Capital assets acquisitions of €1.1bn in Q4

Capital acquisitions in Irish industry in the fourth quarter of 2004 were €1.133bn, compared with €1.18bn in the fourth quarter of 2003, according to the Central Statistics Office.

The major contributor to the total figure was acquisitions of machinery and equipment, which amounted to €867.1m in the fourth quarter of 2004, following on a fourth-quarter 2003 level of €884.0m.