SIC 3471 | NAICS 332800
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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:
Monthly trade publication provides news and information for the electroplating and liquid and powder coating industries, with special features including the annual "Finishing Industry Economic Forecast" (January) and the "Top Shops Benchmarking Surveys" (April/September) which provide operational benchmarks for electroplaters and liquid/powder coaters. Digital editions can be viewed 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:
Quarterly survey of member suppliers and job shops provides insights on current business conditions compared with conditions six months ago and expected business conditions six months from now for North America, U.S. by region (e.g., East Coast, West Coast, Midwest, and South), Canada, Mexico, Europe, and Asia. Summary and detailed results for suppliers and job shops are available free online.
Market research report provides a detailed analysis of the market for this manufacturing sector in the U.S. and selected other countries, with information provided including historical and forecast sales in U.S. dollars and companies profiled including Allied Finishing Inc., SIFCO Applied Surface Concepts, LLC, Interplex Industries, Inc., Commercial Plating Company, Inc., and Pioneer Metal Finishing Corp.
Market research report analyzes the demand for inorganic finishing processes on a global basis, with markets analyzed by product type (e.g., pretreatment/surface preparation, inorganic finishing process, and consumables and spares), technology (e.g., anodizing, cladding, conversion coating, electroless plating, and electroplating), and end-use (e.g., automotive, electrical/electronic, industrial, and others).
Comprehensive study provides in-depth analysis of the global market for inorganic finishing processes, with technologies addressed in the report including electroplating, electroless plating, vapor deposition, conversion coating, cladding, thermal spray, ceramic coating, and vitreous enameling. Highlights from the report, "Chapter 1 - Introduction" download, and detailed table of contents are available free online.
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.
Financial benchmarking section of this report provides an analysis of industry income and expenses as a percentage of annual revenue for companies that provide coating and engraving services (e.g., galvanizing, powder coating, and etching), plating and finishing services (e.g., electroplating, buffing, polishing, coloring, and anodizing), and heat treating services. Sample report is available free online.
Free online service provides median salary, bonus, and hourly wage rate data for job positions in this manufacturing sector such as production manager, chemist, process engineer, chemistry laboratory technician, and plater, with employers for which data is provided including Techmetals Inc., Anoplate Corp., Anomatic Corp., Pioneer Metal Finishing Corp., Danco Anodizing Inc., and Lorin Industries Inc.
Annual employment and wage survey provides hourly and annual wage data on a national, state, and metro area basis for persons employed by companies in this manufacturing sector, with occupations covered by the survey including personnel who setup, operate, or tend machines used to coat, plate, engrave, or heat treat items in order to decorate or protect surfaces or improve functional properties.
