Category: Manufacturing & Construction
Manufacturing & Construction market research reports by First Research, Inc.
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Plastic & Rubber Product Manufacturing
Plastic & Rubber Product Manufacturing Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry engage in processing plastic materials and raw rubber to produce products such as plastic bags and bottles, plastic film and sheets, plastic pipe and foams, robber hoses, and tires. Major ... Read More
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Construction Machinery Manufacturing
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 D ... Read More
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Glass & Glass Product Manufacturing
Glass & Glass Product Manufacturing Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry manufacture glass and glass products, including glass containers, flat glass, fiberglass, and specialty glass products. Major companies include Corning, Guardian Industries, and O-I Glass (al ... Read More
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Machine Shops
Machine Shops Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry use machine tools to modify metal, plastic, and composite materials to produce finished products. No major companies dominate the industry. COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE Demand depends on manufacturing activity. The profi ... Read More
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Cement & Concrete Product Manufacturing
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, US Concrete, and Vulcan Materials (all based in t ... Read More
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Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing
Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry transform purchased metals into intermediate or end-use products by forging, stamping, bending, forming, welding, machining, and assembly. Major companies include Ball Corporation, Flowser ... Read More
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Highway, Street & Bridge Construction Contractors
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 w ... Read More
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Primary Metals Manufacturing
Primary Metals Manufacturing Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry engage in smelting and refining of ferrous and nonferrous metals and include iron and steel mills, rolled steel shape manufacturers, aluminum producers, and copper foundries. Major companies include ... Read More
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Architectural & Structural Metals Manufacturing
Architectural & Structural Metals Manufacturing Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry manufacture metal framed windows and doors, sheet metal work, ornamental or architectural metal products, prefabricated metal buildings, and structural metal and metal plate work ... Read More
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Chemical Wholesalers
Chemical Wholesalers Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry operate as merchant wholesale distributors of plastics materials and a variety of other chemical products. Major companies include Tricon Energy and Univar Solutions (both based in the US), Brenntag and HEL ... Read More
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Residential Construction Contractors
Residential Construction Contractors Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry construct and renovate residential buildings. Major companies include DR Horton, KB Home, Lennar, and PulteGroup (all based in the US), as well as Country Garden (China), Daiwa House (Japan) ... Read More
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Masonry Contractors
Masonry Contractors Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry set stones; lay bricks, cement, and glass blocks; apply stucco; prepare foundations; and perform other masonry work. Major companies, all based in the US, include C A Lindman, Dee Brown, McGee Brothers, Sun ... Read More
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Switch, Connector & Other Wiring Device Manufacturing
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 H ... Read More
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Industrial Design Services
Industrial Design Services Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry create and develop designs for manufactured products. Major companies include Ammunition, Designworks (owned by BMW), Frog Design, IDEO, RKS, and Smart Design (all based in the US), as well as Alessi ... Read More
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Paint & Coating Manufacturing
Paint & Coating Manufacturing Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry make paints, varnishes, lacquers, enamels, and other coatings. Major companies include Axalta Coating Systems, Benjamin Moore, PPG, RPM International, and Sherwin-Williams (all based in the US), as ... Read More
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Paper & Paper Products Manufacturing
Paper & Paper Products Manufacturing Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry make paper and converted paper products, including paperboard, corrugated and paperboard containers, coated papers, and paper bags. Major companies include Georgia-Pacific, International Pap ... Read More
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Commercial & Industrial Equipment Rental & Leasing
Commercial & Industrial Equipment Rental & Leasing Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry rent and lease equipment to commercial and industrial entities for use in business operations. Major companies include AMECO, Herc Rentals, and United Rentals (all based in the ... Read More
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Specialty Contractors
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, EM ... Read More
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Chemical Manufacturing
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) ... Read More
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Wood Window & Door Manufacturing
Wood Window & Door Manufacturing Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry manufacture wood window units and interior and exterior wood doors. Major companies include Andersen Corporation, JELD-WEN, Masonite, and Pella (all based in the US), as well as Borne Türel ... Read More
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HVAC Equipment Manufacturing
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 ... Read More
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Heavy & Civil Engineering Construction
Heavy & Civil Engineering Construction Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry construct highways, streets, and bridges; utility systems; and other heavy and civil engineering projects, including subdivisions of land. Major companies include Bechtel, Fluor, Granite C ... Read More
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Industrial Chemical Manufacturing
Industrial Chemical Manufacturing Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry manufacture chemicals, which are usually separate chemical elements or separate chemically-defined compounds, using basic processes, such as thermal crackling and distillation. Major companies ... Read More
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Printing Machinery & Equipment Manufacturing
Printing Machinery & Equipment Manufacturing Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry manufacture printing machinery and equipment, including printing presses and binding machinery. Major companies include HP, Presstek, and Xerox (all based in the US); Canon, Komori, ... Read More
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Computer Manufacturing
Computer Manufacturing Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry manufacturing electronic computers, such as mainframes, personal computers, workstations, laptops, and computer services, as well as computer peripheral equipment. Major companies include US-based Apple, ... Read More