EMEA Process Manufacturing Industry Update: October-December 2010

This IDC Manufacturing Insights quarterly update analyzes the business environment and trends for the process manufacturing sector in Europe in 4Q10.

This report looks at the main trends, industry news, and IT contracts in the following subsectors:

• Chemicals and pharmaceuticals
• Other base materials (metal, pulp/paper, nonmetallic, rubber, and plastics)

This report includes:

• Analysis of trends in the process manufacturing sector, based on our global performance index (GPI), which tracks growth metrics from more than 800 publicly traded global firms in the manufacturing industry
• Industry news with a significant impact on the European process manufacturing industry
• Analysis of ICT investment directions in Europe's process manufacturing sector, including major ICT contracts signed in 4Q10