Recently published research from Business Monitor International, "Slovenia Autos Report 2015", is now available at Fast Market Research

Boston, MA -- (SBWire) -- 01/27/2015 --The Slovenian auto production sector looks set for strong recovery in 2015, following five consecutive years of decline. H114 figures also showed a decline, of 9.8% to 48,826 units, according to figures from the International Organization of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers (OICA). Passenger cars (48,778 units) accounted for virtually all Slovenian production over the January-June 2014 period. Given the poor start to the year, this means that we are still targeting a slight decline (of 1.8%) for 2014.

However, over H214, the outlook for domestic auto production has improved significantly. In November, we revised up our 2015 production growth forecast from 8%, to 28%. This followed the news that Slovenia's main automotive producer, Revoz, was starting a third shift at its Novo Mesto plant, starting December 2014.

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Revoz - which is wholly owned by French manufacturer Renault - announced the added shift in the wake of the launch of the new Renault Twingo and Smart ForFour models. Both models are made by the company at Novo Mesto using a common vehicle platform jointly developed by Renault and Daimler AG, which owns the Smart brand.

Since Revoz remains the sole mass autos producer in the country, the added shift has prompted us to revise up our 2015 production forecast from 8% growth to 28%. We are doing so based on the company's aims of increasing production by up to one-third to produce 800 cars per day, compared to the current capacity of 600. The company is also planning on hiring an additional 450 people to complement its existing workforce of 2,400 ( see Renault company profile for more information).

Beyond 2015, we are targeting further growth, of 26.5%, which should take total Slovenian auto production to around 147,000 units by 2018. However, this remains substantially below the 2009 peak of 212,749 units and BMI does not see production returning to this high level at any time over our forecast period to 2018. Downside and upside risks to our current forecast...

The Slovenia Autos Report features the latest data and forecasts covering production, sales, imports and exports.

Business Monitor International (BMI)'s Slovenia Autos Report provides industry professionals and strategists, corporate analysts, auto associations, government departments and regulatory bodies with independent forecasts and competitive intelligence on the automotives market in Slovenia.

Key Benefits

- Benchmark BMI's independent automotives industry forecasts on Slovenia to test other views - a key input for successful budgetary and planning in the Slovenian automotives market.

- Target business opportunities and risks in the Slovenian automotives sector through our reviews of latest industry trends, regulatory changes and major deals, projects and investments in Slovenia.

- Assess the activities and market position of your competitors, partners and clients via our Competitive Landscape Analysis.

Coverage

BMI Industry View

Summary of BMI?s key industry forecasts and views, covering production, sales and the introduction of new technology or products.

Industry SWOT Analysis

Analysis of the major Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats within the autos sector and within the broader political, economic and business environment.

BMI Industry Forecasts

Historic data series and forecasts to end- 2019 for all key industry indicators (see list below), supported by explicit assumptions plus analysis of key downside risks to the main forecast, including:

Sales and production of motorcycles in units; total production of units; production by vehicle type (including cars, commercial vehicles, trucks and buses); total vehicle fleet size in units; sales by vehicle type, including passenger cars and commercial vehicles; fleet size by vehicle type, including passenger car, commercial vehicles and motorcycles; total vehicle trade balance in units; vehicle trade balance by vehicle type, including passenger car, commercial vehicle and motorcycle; car ownership measured as car density per 1,000 people.

BMI?s Autos Risk Reward index

BMI?s Risk Reward Indices provide investors (manufacturers, suppliers and dealers) looking for opportunities in the region with a clear country-comparative assessment of a market?s risks and potential rewards. Each of the country markets are scored using a sophisticated model that includes more than 40 industry, economic and demographic data points to provide indices of highest to lowest appeal to investors, with each indices explained.

BMI Economic Forecasts

BMI forecasts to end-2019 for all headline macroeconomic indicators, including real GDP growth, inflation, fiscal balance, trade balance, current account and external debt.

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