Asia factory

Asia factory

Workers work on a production line, manufacturing tank containers at a factory in Nantong, Jiangsu province, China April 7, 2025. Photo: cnsphoto via REUTERS/File Photo

Asia's factory activity slows on cost pressure from Iran war

The findings highlight the challenge policymakers face in a region that buys about 80% of the oil that is shipped through the Strait of Hormuz, making many countries vulnerable to the hit from the...

Employees wearing face masks work at a factory of the component maker SMC during a government organised tour of its facility following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), in Beijing, China May 13, 2020. Photo :Reuters

Asia's factories squeezed as China's nascent recovery teeters

A worker does surface preparation of molds at Mitchell Aerospace, a manufacturer of light alloy sand castings for the aerospace industry, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada September 9, 2022. REUTERS/Christinne Muschi/File Photo

Asia's factory activity weakens on global slowdown, cost pressures

A worker checks machinery at a factory in Higashiosaka, Japan June 23, 2022. REUTERS/Sakura Murakami

Global factory activity slumped in August but signs cost pressures easing