| SIC Codes: | 3531 |
| NAICS Codes: | 333120 |
Companies in this industry manufacture construction machinery, surface mining machinery, and logging equipment. Major companies include Atlas Copco (Sweden), Caterpillar (US), Doosan Infracore (South Korea), Hitachi (Japan), Komatsu (Japan), Liebherr Group (Germany), Sany Heavy Industry (China), and Terex (US), along with the construction divisions of heavy equipment manufacturers CNH (The Netherlands), Deere (US), and Volvo (Sweden).
Demand is highly dependent on the cyclical construction industry. The profitability of individual companies depends on efficient manufacturing operations, since customers are very sensitive to price. Because of the large capital investment required to produce heavy construction machinery, this segment of the market is served mainly by the large manufacturers. Smaller companies can compete effectively by producing equipment that has specialized applications, or that is relatively simple to make. The US construction machinery manufacturing industry is highly concentrated: the top 50 companies generate nearly 90 percent of industry revenue.
Major products are bulldozers, loaders, backhoes, power cranes, excavators, graders and rollers, crushers, mixers, pavers, concrete pumps, various types of off-road trucks and trailers, and a wide variety of specialized machinery. Such equipment is used for three major activities: earthmoving, paving, and lifting.
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