It is great to see the Performance Manufacturing Index back in expansion for the first time after a lacklustre three months of decline and the forward orders look quite strong which bodes well for continued expansion next month. Positive comments were more dominant (57%) than negative comments, which was also good.
I was at Parliament last week to share in the celebration of Rocket Lab, and it is great to see that an industry that was kicked off pretty singlehandedly by entrepreneur Peter Beck has already turned into an industry directly employing 5000 highly skilled people. Who knows what else New Zealand is capable of?
I hope some of you manufacturers are cashing in on NZ Made day – see more below..
Catherine Beard
027 463 3212 or cbeard@businessnz.org.nz