(Ball State University: Muncie, IN) -- Manufacturing will recover to prerecession levels during the next two years in states with low tax rates, a diverse collection of manufacturing industries, and strong government services, says a report from Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana.

The 2010 Manufacturing and Logistics Report Card, prepared by Ball State’s Center for Business and Economic Research (CBER), grades all 50 states in several areas, including manufacturing and logistics health, human capital, cost of benefits, global position and diversification of industries, state-level productivity and innovation, tax climate, and venture capital activities.

The report was prepared by CBER at the request of Conexus Indiana, Indiana state’s advanced manufacturing initiative. It is available at http://cber.iweb.bsu.edu/research/2010/.

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