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Freedonia Industry Study #1561

Material Handling Systems:

Advanced & Conventional

Study Highlights ... 2

Table of Contents and List of Tables and Charts ... 4

Sample Pages and Sample Tables from:

Market Environment ... 6

Products ... 7

Markets ... 8

Industry Structure ... 9

Company Profiles ... 10

List of Companies Profiled ... 11

Forecasting Methodology ... 12

About the Company ... 13

Advantages of Freedonia Reports ... 13

About Our Customers ... 14

Other Titles From Freedonia ... 15

Ordering Information ... 16

Brochure Table of Contents

Study Publication Date: May 2002

Price: $3,800

Pages: 268

Material Handling Systems: Advanced & Conventional, a

new study from The Freedonia Group, provides you with

an in-depth analysis of major trends in the industry and

the outlook for product segments and major markets

--critical information to help you with strategic planning.

This brochure gives you an indication of the scope, depth

and value of Freedonia's new study, Material Handling

Systems: Advanced & Conventional. Ordering information is

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• The market for conventional and advanced/automated

material handling systems and equipment in the US

will increase 5.2 percent per year through 2006 to

$23.5 billion, an improvement over the early 2000s

performance which was characterized by recession and

a weak capital investment climate.

• Demand will be stimulated by technological

innova-tions resulting in improved productivity and

effi-ciency, increased safety and greater ease of operations,

especially in such advanced/automated segments of

the business as material handling robots, automated

guided vehicles (AGVs), material handling software

and high-end services (e.g., systems integration).

• Demand for conventional material handling

ment -- industrial trucks and lifts, conveying

equip-ment, and hoists, cranes and monorails -- will

im-prove from recent levels and register respectable

growth, although not as fast as in the more dynamic

advanced/automated segments.

• Increasingly, material handling equipment and

systems will be computer-integrated into larger-scale

factory automation and automated warehouse-type

environments, where they will be linked to other

aspects of the supply chain management process

(inventory control, materials purchasing, etc.).

• The eight leading companies -- Siemens Dematic,

NACCO Industries, Crown Equipment, FKI, Toyota

Industries, Columbus McKinnon, CLARK Material

Handling and Jervis B. Webb -- account for nearly 30

percent of the total market.

• Excluded from the scope of the study are aerial

work platforms, construction-type cranes and similar

items sometimes considered as material handling, as

well as low-end services (e.g., equipment

mainte-nance) and supply chain execution software not

specifically dedicated to material handling functions.

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Study Highlights

Item 1996 2001 2006 2011 01/96 06/01

Manufacturers’ Shipments (bil $) 3547 3849 4795 5815 1.6 4.5

$ material handling/000$ shpt 4.2 4.7 4.9 5.1 --

--Material Handling Systems Demand 15045 18220 23500 29750 3.9 5.2

Conventional: 11082 13315 16750 20550 3.7 4.7

Industrial Trucks & Lifts 5078 5985 7500 9125 3.3 4.6

Conveying Equipment 4753 5755 7250 8925 3.9 4.7

Hoists, Cranes & Monorails 1251 1575 2000 2500 4.7 4.9

Advanced/Automated: 3963 4905 6750 9200 4.4 6.6

Automated Storage & Retrieval Sys 1981 2335 3050 3925 3.3 5.5

Other Hardware 1341 1660 2250 3025 4.4 6.3

Software & Services 641 910 1450 2250 7.3 9.8

net exports -39 -705 -1100 -1500 --

--Material Handling Systems Shipments 15006 17515 22400 28250 3.1 5.0 price deflator (1996=100) 100.0 105.1 111.6 118.9 1.0 1.2 Material Handling Shpts (mil 1996$) 15006 16670 20075 23750 2.1 3.8

US Material Handling Systems & Equipment Supply & Demand

(million dollars)

% Annual Growth

Automated Storage & Retrieval Systems

12.8% Other Hardware 9.1% Software & Services 5.1% Hoists, Cranes & Monorails 8.6% Industrial Trucks & Lifts

