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

Fastener News Desk

Suppliers continue to have capacity but work to improve lead times, due to their raw material supply chain disruptions. Operational output is still strong, and the supply chain has the capacity to support. It took some customers longer to replenish their supply chain network after the fourth-quarter rush we commonly have.

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

Fastener News Desk

“Of the six biggest manufacturing industries, four — Food, Beverage & Tobacco Products; Fabricated Metal Products; Chemical Products; and Transportation Equipment, which account for a combined 54 percent of manufacturing gross domestic product (GDP) — registered growth in March. ’ Expectations are for a strong second quarter.

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Manufacturing PMI® at 49.1%; January 2024 Manufacturing ISM® Report On Business®

Fastener News Desk

More importantly, the share of sector GDP registering a composite PMI ® calculation at or below 45 percent — a good barometer of overall manufacturing weakness — was 27 percent in January, compared to 48 percent in December, and 54 percent in November. ” [Food, Beverage & Tobacco Products] “U.S.

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Manufacturing PMI® at 46.3%; March 2023 Manufacturing ISM® Report On Business®

Fastener News Desk

With Business Survey Committee panelists reporting softening new order rates over the previous 10 months, the March composite index reading reflects companies continuing to slow outputs to better match demand for the first half of 2023 and prepare for growth in the late summer/early fall period. .” Fiore continues, “The U.S.

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Manufacturing PMI® at 49%; September 2023 Manufacturing ISM® Report On Business®

Fastener News Desk

The Customers’ Inventories Index reading indicated improved supply chain efficiency, as output improved and customers’ inventories continued to decline. “Of the six biggest manufacturing industries, two — Food, Beverage & Tobacco Products; and Petroleum & Coal Products — registered growth in September.

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Control Engineering hot topics, December 2022

Control Engineering

Supply chain, staffing and COVID-19 are main concerns among SI Giant system integrators. Asphaltene turned into graphene for composites. Digital transformation at Gibson, control system integration for chemical, food and beverage. SI Giants 2023 average system integration revenue increases.