Like many industries, the floor covering retail & wholesale distribution industry has been greatly effected – in both positive and negative ways – by the pandemic. Read More

The Truck, Trailer, and Motor Home Manufacturing Industry is a diverse one in both its products and customer base. The industry as a whole is estimated to be at $53.6 billion in Revenue for 2021. With the largest portion of the customer base being direct consumers, historically this industry has been driven primarily by consumer confidence levels as well as demand for domestic travel. Currently, due to the Coronavirus, there has been a perfect storm of consumers with extra cash in their pocket and a desire to get out of the house to travel. Read More

The need for data centers, digital infrastructure, or “the Cloud,” has grown immensely following the pandemic. Absorption – the change in occupied space less new capacity available within a given time period – reached 619.3 MW in the U.S. at year-end 2020, a 77.1% increase year-over-year.1 The market is expected to see similar growth trends moving into the latter half of 2021. Read More

The Building Products Industry consists of a wide range of manufacturers and suppliers that provide materials and services to the downstream Commercial and Residential Construction Industry. Drivers for this industry are largely related to increases in construction of multifamily residential units, single-family homes, and nonresidential buildings and infrastructure. Input prices for a number of commodities used in this industry have seen dramatic increases over the course of 2020.... Read More

The Seasoning, Sauce, and Condiment Production Industry consists of a wide range of manufacturers that produce products like salad dressings, sandwich spreads, hot sauces, seasoning mixes and more. Total revenue for this industry was expected to have decreased approximately 3.2% for the year 2020. However, there was a wide dispersion in individual company performance depending on each company’s primary customer base. Due to the pandemic... Read More

Electronic Component Manufacturing includes products such as semiconductors, printed circuit boards (PCBs), and communications equipment. Items like PCB’s are made by… Read More

The Chemical Wholesaling Industry supplies chemicals and related products to downstream industries. Companies in this industry often sell a wide range of products, including both raw materials as inputs to downstream goods as well as blended products ready for use. Chlorine is a popular example of a raw material widely used to manufacture other products. In fact, it is estimated that chlorine is used to make 15,000 downstream products including....  Read More