New multiple unit business grows despite cost pressure – maintenance gains strategic importance

Despite tight budgets and rising prices, OEM new-build business for multiple units continues to grow significantly. Procurement is becoming more selective, more dependent on financing and increasingly shaped by lifecycle considerations. Delivery capability and suitable traction concepts are also becoming decisive factors in the demanding new-build market. At the same time, the after-sales market is gaining importance: maintenance, modernisation, digital services and access to sufficient workshop capacity are becoming increasingly strategic. This is shown by the new…