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Article: Industrial Directory Reports Pennsylvania Lost 40,000 Manufacturing Jobs.
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- Defense & Aerospace Week
- Article date:
- August 19, 2009
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Manufacturers' News, Inc. -- Industrial employment in Pennsylvania fell 4.5% over the past twelve months according to the 2010 Pennsylvania Manufacturers Register , an industrial directory published annually by Manufacturers' News, Inc. (MNI) Evanston, IL. MNI reports Pennsylvania lost 39,891 industrial jobs and 975 manufacturers between June 2008 and June 2009, the sharpest decline MNI has ever reported in the twenty-two years it has been tracking the state's industry.
Manufacturers' News reports Pennsylvania is now home to 18,294 manufacturers employing 844,738 workers.
"As with the entire nation, the recession continues to hit many of Pennsylvania's ...