translate English to French: Each of the major subsectors has a high degree of interdependence on the others (as explained in other sections of this report) . The recent process of industry downsizing – compensated to some extent by the emergence of fewer but larger scale and potentially more efficient conversion units – has resulted in a sharp deterioration in the critical mass needed to maintain the viability of various clusters of manufacturing activity . This is particularly noticeable regionally within New Brunswick . decline scenario This scenario assumes a combination of factors which could push the industry into longerterm secular decline . In the worst case, the value of industry shipments could decline from the $2 .5 billion forecast for 2008 to around $1 .4 billion by 2015 . Our assumptions are identified below . Not all of these assumed causal events are expected to occur simultaneously . Depending on what happens, the pace of decline could be slower or faster .
Ce phénomène est particulièrement évident dans certaines régions du Nouveau‑Brunswick. scénario de déclin Ce scénario suppose une combinaison de facteurs qui risquent de pousser l’industrie vers un marasme à plus long terme.