outlook(2010/1/18)

U.S. BNP Media (parent company of the United States StoneWorld magazine) shortly before the United States made a stone processing market research results showed that the U.S. manufacturers of stone in 2010 and beyond, the U.S. stone industry optimistic attitude. The scope of the survey covers a stone manufacturing enterprises across the country, the following is the survey is probably a result of:

1.45% of people believe that 2010 will show the stone market growth, 40% of people think it will maintain the current situation, only 15% of people think that the market will slump.

2. Looking ahead 5-10 years: 83% of people said the stone market will grow 11% said it would remain unchanged, only 6% said they would decline.

3. In the stone processing plants surveyed, half said they are planning in 2010 for investment in major equipment purchases.

Of which 10% of companies plan to buy a CNC machine tool (CNCmachine), the expected procurement of equipment for 200 thousand dollars the amount of yuan.
10% of the stone companies will buy water jet equipment (waterjet), the expected purchase price of 18.5 million.

1 / 5 of the stone business plan to buy a bridge cutting machine (bridgesaw), the amount of the procurement target of 8 million per year.

1 / 5 of the stone company intends to increase the polishing machine (polishersaw), the procurement target price of 5 million per year.

1 / 6 of the stone business plan to buy the air / water treatment equipment (air / watertreatment), the procurement target price of 2 million U.S. Dollars.

1 / 3 of the stone company intends to introduce lifting equipment (handlingequipment), planned purchase price of 3.5 million per yea
(by China Leiyuan, 2010/1/18)