Description of Industries and Summary of Findings INDUSTRY 2541, WOOD PARTITIONS AND FIXTURES This industry is made up of establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing shelving, lockers, and office and store fixtures, plastics laminated fixture tops, and related fabricated products, chiefly of wood. Prefabricated partitions are included in this industry if designed to be attached to the floor and are classified in industry 2521 if designed to be free-standing or part of an office furniture panel system. Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing refrigerated cabinets, showcases, and display cases are classified in industry 3585. The 1992 definition of this industry is the same as that used in the 1987 Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system. The SIC number and title also are the same. In the 1992 Census of Manufactures, Industry 2541, Wood Partitions and Fixtures, had employment of 39.4 thousand. The employment figure was 3 percent below the 40.6 thousand reported in 1987. The leading States in employment in 1992 were California, New York, Ohio, and Illinois, accounting for approximately 30 percent of the industry's employment. This represents a shift from 1987 when California, New York, Pennsylvania, and Illinois were the leading States in employment. The total value of shipments for establishments classified in this industry was $3.1 billion. Establishments in virtually all industries ship secondary products as well as products primary to the industry in which they are classified and have some miscellaneous receipts, such as resales and contract receipts. Industry 2541 shipped $2.7 billion of wood partitions and fixtures products considered primary to the industry, $170.0 million of secondary products, and had $228.0 million of miscellaneous receipts, resales, and contract work. Thus, the ratio of primary products to the total of both secondary and primary products shipped by establishments in this industry was 94 percent (specialization ratio). In 1987, the specialization ratio also was 94 percent. Establishments in this industry also accounted for 88 percent of products considered primary to the industry no matter where they were actually produced (coverage ratio). In 1987, the coverage ratio was 90 percent. The products primary to industry 2541, no matter in what industry they were produced, appear in file MC92F6A and aggregate to $3.1 billion. For further explanation of specialization and coverage ratios, see file MC92F5B and the appendixes. The total cost of materials, services, and fuels and energy used by establishments classified in the wood partitions and fixtures industry amounted to $1.4 billion. Data on specific materials consumed appear in file MC92F7. Single-establishment companies in this industry with less than 5 employees were excluded from the mail portion of the census. The data for these establishments (and a small number of larger establishments whose reports were not received at the time the data were tabulated) were obtained from administrative records of other agencies or developed from industry averages. These establishments accounted for 12 percent of the total value of shipments. INDUSTRY 2542, PARTITIONS AND FIXTURES, EXCEPT WOOD This industry is made up of establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing office and store fixtures, shelving, storage racks, lockers, and related fabricated products, chiefly of materials other than wood. Prefabricated partitions are included in this industry if designed to be attached to the floor and are classified in industry 2522 if designed to be free-standing or part of an office furniture panel system. Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing refrigerated cabinets, showcases, and display cases are classified in industry 3585, and those primarily engaged in manufacturing safes and vaults are classified in industry 3499. The 1992 definition of this industry is the same as that used in the 1987 Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system. The SIC number and title also are the same. In the 1992 Census of Manufactures, Industry 2542, Partitions and Fixtures, Except Wood, had employment of 34.8 thousand. The employment figure was 4 percent above the 33.5 thousand reported in 1987. The leading States in employment in 1992 were Illinois, California, New York, and Ohio accounting for approximately 33 percent of the industry's employment. This represents a shift from 1987 when Illinois, New York, California, and Pennsylvania accounted for approximately 40 percent of the industry's employment. The total value of shipments for establishments classified in this industry was $3.4 billion. Establishments in virtually all industries ship secondary products as well as products primary to the industry in which they are classified and have some miscellaneous receipts, such as resales and contract receipts. Industry 2542 shipped $2.9 billion of nonwood partitions and fixtures products considered primary to the industry, $334.5 million of secondary products, and had $185.4 million of miscellaneous receipts, resales, and contract work. Thus, the ratio of primary products to the total of both secondary and primary products shipped by establishments in this industry was 90 percent (specialization ratio). In 1987, the specialization ratio was 89 percent. Establishments in this industry also accounted for 91 percent of products considered primary to the industry no matter where they were actually produced (coverage ratio). In 1987, the coverage ratio was 93 percent. The products primary to industry 2542, no matter in what industry they were produced, appear in file MC92F6A and aggregate to $3.2 billion. For further explanation of specialization and coverage ratios, see file MC92F5B and the appendixes. The total cost of materials, services, and fuels and energy used by establishments classified in the nonwood partitions and fixtures industry amounted to $1.6 billion. Data on specific materials consumed appear in file MC92F7. Single-establishment companies in this industry with less than 10 employees were excluded from the mail portion of the census. The data for these establishments (and a small number of larger establishments whose reports were not received at the time the data were tabulated) were obtained from administrative records of other agencies or developed from industry averages. These establishments accounted for 7 percent of the total value of shipments.