Wilson Industries

Industries represented in Wilson North Carolina include automotive parts, aerospace, pharmaceuticals, building materials, food manufacturing, and plastics.

Interested in specific industry information? Contact Joanna Clark or Timothy Holsather. Following is a list of reports that are currently available:

Available Reports Include:

Small Engine Manufacturing	Automotive Industry	Furniture
Pharmaceuticals	Truck Equipment	Healthcare Products
Biotechnology	Food Processing Industry	Building Materials
Transportation	Construction	Chemical
Metal Fabrication	Machinery

The recent location of Livedo has added another industry segement, sanitary paper products manufacturing. Following is a brief industry overview.

Brief Facts About the Industry

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in converting purchased sanitary paper stock or wadding into sanitary paper products, such as facial tissues and handkerchiefs, table napkins, toilet paper, towels, disposable diapers, sanitary napkins, and tampons.

The data published with NAICS code 322291 include the following SIC industries:

2676 Sanitary paper products
3842 Surgical appliances and supplies

Growing Market

"Worldwide, more than 200 million people live with incontinence," says Dr. Linda Brubaker, professor and fellowship director at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, Ill. In North America alone it is estimated to affect 19 million adults and 80 percent are women. Many people accept incontinence as an inevitable result of aging or childbirth, but in fact it is a medical condition that often can be treated, cured or managed.

In the past several years, adult incontinence sales around the world have grown steadily. According to market tracking agency Euromonitor, sales of just under $1.6 billion in 1997 grew to $2.1 billion in 2002. This growth is expected to continue with sales reaching $2.7 billion in 2007. Source: Nonwovens Industry monthly trade magazine serving the nonwovens industry www.nonwovens-industry.com

U.S. Population

Resident Population by Geographic Location

(1,000s)	1990	2002
Northeast	50,828	54,227
Midwest	59,669	65,142
South	85,456	103,347
West	52,837	65,652

Figures provided by the United States Census.