The 2005/2006 Outlook for the U.S. Industrial Fastener Industry (With Long-Term Forecasts Through 2014)

Table of Contents

SECTION I: OVERVIEW OF THE U.S. INDUSTRIAL FASTENER INDUSTRY

Analysis:

• U.S. Manufacturers' Sales
• Raw Materials
• Foreign Trade
• Future of the Industry

SECTION II: THE U.S. INDUSTRIAL FASTENER MARKET

Analysis:

• Overall Market
• Fastener Classifications
• Thread Types
• Power-Driven Fasteners
• Benefits of Threaded Fasteners
• Externally Threaded Fasteners
• Internally Threaded Fasteners
• Nonthreaded Fasteners
• Aircraft/Aerospace Fasteners
• Industry Outlook

Tables:

• U.S. Manufacturers' Sales of Industrial Fasteners
• Graph: U.S. Manufacturers' Sales of Industrial Fasteners
• U.S. Apparent Consumption of Industrial Fasteners
• U.S. Manufacturers' Sales of Industrial Fasteners, by Type
• Product Mix of U.S. Manufacturers' Sales of Industrial Fasteners
• Graph: Product Mix of U.S. Manufacturers' Sales of Industrial Fasteners
• Growth Comparison for U.S. Manufacturers' Sales of Industrial Fasteners, by Type
• U.S. Manufacturers' Sales:
  • Externally Threaded Fasteners
  • Externally Threaded Fasteners, by Type
  • Internally Threaded Fasteners
  • Internally Threaded Fasteners, by Type
  • Nonthreaded Fasteners
  • Nonthreaded Fasteners, by Type
  • Aircraft/Aerospace Fasteners
  • Aircraft/Aerospace Fasteners, by Type
  • Other Formed Parts Made on Fastener Machines
  • Other Formed Parts Made on Fastener Machines, by Type

SECTION III: END-USE MARKETS FOR INDUSTRIAL FASTENERS

Analysis:

• Overview
• The Automotive Industry
• The Aircraft/Aerospace Industry
• The Construction Industry
• Other End-Use Markets

Tables:

• Consumption of Industrial Fasteners, by Major End-Use Markets
• Industrial Production Indexes for Major Industrial Fastener End-Use
• Markets, by Type
• Motor Vehicle Market:
  • U.S. Manufacturers' Sales of Motor Vehicles and Parts
  • U.S. Motor Vehicle Production, by Type
  • World Motor Vehicle Production, by Major Region/Country
  • New Capital Expenditures by the Motor Vehicle Industry
• Aircraft/Aerospace Market:
  • U.S. Manufacturers' Sales of Aircraft, Aircraft Engines and Engine Parts, and Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment
  • Industry Sales of Complete U.S. Aircraft, by Type
  • Net New Orders, Net Sales, and Backlog Orders for Aerospace Companies
  • New Capital Expenditures by the Aerospace Industry
• Construction Market:
  • Value of Total New Construction in the U.S.
  • Value of Total New Construction in the U.S.: Private vs. Public
  • Value of New Construction, by Type
  • Value of New Private Construction, Residential vs. Nonresidential
  • Value of New Private Residential Building Construction, by Type
  • Value of New Private Nonresidential Construction, by Type
  • Value of Total New Public Construction, by Type
  • Value of New State and Local Nonresidential Construction, by Type
  • Privately Owned New Housing Starts, by Type
  • Privately Owned New Housing Starts, by Region
• Other End-Use Markets:
  • U.S. Manufacturers' Sales:
    • Engines and Turbines
    • Heating, Air Conditioning, Commercial Refrigeration, and Service Industry Machinery, by Type
    • Medical Instruments and Supplies
    • Radio and Television Sets
    • Electric Lighting and Wiring Equipment
    • Communications Equipment
    • Metal Stampings
    • Measuring and Controlling Devices, by Type
    • Household Appliances, by Type
    • Electronics and Appliances, by Type
    • Metalworking Machinery, by Type
    • Electronic Components, by Type
    • Construction Machinery, by Type

SECTION IV: FACTORS AFFECTING DEMAND FOR INDUSTRIAL FASTENERS

Analysis:

• Overview
• Current Trends
• The U.S. Economy
• U.S. Population Trends
• Competition from Other Fastening Methods

Tables:

