Growth in worldwide demand for packaging machinery is expected to climb at a 4.6% annual pace through 2017 to $41.8 billion, according to a new study by The Freedonia Group. The study analyzes the currently $33.4 billion world packaging ...
August manufacturing activity picked up where July left off, according to the most recent edition of the Manufacturing Report on Business from the Institute of Supply Management (ISM). The PMI, the index used by the ISM to measure ...
Material handling equipment orders are forecasted to grow 7.0% in 2013 and 11.0% or more in 2014, according to the latest Material Handling Equipment Manufacturing Forecast (MHEM) released by MHI. Projections for both orders and shipments ...
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In "Global Growth in 2013—Outlook and Risk Factors", the Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation (MAPI) queried 130 corporate leaders from its council programs, including CEOs, CFOs, presidents, and heads of operations, ...
Tags: Processing Machinery
Chinese export growth of manufactures, which went from a very high 19% in the first quarter of 2013 before decelerating to 3% in the second quarter, raises a number of intriguing questions, according to an analysis from the Manufacturers ...
Tags: export growth, economy
At ? 100.0 million, sales revenues for the second quarter of 2013 were exactly the same as for the first quarter. Compared to the same quarter of the previous year, this represents a decline of 9.4 percent. Year to date, sales revenues in ...
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The Conveyor Equipment Manufacturers Association reported that its June 2013 booked orders decreased 14.0% when compared to June 2012 orders. Bob Reinfried, executive vice president for CEMA, said in a recent interview that the decline ...
Tags: Conveyor Equipment, Processing Machinery, Manufacturing, Conveyor
Georg Fischer generated sales of CHF 1,837 million during the first half-year of 2013, slightly lower than in the previous year. Adjusted for currency effects, divestments and acquisitions, the figure is equivalent to last year?s first ...
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While employment and productivity in the construction industry are on the upswing nationwide, the West Coast is seeing slower growth in parts. Construction employment in Oregon and Washington is growing steadily, but slowly. California's ...
U.S. manufacturing technology orders totaled $430.06 million in May, according to AMT, The Association For Manufacturing Technology. This total was up 13.6% from April but down 7.6% when compared with the total of $465.38 million reported ...
Sales of cartridges to filter solids from liquids will rise to over $15 billion next year. The residential point of use segment will account for 27% of the total. This is the conclusion reached by the McIlvaine Company in its continually ...
The new generation of screw pumps from Colfax Fluid Handling reduces operating costs by up to 40 percent. As complete pump sets consisting of the pump, motor, and a frequency converter, they achieve these savings without additional ...
Tags: Screw Pumps, Pumps
Though the construction and building industry was one of the hardest hit by the recession, the industry is making a strong comeback today. The number of construction jobs and projects in the US and overseas is on the rise, which means ...
New business volume grew 16.4% in the equipment finance industry in 2012, according to the 2013 Survey of Equipment Finance Activity (SEFA) released by the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association. The growth in volume was on par with the ...
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The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation (the Foundation) has released the June 2013 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI). Designed to collect leadership data, the index reports a qualitative assessment of ...