From 1991 to 1997, total employment in carbon and graphite production rose from 8,400 people to about 10,900 employees, before falling to 9,959 in 2000.
As of 2021, it is estimated that around 15,000 people are employed in the carbon and graphite products manufacturing industry in the United States. This industry includes the production of items such as carbon electrodes, graphite electrodes, and other carbon-based products used in various applications such as batteries, aerospace, and industrial processes.
The global timber industry employs millions of people worldwide. In the United States alone, the industry employs over 60,000 people in logging and around 400,000 in wood products manufacturing.
The asphalt felts and coatings industry employs thousands of people worldwide, including workers involved in manufacturing, sales, and distribution of asphalt products. The exact number of employees can vary depending on the size and location of the companies within the industry.
The number of people working in the ordnance industry can vary depending on the size and scope of the industry in a particular region. Globally, it is estimated that tens of thousands of individuals are employed in the ordnance industry, including positions related to design, manufacturing, testing, and distribution of ordnance products.
As of 2021, there are approximately 78,000 people employed in the glass and glazing work industry in the United States. This industry includes workers involved in installing glass in buildings, mirrors, shower enclosures, and other glass products.
Many lumberjacks are employed in countries like Canada, the United States, Sweden, and Russia where there are vast forests and a strong timber industry. These countries have a high demand for wood products, leading to a significant number of lumberjacks working in the forestry sector.
One of the main causes cited for almost two decades of industry stagnation was the decline of the steel industry, a prime market for the industry's products. In addition, world demand for carbon and graphite electrodes plummeted
UCAR International Inc., with sales of $947 million, accounted for more than 50 percent of industry sales in 1998.
In 1997, the product share was split between two product classes--electrodes, which claimed 45.7 percent of the market, and all other graphite and carbon products, which claimed the remaining 54.3 percent.
Raw material employed for manufacturing
The dairy products industry employed 144,410 in 2001
In 1896, E.G. Atcheson patented a process that transformed amorphous carbon to synthetic graphite by heat treatment, which laid the foundation for the modern graphite industry. A succession of inventions followed
In 1996 the bread and cake products industry employed 183,000 workers
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Fishery, Manufacturing, and Wood products, and tourism.
The stationery products industry employed a total of 8,271 people in 2000, down from 9,217 in 1997.
Manufacturing. As opposed to the "service" industry, where you perform services rather than make products.
By 1959, many new products followed. Filamentary carbon was made into graphite cloth and eventually carbon and graphite cloth, felt, yarn, tape, and fibers were to follow.