Engineering, technical and industrial professionals have seen an impact of the economic slowdown on their businesses, yet are still working on specific types of projects and specifying and purchasing products and services, according to results of the 2009 GlobalSpec Economic Outlook Survey. More than 3800 GlobalSpec registered users - comprised of engineering, technical, industrial and manufacturing professionals - completed the survey, designed to gather data and report on the 2009 North American economic outlook from the point of view of professionals working in the industrial sector.