Q2 2025 Equipment Market Update Webinar
Building upon their previous discussion, AEM’s Sr. Director of Business Intelligence, Al Melhim and GlobalData Economist, Tom Hopgood break down industry issues and pinpoint changes in the landscape to help you refine your company’s strategy:
- Construction Sector Update and Global Outlook: construction equipment industry trends, key issues, project pipeline data, and a global market outlook summary
- Agriculture Sector Update: Leading indicators, key trends, and implications for the Ag Equipment industry
- AEM Ag Tractor & Combine Reports: highlights and analysis on the previous month’s sales in the U.S. and Canada
- AEM Industry Conditions Survey Highlights: discussion of high-level results corresponding to current reported shifts in the Agriculture and Construction sectors
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Presenters
Al Melhim, PhD
Senior Director, Business Intelligence
Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM)
In this role at AEM, Al Melhim provides direct support to the Ag Board and is AEM’s staff liaison in the Sustainability Council. He also supports AEM’s role in the Agrievolution Alliance and assists with member functions and services such as Business Intelligence, statistics, and data analytics. Al’s 25+ year career has been centered around agriculture, food and agribusiness, and the financial services industries. Prior to joining AEM, Al worked at the world’s largest Food and Ag lender as vice president of research, focusing on value-chain economics of the horticultural industry. Al also has ample experience in the equipment manufacturing industry, having served as manager of credit risk and statistics, focusing on analytics and applied research, and linking agricultural commodity markets to the demand of agricultural equipment.
Al has a diverse academic background. He holds a B.Sc. degree in Agricultural Engineering, a Master of Science degree in Horticulture, a Master of Science degree in Agricultural Economics, and a Ph.D. in Applied Economics & Econometrics.
Tom Hopgood
Economist, Construction
GlobalData
Tom specializes in assessing market trends within the construction sector of the Americas. He conducts market sizing, forecasts for the global construction industry, and scrutinizes construction project opportunities and risks. Before joining GlobalData, Tom gained extensive experience analyzing the UK biofuel market.
Moderator
Paul Flemming
Vice President, Membership & Sales
Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM)
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