Singapore's manufacturing output declined 4.8 percent year-on-year in September, according to the Economic Development Board (EDB) on Monday.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Sunday urged faster and stronger development of the country's advanced manufacturing to fuel the slowing down economy.
The Caixin flash China general manufacturing PMI plunged to a 77-month low of 47.1 in August from 47.8 in July, a preliminary Caixin survey showed on Friday.
The eurozone manufacturing sector continued to expand at a solid, steady pace at the start of the third quarter, even as Greek manufacturing activity plunged in July to an all-time low, a survey showed Monday.
China's State Council has unveiled a national plan, dubbed "Made in China 2025," focusing on promoting manufacturing, a notice said on Tuesday.
Singapore's manufacturing economy continued to shrink in the fifth straight month. The Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) read 49.4 points in April, which declined 0. 2 points over the previous month.
BEIJING, May 4 (Xinhua) -- Chinese manufacturing contracted at the fastest rate in a year in April, suggesting continued downward pressure on the world's second-largest economy, a survey published Monday said.
Guangdong province, the country's southern manufacturing base, will invest 943 billion yuan (152 bln U.S. dollars) to replace human laborers with robots within three years, according to the Guangdong provincial government.
New Zealand manufacturers sold more by volume in the quarter to the end of December last year, but their sales values fell due to falling dairy prices, the government statistics agency said Monday.
China's manufacturing activity improved slightly in February thanks to increased output and new orders, according to HSBC's preliminary purchasing managers' index (PMI) released on Wednesday.
Chinese manufacturing activity continued to wane in January as a key index dropped below the 50-point mark for the first time since October 2012, marking increasing downward pressures on the economy, official data showed on Sunday.
Vietnam's manufacturing sector continued to show signs of strengthening in December 2014, the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) said on Monday.
South Korea's industrial production rebounded for the first time in three months, but it was not big enough to justify a full-fledging recovery, a government report showed Friday.
A surprise strengthening in China's manufacturing sector following slumps in major economic indicators has pointed to the great potential in the Chinese economy.
South Korea planned to expand the so- called "smart factories," or intellectualized and automated production lines, to 10,000 by 2020 with 1 trillion won (about 1 billion U.S. dollars) in financial support, the commerce ministry said Thursday.
The Obama administration unveiled a raft of measures on Tuesday to strengthen manufacturing industry and shore up job growth.
New Zealand's manufacturing sector saw its 18th straight month of expansion in February, continuing one of its most stable ever growth runs, according to the latest performance of manufacturing index (PMI) out Friday.
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