• U.S. Gross Domestic Product
• U.S. Gross Private Domestic Investment
• U.S. Industrial Production Index
• U.S. Disposable Personal Income
• U.S. Per Capita Disposable Personal Income
• U.S. Personal Consumption Expenditures
• U.S. Per Capita Personal Consumption Expenditures
• Consumer Confidence Index
• U.S. Resident Population Trends and Projections
• U.S. Population Trends and Projections, by Age Group
• Projected Age Distribution of the U.S. Population
• U.S. Population and Household Trends and Projections
• U.S. Resident Population Projections, by Region
• U.S. Resident Population Projections, by State
• Projected Distribution of the U.S. Population, by State

SECTION V: DISTRIBUTION OF INDUSTRIAL FASTENERS

Analysis:

• Overview
• Consolidation in the MRO Supply Industry
• Retail Strategies
• Deck Products
• Retail Outlets

Tables:

• Financial Profile of Hardware Merchant Wholesalers:
  • Total
  • Sorted by Sales
  • Sorted by Assets
• Retail Hardware Sales, by Type of Outlet
• Graph: Distribution of Retail Hardware Sales, by Type of Outlet
• Number of Major Hardware Retailers, by Type
• Number of Major Hardware Retailers, by Type and by State
• Sales of Major Hardware Retailers, by Type
• Graph: U.S. Retail Sales of Building Material and Supply Stores
• Graph: U.S. Retail Sales of Hardware Stores
• Graph: U.S. Retail Sales of General Merchandise Stores, by Type
• Financial Profile of Hardware Retailers:
  • Total
  • Sorted by Sales
  • Sorted by Assets

SECTION VI: PRODUCER PRICE TRENDS IN THE U.S. INDUSTRIAL FASTENER INDUSTRY

Analysis:

• Overview
• Steel Shortage
• Aluminum Supplies

Tables:

• Producer Price Trends for Industrial Fasteners:
  • Total
  • By Type
  • Externally Threaded Fasteners, by Type
  • Internally Threaded Fasteners, by Type
  • Nonthreaded Fasteners, by Type
  • Aircraft/Aerospace Fasteners, by Type
• Producer Price Trends for Raw Materials:
  • Steel Products, by Type
  • Nonferrous Metal Products, by Type

SECTION VII: STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF THE U.S. INDUSTRIAL FASTENER INDUSTRY

Analysis:

• Industry Sales
• Material Costs
• Employment Structure
• Labor Costs
• Capital Expenditures
• Number of Plants

Tables:

• The U.S. Industrial Fastener Industry:
  • Operating Structure
  • Gross Operating Margin
  • Gross Operating Margins of Selected Manufacturers
  • Value Added by Manufacture
  • Vertical Integration Index
  • Specialization Ratios
  • Coverage Ratios
  • Employment Structure
  • Total Labor Costs
  • Average Hourly Earnings of Production Workers
  • Cost of Living Index for Production Workers
  • Labor Productivity
  • Indexes of Real Labor Productivity
  • Material Costs, by Category
  • Materials Consumed, by Type
  • Energy Costs, by Type
  • New Capital Expenditures
  • Plant vs. Equipment Expenditures
  • Capital Expenditures by Selected Manufacturers
  • Ending Inventories
  • Ending Inventories, by Stage of Fabrication
  • Distribution of Ending Inventories, by Stage of Fabrication
  • Finished Products as a Percentage of Total Ending Inventories
  • Plant Capacity Utilization Rates
  • Number of Establishments:
    • Total
    • By Employment Size
    • By Employment Size and by State
    • Number of Employees and Annual Payroll, by State
• The Plant Manager's Workbook:
  • How to Use This Section
  • Gathering Your Data
  • Developing Your Ratios
  • How Does Your Plant Stack Up?
• Explanation of Terms

SECTION VIII: FOREIGN TRADE IN THE INDUSTRIAL FASTENER INDUSTRY

Part A: Overall Foreign Trade

Analysis:

• Balance of Trade
• Imports from China
• Exports

Tables:

• Graph: Trends in U.S. Foreign Trade of Industrial Fasteners
• U.S. Balance of Trade for Industrial Fasteners
• Exports as a Percentage of U.S. Manufacturers' Sales of Industrial Fasteners
• Imports as a Percentage of U.S. Apparent Consumption of Industrial Fasteners
• Foreign Exchange Rates
• Industrial Production Indexes for Major Industrial Countries

Part B: U.S. Imports of Industrial Fasteners

Analysis:

• Total Imports
• Top Import Sources
• Fastener Imports, by Type
• Looking Ahead

Tables:

