With the beginning of the next trading period for emission certificates (NAPIII) in 2013, energy intensive industries in Germany will be facing a considerable increase of CO2 costs that will further go up until 2020. A goetzpartners analysis of 120 industries and their 550 plants has revealed that mainly the cement industry, refineries as well as the steel and iron industry must be prepared for massive reductions of their EBITDA margins.
Today, the cable network providers in Europe are among the central players in supplying multimedia applications to the population. And the development is not at all complete.
The increasing number of users of IPTV products enable the market players to develop their business models profitably. However, only a limited number of of them will hold their ground.
By 2020, the number of utilities in Germany will have decreased by up to 30%. Increasing cost and competitive pressure require new positioning measures in the short to medium term.
In August 2009, goetzpartners relaunched the largest representative survey of almost 800 experts (including about 650 bankers). The current results notably show that the levers to overcome the crisis have changed dramatically.