June 12, 2007

RBC Bearings Sales Up 11.5% in 2007

Leave a Comment / Free, Top Distributor Sectors, Power Transmission/Motion Control/Fluid Power, News, Subscriber Only / MDM Staff

RBC Bearings Incorporated, Oxford, CT, an international manufacturer of highly-engineered precision plain, roller and ball bearings for the industrial, defense and aerospace industries, reported sales for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007, were $306.1 million, an increase of 11.5% from the prior year. Profit was $28.5 million, up 128% from the year before.
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Sales in the fourth quarter 2007 were $81 million, an increase of 7% from the same period a year ago. Profit was $6.7 million, compared with $6 million a year ago. ...

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Fuel Costs Hit Distributors’ Bottom Lines

Leave a Comment / Economic Trends, Research & Analytics, Free, Subscriber Only / Lindsay Young

Fuel costs have hit a record high in the past month, staying above $3 a gallon, and that is causing no shortage of headaches in the distribution world. Past surveys done by MDM in collaboration with Channel Marketing Group, Raleigh, NC, indicate that many distributors simply pass on the increased fuel costs to customers. (Stem the Tide: Rising Fuel Costs, MDM, May 25, 2006)

Distributors have implemented a fuel surcharge or service change for deliveries, increased existing charges, or implemented a delivery charge on orders under a minimum-dollar value. Some are integrating the added cost into the product price.

In light of higher fuel costs, look at your current minimum order size. Should it be ...

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Machine Tool Consumption Up 8.7% YTD

Leave a Comment / Economic Trends, Research & Analytics, Free, Top Distributor Sectors, News, Subscriber Only / MDM Staff

April U.S. manufacturing technology consumption totaled $281.54 million, according to The Association For Manufacturing Technology and the American Machine Tool Distributors'Association. This total, as reported by companies participating in the USMTC program, was down 27.2% from March, but up 2.2% from the total of $275.43 million reported for April 2006. With a year-to-date total of $1,259.09 million, 2007 was up 8.7% compared with 2006.

These numbers and all data in this report are based on the totals of actual data reported by companies participating in the USMTC program.

Strength in the oil field and auto sectors has brought increased demand in the Central region of the country," said John B. Byrd III. "Through April this region has the greatest increase in ...

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June 12, 2007

RBC Bearings Sales Up 11.5% in 2007

Fuel Costs Hit Distributors’ Bottom Lines

Machine Tool Consumption Up 8.7% YTD

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