USERS OF POWER TOOLS

TOP INDUSTRIES BY REGION

By Staff -- Industrial Distribution, 5/1/1998

Plumbing, Heating & Air Conditioning $7.6

Aircraft Engines & Engine Parts .6.1

Electrical Work .3.5

Aircraft 3.4

Search & Navigation Equipment 3.4

MID-ATLANTIC

Plumbing, Heating & Air Conditioning $12.4

Electrical Work 10.3

Blast Furnaces & Steel Mills 7.3

Pharmaceutical Preparations 6.4

Motor Vehicles & Car Bodies 5.3

SOUTH ATLANTIC

Plumbing, Heating & Air Conditioning $18.2

Electrical Work 13.9

Wood Household Furniture 12.2

Broadwoven Fabric Mills 11.1

Motor Vehicle Parts & Accessories 10.8

SOUTHEAST CENTRAL

Motor Vehicle Parts & Accessories $10.0

Motor Vehicles & Car Bodies 6.6

Upholstered Household Furniture 5.8

Plumbing, Heating & Air Conditioning 5.5

Electrical Work 3.6

NORTHEAST CENTRAL

Motor Vehicle Parts & Accessories $82.9

Motor Vehicles & Car Bodies 42.4

Plumbing, Heating & Air Conditioning 15.1

Blast Furnaces & Steel Mills 13.2

Construction Machinery 13.1

NORTHWEST CENTRAL

Farm Machinery & Equipment $9.3

Motor Vehicles & Car Bodies 8.1

Plumbing, Heating & Air Conditioning 6.6

Aircraft 5.9

Motor Vehicle Parts & Accessories 5.9

SOUTHWEST CENTRAL

Petroleum Refining $10.4

Plumbing, Heating & AIr Conditioning 9.4

Aircraft 9.2

Electrical Work 7.1

Oil & Gas Field Machinery 6.1

MOUNTAIN STATES

Plumbing, Heating & Air Conditioning $5.8

Electrical Work 5.2

Semiconductors 3.3

Aircraft 2.7

Nonresidential Construction 2.5

PACIFIC COAST

Aircraft $21.0

Plumbing, Heating & AIr Conditioning 10.5

Electrical Work 9.3

Semiconductors 6.6

Motor Vehicle Parts & Accessories 5.6