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Food and grocery manufacturing remains strong despite pandemic

Manufacturer's Monthly

billion in 2020/21. . The increase came as companies weathered the disruption wrought by COVID-19, however ongoing pressures on workforces, supply chains and production costs pose a challenge to plans to secure food and grocery manufacturing’s future as a key growth industry. . per cent fall in the value of exports.

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Signs of Australian trade rebound while New Zealand still struggles

AU Manufacturing

in September, so it remains to be seen if the economic bounce back will continue as strongly in Q4” said Josh Brazil, VP Supply Chain Insights at project44. In contrast to Australia’s relative shipping boom, neighbouring New Zealand is still struggling with supply chain woes and port congestion. About project44.

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Australian industry remains in contraction for a year— Ai Group

AU Manufacturing

Yet price pressures and shortages for supply chains and labour remain acute, trapping industry between supply constraints and falling demand,” said Innes Willox, chief executive of the Ai Group. This position marks the index’s lowest level since the wake of COVID-19 in April and May 2020. point decline to a rating of 20.2,

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Australian manufacturing sees further decline in June— Ai Group

AU Manufacturing

the lowest score for the sector recorded since the Ai Group survey began in 2020. Upstream manufacturers reported a significant hike in utility costs, rental costs, raw material supply costs, and labour costs. Upstream manufacturers reported a significant hike in utility costs, rental costs, raw material supply costs, and labour costs.

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Manufacturing PMI® at 49.2%; April 2024 Manufacturing ISM® Report On Business®

Fastener News Desk

Chair of the Institute for Supply Management ® (ISM ® ) Manufacturing Business Survey Committee: “The Manufacturing PMI ® registered 49.2 The overall economy continued in expansion for the 48th month after one month of contraction in April 2020. (A Fiore , CPSM, C.P.M., percent in April, down 1.1 percentage points from the 50.3

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Global robot installations at an “all-time high”, says International Federation of Robotics

Automation Mag

According to our latest statistics, installations grew strongly in 2021 in all major customer industries, although supply chain disruptions, as well as different local or regional headwinds, hampered production.”. IFR shares that 50,712 industrial robots were installed in the Americas in 201, 31 percent more than in 2020.

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Manufacturing PMI® at 50.3%; March 2024 Manufacturing ISM® Report On Business®

Fastener News Desk

Chair of the Institute for Supply Management ® (ISM ® ) Manufacturing Business Survey Committee: “The Manufacturing PMI ® registered 50.3 The overall economy continued in expansion for the 47th month after one month of contraction in April 2020. (A Fiore , CPSM, C.P.M., percent in March, up 2.5 percentage points from the 47.8