USERS OF POWER TRANSMISSION PRODUCTS

TOP INDUSTRIES BY REGION

By Staff -- Industrial Distribution, 4/1/1999

NORTHEAST COASTAL

(figures in millions)

Paper Mills 26.7

Electrical Work 17.7

Plumbing, Heating & Air Conditioning 11.4

Highway & Street Construction 9.0

Excavation Work 8.6

MID-ATLANTIC

(figures in millions)

Electrical Work 41.7

Pharmaceutical Preparations 30.3

Highway & Street Construction 24.3

Blast Furnaces & Steel Mills 23.4

Construction Machinery 23.3

SOUTH-ATLANTIC

(figures in millions)

Electrical Work 61.0

Highway & Street Construction 56.4

Paper Mills 45.6

Broadwoven Fabic Mills 37.9

Plumbing, Heatin & Air Conditioning 32.8

SOUTHEAST CENTRAL

(figures in millions)

Paper Mills 26.8

Highway & Street Construction 16.9

Electrical Work 16.4

Bituminous Coal & Lignite-Surface 12.7

Industrial Inorganic Chemicals 11.9

NORTHEAST CENTRAL

(figures in millions)

Construction Machinery 64.6

Paper Mills 59.0

Blast Furnaces & Steel Mills 41.3

Electrical Work 41.0

Internal Combustion Engines 40.5

NORTHWEST CENTRAL

(figures in millions)

Farm Machinery & Equipment 29.5

Paper (Coated & Laminated) 24.5

Meat Packing Plants 22.6

Construction Machinery 22.3

Electrical Work 18.1

SOUTHWEST CENTRAL

(figures in millions)

Petroleum Refining 39.4

Heavy Construction 33.6

Chemical & Fertilizer Mining 31.4

Electrical Work 31.3

Highway & Street Construction 25.4

MOUNTAIN STATES

(figures in millions)

Electrical Work 22.0

Gold Ores 21.2

Copper Ores 20.5

Highway & Street Construction 18.9

Concrete Work 17.3

PACIFIC COAST

(figures in millions)

Electrical Work 40.1

Highway & Street Construction 27.2

Concrete Work 22.2

Heavy Construction 19.2

Plumbing, Heating & Air Conditioning 18.8