While the media and jittery investors may be seeing another recession on the horizon, NTEA economist Steve Latin-Kasper doesn’t see it as likely. A turbulent European economy and the unbecoming proceedings surrounding the debt ceiling debate notwithstanding, Latin-Kasper thinks it’s hard to have a recession when business, consumer and government expenditures are expected to increase in 2012.... read more
September/October 2011
The trucking industry appears to be “kicking into gear.” As such, the Monitor sought out Jon Eide, national sales manager for the Commercial Vehicle Group at Wells Fargo Equipment Finance to share his perspective. From where he sits, Eide sees many new opportunities on the horizon.... read more
September/October 2011
National Business Aviation Association president and CEO Ed Bolen has navigated the organization through industry highs and lows since he assumed the post in 2004. Today, facing a slow and unsteady economic recovery and proposed Washington policies that could harm the industry, Bolen has mobilized the NBAA’s membership to educate politicians, the media and the general public about the contributions of business aviation to the United States.... read more
September/October 2011
After suffering from apocalyptic numbers in 2008 and 2009, the business jet market spent 2010 and 2011 (so far) convalescing, but with few signs of a complete recovery. Key economic health indicators are sending mixed messages, and the fundamental market trend signs remain depressed. However, there are hopeful prospects for a deliveries recovery in 2012.... read more
September/October 2011
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September/October 2011
With the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association’s Annual Equipment Management Conference happening in the not-so-distant future, the Monitor assembled a panel of five of the industry’s leading asset managers to gain their insight about topics ranging from sound industry practices to rebounding sectors. Here’s what they had to say…... read more
January/February 2011
The year of 2009 turned out to be one of the toughest years the corporate aviation industry had ever experienced. The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) reported that only 870 new business jets were delivered that year, a drop of 33.7%. Expressed in dollar terms, total sales were $19 billion, down $3 billion (14%) from 2008’s record year. Are better times ahead?... read more
November/December 2010
With the upcoming midterm congressional elections only days away, AED’s Christian Klein examines how changes within government could affect legislation for the equipment industry. Here, he looks to three areas: roads and bridges, water infrastructure and tax incentives for equipment purchases to see if any changes could bring a ray of sunlight into our cloudy future.... read more
October 2010
To fully comprehend the impact the recession has had on materials handling, the Monitor spoke to Jeff Rufener and Eric Gabriel at Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklift America to get their take on the industry. Ranging from shipment activity to the affect of government stimulus initiatives, and from environmental equipment’s role to the impact of proposed lease accounting rules, they see the industry as healthy and growing.... read more
October 2010
In 1964, worldwide spending for computers was $2 billion. By 2014, 50 years later, IDC expects total IT spending will exceed $1.7 trillion — continuing to require hundreds of billions of dollars in working capital loans, customer financing and equipment lease funding. It is not fashionable to be enthusiastic, nevertheless, IDC believes the IT leasing and financing market will remain the most dynamic and one of the most attractive for many years to come. ... read more
October 2010
Although modest growth in the trucking industry’s future seems imminent, it still looks to be slow going and will be for some time, according to American Trucking Associations economist Tavio Headley. Echoing the hesitant estimates of growth that Bob Costello provided the Monitor with last year, Headley remains cautiously optimistic. ... read more
October 2010
Many of the major valuation and appraisal firms in the U.S. have their origins in the auction business of industrial assets and/or retail going-out-of-business liquidations. The advent of the Internet, advances in fiber optics and telecommunications, computer technology and a growing global economy have fueled innovation in the way industrial assets are marketed and sold today.... read more
September 2010