926 establishments made nonwood partitions and fixtures (not necessarily as their primary business) in the late 1990s. They shipped $5.2 billion worth of goods and spent $2.3 billion on materials.
Although nonwood office furniture shipments grew steadily throughout the late 1990s, employment in the industry decreased from 45,803 in 1998 to 43,215 in 2000.
About 50 percent of industry revenues in the late 1990s were derived from stationary, or mounted, fixtures, such as ceiling and wall lamps
In the late 1990s, according to the U.S. Bureau of the Census, 427 companies were engaged in the manufacture and distribution of industrial valves in the United States
More than 500 companies manufactured fans and blowers at roughly 600 locations in the late 1990s.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 66 establishments operated in this category in the late 1990s.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 53 establishments operated in this category in the late 1990s.
During the 1990s, there were many strides made in the technological sector. There was a great increase in the share prices of companies that were in the technology sector.
New home construction buoyed sales to about $1.6 billion in 1992 and to $1.8 billion by 1993
In the early 1990s, approximately 500 companies in the United States were manufacturing dental equipment and supplies as their primary business
A total of 33 U.S. steel companies declared bankruptcy between 1998 and 2002.
About 90 U.S. companies produced automatic vending machines or parts for them in the 1990s. Although a vast majority of vending machines were manufactured by large companies, the industry did sustain quite a few smaller firms.
Although practiced by many companies in the 1980s, TQM became truly pervasive in the 1990s