Investment Watch – Subcontract manufacturers tool up for recovery

Are manufacturers investing? You bet, as exhibitors at Subcon 2011 testify. After a brutal two years of expenditure clamp-down, companies are investing again. But are they investing enough to remain globally competitive? Some quarters say ‘no’, but is this fair? The Manufacturer talked to some of the exhibitors about investment programmes and whether, in their opinions, the economic recovery is more than a brief spike before a double-dip.