Automotive OEMs’ production capacity and utilization are key indicators not only for the industry but also for the global economy. Access to reliable capacity and utilization forecasts – along with an understanding of their short- and long-term implications – is fundamental to identifying industry growth opportunities and red flags. S&P Global Medium and Heavy Commercial Vehicle (MHCV) Plant Capacity Forecast provides information and insights to support you in optimizing planning and investment decisions, maximizing opportunities and minimizing risks, and building winning competitive strategies.
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Indispensable insight
Automotive industry leaders and influencers use the MHCV Plant Capacity Forecast to:
OEMs
- Assess competitors’ geographic footprint and capacity
- Gauge competitors’ utilization of, and investment in, capacity
- Identify manufacturing partnership opportunities
Suppliers
- Target opportunities for plant retooling
- Formulate tier-1 “just-in-time” co-location strategies
- Assess proximity of supplier capacity to OEM customer production locations
Government agencies
- Understand employment, production capacity, and utilization of domestic MHCV sector over the forecast horizon
Financial institutions
- Evaluate OEMs’ utilization of manufacturing assets and ability to react to market changes
- Assess OEMs’ manufacturing costs and labor union footprint
In-depth analysis on a global scale
The MHCV Plant Capacity Forecast extends the unmatched coverage of our MHCV Production Forecast, spanning across over 500 plants (including completely built up and knocked down plants) in 53 countries with 10 years of history (from calendar year 2010) and a 8-year (current year plus seven years) forecast horizon. It provides analysis on total capacity/utilization by OEM, plant, and region. Fields include:
- Region
- Country/Territory
- Manufacturing group
- Manufacturer
- Labor representation
- Production/Assembly plant
- Plant footprint (latitude and longitude)
- Initial output date
- Shift set-up
- Production volume
- Normalized capacity and utilization (%)
- Straight-time capacity and utilization (%)
- Maximum capacity and utilization (%)
The Plant Capacity Module is updated quarterly. Both history and forecast data are delivered in annual buckets. In addition, a map function is also available in our online business intelligence tool, Autoinsight, to offer a visual analysis on global MHCV production layout.