Updated Friday, October 4th, 2024
Welcome to our weekly rundown of the most in-demand industrial products and services in the U.S. right now. At MNI, as well as providing comprehensive profiles of 350,000+ industrial businesses in the U.S., we also keep track of what equipment, parts, services millions of industrial buyers are searching for across 11,000 distinct product and service categories on our industrial marketplace IndustryNet.
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Wondering what are some high-demand industries right now? Below is a list of the most high-volume search categories on MNI’s industrial marketplace IndustryNet.
1. Pipe
2. Signs
3. Metal Stampings
4. Welding
5. Containers
6. Printing
7. Food Products
8. Castings
9. Plastic injection molding
10. Tanks
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• Molds (950%): Buyers were on the hunt for more molds this week, with that category up 950%, led by plastic injection molds and blow molds.
• Scales (650%): Scales were in greater demand, with that category up 650%, led by electronic scales and truck scales.
• Injection Molded Plastics (500%): Injection molded plastics were in greater demand this week, with searches up 500%. Searches for injection molding were also on the rise, including searches for custom injection molding and thermoplastic injection molding.
• Plastic Injection Molding (380%): Plastic injection molding was in greater demand this week, with searches up 380%. These included searches for long-run plastic injection molding and short-run plastic injection molding.
• Seals (300%): Seals were in greater demand this week, with searches up 300%, led by Teflon seals and automotive seals.
• Welding (218%): Searches for welding rose 218% this week, led by robotic welding and MIG & TIG welding.
• Rubber (200%): Buyers were on the hunt for rubber this week, with that category up 200%. Top searches included custom molded rubber, sheet rubber, and thermoplastic rubber.
• Valves (166%): Searches for valves rose 166% this week, led by control valves and oil valves.
• Screen Printing (157%): Buyers were on the hunt for more screen printing this week, with that category up 157%. These included searches industrial screen printing and metal screen printing.
• Concrete (133%): Buyers were on the hunt for more concrete this week, with that category up 133%, led by architectural concrete.
• Plastics (128%): Searches for plastics rose 128% this week, led by searches for vacuum formed plastics and thermoset plastics.
• Fasteners (66%): Fasteners were in greater demand, with that category up 66%, led by Inconel fasteners and brass fasteners.
• Signs (37%): Buyers were searching for more signs this week, with that category up 37%, led by metal signs, plastic signs, and vinyl signs.
• Boxes (16%): Buyers were on the hunt for more boxes this week, with that category up 16%, led by plastic boxes.
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Editor's note: This article is updated with new statistics weekly.