Pennsummit, Llc Erp Project Manager
...including sales volume, major competitors, and major customers. What are its products, and who are the company’s customers?
This job is in the Utility Pole Industry, more specifically the Steel Pole Industry. Steel poles are strong and durable as well as 100 percent recyclable at the end of their long serviced lives. There are about 185 million utility poles in North America and as of 2006 the steel pole market penetration was 400,000. Approximately four million are replaced annually. More than 600 out of 3,100 electric utility companies are using steel poles in the United States. By 2009, the Steel Industry hopes to gain 10% of pole market share which equals 79,000 tons per year of steel demand.
Some utility pole competitors are: Accord Industries who manufactures concrete poles; Gorman Bros. Lumber, Midwest Wood Treating, Inc., Main Street Banner/Interstate Pole Industries, Burtlumber.com Thomas & Betts Corporation, and Valmont Industries, Inc., who all manufacture wooden poles; Stonehouse Signs, Inc., Niland Co., Karay Metals, Inc., Utility Metals, and of course Summit Manufacturing, LLC who all manufacture steel poles. These companies, just mentioned, do not manufacture steel; they purchase steel and manufacture steel poles. Examples of steel companies on the other hand would be Dofasco, Inc., IPSCO, Inc., or Nucor Corporation. Industry customers are Electric Utility Companies, Wireless Communication Companies, and Lighting Industry Companies.
There are about thirteen products involved in the Steel Pole Industry. Those products are Power Transmission Poles and Monopoles with heights up to 300 feet, Concealed Sites which feature disguised wireless applications and are visually pleasing, and Flagpoles which reach 180 feet. There are Monopines which reach heights of 200 feet and have branch sizes of 4ft, 6ft, 8ft, and 10ft, Monopalm (Mexican Fan) which...
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