32.8%

Conveying Equipment 31.6%

Material Handling Systems Demand, 2001

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List of Contents,

Tables and Charts

I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Summary Table ... 3

II. MARKET ENVIRONMENT General ... 4

Economic Environment ... 5

Cyclical Trends ... 5

Table - Macroeconomic Environment ... 8

Long Term Trends ... 8

Table - Material Handling Market Volatility ... 11

Chart - Material Handling Market Volatility ... 12

Industrial Sector Outlook ... 12

Industrial Production Trends ... 13

Table - Manufacturers’ Shipments by Industry ... 15

Capital Spending/Fixed Investment Trends ... 16

Table - Fixed Investment by Type ... 17

Consumer Sector Outlook ... 17

Personal Income & Expenditure Patterns ... 18

Table - Consumer Income & Spending Trends ... 19

Retail Sales Trends ... 20

Table - Retail Sales Trends ... 21

Pricing Patterns ... 21

Chart - Material Handling Pricing Patterns ... 24

Material Handling Technology ... 24

Legal & Regulatory Issues ... 26

International Environment ... 27

World Supply & Demand ... 28

Table - World Material Handling Market ... 31

Trends in US Foreign Trade ... 31

Table - Trends in US Foreign Trade ... 32

Imports ... 33

Chart - US Material Handling Products Imports by Region, 2001 ... 33

Exports ... 34

Chart - US Material Handling Products Exports by Region, 2001 ... 34

III. SUPPLY & DEMAND Table - Material Handling Systems & Equipment Supply & Demand ... 37

Chart - Material Handling Products Demand by Technology, 1992-2001 ... 38

IV. CONVENTIONAL EQUIPMENT & SYSTEMS General ... 39

Table - Conventional Material Handling Products Supply & Demand ... 41

Chart - Conventional Material Handling Products Demand by Type, 2001 ... 42

Industrial Trucks & Lifts ... 42

Table - Industrial Trucks & Lifts Supply & Demand ... 44

Forklifts & Other Lift Trucks ... 44

Table - Forklifts & Other Lift Trucks Demand ... 46

Electric ... 46

Internal Combustion Engine ... 48

Hand Lifts & Trucks ... 50

Work Trucks & Tractors ... 51

Table - Work Trucks & Tractors Demand ... 52

Self-Propelled ... 52

Hand-Operated ... 53

Other Industrial Trucks ... 54

Table - Other Industrial Trucks Demand ... 55

Hydraulic Lift Platforms ... 55

Loading Dock Equipment ... 56

Mobile Straddle Carriers ... 56

Pallet Loaders & Unloaders ... 57

Automatic Stacking Machines ... 57

All Other ... 58

Parts & Attachments ... 58

Table - Truck/Lift Parts & Attachments Demand ... 59

Conveying Equipment ... 59

Table - Conveying Equipment Supply & Demand ... 62

Unit Handling Equipment ... 62

Table - Unit Handling Equipment Demand ... 64

Powered Belts & Rollers ... 64

Overhead Trolley Systems ... 65

Gravity Conveyors ... 65

Pneumatic Conveyors ... 66

Other ... 67

Bulk Handling Equipment ... 67

Table - Bulk Handling Equipment Demand ... 69

Conveyors ... 69

Loaders & Unloaders ... 71

Table - Conveying Equipment Parts & Attachments Demand .. 73

Hoists, Cranes & Monorails ... 73

Table - Hoists, Cranes & Monorails Supply & Demand ... 75

Hoists ... 75

Table - Hoists Demand ... 76

Powered Hoists ... 77

Hand-Operated Hoists ... 77

Overhead Cranes ... 77

Table - Overhead Cranes Demand ... 79

Top-Running ... 79

Under-Running ... 80

Gantry ... 80

Other ... 80

Monorails ... 81

Table - Conventional Monorails Demand ... 81

Table - Hoists, Cranes & Monorails Parts & Attachments Demand ... 82

V. ADVANCED/AUTOMATED SYSTEMS General ... 83

Table - Advanced/Automated Material Handling Systems Supply & Demand ... 85

Chart - Advanced/Automated Material Handling Systems Demand by Type, 2001 ... 86

Automated Storage & Retrieval Systems ... 86

Table - Automated Storage & Retrieval Systems Demand .... 89

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Unit Load AS/RS ... 89

Table - Unit Load AS/RS Demand ... 90

Mini-Load & Other AS/RS ... 90

Table - Mini-Load & Other AS/RS Demand ... 92

Automated Conveyor Systems ... 92

Table - Automated Conveyor Systems Demand ... 94

Material Handling Robots ... 94

Table - Material Handling Robots Demand ... 96

