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Article: Oklahoma Manufacturing Jobs Fell 4.5% According to Industrial Directory.
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- Defense & Aerospace Week
- Article date:
- October 7, 2009
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/Manufacturers' News, Inc./ -- Industrial employment in Oklahoma fell 4.5% over the past twelve months according to the 2010 Oklahoma Manufacturers Register, an industrial directory published annually by Manufacturers' News, Inc. (MNI) Evanston, IL. MNI reports Oklahoma lost 9,650 industrial jobs and 74 manufacturers between July 2008 and July 2009, the sharpest decline MNI has ever reported in the seventeen years it has been tracking the state's industry.
Manufacturers' News reports Oklahoma is now home to 6,063 manufacturers employing 204,545 workers.
"As with the entire nation, the recession continues to affect Oklahoma's industrial sectors, with ...