Manufacturing Magazine July 2026 | Page 13

THE GREAT MULTIPLIER: INNOVATION, JOBS AND THE FUTURE

Each job in manufacturing generates

MORE THAN

TWO additional jobs in other sectors

Manufacturing is attributed to

53 % of global

R & D ACTIVITY

By 2050, low-income and lower middle-income economies as a group will account for only 16 % of global industrial production, despite representing the majority of the world’ s population

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