Moderate acceleration in the manufacturing sector in 2006 will likely be followed by pronounced slowing in 2007, according to the Manufacturers Alliance/MAPI Quarterly Industrial Outlook-Second Quarter 2006, a report that analyzes 27 major industries.
In a sign of consistent strength in manufacturing, second quarter 2006 figures show that 19 of the 27 industries tracked in the report had inflation-adjusted new orders or production above the level of one year ago, thus indicating broad-based growth in the industrial sector.
Top industry performers in the second quarter, recording year-over-year double-digit growth, were mining and oil and gas field machinery (44 percent); communications equipment (34 percent); construction machinery (20 ...
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Moderate acceleration in the manufacturing sector in 2006 will likely be followed by pronounced slowing in 2007, according to the Manufacturers Alliance/MAPI Quarterly Industrial Outlook-Second Quarter 2006, a report that analyzes 27 major industries.
In a sign of consistent strength in manufacturing, second quarter 2006 figures show that 19 of the 27 industries tracked in the report had inflation-adjusted new orders or production above the level of one year ago, thus indicating broad-based growth in the industrial sector.
Top industry performers in the second quarter, recording year-over-year double-digit growth, were mining and oil and gas field machinery (44 percent); communications equipment (34 percent); construction machinery (20 ...
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