Herm Isenstein, president, DISC Corp., Orange, Conn., has updated his forecasts for 2016-2017 on his new Flash Update, a monthly forecasting service launched earlier this year. “We expect industry sales in 2017 to advance 5.7%, which is the best industry sales performance in five years,” he says. “This year is still expected to be negative, down just 0.9% from the 2015 level. There is a boost next year from industry prices gaining 2% after running negative in the past two years.”
For additional monthly analysis in the DISC Flash Update of the market drivers shaping the electrical industry contact Herm at [email protected] or 203-799-3673.