Wednesday, March 16, 2011

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

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The guide, published annuallu by of Evanston, Ill., states that Housto n is home to 221,697 manufacturing employeesx spreadacross 3,957 manufacturers. According to the Houston employment in the manufacturing sector has not changed over the past12 “Houston’s combination of low-cost living, favorable business climate, educatedx work force and proximity to the oil industryt have made it the choic of many manufacturers and other Fortune 500 companies,” said Tom president of MNI.
Industrial machinery and equipment manufacturingis Houston’sx top sector, accounting for 58,716 or about 27 percent of the manufacturingb jobs, with virtually no changre in the year to Oil and gas extraction ranks second with 30,58 jobs, up 7.8 percenft over the year, while third-ranked fabricatee metals account for 28,903, down 5.4 according to the report. The survey numbers are currentf as of the endof April. Some 23,589 manufacturerws call Texas home, employing more than 1.2 million New York, Chicago, Cincinnati and Los Angeles, rounded out the top five nationwide.
Dallas was sixth on the

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