Resale 2010: returns to growth in the demand for used machines

The global economy is recovering and the used machinery market is profiting in its wake. This was the tone of the reports coming from the 470 exhibitors and 6,223 visitors at the final edition of the used machinery trade fair Resale in Karlsruhe. “The world may be overcoming the financial and economic crisis more quickly than expected“, says Jens Nagel, managing director of the Federation of the German export trade (Bdex) in Berlin. “The trend has been clearly upwards since the start of the year“, he observes pointing out that industrial order books are expanding – with orders from abroad. In January and February, these grew by 30 percent compared to the same period in 2009. “We can assume similar growth rates for the machinery business“, says Nagel. “The number of companies searching for used machines is a reflection of the demand for new machinery“.