Sentences with phrase «increased equipment investment»

While construction investment continues to be weighed down by the ongoing weakness in property markets throughout the region, the strength in the region's exports has led to the need for increased equipment investment in export - focused industries, despite the existence of excess capacity in other sectors.

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You'll also enjoy seamless scalability with the cloud, so you can increase your storage as needed without making a major investment in new equipment.

Not every entrepreneur wants to borrow the money necessary for substantial investments in real estate or equipment to increase capacity.

Because many companies employing low - wage workers face too much competition to pass the increased labor cost on to customers, a higher minimum wage would mean lower small business profits or costly investment in labor saving equipment.

Everspark Interactive, an eight - person Atlanta search - engine - optimization marketing company, increased investments in video and broadcasting equipment and software because of the new tax break, according to co-founder Jason Hennessey.

The Bank of Canada now projects that business «fixed» investment in things like infrastructure and equipment could spur GDP growth by 0.9 % this year, an increase over its previous projection of 0.6 %.

The balance of opinion for investment in machinery and equipment continued to increase after a two - year period of weakness (Chart 3).

Imports are also expanding; the increases we are seeing in imports of machinery and equipment and of various intermediate products are early signals of rising business investment.

The falling loonie also made it more expensive to import machinery and equipment, so Canadian firms avoided making investments in automation and instead increased production by adding more labour.

In turn, the investment spending increases labour productivity as more equipment boosts worker output per hour.

Growth in machinery and equipment investment remained robust, increasing by 2 per cent in the quarter.

According to the ABS Capital Expenditure Survey, firms expect to increase spending on machinery and equipment investment in nominal terms by only 1 1/2 per cent in 2000/01, once average realisation ratios are applied.

Combined with low gearing and favourable external financing conditions, this has underpinned a substantial increase in business investment of 11.1 per cent over the year to the March quarter, with particularly strong growth in investment in ITC equipment.

Machinery & equipment investment continued to expand rapidly in the quarter; spending in this area has now increased by around 5 per cent in each of the past three quarters, in line with sustained growth in capital imports.

In Germany, real GDP rose strongly in the March quarter, as consumers brought forward expenditure ahead of the April consumption tax increase, and equipment investment rose strongly.

Machinery and equipment investment underpinned the positive quarterly outcome, increasing by 2 per cent.

Investing in high quality equipment will save you the hassle of constant repairs, save you the cost of frequent equipment downtime, increase your product output and increase your return on investment.

Increased capital investment in industrial laser equipment expands footprint of Fonon brand, Laser Photonics.

To keep a foothold in the market, brands must explore long term investment opportunities in adaptable and versatile packaging equipment, in order to increase output and reduce labor costs.

Driven by rising optimism globally many UK food and beverage companies are looking to increase investment across areas such as facilities, equipment, IT and product development over the next 12 months, according to a new report from leading business and financial advisory firm Grant Thornton.

Quantitative growth, increasing demands on product diversity, and the efforts of the beverage and food industry to have their production run in a safe, economical and efficient manner ensure investment in machinery and equipment worldwide.

This investment will allow us to improve the quality of our School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs, increase the number of kids participating, and ensure that schools have the resources they need to make program changes, including training for school food service workers, upgraded kitchen equipment, and additional funding for meal reimbursements for schools that are enhancing nutrition and quality.

Provide for the full expensing of new equipment and technology purchases up front rather than deducting the cost over several years, which would lead to increased economic growth and incentivize local investment.

We have worked hard to streamline workflow activities, we have purchased equipment, from significant investments like RFID to smaller investments into new floor cleaning equipment and everything in between to increase efficiencies, we have reduced floor plans and restructured staffing patterns, and monitored utility use... the list goes on and on.

Figures showed that only 24 per cent of schools from the survey intended to make play equipment a spending prioritisation this year, while only 29 per cent would be aiming to increase investment in play equipment in the foreseeable future.

With global demand and growth relatively soft, combined with slowing growth in China and significant investments over the past decade increasing production, mining equipment demand has substantially declined.

ETC claims that the world must fund «investment in renewables and other low - carbon technologies some $ 6 trillion higher ($ 300 billion per year); while the largest required increases — of almost $ 9 trillion ($ 450 billion per year)-- will be in more efficient energy saving equipment and buildings.»

Economic Benefits The development of an advanced biofuel industry will help rebuild the local and regional economies devastated as a result of hurricanes Katrina and Rita by providing: (1) increased value to the feedstock crops which will benefit local farmers and provide more revenue to the local community; (2) increased investments in plants and equipment which will stimulate the local economy by providing construction jobs initially and the chance for full - time employment after the plant is completed; (3) secondary employment as associated industries develop due to plant co-products becoming available at a competitive price; and (4) increased local and state revenues collected from plant operations will stimulate local and state tax revenues and provide funds for improvements to the community and to the region.

Companies active within states with ambitious methane reduction measures will be better prepared to meet national standards, and will likely benefit from lower compliance costs and increased returns on investment in emissions - reduction training and equipment.

As this report shows, however, the more cap - and - trade legislation is crafted to spur investments in energy - efficient devices, materials, and designs (such as energy - saving home appliances, better - insulated buildings, and more efficient industrial equipment and vehicles), the more it will lead to increases, not decreases, in the number of jobs in the U.S. economy.

From an investment standpoint, the equipment and the value of the energy generated can potentially increase the underlying property value,» the report explains.

Trained workforce to operate new equipment: With a capital investment of $ 12 million was able to grow business from $ 4 million to $ 233 million over 12 years with no increase in workforce.

Investment in structures, in equipment, and in skills of people is necessary to increase the standard of living, jobs and household income.