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Advanced Manufacturing Opportunities

In today’s economy, communities that sit back and “wait to see what happens” will lose out to communities that adopt flexibility, develop new skills, and aggressively pursue new opportunities. Communities must be creative and think in new ways to attract investment in their area.

According to the US Department of Commerce, advanced manufacturing accounts for 11% of employment in the country and 14% of the national GDP. The entire US private sector invests $193 billion annually in research and development, and a whopping 60% of that comes from manufacturing firms.

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