Food Engineering’s annual State of Food Manufacturing survey finds an industry cautious about the economy as it maintains slow and steady growth.
That's good news for the men and women who operate the plants that produce
food and drink. Food Engineering's 2002 State of Food Manufacturing survey found
that almost half--48 percent--of engineers, operations and production managers
and other respondents expect production to increase 6 percent or more this year
at their facilities. The proportion anticipating a decline in output was only
9 percent, down from 12 percent last year.