Manufacturing to lead recovery

THE manufacturing sector returned to strong growth last year — up 15.7% — with experts saying it will help lead the economic recovery.

Production for Ireland’s manufacturing industries for November was 15.7% higher than in November 2009. This was the best performance on a monthly basis in 2010.

However, the seasonally adjusted industrial turnover index for manufacturing industries was 1.4% lower in the three-month period September 2010 to November 2010 when compared with the preceding three month period, according to the Central Statistics Office (CSO).