Wholesale sales rose for the first time in nine months in June, mainly due to increases in the automotive products and food, beverages and tobacco products sectors.
Canada Wholesale Trade Sales and Inventories: June 2009 Read More »
Canadian industries continued to reduce their rate of capacity utilization in the first quarter of 2009, operating at 69.3% of production capacity, down 5.6 percentage points from the previous quarter. It was the first time that industrial capacity use fell below the 70% level since the start of the data series in 1987. In the first quarter, durable goods industries, especially
Industry Capacity Utilization Rates: First Quarter 2009 Read More »
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Profits from current production (corporate profits with inventory valuation and capital consumption adjustments) increased in the second quarter.
Latest Estimate: Second Quarter GDP Declines 1% in 2Q Read More »
Industrial distributor’s master catalog now contains more than 42.000 items.
Applied Industrial Adds 4,000 Items to Master Catalog Read More »
Acquisition of seamless rolled rings manufacturer will fill an existing product gap for Precision Castparts.
Precision Castparts Agrees to Buy Carlton Forge Works Read More »
Latest Manufacturers Alliance/MAPI Quarterly Economic Forecast indicates the economy has bottomed and growth will begin in the third quarter 2009.
Forecast: GDP Will Grow 2.1% in 2010 Read More »
MDM Interview: Keeping Associations “Relevant” Read More »
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U.S. manufacturers are beginning to bring back production from foreign countries as they take a holistic look at the costs and problems associated with outsourcing. About a year ago I was visiting a manufacturing plant that manufactured die-cutting presses. The CEO told me that most of the presses were manufactured in Taiwan, but there were a lot of problems trying to communicate the requirements, which resulted in quality problems.
Why Some Suppliers Are Returning Read More »
Economic Update: Good News May Be Just Around the Corner Read More »
June 2009 sales of merchant wholesalers, except manufacturers’ sales branches and offices, after adjustment for seasonal variations and trading-day differences but not for price changes, were $313.1 billion, up 0.4 percent from the revised May level, but down 21 percent from the June 2008 level.
Monthly Wholesale Trade: Sales and Inventories for June 2009 Read More »
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MDM August 25, 2009 Read More »
Wolseley Cuts Ferguson CEO/President Position … Gates Buys Hydrolink … Grainger July Sales Down 14% … Timken India Signs Agreement with Spearage … GE and FANUC End Joint Venture … M&A Continues Decline … Manufacturing Accounts for Most Mass Layoffs … U.S./Canadian Manufacturer Sales … Wholesale Prices Down in July … Earnings: Avnet, BlueLinx Holdings, Kaman, Applied Industrial Technologies, Beacon Roofing Supply, ERIKS, RBC Bearings, General Bearing, Fluor, Illinois Tool Works, The Home Depot … USMTC Up 22% from May … Manufacturing Barometer Shows Less Pessimism
MDM News Digest 3916 Read More »
Profit improves 3% for the international distributor and outsourcing group.
Bunzl Sales Up 17% in First Half of 2009 Read More »
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