For deals above $50 million, there were $8.5 billion of industrial manufacturing deals announced in the second quarter of 2010, which was two and a half times the same period in 2009 and $8.5 billion for one quarter compares favorably to only $22.7 billion for the whole of 2009. There were 33 deals completed in Q2 of this year, compared to only 12 for the same period a year earlier. In short, industrial manufacturing deal activity and deal volumes are up significantly quarter-over-quarter and year-over-year. This is a confidence boost for manufacturing.
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