FLUID POWER USERS

TOP MARKETS BY REGION AND SIC CODE

By Staff -- Industrial Distribution, 1/1/1998

Paper Mills $105.5

Plumbing, Heating & Air Conditioning 41.7

Pulp Mills 40.0

Plastics Products 39.6

Plastics Materials 27.1

MID-ATLANTIC

Pharmaceutical Preparations 287.5

Industrial Inorganic Chemicals 128.9

Paper Mills 100.3

Petroleum Refining 96.5

Plastics Products 83.6

SOUTH ATLANTIC

Paper Mills 120.4

Plastics Materials 115.8

Industrial Inorganic Chemicals 71.2

Electric Services 35.5

Plastics Products 33.0

SOUTHEAST CENTRAL

Paper Mills 120.4

Plastics Materials 115.8

Industrial Inorganic Chemicals 71.2

Electric Services 35.5

Plastics Products 33.0

NORTHEAST CENTRAL

Paper Mills 245.6

Plastics Products 224.6

Pharmaceutical Preparations 159.8

Industrial Organic Chemicals 154.8

Motor Vehicle Parts 136.7

NORTHWEST CENTRAL

Meat Packing Plants 127.8

Plastics Products 50.2

Paper (Coated & Laminated) 42.8

Paper Mills 40.1

Petroleum Refining 38.7

SOUTHWEST CENTRAL

Petroleum Refining 450.8

Crude Petroleum 204.4

Industrial Organic 164.2

Industrial Inorganic 152.1

Plastics Materials 118.2

MOUNTAIN STATES

Copper Ores 47.9

Gold Ores 42.4

Plumbing, Heating & Air Conditioning 32.2

Petroleum Refining 30.9

Meat Packing Plants 27.1

PACIFIC COAST

Petroleum Refining 117.5

Pulp Mills 74.1

Paper Mills 73.7

Plastics Products 66.1

Plumbing, Heating & Air Conditioning 57.6