Fifty-Five Grassroot Plants to Begin Construction During Third Quarter in Great Lakes Region

SUGAR LAND--May 13, 2008--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Spending in the Great Lakes region has been trending downward during the first half of 2008. With the U.S. economy taking a turn for the worse and gas prices threatening to hit $4 per gallon, manufacturers have been hesitant to continue along the line of major spending that they had for the last several years in the region.