The phrase "a time when industry" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a specific period characterized by industrial activity or development.
Example: "The 19th century was a time when industry flourished, leading to significant economic growth and urbanization."
Alternatives: "an era of industry" or "a period of industrialization".
It also bought into the British market at a time when industry observers felt that utilities would be hit by a rate cut -- which is what happened.
He bought control of Blockbuster Entertainment at a time when industry forecasters said the home video market would be wiped out by interactive television.
The complex, called the Palisades, opened for leasing last month at a time when industry professionals say there is a surfeit of rentals on the waterfront stretch from Edgewater to Fort Lee.
Nevertheless, the new wage increase -- if it ever went into effect -- would mean more costs for American at a time when industry experts say airlines need to reduce expenses permanently.
At a time when industry surveys show that travelers are fed up with epic lines at commercial airports, when lounges are overflowing with airline-branded credit card holders, and first class is but a shadow of what it was in the golden age of air travel, companies are making private jets easier to come by.
Ivan Glasenberg, Glencore's multi-billionaire chief executive, said the company's $6bn£3.7bnbn) takeover of the Canadian grain company Viterra "transforms our already strong agricultural business at a time when industry fundamentals are the most positive they have been for some time".
And at a time when industries everywhere are in decline, this year some said that increasingly restrictive fishing laws had long ago taught them about struggle.
The legislation would repeal a handful of tax breaks that the oil industry receives, at a time when the industry is reaping record profits from higher prices at the pump.
Much of this funding is used to support defence industry projects at a time when the industry is reaping bumper profits thanks to a massive increase in global military expenditure over the last decade.
It gives I.B.M.'s work force, and perhaps others in the industry, a goal to pursue and champion at a time when the industry is in the doldrums.
