{"id":4789,"date":"2018-03-20T09:40:10","date_gmt":"2018-03-20T09:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/?p=4789"},"modified":"2018-03-20T09:40:10","modified_gmt":"2018-03-20T09:40:10","slug":"cema-reports-shipments-increase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/cema-reports-shipments-increase\/","title":{"rendered":"CEMA Reports Shipments Increase"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Conveyor Equipment Manufacturers Association (CEMA) reports that 2017 shipments in North America were up 15.95%. CEMA estimates that shipments totaled $14.038 billion for 2017, a record level and an increase of $1.85 billion from 2016 shipments of $12.188 billion.<\/p>\n

CEMA estimates that new orders totaled $14.145 billion in 2017. New orders in 2017 were $1.82 billion more than 2016, representing an increase of 15.55%.<\/p>\n

Unit Handling orders were up 15.6% and shipments were up 19.2%. In the Bulk Conveying area, orders were up 15.4% and shipments were up 7.7%.<\/p>\n

CEMA President, Paul Ross, announced the results at the Association\u2019s 85th annual meeting in Naples, FL earlier this month.<\/p>\n

CEMA tracks new orders and shipped sales volume in nine classes of unit handling equipment and four classes of bulk handling equipment.<\/p>\n

The executives representing CEMA member companies who attended the annual meeting expressed continued optimism and forecasted shipments will increase 9.0% for 2018.<\/p>\n

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The Conveyor Equipment Manufacturers Association (CEMA) reports that 2017 shipments in North America were up 15.95%.<\/p><\/div>\n

CEMA, the industry leader in safety and technical standards and founded in 1933, makes available to member and non-member companies safety labels for all types of conveyor equipment as well as useful technical information, standards, and manuals. Highlights of what is available for purchase:<\/p>\n