31.   Machinery makers also face fewer sales overseas next year.

32.   Machinery makers also rose.

33.   Machinery makers like Maruyama Mfg. also face fewer sales in Asia since machinery and other capital goods make up three-quarters of Asian exports.

34.   Machinery makers will recruit significantly more for administrative positions.

35.   Other interest-rate sensitive industries such as heavy machinery makers also gained.

36.   One of the strongest candidates to buy Fokker Aviation is Stork NV, a Dutch machinery maker.

37.   Others hit were Mannesmann AG in Duisburg, and the machinery maker MAN AG, where workers walked out at plants in Brandenburg and Mainz.

38.   Sales to the truck industry showed no signs of abating, and sales to machinery makers also rose, SKF said.

39.   Shares of heavy machinery maker Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. rose on expectations profits will rise as the domestic economy strengthens.

40.   Shares of heavy machinery makers gained after strong earnings from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.