The UK's largest manufacturing exhibition opened its doors this week attracting a record number of visitors, demonstrating the continuing importance of the manufacturing sector to the UK's economy. "The last twelve months has been ...
The downturn in the euro zone manufacturing sector eased at the start of 2013, as rates of decline in production and new orders both slowed, according to the Markit Eurozone Manufacturing PMI report. Markit's Eurozone Manufacturing ...
When the Alliance for American Manufacturing moved to new offices, they set themselves a challenge: could they furnish the office entirely with American-made equipment, electronics, and office furniture? After all, we’re in the midst ...
According to the statistics released by France's National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE), the country's manufacturing production in December 2012 was almost stable with just a 0.1 percent increase compared to November, ...
Tags: Metal Industry, France, Mineral
In December 2012, the seasonally and working-day adjusted turnover in the German manufacturing industry fell by 0.9 percent compared to the previous month, following a revised month-on-month decrease of one percent in November, according to ...
US manufacturing activity continues to grow steadily, buoyed by an increase in new orders and blue collar employment. The Institute for Supply Management index of manufacturing activity rose to 53.1 in January from 50.2 in December. ...
Tags: US Manufacturing, manufacturing activity, blue collar employment
In January, non-manufacturing purchasing manager index was 56.2 percent, a slight increase of 0.1 percentage points over the previous month. In view of different industries, non-manufacturing purchasing manager index of construction ...
Tags: China, Non-Manufacturing, PMI, January
Non-manufacturing economic activity remained in healthy territory, growing for the 37th consecutive month, according to the Institute for Supply Management (ISM). In its monthly Non-Manufacturing Report on Business, the ISM reported that ...
Tags: ISM, Growth, Non-Manufacturing Sector, 2013
Innes Willox … call for rate cuts Australia's manufacturing sector contracted for the 11th straight month in January, prompting a call for further interest rate cuts. The latest Australian Industry Group Australian Performance of ...
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Despite politicians promoted in last year's government reshuffle quickly grasping the key issues in food and drink, MPs are still using the sector as a "whipping boy" over public health issues, say its bosses. Too often politicans ...
Tags: Food Industry, MPs, Whipping Boy
According to a statement released by the Turkish Iron and Steel Producers' Association (DCUD), in 2012 Turkey's finished steel production reached 34.3 million mt, up by 7.3 percent year on year. However, due to the global economic ...
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The manufacturing sector still has poor visibility of an upturn in business, but there may be reasons to be more cheerful, writes Phil Inness friom UK-based manufacturing services company Axis Electronics. Looking at the last set of ...
Tags: manufacturing sector, poor visibility, Consumer Electronics
In November 2012, the turnover in France's manufacturing industry decreased significantly by 1.9 percent month on month, following a month-on-month rise recorded in October, according to France's National Institute of Statistics and ...
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China's purchasing managers' index (PMI) for its domestic manufacturing sector was at 50.4 percent in January, down 0.2 percentage points compared to December last year, according to the figures released by China’s National Bureau of ...
Weaker-than-expected Chinese manufacturing data sent the dollar lower today, ahead of all-important US employment figures due overnight. China's official Purchasing Managers Index fell to 50.4 in January from 50.6 in December, lower than ...
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