Germany has been shedding manufacturing workers as one of his own commenters shows Salmon.
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The key, he says, echoing Tien's recommendations, is to concentrate on "mid-stream" projects - as opposed to manufacturing at one end and retail at the other.
But as manufacturing accounts for only about one-fifth of total output, the effect is to create the false impression that the whole economy is slowing down.
But a Consumer Reports analysis found that the FDA was as likely to warn about manufacturing issues at a brand-name drug factory as a generic one, Dr. Santa says.
As one example, Abbott in 2009 opened a Singapore manufacturing facility that serves up to one million infants and children each year.
As one input into their manufacturing process they need a specific material.
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This is especially true of technology investments designed to automate tasks (both in manufacturing and service oriented businesses) such as the one HPQ announced.
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Managers have blamed hostile unions as one of the motivations for moving manufacturing overseas.
But while it has so far relied on a low-cost manufacturing strategy for its success, it is shifting gears as a restless work force and the results of its one-child policy threaten its manufacturing advantage.
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As we have seen in recent months, manufacturing is one of the bright spots for our economy.
As one of the few Chinese companies with manufacturing plants in the Middle East, Hilong is somewhat of a pioneer.
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Because components differ a great deal in terms of size, raw material bases and manufacturing methods, it's hard to see them as one monolithic industry.
The nearby Russian market may at least be one alternative, as the country has very little manufacturing industry of its own and pays for a lot of imports with all the oil and gas it exports.
Although many felt Betamax was the superior format, most cite the longer recording length of VHS tapes - three hours versus one - and the cheaper manufacturing costs for VHS machines as the main factors why VHS eventually won out.
No one is as yet ready to start debugging a mass manufacturing operation.
Even though private sector job growth has been positive for nine months, as President Obama reminded the nation on Friday, the manufacturing sector was one of the few losers with a slide of 6, 000 jobs.
And not the least, Navistar has been mentioned speculatively in the past as one of the attractive takeover candidates in truck and engine manufacturing which in part probably prompted Icahn into taking a reasonably big stake in the company.
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One is that the recession hit certain industries, such as manufacturing and construction, especially hard.
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Peugeot's parts manufacturing arm, Faurecia, has factories in five eastern European countries as well as one in Turkey.
To push back, Dunne says using new-found profits from a weaker yen to move manufacturing plants to cheaper locales overseas is one way to stay competitive -- as long as the pace of expansion is controlled.
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Shutting off and on several times a day is a good way to quickly wear out your machine --and considering the nasty, ecologically unfriendly PC manufacturing process, the green thing to do is keep the one you have as long as possible.
Some estimate that it is one full generation ahead of all the semiconductor competition in its manufacturing prowess, as it has been for years.
As another case in point, Farient developed a peer group for one of our manufacturing clients in multiple businesses and heavy international exposure.
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Rounding out the top-20 list were two manufacturing firms, General Electric at No. 6 and Shell at No. 15, as well as one media and entertainment company, Disney, at No. 11.
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It has but one turbine manufacturing plant, in Campbeltown, which has been in administration on three occasions in as many years.
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