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Gary Beecrott, MD of consultancy and research organisation CLEAR, reports that 162,000 trailers were registered in Western Europe last year; a rise of 14.2% over 2003, "Germany, the Netherlands and Italy were all up by more than 20%," says Beecroft. However, he expects a decline this year: 'Although we've seen some disturbingly high levels the expectation is that the second half of the year will be less favourable."
Current leader in Western Europe is Schmitz, followed by Krone and a newly slimmed-dawn Kogel, The US magazine Trailer/Bodybuilders reports that 228,907 trailers were built in North America last year—up by 31% on . 2003. Market leader in 2004 was Great Dane, based on an • estimated 55,000 units, followed by Wabash (47,744) and Utility (30,802).
Vanguard is currently in 15th place, having produced 2,910 trailers last year, Significantly, T&BB's Paul Schenck adds: The top three manufacturers built 58% of all units compared with 54% the previous year." During the first quarter of this year new trailer shipments in the US grew by some 9% too.