POWER TRANSMISSION

TOP USERS BY REGION

By Staff -- Industrial Distribution, 4/1/1998

Paper Mills $140.9

Pulp Mills 47.4

Electrical Work 42.1

Plastics Products 41.8

Plumbing, Heating & Air Conditioning 41.7

MID-ATLANTIC

Pharmaceutical Preparations $258.2

Paper Mills 134

Blast Furnaces & Steel Mills 124.2

Electrical Work 122

Industrial Organic Chemicals 120.2

SOUTH ATLANTIC

Paper Mills $216.5

Electrical Work 164.4

Broadwoven Fabric Mills 151.2

Highway & Street Construction 145.5

Paperboard Mills 137

SOUTHEAST CENTRAL

Paper Mills $160.9

Plastics Materials 98.6

Industrial Inorganic Chemicals 68.9

Electric Services 55.9

Blast Furnaces & Steel Mills 47.5

NORTHEAST CENTRAL

Paper Mills $328.1

Plastics Products 237.1

Blast Furnaces & Steel Mills 222.7

Motor Vehicle Parts & Accessories 172.7

Industrial Organic Chemicals 144.3

NORTHWEST CENTRAL

Meat Packing Plants $160.9

Farm Machinery & Equipment 106.8

Paper (Coated & Laminated) 95.1

Paper Mills 53.6

Electric Services 53.4

SOUTHWEST CENTRAL

Petroleum Refining $393.8

Industrial Organic Chemicals 153.1

Industrial Inorganic Chemicals 147.2

Chemical & Fertilizer Mining 133

Paper Mills 121.4

MOUNTAIN STATES

Copper Ores $108.7

Gold Ores 103.9

Electrical Work 61.5

Concrete Work 48.8

Highway & Street Construction 47.5

PACIFIC COAST

Electrical Work $109.4

Petroleum Refining 102.6

Paper Mills 98.5

Pulp Mills 87.6

Electric Services 74.7