Metal Heat Treating

Comprehensive market research reports provide in-depth industry analysis and five-year forecasts, with special focus on the underlying structure and external forces and relationships that affect industries and their performance. Report contents include:

BNP Media
Publications available from this organization include:

Industrial Heating Magazine
https://www.industrialheating.com/
Monthly trade publication features news and information for thermal processing professionals, with a primary focus on products, processes, and technology used in high-temperature thermal processing and heat treatment applications, and with special features including the "Economic Indicators" report described below. Current and prior issues of the magazine are available free online with registration.

IH Economic Indicators
https://www.industrialheating.com/
Monthly economic indicators report published in "Industrial Heating" magazine provides index values for the change in number of requests for quotes, number of orders, and backlog from the prior month and the expected change in the health of the industry through the following month, with values above 50 signaling increased activity and below 50 indicating a decrease. Reports are available free online.

Metal Coating, Engraving & Heat Treating
https://www.firstresearch.com/

First Research profiles cover key aspects of an industry's size, scope, and operations and include a five-year growth forecast. Profile contents include:

Metal Treating Institute (MTI)
Publications available from this trade association include:

Monthly Sales Forecasting Program
https://www.heattreat.net/
Monthly sales forecasting program allows users to compare their sales to MTI member national and regional sales for the most recent month and on a cumulative year-to-date basis for the current year  with comparisons to the same periods in the prior year for year-over-year trending purposes. Report is available free to members that provide their monthly sales data; sample report is available online.

Quarterly Forecast Report
https://www.heattreat.net/
Quarterly forecast report provides sales forecasts for total MTI member sales by quarter on a three- month moving average and twelve-month moving average basis over a three-year period along with rate of change figures expressed in terms of the annual percent change in the moving averages for the corresponding periods. Forecast is available to members only; sample report is available online.

Grand View Research
Global Heat Treating Market Size & Share
https://www.grandviewresearch.com/

Comprehensive research report provides a detailed analysis of this market on a global and regional basis, with information provided in the report for the U.S. market including market size and forecast by material (e.g., steel, cast iron), equipment (e.g., fuel-fired, electric), process (e.g., hardening and tempering, case hardening, normalizing), and application (e.g., aerospace, metalworking, machine).

Technavio
Global Heat Treatment Market
https://www.technavio.com/

Market research study provides an in-depth analysis of the market for this service sector on a global basis, with information provided in this report including market size and forecast by end-user market (e.g., aerospace, automotive, and industrial) and vendors profiled including Thermex Metal Treating, Ltd., W.P. Keith Co., Inc., General  Metal Heat Treating, Inc., and Bluewater Thermal Solutions LLC.

Industry Financial Ratios
Metal Heat Treating
https://www.bizminer.com  Search for "332811"

Five-year financial statement analysis includes income statements, balance sheets, and key financial ratios, with data available by sales size range on a national, state, and metro area level.

Metal Treating Institute
Operational Cost Program
http://www.heattreat.net/

Semiannual operational cost report provides information on sales per employee, operating expenses (e.g., labor, utilities, transportation, maintenance, health benefits, and general and administrative) as a percentage of sales, and net profit as a percentage of sales by company size and type (e.g., batch, continuous, or both). Report data is available to members only; sample report is available free online.

Metal Treating Institute
Wage & Benefit Survey
http://www.heattreat.net/

Annual wage and benefits survey provides salary, bonus, and hourly wage information for executive, management, and hourly personnel, with compensation data and benefits information broken out by company's union status (e.g., union, nonunion) and geographic location (e.g., CAN, NE, SESW, GL, MW, and WC). Survey results are available to members only; sample report is available free online.

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders
https://www.bls.gov/oes/

Annual wage survey provides hourly and annual wage data on a national, state, and local area basis for production employees who set up, tend, or operate high-temperature processing equipment (e.g., heat-treatment furnaces, flame-hardening equipment, soaking pits, induction machines, and vacuum equipment) used to anneal, harden, or temper metal or plastic items. All data is available free online.