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![F&P's healthy forecast](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
F&P's healthy forecast
Any weakening in the New Zealand dollar would provide the "cream on top" for medical device exporter Fisher & Paykel Healthcare.
![Fletcher acts to dispel Pacific Steel job loss fears](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Fletcher acts to dispel Pacific Steel job loss fears
One of New Zealand's biggest unions yesterday voiced redundancy fears for Pacific Steel Group workers.
![Manufacturing keeps expanding](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Manufacturing keeps expanding
Manufacturing activity expanded for a 16th straight month in January, driven by new orders and production.
![Icecream maker taking mini-factories abroad](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Icecream maker taking mini-factories abroad
A local icecream firm won't rely on foreign contract manufacturers or long-range shipping when it expands overseas this year.
![Toyota to stop Australian manufacturing](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Toyota to stop Australian manufacturing
Toyota Australia has completed the demise of the Australian car industry, saying it will stop building cars in that country by the end of 2017.
![Redundancies cut to the bone](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Redundancies cut to the bone
At 49 years old, Glenn Bratton didn't expect to be looking for a new career.
![Unemployment drops to 6pc](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Unemployment drops to 6pc
New Zealand's unemployment rate fell to a three-year low in the fourth quarter of 2013 as jobs growth beat expectations.
![VW opens way for unions](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
VW opens way for unions
US labour leaders are closing in on a decades-long goal of organising a factory run by a foreign car-maker, thanks to a bridgehead opened up at Volkswagen.
![$11k sleepouts used as offices](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
$11k sleepouts used as offices
Twelve Chinese-manufactured sleepouts, designed to be cheaper than renting for Aucklanders.
![Business survives Marmageddon](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Business survives Marmageddon
Sanitarium's much-publicised Marmite shortage failed to stop the food manufacturer's owner, the Seventh-day Adventist Church, from reporting a rise in revenue for its tax-free NZ businesses in the last financial year.
![Joyce defends ferry contract](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Joyce defends ferry contract
The Government has defended its decision to award an $8 million ferry contract to a Bangladesh company rather than a local boat builder.
![Bangladesh ferry deal defended](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Bangladesh ferry deal defended
Govt defends decision to award $8m ferry contract to a Bangladesh firm
![Auckland firm invests $1m to keep work in NZ](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Auckland firm invests $1m to keep work in NZ
An Auckland firm says an investment in new machinery will help keep manufacturing work in New Zealand.
![GDP up - driven by booming dairy](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
GDP up - driven by booming dairy
Rebounding dairy production has driven the biggest gross domestic product (GDP) increase since the December 2009 quarter.
![Holden stops production in Australia](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Holden stops production in Australia
Up to 50,000 jobs are at risk as General Motors says it will stop making Holdens in Australia by the end of 2017.
![Holden pulling out of Australia - report](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Holden pulling out of Australia - report
GM looks set to shut down its Holden plants in Australia from 2016, joining Ford in pulling out of the country.
![The ugly truth about regional manufacturing - and a solution](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
The ugly truth about regional manufacturing - and a solution
New Zealand manufacturers are increasingly moving offshore to stay afloat, but there are other options, says Steve Nicholson
![Hoki in nano-fibre revolution](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Hoki in nano-fibre revolution
Iain Hosie reckons his company is a good example of the kind of manufacturing that can thrive in New Zealand.
![Unemployment drops to 6.2pc](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Unemployment drops to 6.2pc
NZ's unemployment rate slipped to 6.2 per cent in the three months ended September 30 just below the 6.3 per cent forecast.