SIC 3955 Carbon Paper and Inked Ribbons

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SIC 3955

This industry contains establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing carbon paper, spirit or gelatin process and other stencil paper, and inked or carbon ribbons for business machines.

NAICS CODE(S)

339944

Carbon Paper and Inked Ribbon Manufacturing

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 68 establishments operated in this category for part or all of 2004. Industry-wide employment totaled approximately 2,876 workers receiving a payroll of more than $105 million. Companies in this industry tended to be smaller in size with about 79 percent employing less than 100 workers. The Annual Survey of Manufactures reported that overall shipments for the industry were valued at more than $542 million in 2005. Additionally, for the industry (also including manufacturing of pen and mechanical pencils, lead pencil and art goods, and marking devices) a combined total of 11,311 employees worked in production in 2005, putting in nearly 23 million hours to earn wages of more than $332 million.

In 2005 the industry leader was Datamax Corp. of Orlando, Florida, with $106 million in sales and 500 employees. In second place with $92 million in 2005 sales and 500 employees was NER Data Products Inc. of Glassboro, New Jersey. Rounding out the top three was Amherst, New York-based International Imaging Materials Inc. (IIMAK) with more than $73 million in 2005 sales and also 500 employees.

The capital requirements for this industry were relatively low; the average investment per establishment was only 59 percent of that for the manufacturing sector as a whole.

The industry has been in the midst of a downturn for many years as shipment values have steadily declined since 1997 totals of more than $850 million. By 2002 this figure decreased by about 24 percent, to nearly $650 million, and then by 17 percent in 2005 when values were $542 million. Concurrently, the number of employees dropped during that same timeframe. In 1997 the industry employed 5,673 workers. By 2002 this figure fell 35 percent to 3,671 workers, and 2005 experienced a further decline of about 22 percent, when the industry's workforce included 2,876 employees.

The industry is divided into two categories: inked ribbons and carbon paper and stencil paper. Inked ribbons accounted for nearly 74 percent of shipment values in 2002 and included inked computer (electronic data...