Automated Guided Vehicles ... 96

Table - Automated Guided Vehicles Demand ... 99

Automated Monorails ... 99

Table - Automated Monorails Demand ... 100

Table - Advanced/Automated Material Handling Parts & Attachments Demand ... 102

Material Handling Software ... 102

Table - Material Handling Software Market ... 104

Advanced Material Handling Services ... 104

Table - Advanced Material Handling Services Market ... 106

VI. END-USER MARKETS General ... 107

Table - Material Handling Systems & Equipment Market by End User ... 109

Chart - Material Handling Products Demand by End User, 2001 ... 109

Durable Goods Manufacturers ... 110

Table - Durable Goods Manufacturing Material Handling Market ... 111

Chart - Durable Goods Manufacturers Material Handling Markets, 2001 ... 112

Electrical & Electronic Equipment ... 112

Industry Outlook ... 113

Table - Electrical & Electronic Equipment Shipments ... 115

Material Handling Outlook ... 115

Table - Electrical & Electronic Equipment Material Handling Market ... 117

Industrial Machinery ... 117

Table - Industrial Machinery Shipments ... 119

Table - Industrial Machinery Material Handling Market .. 121

Motor Vehicles ... 121

Table - Motor Vehicle Outlook ... 124

Table - Motor Vehicle Material Handling Market ... 126

Metals Industries ... 126

Table - Primary & Fabricated Metals Shipments ... 128

Table - Metals Industries Material Handling Market ... 130

Aerospace Equipment ... 130

Table - Aerospace Equipment Shipments ... 132

Table - Aerospace Equipment Material Handling Market .. 133

Other Durables Manufacturers ... 133

Table - Other Durables Manufacturers Material Handling Market ... 134

Nondurables Manufacturers ... 134

Table - Nondurables Manufacturing Material Handling Market . 136 Chart - Nondurables Manufacturers Material Handling Markets, 2001 ... 137

Food & Beverages ... 137

Table - Food & Beverages Shipments ... 139

Table - Food & Beverages Material Handling Market .... 141

Chemicals ... 141

Table - Chemical Products Shipments ... 143

Table - Chemicals Material Handling Market ... 144

Paper Products ... 145

Table - Paper Products Shipments ... 146

Table - Paper Products Material Handling Market .... 147

Other Nondurables Manufacturers ... 147

Table - Other Nondurables Manufacturers Material Handling Market ... 149

Nonmanufacturing Industries ... 149

Table - Nonmanufacturing Industries Material Handling Market ... 151

Chart - Nonmanufacturing Material Handling Markets, 2001 .... 152

Trade & Distribution ... 152

Table - Trade/Distribution Sector Indicators ... 155

Table - Trade & Distribution Material Handling Market .. 158

Construction ... 158

Table - New Construction Expenditures ... 160

Table - Construction Sector Material Handling Market .. 161

Government/Institutional ... 162

Sector Outlook ... 162

Table - Government Spending & Investment Trends ... 163

Table - Government/Institutional Material Handling Market ... 164

Other Users ... 165

Table - Other Material Handling End-User Markets ... 166

VII. INDUSTRY STRUCTURE General ... 167

Industry Composition & Market Share ... 168

Chart - US Material Handling Products Market Share by Company, 2001 ... 171

Product Development & Manufacturing ... 171

Table - Capital Spending Patterns: Selected Material Handling Products Vendors ... 174

Marketing & Distribution ... 174

Table - Selected Strategic Partnerships ... 177

Financial Issues & Requirements ... 178

Table - Composite Financial Ratios: Selected Material Handling Products Vendors, 2001 ... 181

Mergers, Acquisitions & Industry Restructuring ... 181

Table - Selected Acquisitions & Divestitures ... 183

Table - Revenue & Profits Data: Selected Material Handling Products Vendors, 2001 ... 185 Company Profiles ... 185-268

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Market Environment

The Market Environment Section

discusses factors influencing material

handling systems demand, including

industrial product trends, technology

and regulatory issues, and Freedonia's

uniquely developed macroeconomic

indicators.

