Control Room Furniture: Good For Your Earnings AND For Your Back

"American industry is dead," say the pessimists. And there have certainly been setbacks for many sectors. However, there are other areas of the American industrial landscape that should inspire our confidence. One area I would like to look at is control room furniture manufacturing.

Why might we look at control room furniture? First off, furniture is classified as something called a durable good. As many of you know, these types of goods are important for predicting economic trends. When companies are optimistic about the economy, they purchase long-lasting items. On the other hand, if a company is lacking confidence in the economy, they will not purchase these types of goods. Put another way, if people are buying items meant to last, they are confident in the national economy for the life of that item. Beyond this, there is a proven correlation between a healthy GDP and a healthy number of durable goods orders.

In light of this, I have good news. When comparing furniture orders this year versus last year, the numbers for this April are up more than 12%. The reason for comparing year to year rather than month to month is that orders can fluctuate radically in the short term. A similar year-to-year comparison shows a comparable double-digit increase in shipments, as well as order backlogs. April could be an anamoly, but the numbers for the first four-month stretch were 5% higher than last year. This growth rate is nothing to sneeze at. Comparatively, durable goods orders over an entire year usually increase or decrease on the scale of tenths of a percent.

It must be noted that the numbers I've discussed so far are for consumer furniture orders. In my opinion, they should also be representative of the control room furniture sector's growth margins on a proportional scale. This is because durable goods shipments are a calculated factor in gross domestic product. We see that shipments in that sector were up 6% in the first four months of this year.

These numbers suggest that American industry is alive and growing. In fact, it is growing as well as it ever has when you look at specific markets such as control room furniture. That growth is driven by American companies like Inracks in Buffalo, NY who produce quality products here in the United States.

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