Category: Manufacturing & Construction
Manufacturing & Construction market research reports by First Research, Inc.
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Nonresidential Building Construction
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry construct nonresidential buildings, including industrial plants and commercial and institutional facilities. Major companies include Clark Construction Group, Turner Construction, and Whiting-Turner Contracting (all based in th ... Read More
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Musical Instrument Stores
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry sell new musical instruments, sheet music, and related supplies from physical retail locations; some also offer musical instrument repair, rental, and music instruction. Major companies include Guitar Center, Numark, Sam Ash Mu ... Read More
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Motor & Generator Manufacturing
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry manufacture electric motors, power generators, and motor generator sets. Major US companies include AMETEK, Franklin Electric, and Regal Rexnord, as well as divisions of Emerson Electric and GE Motors; major companies based out ... Read More
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Mattress Manufacturing
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry manufacture mattresses and box springs. Major companies include US-based Leggett & Platt, Serta Simmons Bedding, Sleep Number, and Tempur Sealy International, as well as Hilding Anders International (Sweden), Recticel (Belg ... Read More
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Electronic Inspection & Monitoring Instruments Manufacturing
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry are primarily engaged in the manufacture of instruments that measure, display, and control industrial process variables such as temperature, humidity, pressure, and flow. Major companies include Honeywell and Rockwell Automatio ... Read More
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Computer Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry manufacture computer printers, monitors, keyboards, mice, and webcams, as well as ATMs, self-service kiosks, point-of-sale terminals, and biometric readers. Major companies in the US include Diebold Nixdorf, HP, and NCR; as wel ... Read More
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Handtool, Cutlery & Flatware Manufacturing
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry are primarily engaged in manufacturing metal cutlery, nonpowered hand and edge tools, saw blades, metal kitchen utensils, and metal kitchen pots and pans. Major US companies include Klein Tools, Lifetime Brands, LS Starrett, Or ... Read More
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Personal Care Products Manufacturing
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry manufacture toiletries and grooming products, including perfumes, shampoos, skin lotions, and shaving cream, as well as lipstick, mascara, and other cosmetics. Major companies include Estée Lauder, Johnson & Johnson, ... Read More
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HVAC Equipment Manufacturing
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry manufacture residential and commercial heating, ventilation, air-conditioning (HVAC), and air-purification equipment, as well as commercial refrigeration equipment. Major US-based companies include Lennox, Nortek, and the clima ... Read More
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Architectural & Engineering Services
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry plan and design residential and nonresidential buildings and structures as well as apply engineering principles to design and develop systems and structures. Major companies include AECOM, HDR, Jacobs, and KBR (all based in the ... Read More
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Framing Contractors
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry are engaged in structural framing and sheathing of buildings. No major companies dominate the industry. COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE Demand is driven heavily by new home construction. The profitability of individual companies depends ... Read More
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Industrial Equipment Wholesalers
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry distribute machinery and equipment used in manufacturing, oil and gas exploration and production, and warehousing. Major companies include Fastenal, Grainger, HD Supply, and Motion Industries (all based in the US); as well as E ... Read More
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Food Product Machinery Manufacturing
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry manufacture machinery used to process and produce foods and beverages. Major companies include Barry-Wehmiller, Duravant, JBT Corporation, Paul Mueller, and SPX Flow (all based in the US), as well as Anko Food Machine (Taiwan), ... Read More
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Lumber & Plywood Product Manufacturing
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry manufacture and engage in sawing dimensional lumber, boards, beams, and other reconstituted wood products, as well as the use of sawmills to plane rough lumber. Major companies include divisions of Georgia-Pacific, Louisiana-Pa ... Read More
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Specialty Contractors
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry contract to perform construction work in a wide variety of trades, including site preparation, concrete, electrical, HVAC, plumbing, and painting. Major companies include APi Group, Comfort Systems USA, EMCOR Group, Performance ... Read More
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Clay Product & Refractory Manufacturing
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry manufacture clay pottery, ceramics, plumbing fixtures, building materials, and refractory products. Major companies include Dal-Tile, Gerber Plumbing Fixtures, and Kohler (all of the US) as well as Kyocera, Shinagawa Refractori ... Read More
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Chemical Manufacturing
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry transform organic and inorganic raw materials by a chemical process and formulate products. Major companies in the US include Dow, DuPont, and Pfizer. Major companies outside the US include BASF (Germany), Formosa Plastics (Tai ... Read More
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Highway, Street & Bridge Construction Contractors
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry construct highways, streets, roads, airport runways, sidewalks, and bridges. Major companies include AECOM, Bechtel, Granite Construction, and Kiewit (all based in the US), as well as Bouygues Construction and VINCI (both based ... Read More
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Construction Machinery Manufacturing
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry manufacture construction machinery, surface mining machinery, and logging equipment. Major companies include Caterpillar Inc and Terex (both based in the US), Atlas Copco (Sweden), Hyundai Doosan Infracore (South Korea), Hitach ... Read More
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Plastic Resin & Synthetic Fiber Manufacturing
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry manufacture acrylics, amino resins, epoxy, and other thermosets, as well as thermoplastics such as polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), and polystyrene (PS). Major companies include Celanese, Chevron ... Read More
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Converted Paper Products Manufacturing
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry convert paperboard and corrugated boxes, paper bags, stationery, and sanitary paper products. Major companies include Kimberly-Clark, Packaging Corporation of America, and Smurfit WestRock (all based in the US), as well as Mond ... Read More
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Cement & Concrete Product Manufacturing
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry manufacture cement, ready-mix concrete, and concrete products such as blocks, pipes, and bricks. Major companies include Martin Marietta and Vulcan Materials (both based in the US), as well as Anhui Conch (China), Cemex (Mexico ... Read More
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Turbine Manufacturing
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry manufacture turbines (steam, hydraulic, gas, and wind) and complete turbine generator set units. Major manufacturers include divisions of Caterpillar and GE (both of the US), as well as Hitachi (Japan), Siemens (Germany), Vesta ... Read More
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Switch, Connector & Other Wiring Device Manufacturing
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry make current-carrying electrical wiring devices, including bus bars, switches, connectors, and electrical receptacles (outlets) and plugs. Major companies include US-based Honeywell, Hubbell, and Leviton Manufacturing, as well ... Read More
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Power-Driven Handtool Manufacturing
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry manufacture power-driven hand tools (battery, corded, and pneumatic). Top companies include Emerson Electric, Snap-On, and Stanley Black & Decker (all based in the US), as well as Hilti (Liechtenstein), HIKOKI and Makita (b ... Read More
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