This information provides you with an

understanding and an analysis of the

climate in which the material handling

systems industry operates.

MARKET ENVIRONMENT

Material Handling Technology

Technologies represented in the material handling equipment and systems business run the gamut from extremely basic (hand operated and simple motorized devices) to highly advanced and sophisticated (e.g., fully automated systems integrated into complete computer-based factory automation environments). For many users --especially smaller establishments or those for whom material handling functions are irregular or ancillary -- manually operated or simple motorized equipment can economically serve their needs. However, larger entities with extensive material handling requirements -- especially in such areas as motor vehicle and industrial machinery manufacture, warehousing and the like -- are finding it increasingly cost-effective to implement advanced systems in which multiple automated (and sometimes conventional) material handling devices are integrated via computer to coordinate operations and share information.

Along with manually operated items such as hand hoists and lifts, most conven-tional material handling equipment tends to be powered by either fossil fuel-burning internal combustion engines or by electricity (battery-powered electric forklift trucks, motor-driven conveyor belts, etc.). Technological innovation in these areas tends to be incremental rather than revolutionary in scope, with much activity stimulated by environmental or regulatory issues. For example, reduced emissions from engine-powered industrial trucks and improvements in rechargeable battery chemistries (including the use of nickel-cadmium and other alternatives to lead-acid batteries) have been among the major advances to occur in conventional material handling technology in recent years. Other developments involve downsizing, improved maneuverability and other design enhancements, including the use of enhanced materials offering greater strength, higher strength-to-weight ratios or better resistance to harsh operating environments.

Not surprisingly, advanced/automated material handling equipment and systems offer much greater potential for more groundbreaking technological innovation.

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Material Handling Systems

These Sections provide demand for

historical years and forecast growth to

2006 and 2011.

This information helps you:

• Analyze your company's

growth potential in

the industry.

• Outline your strategic

plans for five and ten

years out.

• Establish sales goals.

Material Handling Software

The US market for unbundled material handling software solutions is projected to increase 9.7 percent per annum through million, among the fastest rates of growth expected in any material handling product segment over the span. This is hardly surprising, as latter-generation, computer-integrated material handling systems and environments will be inherently software driven. The spread of e-commerce will also increase the software-intensity of the material handling function, almost as a matter of course. Indeed, the existing and forecast size of the unbundled software market understates the true importance of such non-hardware tools, as much software tends to sold (bundled) with complete systems as a unit. Similarly, many material handling systems are being designed for compatibility with more general purpose software environments, such as Microsoft’s WINDOWS NT. Finally, some definitions of the material handling software market are wide enough to encompass so-called supply chain execution software (comprising approximately a $1 billion or so market in its own right), most of which is excluded from the scope of the present study.

The material handling software market as here defined is limited to programs that impact the material handling function directly. This includes both system-type software such as programming languages for robots, as well as applications tools ranging from order picking and packaging software to control software for specific types of material handling equipment. The latter include so-called material handling control systems, which are essentially software-based solutions providing a common interface between different types of material handling products within a facility, designed to optimize the performance of the material handling manage-ment function. Among other capabilities, such systems can provide real-time data on equipment operations, allowing upgrades and improvements to be made more rapidly and efficiently.

ADVANCED/AUTOMATED SYSTEMS

Item 1992 1996 2001 2006 2011

Conveying Equipment Market 3394 4753 5755 7250 8925

% unit handling 56.0 54.3 52.7 52.8 52.9

Unit Handling Equipment Demand 1902 2579 3035 3825 4725 Powered Belts & Rollers: 954 1247 1470 1850 2275

Light Duty 596 831 965 1225 1500

Heavy Duty 358 416 505 625 775

Overhead Trolley Systems: 453 646 745 925 1125

Heavy Duty 324 476 550 675 810

Light Duty 129 170 195 250 315

Gravity Conveyors 104 127 160 210 280

Pneumatic Conveyors 83 124 155 215 295

Other 308 435 505 625 750

Unit Handling Equipment Demand

(million dollars)

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The Markets Section analyzes trends and

considers the threats and opportunities in

each of the major markets for material

handling systems.

The information presented will

help you:

• Focus your sales and marketing

efforts on high growth areas.

• Propose new areas for development.

