Sentences with phrase «factory activity expanded»

However, factory activity expanded unexpectedly during the month, with the manufacturing PMI climbing up 0.3 point to 51.7.

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Last week, new government data showed the economy ground to a near halt in the first half of the year, and on Monday, a factory activity survey showed U.S. manufacturing expanded at its slowest pace in two years in July.

Texas factory activity, as measured by the production index, «continued to expand in March, albeit at a markedly slower pace than last month.»

Nestlé has pledged to use Project Opportunity efforts to expand its apprenticeship program to 31 Nestlé factories in the United States, hire 1,000 paid interns and trainees by 2017, and reach 300,000 people with «readiness for work» activities annually.

There was modest improvement in factory sector activity, as growth in the new orders escalated, production expanded and the ISM headline figure indicated growth for the first time in six months.