INDUSTRIAL FLAT BELTING

TOP USERS BY REGION

By Staff -- Industrial Distribution, 9/1/1998

Grocery Stores $2.6

U.S. Postal Service .98

Plumbing, Heating & Air Conditioning .80

Paper Mills .78

Industrial Buildings & Warehouses .62

MID-ATLANTIC

Grocery Stores $6.5

U.S. Postal Service . 2.5

Pharmaceutical Preparations 2.4

Blast Furnaces & Steel Mills 2.1

Industrial Buildings & Warehouses 2.0

SOUTH ATLANTIC

Grocery Stores 9.3

Industrial Buildings & Warehouses 2.9

Heavy Construction 2.8

Nonresidential Construction 2.4

Plumbing, Heating & Air Conditioning 2.3

SOUTHEAST CENTRAL

Grocery Stores 3.0

Industrial Buildings & Warehouses 1.8

Plastics Materials & Resins 1.1

Bituminous Coal & Lignite-Surface 1.0

Industrial Inorganic Chemicals .93

NORTHEAST CENTRAL

Grocery Stores 6.7

Blast Furnaces & Steel Mills 3.7

Motor Vehicle Parts & Accessories 2.8

Motor Vehicles & Car Bodies 2.7

Industrial Buildings & Warehouses 2.5

NORTHWEST CENTRAL

Meat Packing Plants 3.4

Grocery Stores 3.3

Prepared Feeds 1.3

U.S. Postal Service 1.3

Industrial Buildings & Warehouses 1.1

SOUTHWEST CENTRAL

Grocery Stores 5.1

Chemical & Fertilizer Mining 5.0

Industrial Buildings & Warehouses 3.1

Heavy Construction 3.0

Petroleum Refining 2.9

MOUNTAIN STATES

Grocery Stores 2.6

Copper Ores 2.0

Gold Ores 1.6

Nonresidential Construction .86

Heavy Construction .80

PACIFIC COAST

Grocery Stores 5.6

Industrial Buildings & Warehouses 1.8

Heavy Construction 1.7

U.S. Postal Service 1.5

Nonresidential Construction 1.5