Industrial activity is predominantly in food processing, chemicals, petroleum refining, and electrical machinery.
Judged by their imports of electrical machinery and transport equipment, Thailand, Singapore and Taiwan are most exposed to disruptions in this supply chain.
Unlike Toshiba, which pioneered the laptop computer and has learnt to live with the jittery pace of development and capital expenditure of the computer industry, Hitachi still saunters to the 20-year product cycle of heavy-electrical machinery.
Between 1986 and 1991, total factor productivity the increase in output due to more efficient use of inputs such as labour and capital in Taiwan's electrical-machinery industry rose 23.6%.
The largest value increases in U.S. exports will be in machinery and electrical equipment, chemicals, rubber, plastics, wheat, rice, pork, and poultry.
Manufacturers who produce mostly for the business market machinery and portions of electrical equipment and computers will find softly growing sales.
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Some of the industries within manufacturing that have shown the strongest growth over the last 12 months have included machine shops, manufacturers of metalworking machinery, plastics product manufacturing and manufacturers of electrical equipment and components, Sageworks data shows.
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The engineering and leasing of construction machinery is involved in provision of construction related services, such as scaffolding, electrical installations and leasing of metal formworks.
North Korea can easily break the locks on the machinery at the plant, said Kim Gwang-seok, a manager at Korea Electrical Security Corp.
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Key industries in the region that are expected to benefit the most include: construction, machinery manufacturing, fabricated metal manufacturing, water transportation, professional and technical services, electrical equipment manufacturing, plastics products manufacturing and primary metals manufacturing.
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