April 28, 2004 10:13 AM

Manufacturing on the rebound in Massachusetts
Posted by Douglas Eisenhartat 10:13 AM

Great news from today's Boston Globe:

The region's battered manufacturing sector is finally making a comeback as surging demand for technology products boosts orders, profits, and payrolls.

After a long lull, business activity is accelerating to levels not seen since the boom of the late 1990s, executives at Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire manufacturers said in interviews. With orders pouring in, companies are not only gaining confidence that the recovery is at last here, but also doing what they haven't done in years: hire.