Diversified Industries
ManufacturingNow - Spring 2009
What’s Ahead for the Metals Industry in 2009? The Metals Industry's Response to the Economic Downturn
KPMG Business Outlook Survey: February 2009
Global manufacturing benchmark survey. How manufacturing corporations preserve and create value 2007
ManufacturingNow - Spring 2009
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ManufacturingNow stands for novel viewpoints, exciting discussions and controversial opinions in the fields of manufacturing, steel and aircraft construction. KPMG combines our firms’ professionals’ sector know-how with the statements of foremost thinkers and provides a platform for specialists who are involved with the current issues and future trends of these three industry segments looking beyond their own horizons and offering unusual perspectives. Download |
What’s Ahead for the Metals Industry in 2009? The Metals Industry's Response to the Economic Downturn
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Are we are still in the midst of metals commodity super-cycle, albeit with a slowdown, or is the industry resetting itself? Is the slow down in the real economy likely to prevent any meaningful recovery for the metals industry in 2009? In order to find the answers, KPMG's Diversified Industrials practice has published What’s Ahead for the Metals Industry in 2009? The Metals Industry's Response to the Economic Downturn. Download |
KPMG Business Outlook Survey: February 2009
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The Business Outlook Survey is produced by Markit Economics and sponsored by KPMG LLP. The report features original survey data which provide internationally comparable information on business expectations for the year ahead in the main European economies. The survey is conducted four times each year, covering manufacturing in January and July and services in April and October. Download |
Global manufacturing benchmark survey. How manufacturing corporations preserve and create value 2007
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Companies often ask KPMG member firms to help them compare themselves with their peers. This global manufacturing benchmark survey is designed to meet that need. This survey compares value creation and preservation in 250 leading manufacturing companies with global operations and allows each participating company to generate an insightful comparison of their performance with that of peers in their own industry as well as across industries. Download |
Global Mining Reporting Survey 2006
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Hosted this year in Australia and researched by a team of KPMG professionals from around the world, KPMG’s Global Mining Reporting Survey 2006 highlights some of the significant changes in the content and quality of financial reporting by the world’s major mining companies during a period of significant change for reporting around the globe. Download |
Chemicals in China - The Next Decade
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China´s chemicals industry will continue to grow at a spectacular rate for the next five to ten years, driven by intense demand from the domestic manufacturing sector. This report explores the opportunities for investment in chemicals manufacturing, and focuses particularly on developments within the largest segment, petrochemicals. Download |
The Indian Pharmaceutical Industry: Collaboration for Growth
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The Indian pharmaceutical industry seems set to emerge from the confines of the generics market in which it has largely positioned itself and could soon become a major player on the global scene. A report launched today by KPMG International suggests that India now has the potential to become the region’s hub for Research & Development (R&D), manufacturing and exporting. Download |
Manufacturing in Argentina, Brazil and Chile: Challenges and Opportunities
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KPMG International recently asked a range of leading manufacturing companies to discuss the roots of the revival in Argentina, Brazil and Chile. The "ABC" economies have emerged rapidly from the recent period of economic stress. Overall growth has regained momentum, and trade in particular has revived sharply. Foreign direct investment has increased dramatically, and the FDI resurgence is most evident in manufacturing businesses. Download PDF |
Of Tigers, Dinosaurs and Gazellas: Defining competitive business models for manufacturers in the New Europe
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Regional companies show their agility: Manufacturers in Central Europe (CE) are recording exceptional revenue growth, increased productivity, and are adding jobs, according to a survey released by KPMG in Central and Eastern Europe. Download |
The purpose of the Investment in the Czech Republic is to provide some general guidelines on investment and business in the Czech Republic.
The April issue of the Horizons magazine is focused on Advisory Services.
The November issue of the Horizons magazine is focused on Financial Services.
- a quick-reference tool for the most common tax rates and amounts in the Czech Republic.