2021 was not the true "post pandemic" year that was predicted, although the economic picture is better than anticipated. With Covid variants still a threat, the pandemic is impacting the vitality of many industries, but construction is not one of them. American Cranes & Transport reached out to Chris Sleight, managing director of Off Highway Research, to discuss the economic picture for the construction industry. Construction equipment markets bounced back more strongly than we expected at the start of 2021, particularly in North America and Europe. At the global level this means a record number of construction machines were sold in 2021. What's more, many OEMs and dealers believe their sales could have been much higher were it not for the supply chain and shipping difficulties which caused headaches in every physical goods market.
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