Effective Monday, April 1, 2013, the National Council of Textile Organizations (NCTO), the National Textile Association (NTA) and the American Manufacturing Trade Action Coalition (AMTAC) have formally merged into one broad organization ...
Tags: Textile Organizations, Textile
The Boards of the National Council of Textiles Organizations (NCTO), the National Textile Association (NTA) and the American Manufacturing Trade Action Coalition (AMTAC) announced that their respective organizations will formally merge into ...
Tags: Textiles, textile industry
The government is failing to promote UK manufacturing, according to a new industry and public poll conducted by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE). Thumbs up for the financial sector? David Cameron’s government is ...
Tags: food businesses, drink businesses, food
Investment in equipment and software is expected to grow 5.6% in 2013, according to the Q2 update to the 2013 Equipment Leasing & Finance U.S. Economic Outlook released today by the Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation. The Foundation ...
Tags: equipment, Software Investment
Rune Marki, president of the Lighting Industry Association (LIA) and managing director (MD) of Osram UK - a leader in the global lighting market - has outlined how much the lighting industry is doing to support the UK economy via the means ...
According to data released by China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), the Chinese large-and-medium size industrial enterprises released the aggregate gross profits of RMB709.2 billion in the first two months of this year, soaring by ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, steel
In March, China's manufacturing purchasing managers index (PMI) was 50.9 percent, up by 0.8 percentage point month-on-month, and stayed above the threshold for six consecutive months. In view of the sizes of enterprises, the PMI of ...
In January this year, the seasonal and working-day adjusted turnover index in France's manufacturing industry decreased by 1.9 percent month on month, following a month-on-month rise recorded in December 2012, according to France's National ...
Tags: French Manufacturing, Mineral, Energy
After moderating in February, Australian manufacturing performance was marginally weaker in March, hit by a decline in exports and fall in new orders. This is the 14th consecutive month the sector has contracted, according to latest ...
In manufacturing industries such as steel, construction, chemical, shipping and fabrication, a host of complex processes are carried out. One of them being material handling where there is continuous moment of high volume of goods at a very ...
Tags: Manufacturing Equipments, manufacturing industries, manufacturing
Fewer executives are planning to make a capital investment in their business during the coming months, with investment expectations among Australian businesses fading in the lead-up to the middle of the year. Amid a broad drop-off in ...
The downturn in the euro zone manufacturing sector deepened as business conditions deteriorated in all euro nations in March this year. Markit's Eurozone Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) was at 46.8 points in March, down from ...
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While some of its key metrics saw sequential declines, manufacturing growth continues to head in the right direction, according to monthly Manufacturing Report on Business from the Institute for Supply Management (ISM). The PMI, the index ...
Economic activity in the manufacturing sector, as measured by the Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) expanded in March for the fourth consecutive month, and the overall economy grew for the 46th consecutive month, say the nation's supply ...
Tags: PMI, manufacturing sector, Economic activity
China's purchasing managers' index (PMI) for its domestic manufacturing sector was at 50.9 percent in March this year, up 0.8 percentage points compared to February and standing above 50 percent for six months in a row, according to the ...