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Oregon lost fewer manufacturing jobs over past 12 months
Industrial employment in Oregon fell 3.2 percent over the past 12 months according to the 2011 Oregon Manufacturers Directory, an industrial directory published annually by Manufacturers' News Inc. MNI reports Oregon lost 7,530 industrial jobs and 114 manufacturers between October 2009 and October 2010, less than half the loss reported by MNI over the 2008-2009 survey period.
Manufacturers' News reports Oregon is now home to 5,861 manufacturers employing 215,044 workers.
"Oregon's industrial sectors continue to be battered by the housing bust and the recession," says Tom Dubin, president of the Evanston, Ill.-based publishing company, which has been surveying industry since 1912. "However, we're definitely seeing fewer job losses than we did a year ago and new manufacturing facilities continue to emerge."
Bright spots for Oregon included Intel's plans to expand its Hillsboro facility; the opening of a LaCrosse Footwear manufacturing plant in Portland; the expansion of Finnish wind gear manufacturer Moventas at its Portland factory; the opening of Indow Windows, a manufacturer of energy-efficient window inserts, in North Portland; and the expansion of Solaicx's North Portland solar panel plant.
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