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Q1 THE DETAIL<br />
▲ The Knaus Tabbert headquarters: the German leisure vehicle manufacturer has reported strong figures for 2022 so<br />
+<br />
far.<br />
First quarter health<br />
check: we’re still flying<br />
After the past two years where records seem to have tumbled at every turn, it seemed<br />
only right to conduct a minor health check on the industry as the figures for the first<br />
quarter of 2022 start to filter through. Spoiler alert: the industry is still red hot.<br />
F<br />
■or a little while at<br />
least, it seemed like<br />
2022 was going to<br />
be the first relatively normal<br />
year for business in the postpandemic<br />
era. That quickly<br />
changed when conflict began in<br />
Europe and coronavirus began<br />
causing lockdown chaos in<br />
China once more <strong>–</strong> all of which<br />
has contrived to provide some<br />
serious supply headaches for<br />
the caravan, motorhome and<br />
camping industries. Despite<br />
these challenges, demand<br />
remains as high as ever, with<br />
the pandemic spike showing<br />
no signs of slowing. But<br />
all of this is just conjecture<br />
and estimation, what do the<br />
numbers say? Well, we did some<br />
digging for you to bring you a<br />
quick summary of the financial<br />
state of the industry via the first<br />
and second quarter reports of<br />
some of its biggest players.<br />
In Germany, one of the<br />
industry’s biggest players<br />
Knaus Tabbert, reported that<br />
the high demand for caravans<br />
and motorhomes remains after<br />
examining its figures for the first<br />
quarter of 2022. The company<br />
reported an order intake of<br />
6,000 units for the quarter as<br />
well as an increase of two per<br />
cent in units delivered to 7,247.<br />
However, the company’s order<br />
backlog also remained at a high<br />
level as of 31 March 2022 at an<br />
estimated 31,000 units <strong>–</strong> this<br />
was largely attributed to issues<br />
in the supply chain affecting the<br />
entire motorhome and caravan<br />
industry. While production of<br />
caravans increased by 45 per<br />
cent, production of higher-end<br />
motorhomes and vans declined<br />
by 33 per cent and 50 per cent<br />
respectively, despite strong<br />
demand due to anticipated<br />
chassis bottlenecks.<br />
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