Manufacturing employment in Idaho experienced a gain of 1.5percent as it added 1,096 jobs from October 2011 to October 2012,according to the 2013 Idaho Manufacturers Directory,an industrial directory published annuallyby Manufacturers' News Inc. in Evanston, Ill.

This represents the first increase in Idaho since 2006. Withthis growth, Idaho now accounts for 2,152 manufacturers with 73,920workers, MNI finds.

Idaho’s largest manufacturing sector by employments isindustrial machinery and equipment with 15,331 jobs, a 1.7 percentdecline, followed by food products manufacturing with for 14,883jobs, down 3.3 percent, according to MNI. Meanwhile, lumber andwood comes in No. 3 with 8,808 jobs, marking an increase of 2.4percent.

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