Manufacturing employment has risen in Indiana four straight years. Numbers from the trade publication: The Manufacturers' News Inc. show nearly 75-hundred jobs in the sector were added between April 2014 and and April of this year. The publication states the recovery of the state's transportation equipment sector was among the most impressive in the nation, while its low labor costs and friendly business environment continue to fuel growth in a variety of sectors. Cities registering some of the biggest gains in the state were Elkhart with a more than 5 percent increase.