Week of 05/30/2009 - 7:00pm to 06/06/2009 - 6:59pm

XCMG (Xuzhou Construction Machinery Group), a Chinese construction machinery manufacturer who sells product in most regions of the world, including the Commonwealth of Independent States. XCMG has been successful in selling their line of Wheel Loaders in the CIS region (and more specifically Russia), claiming a leading portion of market share in 2008 for retail sales.

Retail sales of UTV sales in the U.S. for 2008 were about the same as the previous year, according to a report prepared by Power Products Marketing.

Power Products Marketing is a Minneapolis research firm that tracks production and retail sales figures for OEMs in powersports, agriculture, construction, marine and the lawn and garden markets.

Retail sales in 2007 and 2008 were about 265,000 units, and sales for 2009 are expected to be about the same, writes Dave Crocker, author of the report. PPM