PTDA Releases Market Outlook Report Data for December 2005
Chicago, Ill. -- February 3, 2006 -- The Power Transmission
Distributors
Association (PTDA) today released the December 2005 trend data for
distributors and manufacturers of power transmission/motion control
(PT/MC) products.
In December, U.S. distributors’ year-to-date sales of PT/MC
products
rose 10.7 percent as compared to sales for January through December
2004. Sales decreased 2.2 percent over November but were up
9.3
percent as compared to December 2004.
Days sales in accounts receivables increased 3.9 percent as compared
over November 2005 and were flat as compared to the same month last
year. Annualized sales to inventory ratio was 7.7 in December
2005, as
compared to 7.9 in December 2004.
For December, the confidence level of U.S. distributors remained flat
at
6.8 on a 10-point scale.
Canadian distributors’ year-to-date sales of PT/MC products
increased
11.0 percent as compared to sales for January through December
2004.
Sales decreased 6.1 percent over the previous month and were up 10.2
percent as compared to December 2004.
Days sales in accounts receivables increased 7.2 percent over
November
2005 but decreased 3.6 percent over the same month last year.
Annualized sales to inventory ratio was 7.5 in December 2005, as
compared to 7.2 in December 2004.
For December, the confidence level of Canadian distributors fell to
5.8
from 6.5 in November on a 10-point scale.
In December, U.S. manufacturers’ sales of PT/MC increased 9.6
percent
as compared to sales for January through December 2004. Sales fell
9.1
percent over the previous month and decreased 2.1 percent as
compared
to December 2004. As compared to November, sales of mounted
bearings, standard industrial motors, variable speed drives and
shaft
couplings increased. Sales of unmounted bearings, positioning
systems/linear motion products, gear products, mechanical drive
systems and other PT products, and clutches and brakes decreased.
Year-to-date orders of PT/MC products from U.S. manufacturers grew
11.2 percent as compared to 2004. December orders were down
9.1
percent over November and decreased 0.7 percent as compared to
December 2004. Annualized sales to inventory ratio was 9.6 in
December 2005 as compared to 11.9 in December 2004.
For December, the confidence level of U.S. manufacturers decreased
to
5.5 from 5.6 in November on a 10-point scale.
Canadian manufacturers’ sales of PT/MC products increased 3.4
percent
as compared to sales for January through December in 2004. Sales
fell
19.6 percent over the previous month and decreased 1.0 percent as
compared to December 2004. As compared to November, sales of
variable speed drives and shaft couplings increased. Sales of
mounted
bearings, unmounted bearings, gear products, mechanical drive
systems
and other PT products, and clutches and brakes decreased.
For December, the confidence level of Canadian manufacturers
decreased
to 5.1 from 5.2 in November on a 10-point scale.
The Adobe Acrobat attachment contains selected data charts from the
December 2005 Market Outlook Report.
The Market Outlook Report is published monthly by the Power
Transmission Distributors Association. The full report includes
month-to-
month and year-to-year changes in sales, inventory and accounts
receivables data for U.S. and Canadian distributors, as well as a
general
confidence index. U.S. and Canadian manufacturer data includes
a
confidence index, as well as sales and order trends for mounted
bearings,
unmounted bearings, standard industrial motors, variable speed
drives,
positioning systems/linear motion products, gear products,
mechanical
drive systems and other PT products, clutches and breaks and shaft
couplings.
The report is available by annual subscription via e-mail or mail by
contacting +1.312.876.9461 or may be ordered online at
www.ptda.org/store; PTDA members
may download the report at no
charge through the PTDA web site, at www.ptda.org/MOR.
Founded in 1960, the Power Transmission Distributors Association
(PTDA) is the leading association for the industrial power
transmission/motion control (PT/MC) distribution channel. A
U.S.-based
trade association, PTDA represents 222 power transmission/motion
control distributor firms with almost 3,500 locations throughout
North
America and 13 other countries, as well as 194 manufacturers that
supply
the PT/MC industry.
PTDA is dedicated to providing exceptional networking, targeted
education, relevant information and leading-edge business tools to
help
distributors and manufacturers meet marketplace demands
competitively
and profitably. For more information, visit www.ptda.org.
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