Equipment Sector

Railroad Traffic Dips 16.1% in April

According to reported volumes from the Association of American Railroads, carload traffic in April totaled 944,339 carloads, down 16.1% or 180,598 from April 2015. read more

Global Business Jets Market to Be Worth $33.8B by 2020

According to the study from Research and Markets, the global business jets market was worth $20.9 billion in 2013 and is projected to grow at a CAGR of 6.86% to $33.8 billion by the end of 2020. read more

Bank Dominance, ABL Highlight Emerging Trends in Ag Equipment Finance

Increased dominance of banks, movement of assets through ABL and farmers' special financing program in the U.S. are the top three emerging trends in the agricultural equipment finance market in the coming years. read more

Machine Tool Orders Grow, Outlook Remains Flat

According to the Association for Manufacturing Technology, machine tool orders grew 36.9% month-over-month in March, but were down 11.8% compared to March 2015 and 15% year-to-date compared to the same period of 2015. read more

Business Jet Deliveries Fall 4.7% Y/Y

In its report on Q1/16 aircraft shipments, GAMA said that business jet deliveries declined by 4.7% from 128 in Q1/15 to 122 in Q1/16. read more

Equipment Rental Industry on Course for Record Revenues in 2016

The American Rental Association released its second quarter equipment rental industry outlook, which calls for continued revenue growth of 5.6% in 2016 and 4.9% in 2017 in the U.S. read more

The Freedonia Group: Agricultural Equipment Demand to Exceed $193B

In a new study, The Freedonia Group reported that demand for agricultural equipment is forecast to expand 6.6% per annum through 2019 to over $139 billion. read more

Avolon Delivers First Airbus A320neo Aircraft

Avolon delivered its first Airbus A320neo aircraft to IndiGo, bringing the total number of lease aircraft by Avolon to IndiGo to 21. read more

GECAS Delivers Leased Boeing 737-800 to New Customer NewGen Airways

GE Capital Aviation Services announced delivery of a leased Boeing 737-800 aircraft to its new Thai airline customer NewGen Airways to expand the carrier’s fleet. read more

ACT: April Class 8 Demand Loses Traction; Medium Duty Remains Healthy

There were 33,800 new Classes 5-8 vehicle orders booked in April according to preliminary data from ACT Research. Class 8 garnered 13,700 orders and for Classes 5-7, 20,100 orders were placed. read more

Boeing to Deliver ‘Record Number’ of Aircraft to Turkish Airlines

Boeing will deliver six 777-300ERs and 20 Next-Generation 737-800s in 2016 to Turkish Airlines. Boeing said the totally deliveries marked a record number to the Turkish flag carrier. read more

Hyster-Yale Reports Higher Q1 Shipments, Lower Earnings

Hyster-Yale Materials Handling reported net income of $10 million in Q1/16 were down from earnings of $13.9 million a year earlier. Worldwide new unit shipments of 20,500 units were up from 19,900 a year earlier. read more

Fleet Advantage Releases Inaugural Quarterly Data Index 

Fleet Advantage released its inaugural data index resource designed to compare all-in costs of older model year Class 8 trucks and calculate the savings of new model replacements. read more

CIT: 55% of Healthcare Executives Expect to Seek Financing

According to an exclusive study released by CIT Group, 55% of healthcare executives say they are expecting to seek financing in the next 12 months. read more

ACT: March Used Class 8 Truck Volumes Up M/M, Down Y/Y and YTD

According to the latest report from ACT Research, used Class 8 truck metrics continued to be mixed in March, as volumes fell 8% month-over-month and 5% year-to-date. read more

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