SUGAR LAND, TX--(Marketwired - Jan 15, 2014) - Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) -- Even after ending 2013 on a down note with only 9,000 new manufacturing jobs created, a look ahead at 2014 offers some hope for future growth in manufacturing jobs numbers. Industrial Info is tracking 888 manufacturing plants currently in the planning, engineering or construction stage that are scheduled to begin production during 2014. They are expected to add 71,000 new jobs during the year.

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