Category: Materials & Chemicals
Materials & Chemicals market research reports by First Research, Inc.
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Lumber Wholesalers
Lumber Wholesalers Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry distribute lumber and plywood products, wood windows and doors, and millwork. Major US companies include Builders FirstSource, Forest City Trading Group, HD Supply, and Tumac Lumber. COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE Dem ... 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 CA Lindman, Dee Brown Inc, McGee Brothers, S ... Read More
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Prefabricated Wood Building Manufacturing
Prefabricated Wood Building Manufacturing Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry are engaged in manufacturing prefabricated wood buildings, as well as wood sections and panels for prefabricated wood buildings. Major companies include American Homestar, Cavco, Clayto ... 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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Steel Production
Steel Production Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry engage in converting pig iron to steel, making steel, and manufacturing steel shapes, pipes, and tubes. Major companies include Nucor and US Steel (both from the US), as well as ArcelorMittal (Luxembourg); Chin ... Read More
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Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing
Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry manufacture fertilizers and pesticides. Major companies include BASF and Bayer (Germany), Corteva Agriscience (US), Nutrien (Canada), Sumitomo Chemical (Japan), Syngenta (Switzerland), and Ya ... Read More
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Pulp & Paper Mills
Pulp & Paper Mills Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry primarily manufacture pulp, paper, and paperboard. Major US companies include Clearwater Paper, Verso, WestRock, and units of integrated manufacturers Georgia-Pacific and International Paper; major companies ... Read More
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Painting & Wall Covering Contractors
Painting & Wall Covering Contractors Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry paint interiors and exteriors of buildings and other structures and apply coverings to interior walls of residential and commercial buildings. No major companies dominate the industry. COMPE ... Read More
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Paint & Wallpaper Stores
Paint & Wallpaper Stores Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry sell paint, coatings, wallpaper, and related supplies. Major companies include the retail divisions of paint manufacturers Benjamin Moore, Kelly-Moore, and Sherwin-Williams (all based in the US), as wel ... Read More
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Plastic Resin & Synthetic Fiber Manufacturing
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 ( ... Read More
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Converted Paper Products Manufacturing
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 ... Read More
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Steel Service Centers & Other Metal Wholesalers
Steel Service Centers & Other Metal Wholesalers Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in the industry distribute steel and other primary metals and metal products, and may also provide sawing, shearing, bending, leveling, cleaning, and edging services. Major companies include Relia ... Read More
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Wood Product Manufacturing
Wood Product Manufacturing Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry manufacture dimensional lumber; veneers, plywood, engineered wood members, or reconstituted wood products; wood windows and doors, wood flooring, or other millwork; wood containers; pallets; prefabric ... Read More
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Hardware & Fastener Manufacturing
Hardware & Fastener Manufacturing Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry manufacture hardware (including metal hinges, handles, keys, and locks), fasteners (including metal nuts, bolts, screws, and rivets), or precision turned components; and engage in precision tur ... Read More