Materials Handling Equipment - Freedonia Group

Brief Company ProfileThese profiles give you insight into theoperations of private companies, and canhelp you: Identify companies for investment,PRIVATE COMPANY PROFILESmerger, and/or acquisition opportunities based on size, products,and location. Evaluate the position of yourcompetitors based on sales and/oremployment figures.SDI Industries Incorporated13000 Pierce StreetPacoima, CA 91331County: Los AngelesCounty Code: 06037Phone: 818-890-6002Fax: 818-890-2858Web Address: http://www.sdiindustries.comAnnual Sales:Employment: SAMPLE PROFILEKey Executive: Edward Larsen, President and CEOKey Products: unit sortation systems, conveyors, hydraulic lift platforms,straddle carriers and loading dock equipmentCensus Code SIC(s): 3535; 3537SIC Description(s): conveyors and conveying equipment; industrial trucks,tractors, trailers and stackersSDI Industries designs and manufactures materials handling systems forthe merchandise distribution industry. Products include unit sortation systems,including flat and hang sorters; conveyors; hydraulic lift platforms; straddlecarriers; and loading dock equipment. The Company provides consultation,engineering and installation services. SDI Industries operates a manufacturingfacilityin Pacoima,as well as offices in France, Italy, Chile and Copyrightby TheFreedoniaCalifornia,Group, Inc.Australia. Customers include specialty retail stores, specialty merchandisers,off-price retailers, discount stores, sporting goods and footwear stores,manufacturers, wholesalers, third party logistics, mass merchants, catalogfirms, department stores and grocery markets. The Company has installed itsmaterials handling systems in over 300 locations worldwide and installs anadditional 15 annually. Copyright by The Freedonia Group, Inc.Freedonia Private Companies ReportOrder form on last page5

Market OverviewThe Market Overview Sectiondiscusses factors influencing supplyand demand, including construcMARKET OVERVIEWtion expenditures and the outlookfor industrial trucks and lifts.This information helps you: Determine what external factorswill impact future supply anddemand Measure your market and salespotential based on supply anddemand forecasts. Conveying EquipmentUS demand for conveying equipment and systems will increase five percent peryear through 2005 to 8 billion. This represents a deceleration from the gainsSAMPLEposted between 1995 and 2000,when thePAGErapidly growing US economy bolstereddemand for conveyors in a wide variety of applications. The economic expansion,however, has slowed at the beginning of the new century, and with it, demand forconveyors. Despite the current slowing trend, conveying equipment and systemsare expected to advance long term, benefitting from capacity expansions in themanufacturing and wholesale industries; and the increasing popularity of Internetshopping (e-commerce). Product upgrades including lighter units, higher accuracyin load accumulation, adjustable size and improved ergonomics will createadditional demand. However, conveyors are extremely durable and rarely needreplacement due to product failure. Most replacements are upgrades of existingsystems designed to bolster productivity; however, replacements also include thepurchase of individual parts to repair or refurbish existing lines.Conveyors accounted for the second largest share of materials handling equipmentdemand in 2000, with 35 percent. These systems are designed to provide acontinuous or intermittent flow of materials from one point to another along adevelopment based on marketfixed path. Conveyors are classified by their power source, such as gravity,trends & innovations.powered and automated; conveying mechanism, such as rollers, wheels, belts,trolleys, tow, slats, chains, buckets and screws; functional type (unit or bulk); anddesign (overhead versus floor-mounted). Included in this report are conventionaland automated&unitLIFTSand bulkBYhandlingsystems. Unit handling equipment, which isOUTLOOK FOR INDUSTRIAL TRUCKSTYPEthe most common type of conveyor equipment, is used to transport tems arecontainersand prepackagedFactorsitems. InRestrainingcontrast, bulk handlingdesigned to convey loose materials such as gravel, mineral ores, plastic resins,Forklifts and Other LiftIncreasingdemandfor orsaferContinuingfromagriculturalcropssalt. andAutomatedconveying competitionsystems are computer-controlledTrucksmore lymaterials handling devices designed to sort and feed products through the workproducts.automated guided vehicles.flow process.Propose new areas for productWideninguse andheightenedrentalformarket.Amongthe majorconveyor types, Expandingthose with theequipmentbest opportunitiesgrowthconstruction activity in theSAMPLETABLE Copyright by TheFreedonia Group,warehousing,distributionand Inc.home retail center industries.Work Trucks andTractorsAbility to handle heavy loadcapacities, coupled with simpledesigns and ease of operation.Long product life and durableconstruction.(continued)Materials Handling Equipment - Private Companies Report #14326

