Coronavirus, Confindustria ANCMA and Phase 2: reopening the two-wheel supply chain immediately

In a message from the president of Confindustria ANCMA, Paul Magri, addressed to the Government and to Vittorio Colao, the manager in command of the task force dedicated to recovery, asks “the immediate reopening of businesses in the sector” connected to the two-wheel supply chain, given the impact of the emergency itself on the sector. One shot done “responsibly, rigorously adopting shared health protocols”.

Several aspects highlighted

Taking up the widespread note, the president of Confindustria ANCMA immediately highlights that the companies involved in the two-wheel supply chain are ready to resume activity immediately doing it “with responsibility”, scrupulously respecting the health protocols and protecting workers and the market itself “characterized by a strong seasonality”. This is precisely a relevant point, considering the sharp decline recorded in March. The market of two wheels, recalls the president of Confindustria ANCMA, “it concentrates most of its sales in the period between April and July”. With the closure of stores in March, the contraction was 66% compared to 2019; just as the forecasts for May appear negative, with a difficult recovery of volumes in the event of prolonged closures. Just as one carefully observes the export, therefore the presence in already operating foreign markets. For example, in the production of bicycles, Italian manufacturing plays an important role in Europe, calculating approximately 320 thousand vehicles and 2,6 million bikes per year, to which must also be added realities active in the component, clothing and accessories markets. accessories.
You don't forget it then sales network, a sector made up of approximately 5.000 points which “with the adoption, for example, of alternative sales measures they could to some extent return to breathing and encourage the spread of bicycles and motorbikes”, the president of Confindustria ANCMA underlines again on the occasion. Finally the “very important role in the individual mobility of the restart” two-wheeled vehicles, with or without an engine, whether thermal or electric, given their characteristics.

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