• Total U.S. Imports of Industrial Fasteners
• U.S. Imports of Industrial Fasteners, Threaded vs. Nonthreaded
• Top Ten U.S. Import Sources for Industrial Fasteners:
  • Value
  • Dollar Market Shares
  • Quantity
  • Unit Market Shares
• U.S. Imports of Industrial Fasteners, by Type of Metal
• U.S. Imports of Threaded Industrial Fasteners:
  • By Type of Metal
  • By Type
  • By Country of Origin and by Type:
    • Iron or Steel Coach Screws
    • Iron or Steel Wood Screws
    • Iron or Steel Screw Hooks and Screw Rings:
      • With Diameter of Less Than 6mm
      • With Diameter of 6mm or More
    • Self-Tapping Screws:
      • With Diameter of Less Than 6mm:
        • Stainless Steel
        • Other Iron or Steel
      • With Diameter of 6mm or More:
        • Stainless Steel
        • Other Iron or Steel
    • Iron or Steel Machine Screws, With Diameter of 3.2mm or More and Length of 9.5mm or More
    • Iron or Steel Socket Screws, With Diameter of Less Than 6mm, Not
      • Elsewhere Classified:
        • Stainless Steel
        • Other Iron or Steel
    • Other Steel Screws, Not Elsewhere Classified:
      • With Diameter of Less Than 6mm:
        • Stainless Steel
        • Other Iron or Steel
      • With Diameter of 6mm or More:
        • Set Screws
        • Socket Screws:
          • Stainless Steel
          • Other Iron or Steel
        • Screws Having Hexagonal Heads:
          • Stainless Steel
          • Other Iron or Steel
        • Other:
          • Stainless Steel
          • Other Iron or Steel
    • Iron or Steel Bolts, Including Nuts and Washers:
      • With Diameter of Less Than 6mm
      • With Diameter of 6mm or More:
        • Track Bolts
        • Structural Bolts
        • Bent Bolts
        • Round-Headed Bolts, Not Elsewhere Classified:
          • Stainless Steel
          • Other Iron or Steel
        • Hexagonal-Headed Bolts, Not Elsewhere Classified:
          • Stainless Steel
          • Other Iron or Steel
          • Bolts, Including Nuts and Washers, Not Elsewhere Classified:
            • Stainless Steel
            • Other Iron or Steel
    • Stainless Steel Studs
    • Other Iron or Steel Studs
    • Iron or Steel Nonlocking Chrome-Plated Lug Nuts
    • Iron or Steel Locking Lug Nuts
    • Iron or Steel Lug Nuts, Not Elsewhere Classified
    • Other Threaded Nuts of Stainless Steel
    • Other Iron or Steel Nuts, Not Elsewhere Classified
    • Other Iron or Steel Threaded Fasteners, Not Elsewhere Classified
    • Copper Wood Screws
    • Muntz or Yellow Copper Bolts
    • Copper Screws, Bolts, and Nuts, Having Shanks, Threads, or
      • Holes, Not Elsewhere Classified:
        • With Diameter of Less Than 6mm
        • With Diameter of 6mm or More
    • Copper Threaded Fasteners, Not Elsewhere Classified
    • Aluminum Threaded Fasteners, Having Shanks, Threads, or Holes:
      • With Diameter of 6mm or Less
      • With Diameter of Over 6mm
    • Aluminum Articles, Having Shanks, Threads, or Holes, With Diameter of Over 6mm, Not Elsewhere Classified
• U.S. Imports of Nonthreaded Industrial Fasteners:
  • By Type of Metal
  • By Type
  • By Country of Origin and by Type:
    • Iron or Steel Helical Spring Lock Washers
    • Iron or Steel Spring Washers and Other Lock Washers, Not Elsewhere Classified
    • Iron or Steel Washers, Excluding Lock Washers
    • Iron or Steel Rivets
    • Iron or Steel Cotters and Cotter Pins
    • Iron or Steel Nonthreaded Fasteners, Not Elsewhere Classified
    • Copper Washers
    • Copper Nonthreaded Fasteners, Excluding Washers
    • Aluminum Rivets
    • Aluminum Cotters and Cotter Pins
    • Other Aluminum Nonthreaded Fasteners, Having Shanks or Holes, With Diameter of 6mm or More

Part C: U.S. Exports of Industrial Fasteners

Analysis:

• Total Exports
• Top Export Destinations
• Fastener Exports, by Type
• Looking Ahead

