Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Survey: Houston No. 1 for manufacturing plants, jobs - Houston Business Journal:

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The guide, published annually by of Evanston, Ill., states that Houston is home to 221,697 manufacturing employeeds spreadacross 3,957 manufacturers. According to the Houston employment in the manufacturing sector has not changed over the past12 “Houston’s combination of low-cosrt living, favorable business climate, educated work force and proximity to the oil industry have made it the choic e of many manufacturers and other Fortune 500 said Tom Dubin, president of MNI.
Industrialp machinery and equipment manufacturintis Houston’s top sector, accounting for 58,71 or about 27 percent of the manufacturingf jobs, with virtually no change in the year to Oil and gas extraction ranksd second with 30,584 up 7.8 percent over the year, while third-rankerd fabricated metals account for down 5.4 percent, according to the The survey numbers are currentg as of the end of April. Some 23,589 manufacturerw call Texas home, employing more than 1.2 million workers. New Chicago, Cincinnati and Los Angeles, rounded out the top five nationwide.
Dallas was sixth on the

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