Post a year like 2012, where actual electricity consumption fell, predictions are fairly uniform that 2013 and 2014 will be better years from a demand standpoint. After a period of adjustment this should be good news as some pressure to replace or add capacity would then enter the market. We would expect that to be a benefit to the pressure tube market but signs of that activity would most certainly follow a couple of good economic news quarters and today we just don't see signs of that until maybe later this year. As we have been guilty of saying all too often, it might be a wait until next year type market for the balance of 2013.
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