In addition to trucks and vehicles manufacturers, the equipment and accessories manufacturers will also be present, with the tire industry strong representation, including the repair segment; besides the multi-modal cargo transporters.
The fuel and lubricants companies and the related areas are also participating, in addition to service providers, such as insurers and banks. Another important segment which will be represented at Fenatran 2009 is that of security equipments including satellite trackers which have recently become very important for the cargo road transport.
FENATRAN 2009 will receive an estimated public of 48 thousand, made up from visitors/buyers from 45 countries. Apart from being a great shop window for the products and services inauguration, the event has become one of the most important transport and logistics industries business generation centers in Latin America.
Different from the past decades, when the production was centered on light and medium models, Brazil today, with almost all transport carried out through the road system, is among the main truck manufacturers in the world. Models with over 15 tons of net cargo represent more than 50% of the sales. Another change was the advance in exports. In 2005, the country registered a record in the external sales of trucks: 37 thousand units, representing a growth of 46% comparing to the volume of 25.4 thousand units in 2004. And if you compare it to 2005 with 2002, exports increased 572%. In 2008, they were 149,619 trucks and buses compared to 120,846 in the previous year.
The Brazilian automotive industry is among the ten largest in the world and despite the crisis which affects the world economy, is living a moment of a peak with production and internal sales records. For 2009, the expectations are that heavy vehicles will have expressive growth of almost 24%. Brazil presents an enormous potential for growth in this sector.
As a direct consequence of this growth, there is an arising of new models and versions of vehicles, new implements and accessories, new technologies, applied to products and production, and services. FENATRAN 2009 brings together all of these innovations, including those in the logistics area. The fair, which appeared in the 80’s, is considered the greatest demonstration of the road transport sector and related segments in Latin America.