Publications

  • Simplifying Your Industrial Business Simplifying Your Industrial Business
    Simplifying Your Industrial Business
    Many industrial products companies are diverse businesses, with multiple divisions operating in a number of different countries and regions. These businesses often have a wide-ranging, complicated structure of legal entities supporting them.
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  • Manufacturing Barometer Q3 2009 Manufacturing Barometer Q3 2009
    Manufacturing Barometer Q3 2009
    PricewaterhouseCoopers' Manufacturing Barometer is a quarterly survey of executives in large, US-based, multinational industrial manufacturing businesses. Survey findings compare the economic outlook in the US industrial manufacturing sector to that of the broader marketplace—the consensus view of all surveyed companies.
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  • Manufacturing Barometer Q2 2009 Assembling value: Industrial Manufacturing mergers and acquisitions analysis - Second quarter of 2009
    Assembling value: Industrial Manufacturing mergers and acquisitions analysis - Second quarter of 2009
    Assembling value is a quarterly analysis of global merger and acquisition activity in the industrial manufacturing industry. Each edition includes a review of overall deal activity for the quarter and year-to-date and a summary of large deals. Also included is a spotlight on a PwC service and a case study.
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  • Manufacturing Barometer Q2 2009 Manufacturing Barometer Q2 2009
    Manufacturing Barometer Q2 2009
    US-based industrial manufacturers appear to have turned a corner in Q2 2009. Looking forward, fewer are pessimistic and more are optimistic about the US and global economies. Of those surveyed, one-third continued to project negative revenue growth into mid-2010, but 43% expect positive revenue growth over the next 12 months.
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  • Assembling Value: First Quarter 2009 Industrial Manufacturing Mergers & Acquisitions Analysis Assembling Value: First Quarter 2009 Industrial Manufacturing Mergers & Acquisitions Analysis
    Assembling Value: First Quarter 2009 Industrial Manufacturing Mergers & Acquisitions Analysis
    Total deal value declined 75 percent from the same time last year, with only $2 billion announced in first quarter 2009, down from $8 billion announced in first quarter 2008. With the absence of large deal announcements, average deal values also suffered, averaging only $126 million in first quarter 2009 compared with $185 million in first quarter 2008 and $273 million in first quarter 2007.
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  • The Future of Manufacturing: Taking a global perspective The Future of Manufacturing: Taking a global perspective
    The Future of Manufacturing: Taking a global perspective
    There is a widespread belief in many high-wage countries, that “we don’t make anything anymore”. According to this myth all manufacturing has eithermoved to China already, or soon will, with the rest of the world becoming purely service economies. This is factually incorrect.
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  • Manufacturing Barometer Q1 2009 Manufacturing Barometer Q1 2009
    Manufacturing Barometer Q1 2009
    In the first quarter of 2009, PricewaterhouseCoopers interviewed 62 US-based industrial manufacturing executives about their current business performance, the state of the economy, and their expectations for business growth over the next 12 months. We then compared their responses with the prior quarter’s results to see how the panel’s 12-month outlook has changed. The final step was to compare their views with a wider panel to show how the industry differs from the broader population.
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  • Assembling Value: Fourth Quarter 2008 Industrial Manufacturing Mergers & Acquisitions Analysis Assembling Value: Fourth Quarter 2008 Industrial Manufacturing Mergers & Acquisitions Analysis
    Assembling Value: Fourth Quarter 2008 Industrial Manufacturing Mergers & Acquisitions Analysis
    Deal activity in the global industrial manufacturing industry declined significantly in 2008. Compared with 2007 M&A levels, overall deal volume decreased 32 percent and deal value fell 57 percent in 2008. The pace of M&A activity during 2008 (141 deals), as measured by the number of deals with a disclosed value of at least $50 million, fell behind levels set in 2006 (169 deals) and 2007 (206 deals). In addition, average deal value dropped significantly in 2008, with deals averaging $275 million, far behind the averages in 2007 ($424 million) and 2006 ($545 million).
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  • 4Q 2008 Manufacturing Barometer: Business outlook report, January 2009 4Q 2008 Manufacturing Barometer: Business outlook report, January 2009
    4Q 2008 Manufacturing Barometer: Business outlook report, January 2009
    In the fourth quarter of 2008, PricewaterhouseCoopers interviewed 60 US-based industrial manufacturing executives about their current business performance, the state of the economy, and their expectations for business growth over the next 12 months.
    257 KB PDF file | Free download
  • 3Q 2008 manufacturing barometer: Global economic concern runs high amidst US industrial manufacturers 3Q 2008 manufacturing barometer
    3Q 2008 manufacturing barometer: Global economic concern runs high amidst US industrial manufacturers
    In 3Q 2008, PricewaterhouseCoopers interviewed 50 US based industrial manufacturing executives about their current business performance, the state of the economy, and their expectations for business growth over the next 12 months. We then compared their responses to the prior quarter’s results to see how the panel’s 12-month outlook changed. The final step was to compare their views with a wider panel to show how the industry differs from the broader population.
    325 KB PDF file | Free download
  • Carbon emissions strategies for manufacturers Carbon emissions strategies for manufacturers
    Carbon emissions strategies for manufacturers
    Reacting to increased public attention on the issue of climate change, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) asked senior executives from large US-based industrial manufacturers about carbon emissions programs and whether they have acted to reduce their emissions.
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  • Assembling value: Industrial manufacturing mergers and acquisitions analysis: First quarter of 2008 Assembling value
    Assembling value: Industrial manufacturing mergers and acquisitions analysis: First quarter of 2008
    We are pleased to bring you the first edition of Assembling value, our analysis of mergers and acquisitions in the global industrial manufacturing sector. Companies included in our analysis include manufacturers of industrial machinery, rubber and plastic products, fabricated metal products, and electronic and electrical equipment.
    112 KB PDF file | Free download
  • Producing value: Global industrial manufacturing mergers and acquisitions analysis 2005-2007 Producing value: Global industrial manufacturing mergers and acquisitions analysis 2005-2007
    Producing value: Global industrial manufacturing mergers and acquisitions analysis 2005-2007
    Our report shows that deal-making in the industry has been growing strongly, both in terms of deal numbers and values. Many conglomerates are looking at strategic divestitures to simplify their business portfolios. Achieving market leadership also remains a key driver of deal activity.
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  • 2Q 2008 manufacturing barometer 2Q 2008 manufacturing barometer
    2Q 2008 manufacturing barometer
    Pessimism and uncertainty about US and world economies reaches five-year high among US industrial manufacturers. Every quarter the Manufacturing Barometer explores the current and future state of the industrial manufacturing economy based on interviews with 60-70 senior executives from large, multinational manufacturing companies.
    245 KB PDF file | Free download
  • Operational effectiveness measures in manufacturing Operational effectiveness measures in manufacturing
    Operational effectiveness measures in manufacturing
    In this special issue, PricewaterhouseCoopers asked a panel of senior executives from large US-based industrial manufacturers about operational effectiveness and costreduction programs in their organisations.
    245 KB PDF file | Free download
  • Manufacturers embrace enterprise risk management Manufacturers embrace enterprise risk management
    Manufacturers embrace enterprise risk management
    In this special issue of the Manufacturing Barometer, PricewaterhouseCoopers asked our panel of industrial manufacturers about managing risks in the midst of a changing economic environment.
    27 KB PDF file | Free download