Hi saborg
There is an interesting review of Productivity trends in the
photographic equipment and supplies industry by the US Department of
Labor which you can find http://www.bls.gov/mfp/mprhk90.pdf. The
problem is it is far too old.
According to the US census department, the following figures describe
the value of product shipments for
microfilming, blueprinting and whiteprinting equipment (code 3333155) by year
2004 13 512 000 USD
2003 22 830 000 USD
2002 20 710 000 USD
There were a total of 5 establishments, providing Microfilming,
blueprinting, and whiteprinting equipment in the USA.
for year 2002 - total employees were 147 with a payroll of 5 025 000 USD
Of those 77 were production workers, who worked a total of 165 000
hours and received 1 417 000 USD in wages.
The total value-added of the sector was 7 589 000 USD
Total cost of material - 8 276 000 USD
Total value of shipments (see above) 15 903 000 USD (later revised)
The most recent information I managed to find concerns 2002 Economic
sensus and the value of shipments in the us is given as follows:
Microfilming, blueprinting, and whiteprinting equipment, of which
Microfilming equipment (including microfiche) 2002 26 345 000 USD
of which:
Microfilming equipment (including microfiche), cameras, including computer output
2002 16 218 000
1997 13 192 000
Number of companies with shipments of $100,000 or more --- 4 in 2002
and 8 in 1997
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There is a paid report you have already probably come acrross:
http://www.marketresearch.com/feed/factiva/display.asp?productid=915215
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I did not manage to find any more current market size definitions.
Yet, the microfilm/microfiche market is said to have seen a decline in
the last five years due to the introduction of newer technologies for
document storage and retrieval and information management.
http://www.indususa.com/history.html
Interesting:
At a 1997 lawsuit, http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=fed&navby=case&no=971226,
the microfiche industry is said to be under intense attack by the
optical disk storage (CD ROM) industry, and a Bell & Howell
representative has testified that competition from these newer
technologies will eliminate the microfiche market over the next three
years.
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So I decided to look further into lawsuits and other similar cases
which could also shed some light over the industry. And of course I
tried to find some large companies ... a 2001 news (UK) stated that an
acquisition has been completed by Eastman Kodak Company of the
services and micrographics businesses of Bell & Howell Company. Though
it does not state an exact figure, there is a nice assessment of the
market. visit :
http://www.oft.gov.uk/Business/Mergers+FTA/Advice/Clearances+and+referrals/Eastman-Kodak.htm
Best Regards
PS: for further stats on the 2002 results visit the following link
http://www.census.gov/prod/ec02/ec0231i333315t.pdf |
