BrazilAutomotiveGuide_2022

64 Janeiro/January 2022 | AutoData | Brazil Automtive Guide as empresas a recorrer a importações que, frente aos percalços de dólar a R$ 5,50 e indisponibilidade de frete marítimo, chegam a preços maiores. Sprícigo citou também instabilidade no forneci - mento de freios ABS, itens de iluminação e hidráulicos, alémda falta dos semicondutores. O aço, que chegou a dobrar de preço ao longo do ano passado, ao que tudo indica tende a acomodar a tendência, embora esteja cotado em patamar elevado. “Se houver grande ex - pansão da indústria de caminhões e o cenário persistir pode ser que tenhamos algumas complicações para entregar produtos, porque essas empresas mantêm contratos globais com as montadoras, algo que nós, de implementos, não dispomos.” A favor do setor, diante das incertezas, está a ne- cessidade de mão de obra. Hoje as 1 mil 130 empresas do segmento empregam 70 mil pessoas, número que pode crescer de 6% a 7% neste ano. Ao menos duas companhias já sinalizaramque pretendemgerar, juntas, mais de 1 mil vagas: Guerra e Librelato.  faced cost increases because the raw materials did not arrive in due time to replenish production lines. We lost productivity, even though we never came to a halt. There was a reduction of 5% in the profit margin, but the gains in scale made up the nominal value, quite higher than in 2020.” There are worries concerning the supply of tires, for in discussions with Anip, the association for tire manufacturers, the supply of rubber will be affected by the global scarcity during the year. Even though this segment usually serves the domestic market in original equipment with tires made in Brazil, more adequate to the Brazilian roads and soil, the situation has forced companies to reach to imports, what given the US dollar rate at R$ 5,50 and the lack of sea transport result in higher prices. Sprícigo mentioned also the instability in the supply of ABS brakes, items for lighting and hydraulics, on top of the scarcity in chips. Steel, which doubled its price during last year, seems to have reached a degree of stability, albeit at a high price level. “Should the growth in the truck industry continue, and the general panorama remains unchanged, word around is that we may have problems delivering product, as these suppliers maintain contracts with the big car manufacturers and we, in the implements business, have no such supply contracts.” In favor of the business segment, despite all the uncertainty, is the need for labor. Today the 1.130 companies in the segment employ 70 thousand people, a number that could grow by 6% to 7% this year. At least two companies have indicated that they intend to generate 1,1 thousand positions, Guerra and Librelato.  FABRICANTES DE IMPLEMENTOS RODOVIÁRIOS » ROAD EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS