The story of U.S. man-ufacturing in the past year is one of good news heavily diluted by bad. Indeed, the 2005 IndustryWeek/Manufacturing Performance Institute (Census of Manufacturers delivers a Iwealth of good financial news: Production output for three-quarters of respon-dents to this annual survey of U.S. manufacturing plants increased over the past 12 months; nearly 75% also increased sales per employee in the most recent jfiscal year; return on invested capital is up; and more than 80% expect improved revenues in 2005 and 2006 over the previous years.
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