Posts Tagged ‘manufacturing’

Italian Manufacturing - Continuing To Punch Above Its Weight

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

With high levels of freedom in business, trade and investment, Italy is a first class exporter of goods. Despite facing problems such as slow growth, in comparison to many nations in recent years, Italy has managed to maintain its lead in most of the sectors that it is involved within.

Italy is best known for fashion, cars and engineering. (more…)

Manufacturing and Oil Price Concerns

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

Oil as a fuel is mainly used by manufacturing as a means of powering furnaces and heavy duty equipment. It is the main source of fuel in most manufacturing industries and therefore demand is quite high. And it is this amount of oil required that makes companies demand only the very best quality at the most affordable prices possible, as this can have direct consequences on their profits. (more…)