Industry StructureGain a better understanding of yourcompetition and analyze yourcompany's position in the industryINDUSTRY STRUCTUREwith information about thecharacteristics of leading materialsAutomated Systems & Robotshandling equipment manufacturersincluding total sales, capabilities andregional concentration.This information helps you: Evaluate diversificationopportunities basedPrivate companies engaged in the production of automated guided vehicles (AGVs),automated storage/retrieval systems (AS/RS) and materials handling robots range insize from under 10 million to hundreds of millions of dollars in annual sales. Eachof these product types represents a distinct market in itself, with relatively littlecross participation by companies (public or private). Levels of participation andconcentration vary by product.on product linesof other privatecompanies. Understand barriersto entry based onindustry concentration. Develop positioningstrategies based onsize of competitors.Automated systems and robots require significant technological expertise,particularly in the area of computer hardware and software and, therefore, barriersto entry in this segment are higher than in most other materials handlingSAMPLE PAGEsegments. As a result, private firms are not as active in this segment whencompared to the industrial trucks and lifts, and conveying equipment segments. Atrend toward increased computerization and automation in both manufacturing anddistribution operations, however, in order to improve efficiency and customerservice and lower unit production costs, will open opportunities for private firmsto enter the automated system and robot arena.Some private companies participate in the segment through the manufacture oftype of product. For example, AGV Products is a 10 million manufacturer ofSelected PrivateoneHoist,AGVs and vehicle control software, as well as a distributor of automation equipCrane & Monorailment and related components. However, other private firms are integrated intoCompaniesmultiple types of automated systems and/or robots. Among these firms are HKSystems, Murata Automated Systems and Jervis B. Webb. HK Systems, a 250million firm, offers a broad line of materials handling equipment, including AGVs,AS/RS and materials handling robots. The 10 million Murata Automated, asubsidiary of Murata Machinery Limited (Japan), manufactures AGVs and AS/RS,among other materials handling systems. Jervis B. Webb is a 400 millionproducer of AGVs and AS/RS, as well as material storage and retrieval vehicles, inaddition to its conveying equipment.SAMPLE CHART* Sales are 2000 estimates of total corporate sales including products other than hoists, cranes andmonorails.Freedonia Private Companies ReportOrder form on last page7

Report Highlights Private firms in the 17.7 billion materials handlingequipment market manufacture industrial lifts and trucks,conveying equipment, automated systems and robots,hoists, cranes and monorails, with some integrated into theproduction of more than one type. One private producer had total materials handling equipment sales of 1 billion in 2000 and accounted for fourpercent of the US market. An additional five private players each have materialshandling equipment sales in excess of 100 million. Smaller private concerns are often attractive acquisitioncandidates for large- and medium-sized manufacturers,although several larger private companies have also beenrecently forced to sell operations as part of bankruptcyinduced restructuring efforts. California, Michigan, Ohio and Texas have the highestconcentrations of private materials handling equipmentmanufacturing sites, with over 200 each. US demand for materials handling equipment is forecast toincrease 5.7 percent per year through 2005 to 23.3billion.Materials Handling Equipment - Private Companies Report #14328

AboutThe Freedonia GroupThe Freedonia Group, Inc. is a leading international industry report/database company.Since 1985, Freedonia has published over 1,600 titles covering areas such asbuilding materials, chemicals, plastics, industrial components and equipment, household goods, coatings and adhesives, health care, packaging,security, and many other industries.Private companies reports encompass not only Freedonia's notable industryforecasts, but also market shares, product information and sales and employment figures for private companies. Corporate analysts are constantly monitoring privately-held companies to provide the most up-to-date and comprehensive profiles. Freedonia is able to gather and prepare this proprietary information based on our reputation as a leading market research firm.Advantagesof Freedonia ReportsBy obtaining Freedonia's report on private companies in the materialshandling equipment industry, you will be able to: Identify companies for possible investment, merger,and /or acquisition opportunities based on size,products and location. Measure your market and sales potential based ondemand forecasts. Propose new areas for product development basedon material trends. Develop positioning strategies based on size andgeographic location of competitors. Evaluate diversification opportunities based on productlines of other private companies. Understand barriers to entry based on industryconcentration and market shares.Freedonia Private Companies ReportOrder form on last page9

Our CustomersFreedonia's clients include major US and international companies inthe manufacturing, services, consulting and financial sectors.Typical purchasers of Freedonia studies : Key Executives Corporate Planners Market Researchers Financial Analysts Information Centers New Product Developers Merger & Acquisition SpecialistsSince 1985 we have provided research to customers ranging in sizefrom global conglomerates to one person consulting firms. More than90% of the industrial companies in the Fortune 500 use Freedoniaresearch to help with their strategic planning.Some of Freedonia's customers in the materials handling equipmentindustry include: Siemens, Mannesmann and Rockwell Automation.Because Freedonia is a source for reliable information, our forecastshave been cited in numerous publications such as The Wall StreetJournal, Material Handling Engineer, Plastics News and Purchasing.Materials Handling Equipment - Private Companies Report #143210

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