Strong Sales Growth in Goods Production and Construction

BusinessEconomy ♦ Published: November 30, 2010; 09:45 ♦ (Vindobona)

According to Statistik Austria, sales growth in goods production was 14.3%. Orders for the construction industry decline however.

Strong Sales Growth in Goods Production and Construction / Picture: © Vindobona.org

The 60,610 companies (+1.5% over the previous year) of the total manufacturing industry (goods manufacturing and construction) achieved with 908,166 salaried employees (+0.6%) sales for € 18.0 billion (+14.3%) in August 2010. The goods manufacturing sector, with a total of 30,313 (+1.0%) companies employing 638,667 salaried persons (+0.5%) posted a production value of € 14.5…