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TEMPE, AZ, Jan. 3 - Manufacturing growth accelerated in December, driven by a significant increase in the new orders. Production ticked down - its third straight decline - but backlogs firmed, said the Institute for Supply Management.
Manufacturing grew for the 19th consecutive month, ISM said, based on its monthly poll of the supply chain.
"This completes a strong year for manufacturing based on the ISM data, as the overall index averaged above 60% for 2004," ISM chairman Norbert Ore said. "While there is continuing upward pressure on prices, the rate of increase is slowing and definitely trending in the right direction."
The PMI measure of economic activity rose to 58.6%. New orders rose 5.9 points and production fell 0.1 point.
BEIJING, Dec. 23 -- Connector production in China is soaring as local manufacturers will produce $2.1 billion worth -- 50 million -- of connectors this year, according to news reports.
Global Sources said this week that the connector market in China will rise to $3 billion next year, or about 60 million parts. There are 600 connector manufacturers in the country, the report said.
China makes up one-third of connector production worldwide.
The company's Fremont facility has been certified to 13485 quality standards for medical device quality systems. The standards are said to supplement ISO 9001 and 9002 standards.
The certification was conducted by Orion Registrar Inc., a quality and environmental systems registrar.
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