Computers in the U.S.

November 29, 2011 — The Editors

The steady rise in demand for computers and electronic computing devices in the United States appears, when charted, as a line moving in exactly the opposite direction as the domestic production and shipments of these same products. This is an industry (NAICS 334111) that highlights a trend towards increasing consumption of a product and declining production of the same which feeds the U.S. trade imbalance. But that leads us to complex questions we don’t really want to address here. Here, we present market sizes and today’s is based on the value of Electronic Computer Manufacturing in the United States in 2000 and 2010 as well as the value of net imports of the same products in 2000 and the forecasted value for 2010.

Geographic reference: United States
Year: 2000 and 2010
Market size: U.S. manufacturing $69.3 and $27.9 billion
Market size: Net imports $89.4 and $199.3 billion
Source: Computer value of shipments from Annual Survey of Manufactures 1997, and the 2002 Economic Census. Net imports of Electric and electronic equipment from Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2000. Net imports of Computers and electronic products from Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2012.
Posted on November 29, 2011

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Bottom-Mounted Freezer Refrigerators

October 6, 2011 — The Editors

Trends in refrigerator design do not change in significant ways very often. Most changes in recent years have been related to the energy efficiency of these appliances. But one very visible design change that has become popular in the last half decade is the placement of the freezer section below the refrigerator section of the machine. These newly designed refrigerators are called bottom-mounted freezer style refrigerators. Many of these machine, though not all, use a large pull out drawer to hold the freezer section instead of a compartment entered through a simple door.

Today’s market size is an estimated size of this market for bottom-mounted freezer refrigerators in North America.

Geographic reference: North America
Year: 2010
Market size: $3 billion
Source: “UPDATE: Whirlpool Petitions US for Trade Probe on Samsung, LG,” Advfn.com, March 30, 2011, available online here.
Original source: Dow Jones News and Whirlpool Corp.
Posted on October 6, 2011

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Pinball Machines

September 23, 2011 — The Editors

Pinball was a popular form of entertainment in the 1970s through the early 1990s. During this time period there were five different companies producing 100,000 machines per year. Since then, video games have replaced pinball as a popular pastime. Many businesses such as arcades and bars, where pinball machines were commonplace, saw reduced revenue and decided to get rid of the machines and replace them with video games.

In 2011, Stern Pinball, based in Chicago, Illinois, was the only remaining pinball manufacturer in the world. From 1999 to 2009, the number of pinball machines in commercial locations dropped from 360,000 to 79,000. Data show pinball industry revenues in 1999 and 2009.

Geographic reference: United States
Year: 1999 and 2009
Market Size: $1.1 Billion and $275 Million respectively
Source: Olivia Oran, “Pinball Fights to Survive in an ‘Angry Birds’ World,” The Street, September 19, 2011, available online here.
Original Source: Vending Times

Posted on September 23, 2011

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