What is the future of Elevator and Escalator Market after the Virus Outburst?

Elevator and escalator market has witnessed strong growth momentum in Asia Pacific and mainly the developing countries around the globe. Today with changing time there is an increasing demand for high rise residential and commercial towers that has created the demand for elevators and escalators.

Such machines are not only time saving but also make life easy and comfortable. In airports where one has to walk a lot, moving walkways gives relief. Elevators are also used in transporting goods safely and with less manpower. Another important role of elevators in high rise buildings is assisting firefighters in case of an emergency.

Global Escalator, Elevator and Moving Walkways market is characterized into residential, commercial, industrial and Transportation. The residential segment has been a key contributor to the expanding elevator and escalator market.

Elevator and escalator market has been categorised into:

• Freight elevators
• Boat lifts
• Stage lifts
• Sidewalk elevators
• Dumbwaiters
• Passenger Elevators
• Residential Elevators

Reliance of elevator and escalator market is majorly on industrial development and economic performance. Prior to 2020 (Virus outbreak), demand for elevators has witnessed a positive growth around the globe with China accounting for the largest pie of the market owing to large population base, rapid development in industrial sector, country’s constant work towards infrastructure development.

Role of Economy in Elevators Market

Economy plays a key role in elevator and escalator market as the industry depends upon industrial and infrastructural developments and any shift in the area causes a direct impact over elevators and escalators demand.

For example, in 2020, the global economy declined by -3.4%.

According to the World Bank, In FY 2020, the US and the Euro Area economy has witnessed a steep downfall by -3.6% and -7.4% respectively leading to the pullback in the global economy by around 4.3%. This has left a direct impact over elevators and escalators market and resultant market growth fell to negative.

Asian countries are anticipated to witness resilient recovery yet many countries will face contraction in the economy till the end of 2021.

Technological Advancements

There have been many technological developments taking place in elevator and escalator market to make these machines more powerful and environment friendly. Such machines are gaining popularity in-spite of cost involved owing to the advanced features offered, for instance:

• Traction Elevator
• Hydraulic Lifts
• Contactless Elevator
• Green Elevator
• 3D Printed Elevator

The Global elevators, escalators, and moving walkways market has been negatively impacted due to the lockdowns imposed across the world because of the COVID-19 outbreak.

The COVID-19 pandemic has created an unprecedented and complex health emergency around the world, and as a precautionary measure, the majority of the countries imposed a stringent countrywide lockdown, limiting monetary activities in the region.

Furthermore, the unexpected termination had a significant impact on the labour-intensive and extremely volatile construction sector, which also declined novel construction and reconstruction activities, impeding market sales and progression.

Construction activities were on halt for almost three quarters in most of the geographies and owing to huge losses incurred investor’s confidence turned out to be low thus it has been assessed that impact of COVID-19 over the elevator and escalator market is expected to remain till next 3-4 years.

During pre-COVID scenario, the global elevator and escalator market has experienced tremendous growth.

The major factors driving the growth of the Elevator and Escalator market are increased construction and infrastructure activities, rising population, rising high rise building demand, increase income level and industrialization.

Moreover, soaring investment in commercial and residential infrastructure projects in developing and developed economies is driving elevator and escalator market growth. Increased construction work on the biggest and highest commercial projects across several regions was expected to drive product adoption.

Evolution of Internet of Things (IoT)

Furthermore, the elevator and escalator market is anticipated to get a boost from the currently underway expansion of the Internet of Things (IoT). The Internet of Things (IoT) enables a product to collect, exchange, and analyse data with its operator, manufacturer, and other relevant devices in the elevator and escalator industry.

The global elevators and escalators market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 5.2% from 2021-27.

Sky-scrapper projects will create further growth prospects for elevator and escalator market as the growing number of high-rise buildings in developing economies contributes significantly to regional growth. Over the last few years, countries such as Russia, Spain, Italy, the United Kingdom, and Germany have seen an unprecedented increase in skyscraper construction projects.

The report published by Makreo Research and Consulting Firm offers comprehensive analysis of the Global Elevator and Escalator market with geographical coverage. The report offers market assessment by type, by technology, by product segment, by application and by Services.

In terms of geographical coverage, regional performance has been discussed, including Americas, EMEA and Asia Pacific including China. The study takes the reader through both macro-economic and micro economic many aspects of the industry to gain insights on industry drivers, challenges and economic factors.

A competitive assessment has been carried out enlist the key players positioning in the market and their recent business performance.

The report on Global Elevators, Escalators and Moving Walkways market helps the readers on various parameters, as listed below:

• What is the current state of the escalator and elevator market worldwide?
• How elevator & escalator market is coping up after the economic disruption?
• What is the total escalator market size?
• What factors drive elevator and escalator market revenue?
• Who are the leading players in the global escalator market?
• What are the inventions taking place in the area of smart elevators and escalators market?
• Is there any growth fluctuations in elevator and escalator market size in near future and what are the expected growth opportunities?
• How escalator market size has expanded in the previous years?
• What impact did COVID-19 left over the elevator and escalator market?

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