Navigating uncertainty: how the world’s biggest construction equipment OEMs found Q1 2025

Lucy Barnard Senior Web editor

05 May 2025

With Q1 reporting season in full swing, some of the world’s largest construction equipment manufacturers have been giving their first major financial updates for 2025. Lucy Barnard finds out what they said. 

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What a start to 2025 it has been! Above all, the year so far has been dominated by Donald Trump’s import tariffs  - many of which have now been paused - which for lots of manufacturers have made an already challenging year even harder to navigate.

With Q1 reporting season…

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