Used machinery business in the upswing again
After a decline in sales and customer inquiries by 50% last year, the European used equipment dealer looking forward for some months on a slight upturn of the market. The increases are not as strong as the Association of German Machine Tool Builders reported. But the used machinery dealers expect an increasing business in the coming months.
Since 1968 Hans-Jürgen Geiger operates trade in used machinery. On quality and not, as in recent years mainly to low prices customers should pay, he warns.
According to Hans-Jürgen Geiger, president of the European Association of Second Hand Dealers (EAMTM, Brussels) will continue to grow revenues in 2010 compared to the previous year by about 10%. For 2011, an increase of 20% or more realistically, Metzinger says the entrepreneur, who along with brother, nephew and two daughters, Hans-Jürgen Geiger operates MACHINERY, INC. More than 500 used machinery items - mainly German and Swiss production - they hold stock in Metzingen.
Used machinery dealers confirm Geiger as federation president
Two months ago, at the Annual General Meeting of the European Union in Evian, Geiger was elected a second time by the members as President of the EAMTM. Geiger is sure to need the equipment dealer, a European Association to allow the exchange between international colleagues to advance the common concerns and to ensure quality.
Today get the vast majority of customer inquiries from abroad, "especially from Asia, with China and India in the lead," he says. For his two-year term Geiger has made a further expansion of membership EAMTM: Dealers from Central and Eastern Europe are to be added.