1/30/2013 8:30:00 AM
FIN SURVEY

The End of 2012 FIN Survey was conducted online at GlobalFastenerNews.com and through a print questionnaire distributed from December 2012 to mid January 2013.
• Distributors totaled 43% and manufacturers 39% of  participants in the End of 2012 FIN Survey. “Others” – including importers, platers and suppliers – totaled 18%.

• At least 80% of FIN Survey participants reported fasteners accounted more than three quarters of sales. Another 10% reported fasteners to total half to three-quarters of sales; and 7% from one quarter to half of total 2012 sales.

• The number of plants/warehouses ranged from one to 50 and averaged 4.4.

• Employment ranged from 2 people to 5,000.

The FIN Survey is informal and not designed to be a scientific survey.  Respondents are anonymous and results are automatically calculated by GlobalFastenerNews.com software. In some results, percentages may not add up to 100% due to “Don’t Know/Not Sure” responses and/or rounding to one decimal place.