Last cycle, from late 2002 to 2007, was consumer electronics (iPods, Blackberries, GPS, Googling, for example), industrial infrastructure (roads, bridges, ships, airplanes, cranes) and natural resources.

FORBES: Magazine Article

Japan had charged into the main arena of industrial capitalism, declaring its supremacy in autos, ships, steel and the like.

FORBES: Digital rules

New orders to build ships for the Royal Navy have given the old industrial giant a new lease of life.

BBC: Shadows of the past on Tyneside