As economic woes deal damaging blows to industrial giants, Indiana's manufacturing industry has pulled itself ahead of most of the U.S., according to a Ball State University report released Wednesday.
Indiana is one of the top five strongest states for manufacturing and logistics, according to the 2009 Manufacturing and Logistics Report Card. Indiana moved up from No. 6 in the nation last year.
Michael Hicks, director of the Center for Business and Economic Research, said the loss of Indiana's manufacturing jobs isn't indicative of the overall state of industry because production is increasing.
"[The results] tell policy makers in Indiana 'Gee, if we want this industry to be healthy in Indiana, this is what we have to do,'" Hicks said.
The report card scored states on an A through F scale in seven areas: overall manufacturing, overall logistics, human capital, benefit costs, global position, productivity and innovation and tax climate.
The other states in the top five are Alabama, Utah, Missouri and Kansas. Alaska, Maine, New York, West Virginia and Rhode Island scored the lowest.
The report card can be viewed online at cber.iweb.bsu.edu/research/conexus09/.
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