Sectoral conditions

The global material handling market, which comprises industrial trucks and supply chain solutions, again grew at a much faster rate than the global economy in 2018. Despite the spiralling trade disputes, the high volume of goods traded worldwide led once again to growing demand for industrial trucks in all of the KION Group’s sales regions. At the same time, demand rose sharply for warehouse automation and for sorting and picking solutions, partly in connection with the creation of extra warehouse capacity for the expanding e-commerce market.