The laboratory apparatus and furniture industry is stable domestically, with a small but growing market for international trade, given the global nature of many of its markets.
Most of the furniture made in the United States is produced in North Carolina, followed by states like Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and California. North Carolina, in particular, is known for its strong furniture manufacturing industry due to a skilled workforce and established infrastructure for furniture production.
The measuring and controlling devices industry involves the manufacturing of instruments and tools used to measure and control various parameters such as temperature, pressure, flow, and level in industrial processes. These devices play a crucial role in ensuring accuracy and efficiency in operations across different industries such as manufacturing, automotive, healthcare, and energy.
Melting and boiling points are important characteristics of materials: they are needed in industry and in laboratory.
The industrial gas industry differs from many other types of manufacturing because its raw materials are primarily extracted from the atmosphere. The two principal gases produced by the industry are nitrogen and oxygen.
One non-laboratory use of pasteurization is in the food industry to extend the shelf life of products like milk, juice, and canned foods by killing harmful bacteria and enzymes.
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The main products of this industry include baths and melting point apparatus, laboratory furniture such as furnaces and ovens, component parts and accessories for instruments, and centrifuges.
Sartorius North America Inc. was the industry leader in 2001. The Brentwood, New York-based company had sales of $757 million and 3,600 employees.
Total value of shipments for this industry increased steadily during the late 1990s and early 2000s, rising from $2.33 billion in 1998 to $2.78 billion in 2001.
Increased research on new pharmaceuticals and an expanding health care industry worldwide was fueling much of the product development research in the 2000s.
Firms in this industry engage primarily in manufacturing irradiation apparatus and tubes for applications such as medical diagnostic, medical therapeutic, industrial, research, and scientific evaluation
This category covers establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing instruments and apparatus that measure an optical property
Nation's largest manufacturer of texttiles,cigarettes,and furniture. Texttiles industry is the largest manufacturing sector
Edwin L. Lucas has written: 'Manufacturing interior furniture parts' -- subject(s): Furniture industry and trade
The top company in the U.S. office furniture manufacturing industry was Steelcase Inc., which posted sales of $2.4 billion in the first nine months of 1999.
California led all other states in electromedical device production, manufacturing 19 percent of the industry's total shipments and employing 15 percent of the industry's total workforce.