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Manufacturers’ Sales of Power Transmission Products Continue to Increase

U.S. and Canadian manufacturers post significant gains in February.

U.S. and Canadian manufacturers' sales increased for the second consecutive month in February, with U.S. manufacturers posting an increase of 14.1 percent and Canadian manufacturers' sales rising by 5.6 percent according to sales data released by the Power Transmission Distributors Association in its Market Outlook Report.

 

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For U.S. manufacturers, sales comparisons between February 2010 and February 2009 still reflect sales declines. U.S. manufacturers' year-to-date sales are down 9.0 percent compared to sales at this time last year. Canadian manufacturers' year-to-year sales rose by 0.3 percent for the same period.

U.S. manufacturers' confidence maintained a neutral position of 5.0 on a scale of 1 (very pessimistic) to 10 (outstanding). Canadian manufacturers' confidence rose to 4.8 from 4.6 in February.

Month-to-month sales for product categories between January 2010 and February 2010 for U.S. and Canadian manufacturers are reported below.

U.S. Manufacturer Percent Change in Product Sales
(January 2010 vs. February 2010)

Product Percent Change
Unmounted Bearings 17.4%
Clutches & Brakes  11.1%
Mounted Bearings  16.9%
Standard Industrial Motors 14.8%
Gear Products   17.1%
Shaft Couplings   15.1%
Mechanical Drive Systems and Other PT Products  5.5%
Positioning Systems/Linear Motion Products 12.6%
Variable Speed Drives

 -21.0%

Canadian Manufacturer Percent Change in Product Sales
(January 2010 vs. February 2010)

Product Percent Change
Variable Speed Drives   -36.2%
Shaft Couplings   -30.2%
Mechanical Drive Systems and Other PT Products 18.7%
Unmounted Bearings 9.3%
Gear Products -6.7%
Positioning Systems/Linear Motion Products 31.5%
Clutches & Brakes 24.7%
Mounted Bearings 7.4%

The Market Outlook Report is published monthly by the Power Transmission Distributors Association. The full report includes U.S. and Canadian manufacturer data for sales and order trends for mounted bearings, unmounted bearings, standard industrial motors (U.S. only), variable speed drives, positioning systems/linear motion products, gear products, clutches and brakes, shaft couplings and mechanical drive systems and other PT products.

Year-end data for 2008 and 2009 is available in a complete report. For more information, visit www.ptda.org.

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