Q3 capital assets acquisitions hit €955m

Capital acquisitions in industry in the third quarter of 2005 were €955m, compared with €932m in the third quarter of 2004, according to the Central Statistics Office.

The major contributor to the total figure was acquisitions of machinery and equipment, which amounted to €702.3m in the third quarter of 2005, following a third-quarter 2004 level of €727.7m.