Last year, I published a post on the state of manufacturing, and how I thought that recovery was imminent. I am not a fortune teller and I certainly am not an economist, but you get a feeling based upon sales confidence levels, deals, and industry chat whether it's going to be a good year, or a down year. Well, like last year, I think it's going to be a good year. Not just for Invensys (becoming a Schneider Electric Company) but because as a whole there appears to be a palpable positive attitude from the industry as a whole. Let's look at some proof points.
