North America Class 6-8 Truck Manufacturers Market 2018-2023: Comparative SWOT & Strategy Focus of the Top Players - Daimler, Volvo, PACCAR, Navistar

DUBLIN, Aug 20, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --

The "Comparative SWOT & Strategy Focus - 2018-2023 - North America's Top 4 Class 6-8 Truck Manufacturers - Daimler, Volvo, PACCAR, Navistar" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

The Trucking industry continues to be at the forefront of a technology led transformation phase marked by confounding uncertainties and disruptions which are likely to be sustained over medium term. The focus on CASE (Connected, Autonomous, Shared & Services and Electric) technologies continues to be at the core of this trend with OEMs continuing to integrate an array of sensors, equipment & technologies on-board truck models with digitalization forming the backbone of this technology led trucking revolution. The battle for electric trucks is getting fierce with the world's top 2 largest truck manufacturers, namely, Daimler & Volvo lining up electric versions of their flagship truck models to take on recent industry incumbents & start-ups head on with the duo planning start of commercial, full scale production of electric trucks from 2021.

Daimler has outlined the electric version of its North American market leader, Cascadia, christened eCascadia, in the U.S. Class 8 market. Volvo has rapidly unveiled its contenders for the electric medium duty truck segment, with the new electric FL and FE models for Europe. The VW Group, represented by MAN & Scania in Europe, too, has been structuring & shaping its trucking business steadily as evinced by the introduction of its manufacturer agnostic RIO digital brand, aimed at the transport & logistics sectors and plans for capital markets listing over near term. The industry supply chain, too, has been gearing up rapidly for the electric bandwagon with suppliers outlining & fine tuning their business strategies for EVs and setting up new units to execute them. Electrification, in commercial vehicles, thus, is reaching the inflexion point now.

North America has traditionally been one of the biggest markets globally for medium and heavy duty trucks, classified under Class 6-8. The North American Class 6-8 truck market has been on a strong footing in 2017 and the projections for 2018 point towards a robust double digit growth rate with a buoyant economy, strong housing starts and growth as well as positive developments in e-commerce and construction activity. Further, the proposed infrastructure development bill, outlining massive planned investments worth $1.5 trillion towards infrastructure repair and rebuilding, are likely to have tremendous potential for the industry over medium term once the modalities are thoroughly fine-tuned and if it gets the green light from the Congressional leaders. Overall, The North American Class 6-8 truck market has been on a strong upswing with the U.S. economy gaining growth momentum and supply side constraints driving freight rates up as strong & sustained freight demand is met by capacity shortfalls. The overall operating environment, too, has been favorable with robust utilization and profitability across operators boosting fleet renewals and expansions at an accelerated pace.

The current phase of trucking industry's development and its likely evolution over medium term is going to be defined and shaped by technology which has been rapidly evolving and is poised to disrupt markets at a lightning pace. The industry OEMs & players; which are able to adopt & incorporate right technologies for right applications to deliver overall value to customers, end users & stakeholders while creating significant competitive advantages for themselves by leveraging this technology led differentiation; will be at the forefront of this one of the most disruptive phases for the industry going forward which is likely to be marked by the introduction of a number of technology enabled entirely new business models and concepts.

The report provides a comprehensive Comparative SWOT framework analysis on the Top 4 Truck manufacturers in the Class 6-8 Truck market besides analyzing the overall, near term strategy focus across these OEMs.

Key Topics Covered:

1 Business Structure & Snapshot - For each of the North America's Top 4 Truck Manufacturers

a) Founded
b) Headquartered
c) Business Segments
d) Employees
e) Revenues
f) Market Capitalization
g) Key Executives
h) Shareholding/Ownership Pattern & Structure

2 Financial Performance Snapshot - For each of the 4 Key Industry OEMs

1. Revenue Base & Growth Trend
2. Revenues Split by Key Segments
3. Revenues Split by Key Geographic Markets & Regions
4. Gross Earnings & Margin Trend
5. Operating Earnings & Operating Margin Trend
6. Return on Sales Trend
7. Profitability Growth Trend
8. Cash Flow from Operations
9. R&D Expenditure Trend
10. CAPEX Trend

3 SWOT Analysis - For each of the 4 Key Industry Players

• Strengths to be Leveraged
• Weaknesses to be worked on
• Opportunities to be capitalized upon
• Threats to be negated & mitigated

4 Comparative Analysis of Strengths

• Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA)
• Volvo Trucks North America
• PACCAR Inc.
• Navistar International Corporation

5 Comparative Analysis of Weaknesses

• Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA)
• Volvo Trucks North America
• PACCAR Inc.
• Navistar International Corporation

6 Strategy Focus across OEMs - Near to Medium Term - Top 4 Industry OEMs

• Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA)
• Volvo Trucks North America
• PACCAR Inc.
• Navistar International Corporation

7 Comprehensive Analysis of Strategies & Plans for Key Industry OEMs - Daimler, Volvo, PACCAR, Navistar

Analysis Coverage:

• Product Portfolio Strategies & Plans
• Market Specific Strategies & Plans
• R&D Strategies & Plans
• Growth Strategies & Plans
• Business and Corporate Strategies & Plans
• Sales & Marketing Strategies & Plans
• Production/Manufacturing Strategies & Plans
• Financial Strategies & Plans
• Acquisitions, Strategic Alliances & JVs
• Other Strategies & Strategic Initiatives

8 North American Class 6-8 Truck Market - Force Field Analysis - Analysis of Driving & Restraining Forces and their Overall Dynamics

• Driving Forces
• Restraining Forces

9 Key Trends

• Market Trends
• Technology Trends

10 Key Issues, Challenges & Risk Factors

11 Strategic Market Outlook through 2026

• Analysis of Emerging Market Scenario
• Demand Outlook & Growth Projections for Class 6-8 Truck Market through 2026

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