I’ll give you my (albeit American) opinion.
For stationary tools: Delta and Jet are basically like Nikon and Canon - excellent pro / adv. amateur level equipment that will give you solid fences, repeatable results and good buy for the buck.
Powermatic and Laguna are the Hasselblads of the stationary woodworking world. You would never waste your money buying one of these tools…but they are expensive unless you’re doing this for a living.
If you buy a tablesaw, the key is the fence. Everything else is gravy. You need a stable, repeatable, easy to adjust, hard to knock out of whack, fence. If you can fit a Biesemeyer fence on your machine, do it. Unifences (Delta) are great too.
I would say that after a tablesaw, the next most important tools are the planer and jointer…and you need both (or a combo). This is how you’re going to consistently prepare your stock and is the only truly time-effective way to get things true and straight (you can hand plane, rout, and do voodoo…but it takes substantially longer). I would STRONGLY recommend investing in an 8" jointer. Expensive, but the luxury of being able to joint the majority of woods (up to 8" wide) is a huge time saver. When I started, I had the 6" Delta and was never happier than when I upgraded to the Powermatic 8" Helical Head…it’s a beast. If you’re going to go 6", get a LONG bed (longer than the Delta…I think Jet makes a long bed jointer that folks lie).
Lastly - dust collection for the big boys…I have an Oneida cyclone (Industrial 2HP). I also have the Oneida Dust Cobra for my CNC and small tools. I like the Oneida products.
When it comes to handheld tools: If you’re not buying a tablesaw and thinking about a circular saw, consider a track saw (strongly). They’re fantastic. I have a DeWalt - which is a lot cheaper than the Festool. I believe Makita makes one also.
Unless you’re taking your stuff on location a lot, get corded tools. They’re cheaper, stronger, and will last you longer. I went through a phase of purchasing cordless tools and found myself constantly having to re-buy batteries or have them rebuilt. I don’t go out on location all that much, so I now buy mostly corded tools. That said, I LOVE my Bosch cordless drill, driver, impact drill…it’s awesome and the batteries (for 2 years) seem to last forever. I did not had the same luck with DeWalt & Porter Cable batteries.
For routers, I own 7 of them (seems crazy, right?). I have a 3 1/2 Porter Cable under a Jessem table and a 1 1/2 plunge Porter Cable dedicated to my Leigh jigs. I have a Bosch Colt handheld router, and a small Porter Cable cutout router and a DeWalt cutout tool. My Shapeoko has the Carbide router. I also have a Dewalt 6-something plunge router (don’t remember the model) which is fine. …but I really like my PC routers. Festool makes overpriced routers…I don’t deal with them.
You’ll want to get a biscuit joiner. I have the DeWalt…again, I’m in the states. Festool makes an overpriced one - as does Lamello (obviously)…I can’t speak for the others…I believe Makita makes one that has been reviewed well and isn’t over priced. The Porter Cable seems to not be as flexible…so I stayed away from that one.
Off the top of my head, that’s what comes to mind. If you have any specific questions, feel free to ping directly.
EDIT: I didn’t realize how old this thread was and how many responses this thread had…this info may be old hat by now.