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For U.S. manufacturers, comparing May 2010 to May 2009, sales are up 13.2 percent compared to sales at this time last year. Canadian manufacturers’ current-month-to-current-month sales are also up but at a slower rate at 5.5 percent.
Confidence in the market by both U.S. and Canada manufacturers are holding relatively neutral positions – 5.0 and 4.9 respectively on a scale of 1 (very pessimistic) to 10 (outstanding).
Month-to-month sales for product categories between March 2010 and April 2010 for U.S. and Canadian manufacturers are reported below.
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U.S. Manufacturer Percent Change in Product Sales (April 2010 vs. May 2010)
|
Product |
Percent Change |
|
Clutches & Brakes |
-7.0% |
|
Mechanical Drive Systems and Other PT Products |
-5.8% |
|
Shaft Couplings |
-4.7% |
|
Gear Products |
-1.8% |
|
Mounted Bearings |
-1.8% |
|
Variable Speed Drives |
1.0% |
|
Unmounted Bearings |
2.5% |
|
Positioning Systems/Linear Motion Products |
3.3% |
|
Standard Industrial Motors |
10.6% |
Canadian Manufacturer Percent Change in Product Sales (April 2010 vs. May 2010)
|
Product |
Percent Change |
|
Shaft Couplings |
-38.2% |
|
Variable Speed Drives |
-25.9% |
|
Unmounted Bearings |
-15.8% |
|
Mounted Bearings |
-12.9% |
|
Gear Products |
-8.3% |
|
Mechanical Drive Systems and Other PT Products |
-7.7% |
|
Clutches & Brakes |
-5.6% |
|
Positioning Systems/Linear Motion Products |
17.8% |
Year-end and monthly data available from PTDA. Order at www.ptda.org/store.
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