END-USER MARKETS

Metal Industries - Material Handling Outlook

Demand for material handling equipment and systems from the primary and fabricated metals industries is projected to increase 4.4 percent per annum through 2006, approaching $1 billion at that time. While a significant improvement over the recent historical performance, prospective growth will continue to lag the durable goods material handling market in the aggregate, and so the metals industries’ share will continue to decline still further. To a considerable extent, the slower growth will reflect the smaller size of the restructured US metals business, which will provide fewer opportunities for suppliers of related capital equipment --including material handling -- than existed in the past. Still, there is potential for deepening penetration of certain advanced/automated equipment and systems in the metals industries, such as material handling robots used in fabricated metal manufacturing processes.

Material handling equipment is used throughout the metals sector in such applica-tions as moving ores and other raw materials to furnaces, moving finished metal billets from the furnace area to storage or distribution sites, and moving parts into and out of production areas during the manufacture of fabricated metal products. Specific products utilized include bucket elevators and belt conveyors; monorails to transport raw materials, components and finished products; hoists and overhead cranes to move large, heavy items to different areas of manufacturing facilities; and automated systems including robots and automated guided vehicles to load and unload materials. Given the harsh operating conditions inherent in these types of operations -- especially on the primary metals side -- specialized equipment able to withstand high temperatures is often required. Examples of such products would include hot metal carrier cranes and hoists of the type offered by Morris Material Handling. Also prevalent are devices able to handle extremely heavy and bulky materials, including steel mill coil transfer cars.

Item 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010

Government Expenditures (bil $) 1096 1284 1487 1826 2248

$ smart card/mil $ expend 16 24 37 82 100

Government Smart Card Market 1 7 3 1 5 5 150 225

Benefits Transfer 1 3 10 50 75

Public Transit & ITS -- 2 10 50 90

Other 16 26 35 50 60

% govt 54.8 41.9 26.8 11.1 10.0

Total Smart Card Market 31 74 205 1350 2250

Government/Institutional Material Handling Market

(million dollars)

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INDUSTRY STRUCTURE

Marketing & Distribution

Along with rising product development and manufacturing costs, the ability to effectively market and distribute products in an environment of mature markets and intense competition is becoming a defining characteristic of the material handling equipment and systems business in the new millennium. In particular, while product quality and availability of post-purchase support/servicing are of paramount importance to customers, the lack of product differentiation opportu-nities in some segments of the industry -- coupled with numerous product choices in most -- dictate that price competition will be intense in virtually all segments of the business in most economic climates.

Material handling vendors employ numerous distribution channels. Many if not most of the larger players maintain extensive company-owned sales forces in order to exploit marketing/distribution economies of scale; in fact, multinational suppliers (which represent virtually the entire top-end of the business) maintain extensive global networks of distributors. In addition, many of these types of vendors are able to custom-design entire material handling systems to meet customers’ specific needs, and this type of turnkey system supplying is expected to become increasingly prevalent. As it does, expertise in project planning and other systems integration services will become another marketing-related requirement.

At the other end of the spectrum, many smaller producers market their products mainly or almost exclusively through distributors, thus avoiding the costs of a large marketing staff. A not insignificant amount of material handling equipment, forklifts in particular, are financed under leasing programs. Leasing offers lower maintenance requirements and allows smaller companies to invest in upgraded, full-featured lift trucks.

In addition, in the information age material handling vendors are increasingly utilizing the Internet to market their products. Most companies, large and small,

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The Profiles Section analyzes 40

companies active in the U.S. material

handling systems market. These

profiles represent a sampling or

cross-section of the types of companies

involved in the industry.

Divisions, subsidiaries, joint

ventures, etc., are discussed under

appropriate parent companies.

Sources for profiles included:

• Information provided by

key staff members in the

respective companies

• Annual reports

• 10-K reports

• Security analysts reports

• Corporate product literature

COMPANY PROFILES

Webb (Jervis B.) Company

34375 West Twelve Mile Road Farmington Hills, MI 48331 248-553-1220

http://www.jervisbwebb.com

Annual Sales: $410 million Employment: 2,250

Key Products: conveying systems, monorails, bulk material handling products, automated storage and retrieval systems, and a mobile strategic and retrieval vehicle

Jervis B. Webb Company is a leading private US producer of material handling equipment. The Company sells its products to various industries, including the airline, agricultural, aerospace, automotive, beverage, cement, chemicals,

distribution, electronics, food processing, health care, manufacturing, pharmaceuti-cals, pulp and paper, and warehousing markets.

