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The Brockville annual manufacturing employment survey identified employment growth of 96 new permanent positions in 2012, created by mainly five local firms. Labour changes reflected in the survey, indicated 48% percent of firms reporting stable operations, 21% percent reporting employment growth and 31% noting employment contraction.

There were eight new product lines introduced and export activity reigns fairly stable at 51% of all operations. Most of the 15 multinational firms contribute to have export activity in the 60-70% range. Union activity continues to decline with only 16% of companies with unionization down from 30% a few years ago. There is a total of 3462 in the manufacturing sector, down from a high of 5200 in 2002 following the meltdown of the telecommunications sector. Overall there remains a slight contraction on the overall employment from a multi-year perspective which suggests a continued focus on strong business retention programming and aftercare initiatives with our existing corporate family.