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Source: The Press-Enterprise, Riverside, Calif.迷你倉價錢Aug. 01--The nation's manufacturing sector appeared to take a strong step forward last month, but not many work orders arrived at factories in Inland Southern California, a pair of reports released on Thursday, Aug. 1, found.The Purchasing Managers Index for San Bernardino and Riverside counties declined from 54.3 in June to 47.2, its lowest point of the year, according to the Institute of Applied Research at Cal State San Bernardino. It was the first time the index that measures the pace of Inland manufacturing has been below 50 -- the level separates growth from contraction -- in 2013.But the sector showed encouraging strength on the national level. The index released by Tempe, Ariz.-based Institute for Supply Management rose to 55.4 in July from 50.9 in the previous month. It marked the largest expansion in the sector in more than two years, and increases in production and hiring suggested that factories could play a key role in an improved economy in the second half of the year.Raymond Sfeir, an economist at Chapman University, noted that the national study found the pace of factory output increased from 53 to 65 in just one month."That's huge," Sfeir said. "It looks like consumers are more optimistic than they have been in the past, and the employment picture has improved as well. All of that has contributed to an improved economy."Orange-based Chapman University recently released a study of California's manufacturing sector that suggested a busy third quarter, especially in the production of durable goods. These are the types of items, including furniture, large kitchen appliances and vehicles that are typically purchased by people who are comfortable about their finances.Also, a sharply appreciating housing market is probably contributing to that, Sfeir said."We're hearing reports that people are starting to take money out of their homes迷你倉庫" he said. "That means they're starting to spend more even if their income isn't changing."The CSUSB survey is based on a much smaller sample of factory owners, and analysts usually look for at least three consistent months of data before considering it a trend. So it is too soon to suggest the Inland area's manufacturing sector is in a slump.However, despite the solid PMI readings this year, Inland factories have not been hiring. According to state data, 84,500 people worked in the manufacturing sector in June, 1,400 fewer than at the start of the year and only slightly more than where it was in the bottom of the economic trough, in January 2011.Several executives in the area traced the slowdown, at least in part, to the federal government's sequestration move, which went into effect earlier this year.Chris Kozloski, who owns Precision Molded Products, a Riverside factory that makes plastic door seals for the aviation industry, said he has good, long-term contracts in place as a commercial aircraft subcontractor."The commercial side is going gangbusters for us," Kozloski said. "But we're definitely seeing the effect of cost controls on government orders."That pattern was similar to what was seen at California Quality Plastics. Bob Kaplan, president of the Ontario business, said he's seen a slump in orders from federal agencies for plastics carrying cases. His civilian order book is at least stable, Kaplan said.But it's the opposite at Paulson Manufacturing, the Temecula-area business that make plastic face shields. Roy Paulson, president and CEO, said his order book is light on future jobs for the private sector, and he had to let 25 employees go because of that."It just shows you how variable business is," Paulson said.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 The Press-Enterprise (Riverside, Calif.) Visit The Press-Enterprise (Riverside, Calif.) at .PE.com Distributed by MCT Information Services儲存