Industry Research: By Sector: Manufacturing

Includes Canadian and U.S. Industry Reports (NAICS), U.S. Specialized Industry Reports, U.S. Industry iExpert Summaries, Chinese and Global Industry Reports, and U.S. Business Environment Profiles. Offers several hundred reports for a wide range of manufacturing industries. Many of the reports include key statistics and analysis on market characteristics, operating conditions, current and forecast performance, major industry participants, and more.

Procurement Reports include over 1,000 business-to-business product and service markets in the United States and facilitate industry research especially in areas such as purchasing, supply chain management, and strategic sourcing.

Including: Aerospace and defense, Automotive, Chemicals, Industrial goods and machinery, Paper and packaging, Pharmaceuticals and healthcare, Textiles, Transport & logistics. Also offers many sub-industries.
To isolate searching to industry reports (published by Datamonitor) select “Industries” from the drop-down menu option which appears beside the main search box.

Statista is a statistics portal and comprehensive, easy-to-use resource offering access to charts and tables, reports, dossiers, infographics, and a business plan data export feature. It is international in scope with coverage of many sub-industries. Statista draws on secondary sources for statistical information including the government, as well as industry, scientific, marketing, and trade organizations. This resource also offers Statista’s own proprietary/internal statistics generated through research and surveys they conduct with partner organizations. Statista also offers a wide range of consumer and market data, including consumer market forecasts and digital market outlooks.

Including: Automotive, Aviation, Biotechnology, Chemicals, Food and beverage, Heavy construction, and Pharmaceuticals. To access industry reports select the “Industry Analysis” tab and then select the industry and region of interest.

Access First Research industry reports via Megent Intellect. First Research reports cover 500 industry profiles and 1000 industry segmentation profiles. Broad industry categories can be expanded for niche reports. The primary broad category of relevance is: Manufacturing. To access First Research reports scroll down and select the First Research link, then input your email address on the left side of the interface.

Including: Aerospace and defence, Automotive, Biopharmaceuticals & Pharmaceuticals, Chemicals, Hydrogen and fuel cells, Medical Devices, Plastics, Primary Metals, Rubber, Shipbuilding and industrial marine, and Textiles.

This database provides access to country risk and industry reports for over 200 countries. Their industry reports cover 22 high-level industry sectors and include current and archived industry report content. Use the Data Tool to download historical and forecast data. Review our step-by-step FitchConnect guide to learn how to navigate this database. Please note, the library's subscription does not cover all of the content in this database.

This is a subcomponent within the Passport database. It breaks the Canadian economy into over 150 different industry sectors from a B2B perspective. Coverage includes both data and analysis for sectors. Access by selecting the Economies tab, then the Industrials sub-tab.

Provides access to data and reports created by Statistics Canada on the manufacutring sector in Canada.

Provides descriptions and overviews of industrial processes.

This module shows undergrad and grad students how to get started with company, industry, market, finance, and business article research. The module contains how-to videos, step-by-step database worksheets, and embedded quizzes to show students how to conduct business research effectively.

This webpage includes a set of step-by-step business database tutorials. There are tutorials that cover company, industry, market, finance, accounting, sustainability, and business article / book research.