Tables:

• Total U.S. Exports of Industrial Fasteners
• U.S. Exports of Industrial Fasteners, Threaded vs. Nonthreaded
• Top Ten U.S. Export Destinations for Industrial Fasteners:
  • Value
  • Dollar Market Shares
  • Quantity
  • Unit Market Shares
• U.S. Exports of Industrial Fasteners, by Type of Metal
• U.S. Exports of Threaded Industrial Fasteners:
  • By Type of Metal
  • By Type
  • By Country of Destination and by Type:
    • Iron or Steel:
      • Coach Screws
      • Wood Screws
      • Screw Hooks or Screw Rings
      • Self-Tapping Screws
      • Bolts, Including Nuts and Washers
      • Studs
      • Threaded Fasteners, Not Elsewhere Classified
      • Nuts
      • Threaded Articles (Not Bolts, Nuts, or Screws), Not Elsewhere Classified
    • Copper Wood Screws
    • Other Copper Screws, Bolts, and Nuts
    • Copper Threaded Fasteners, Not Elsewhere Classified
    • Aluminum Threaded Fasteners
• U.S. Exports of Nonthreaded Industrial Fasteners:
  • By Type of Metal
  • By Type
  • By Country of Destination and by Type:
    • Iron or Steel:
      • Spring Washers and Other Lock Washers
      • Washers, Excluding Spring Washers and Other Lock Washers
      • Rivets
      • Cotters and Cotter Pins
      • Nonthreaded Fasteners, Not Elsewhere Classified
    • Copper Washers
    • Copper Nonthreaded Fasteners, Excluding Washers
    • Aluminum Rivets
    • Aluminum Cotters and Cotter Pins
    • Other Nonthreaded Fasteners of Aluminum

SECTION IX: COMPANY PROFILES

Introduction

Tables:

• Financial Profile of Metal-Cutting Machine Tool Manufacturers:
  • Total
  • Sorted by Sales
  • Sorted by Assets
• Financial Profile of Bolt, Nut, Rivet, and Washer Manufacturers:
  • Total
  • Sorted by Sales
  • Sorted by Assets
• Ranking of the Top U.S. Fastener Manufacturers

Company Profiles:

• Alcoa, Inc.:
  • Overview
  • Fastener Products
  • Financial Performance
  • Company News
  • Financial Summary and Analysis
• Chicago Rivet & Machine Co.:
  • Overview
  • Divisions
  • Financial Performance
  • Financial Summary and Analysis
• Federal Screw Works:
  • Overview
  • Manufacturing Facilities
  • Company News
  • Financial Performance
  • Financial Summary and Analysis
• Illinois Tool Works Inc.:
  • Overview
  • Engineered Products?North America
  • Financial Performance
  • Company News
  • Financial Summary and Analysis
• MacLean-Fogg Company:
  • Overview
  • Company News
  • MNP Corporation:
  • Overview
  • Fastener Products
• MRC Industrial Group, Inc.:
  • Overview
  • Fastener Products
  • Company News
• MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc.:
  • Overview
  • Fastener Products
  • Sales and Distribution Activities
  • Financial Performance
  • Financial Summary and Analysis
• Park-Ohio Holdings Corp.:
  • Overview
  • Integrated Logistics Solutions Division
  • Manufactured Products Division
  • Aluminum Products Division
  • Manufacturing and Distribution Activities
  • Financial Performance
  • Company News
  • Financial Summary and Analysis
• Penn Engineering & Manufacturing Corp.:
  • Overview
  • Fastening Technologies
  • Motion Technologies
  • Arconix Group
  • Distribution Activities
  • Financial Performance
  • Company News
  • Financial Summary and Analysis
• Precision Castparts Corp.:
  • Overview
  • Fastener Products
  • Manufacturing Facilities
  • Distribution Activities
  • Financial Performance
  • Company News
  • Financial Summary and Analysis
• Textron Inc.:
  • Overview
  • Fastening Systems
  • Manufacturing Facilities
  • Distribution Activities
  • Financial Performance
  • Company News
  • Financial Summary and Analysis
• TriMas Corporation:
  • Overview
  • Segments
  • Fastening Systems
  • Marketing, Customers, and Distribution
  • Manufacturing Facilities
  • Financial Performance
  • Financial Summary and Analysis

SECTION X: DIRECTORY OF SELECTED U.S. MANUFACTURERS OF INDUSTRIAL FASTENERS

• Introduction
• Directory