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January 2010
RBC Bearings Sales Down 21% in Third Quarter
Third quarter sales in the industrial business fell 16.9%.
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4Q Baird Industrial Distribution Survey Shows Signs of Improvement
Quarterly survey of 400 distributors showed revenue gains and improved margin trends.
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Textron Records Loss of $63M in Fourth Quarter
Industrial segment posts profit of $18 million with sales down 4.3%.
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Industrial Manufacturers Show Cautious Optimism in Latest Manufacturing Barometer
Nearly half of respondents to PricewaterhouseCoopers' quarterly survey showed optimism in the fourth quarter, compared to just 5% last year.
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Indutrade Acquires Construction Plastics Business
Indutrade also announced acquisition of Polish medical technology company.
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Advance Estimates: GDP Grew at 5.7% Rate in 4Q
Improvement reflect increase in private inventory investment, fewer imports, and an upturn in nonresidential fixed investment.
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Canada Industrial Product Price Index Declines
Raw Materials Price Index also declines in December, Statistics Canada reports.
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3M Sales Down 8.5% in 2009
Industrial and Transportation, and Electro and Communications sectors saw largest sales declines in 2009.
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Avnet 2Q Sales Up 13.2%
Avnet's profit was $103.9 million for the quarter.
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WESCO Sales Down 24.3% in 2009
Fourth-quarter sales for WESCO were down 20.8% from the prior-year period.
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Chicago Fed National Activity Index Declines in December
Three-month moving average moved upward to -0.61.
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Some Distributors Not So Quick to Declare ‘Recovery’
At National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors meeting, many attendees say they have yet to see improvement in their markets.
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Hubbell Sales Fall 9% in Fourth Quarter
Sales increases for the electrical and electronics manufacturer were boosted by the recent acquisition of Burndy.
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Kennametal Sales Decline 19% in 2Q
Organic sales declined 23%.
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Columbus McKinnon Sales Fall 27.9% in 3Q
The material handling products manufacturer recorded a loss of $2.3 million for the period.
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SKF 4Q Sales Decrease 14.8%
For 2009, sales for the Swedish manufacturer were down 11.3%.
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Hexcel Corp. 4Q Sales Slip 7.9%
Profit for the manufacturer of composites fell 80%.
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USG Records 4Q Loss of $958 Million
Sales for L&W Supply, USG's distribution segment, were down 38%.
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Airgas 3Q Sales Fall 14%
Same-store sales for the gases distributor fell 14% in the quarter.
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