SIC 3398 | NAICS 332811
The following guide to industry information, research, and analysis provides sources for industry trends and statistics, market research and analysis, financial ratios and salary surveys, and more.
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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:
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.
First Research profiles cover key aspects of an industry's size, scope, and operations and include a five-year growth forecast. Profile contents 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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
