Appliance Design - November 2008 - (Page 5)

FORECASTS AUTOMATIC WASHERS – Shipments (Thousands of Units) Qtr: 1 2 3 4 2007 2,233.0 2,266.2 2,202.8 2,123.2 2008 2,112.2 2,178.6 2,116.8 2,023.3 2009 2,053.1 2,169.9 2,135.8 2,067.8 SHIPMENTS Product TOTAL Aug. '08 4,802.4 1,543.0 424.3 33.8 218.5 28.7 900.2 1,108.6 629.7 478.9 384.5 94.4 934.7 452.6 477.2 470.8 6.4 4.9 1,034.2 834.7 199.6 111.0 88.5 181.8 94.5 87.3 Aug. '07 5,122.0 1,592.6 486.1 40.4 261.2 40.0 845.3 1,239.6 687.5 552.2 435.5 116.6 1,103.4 521.2 574.4 565.3 9.1 7.7 1,081.6 904.9 176.6 100.8 75.8 104.7 20.9 83.9 %Chg -6.2% -3.1% -12.7% -16.3% -16.4% -28.4% 6.5% -10.6% -8.4% -13.3% -11.7% -19.0% -15.3% -13.2% -16.9% -16.7% -29.9% -36.0% -4.4% -7.8% 13.0% 10.1% 16.8% 73.6% 352.3% 4.2% 8 Mos. '08 44,122.0 12,346.6 3,315.3 290.1 1,815.2 260.8 7,216.2 10,174.8 5,549.7 4,625.1 3,740.4 884.7 7,793.8 3,722.4 4,020.4 3,956.7 63.7 50.9 7,618.5 6,315.9 1,302.6 777.4 525.3 10,188.3 8,836.3 1,352.0 8 Mos. '07 51,959.5 13,407.4 3,825.5 332.4 2,113.2 326.7 7,468.7 10,724.9 5,766.8 4,958.1 3,961.3 996.8 8,756.1 4,110.2 4,578.8 4,509.0 69.8 67.1 8,136.8 6,877.9 1,259.0 761.6 497.3 10,934.4 9,241.6 1,692.8 %Chg -7.4% -7.9% -13.3% -12.7% -14.1% -20.2% -3.4% -5.1% -3.8% -6.7% -5.6% -11.2% -11.0% -9.4% -12.2% -12.2% -8.7% -24.1% -6.4% -8.2% 3.5% 2.1% 5.6% -6.8% -4.4% -20.1% MAJOR APPLIANCES (Thousands of Units) Cooking-Total Electric Cooking - Total Surface Cooking Units Gas Cooking - Total Surface Cooking Units Microwave Ovens Home Laundry - Total Automatic Washers Dryers - Total Electric Gas Kitchen Clean Up - Total Disposers Dishwashers - Total Built-In Portable Compactors Food Preservation - Total Refrigerators Freezers - Total Chest Upright Home Comfort - Total Room Air Conditioners Dehumidifiers For 2008, a 4.5% decline to 8.431 million units For 2009, a 0.1% decline to 8.427 million units Data Source: AHAM Forecast Source: Delano Data Insights DRYERS – Shipments (Thousands of Units) Qtr: 1 2 3 4 2007 1,940.3 1,976.6 1,806.9 1,830.5 2008 1,815.1 1,817.3 1,716.6 1,727.9 2009 1,746.1 1,797.3 1,728.6 1,759.0 For 2008, a 6.3% decline to 7.077 million units For 2009, a 0.6% decline to 7.031 million units Data Source: AHAM Forecast Source: Delano Data Insights FREEZERS – Shipments (Thousands of Units) Qtr: 1 2 3 4 2007 446.7 454.6 589.2 501.6 2008 408.3 498.3 641.0 510.1 2009 416.9 515.2 651.9 527.0 Note: Figures (in units) include shipments for the U.S. market whether imported or domestically produced. Export shipments are not included. Source: Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers (AHAM). HVAC Shipment figures for unitary air conditioners, heat pumps, furnaces, and water heaters can be found at www.ahrinet.org. For 2008, a 3.3% increase to 2.058 million units For 2009, a 2.6% increase to 2.111 million units Data Source: AHAM Forecast Source: Delano Data Insights a Ki dn oa tio nl lua ow a D Ev ee Fr GAS RANGES and OVENS – Shipments (Thousands of Units) Qtr: 1 2 3 4 2007 811.0 812.2 843.9 866.4 2008 698.1 695.9 739.3 790.2 2009 660.4 684.1 745.9 809.1 Redening the User Experience PEG® GUI Development Tools A family of portable graphics software for designing a high performance GUI for any embedded device. • Completely customizable • Multi-lingual support • High color depth support • Small footprint • Fast execution speed • Designed for cross platform application development t For 2008, a 12.3% decline to 2.923 million units For 2009, a 0.8% decline to 2.900 million units Data Source: AHAM Forecast Source: Delano Data Insights GAS FURNACES – Shipments (Thousands of Units) Qtr: 1 2 3 4 2007 634.7 648.3 752.7 746.3 2008 525.5 525.7 672.2 704.5 2009 516.6 527.3 683.6 722.1 For 2008, a 12.7% decline to 2.428 million units For 2009, a 0.9% increase to 2.450 million units Data Source: AHRI Forecast Source: Delano Data Insights DEHUMIDIFIERS – Shipments (Thousands of Units) Qtr: 1 2 3 4 2007 314.7 1,209.7 271.9 207.3 2008 432.8 739.7 287.9 195.9 2009 416.8 787.8 279.9 204.5 GR APHICS SOFT WAR E FOR EMBEDDED SYS TEMS W W W.SW EL L SO F T WA R E. C O M 810 -3 8 5 -2 8 9 3 For 2008, a 17.3% decline to 1.656 million units For 2009, a 2.0% increase to 1.689 million units Data Source: AHAM Forecast Source: Delano Data Insights Note: All forecasts begin in Q3/2008 www.applianceDESIGN.com AD05084Swell.indd 1 applianceDESIGN 4/8/08 3:47:49 November 2008 5 PM http://www.ahrinet.org http://www.SWELLSOFTWARE.COM http://www.SWELLSOFTWARE.COM http://www.appliancedesign.com

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