The Company’s material handling products include conveying systems, automated electrified monorail systems (AEMs), bulk material handling products, automated storage and retrieval systems (AS/RS) and a mobile strategic and retrieval vehicle (MS/RV). Among the Company’s conveying systems are skid, power-and-free, towline, heavy-duty roller and UNIBILT enclosed track types. Jervis B. Webb’s skid conveyor systems feature a dual track for stable load handling and in-line accumulation. The systems are offered with either steel chain or vulcanized steel cord rubber belt drives. Jervis B. Webb’s power and free conveyors are offered in overhead and inverted models for use in industrial environments requiring high versatility. Towline conveyor products include the SHALLO-TOW and TOWVEYOR systems. The Company’s SHALLO-TOW track is constructed of © Copyright by The Freedonia Group, Inc.

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BEUMER Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG Brambles Group

Interlake Material Handling Inc. CLARK Material Handling Co. Columbus McKinnon Corporation

Automatic Systems Inc. Yale Industrial Products Inc. Crown Equipment Corporation Daifuku Co. Ltd.

Eskay Corporation Dexion Group Ltd.

Richards-Wilcox Inc. Duerr AG

Acco Systems Inc.

EISENMANN Maschinenbau KG FANUC Ltd.

FKI plc

Acco Chain and Lifting Alvey Systems Inc. Buschman Co. Crisplant Inc. Mathews Conveyor

Stearns Airport Equipment Co. White Systems Inc.

FMC Corporation FMC Technologies Inc. GKN plc

HK Systems Inc.

Hytrol Conveyor Co. Inc. Ingersoll-Rand Co. Ltd.

IR Zimmerman Invensys plc

Rexnord Corporation Kardex AG

AFT Automatisierungs-und Fordertechnik GmbH Remstar International Inc.

Knapp Logistik Automation GmbH Linde AG

Lockheed Martin Corporation

Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklift America Inc.

Morris Material Handling Inc. Murata Machinery Ltd.

Muratec

NACCO Industries Inc. Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. Paragon Technologies Inc.

Ermanco Inc. SI/BAKER Inc. SI Systems Inc. Partek Corporation Kalmar Industries Oy AB Sandvik AB Prok Group Ltd. Schaefer (Fritz) GmbH Siemens AG Atecs Mannesmann AG

Demag Cranes & Components GmbH Mannesmann Dematic AG

Rapistan Material Handling Automation Siemens Dematic AG

Swisslog Holding AG Cimcorp Oy

Translogic Corporation Transnorm System Inc. Terex Corporation Tomkins plc

Dearborn Mid-West Conveyor Co. Mayfran International

Unified Industries Inc. Toyota Industries Corporation

BT Raymond Inc. Raymond Corporation

Toyoda Automatic Loom Works Ltd. Toyota Material Handling USA Inc. Toyota Motor Corporation

Vanderlande Industries BV Vodafone Group plc Webb (Jervis B.) Co.

Control Engineering Co.

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Materials Handling Equipment

-Private Companies Report

The $17.7 billion US materials handling equip-ment industry includes one privately-held market leader with $1 billion in sales. Five other private companies each have total related sales in excess of $100 million. This report profiles over 140 private US firms (e.g., CLARK Material Han-dling, Crown Equipment, Genie Industries, Hytrol Conveyor, MMH Holdings, Webb Com-pany) and lists them by product and location. It also forecasts industry demand, evaluates market share and reviews recent acquisition trends. #1432. . . 5/01. . . $3,200

Rigid Bulk Packaging

Sales of rigid bulk packaging in the US will grow nearly 5% annually through 2005. Gains will be driven by a shift towards higher value reusable products and from the need to comply with more stringent regulatory controls for hazardous waste. Shipping drums will remain the largest type, although pails will nearly overtake drums by 2005. This study analyzes the $5 billion US rigid bulk packaging industry to 2005 and 2010 by material, product and market. It also evalu-ates market share and profiles key firms.

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