In Colorado we’re ruminating over two reports released last month that rank the state’s manufacturing sector poorly. Tim Heaton, president of the Colorado Advanced Manufacturing Alliance, follows up on a column I wrote about the Conexus Indiana 2016 Manufacturing & Logistics Report Card for the Unites States that gave Colorado a ‘D’ in overall health […]
On the heels of two reports we shared earlier this month that portrayed a vulnerable manufacturing sector in Colorado, results of CompanyWeek‘s first Business and Operational Forecast offers better news. Momentum, not malaise, is the operative takeaway. In late May, with the help of The Neenan Company and Manufacturer’s Edge, we pushed out a 10-question […]
Last week, Curtis Williams outlined the conventional approach cities adopt to entice manufacturing businesses. It’s a combination of smart selling, the opportunistic use of incentives, and here, in Colorado, a large dose of leveraging natural attributes. Today Denver’s the fastest growing city in the nation. The rest of the state’s not far behind. It’s a […]
Earlier this year I wrote that manufacturing “can again become a jobs engine with the launch of thousands of new manufacturing businesses, a wave of middle-market companies across diverse industries. What we lack in large we’ll make up for in volume, in hot sectors like food and beverage, advanced contract manufacturing and lifestyle and consumer […]
Like a left-right combination from Muhammad Ali, Colorado manufacturing was staggered this month by two reports that portray a struggling sector. What to make of the news? Conexus Indiana’s 2016 Manufacturing & Logistics Report Card for the United States gave Colorado a ‘D’ grade for overall manufacturing sector health. The report grades states in eight […]
Manufacturing may never again be the U.S. employment engine it once was, defined by big industrial brands, employing thousands of people for generations. But the sector can again become a jobs engine with the launch of thousands of new manufacturing businesses, a ground-up wave of middle-market companies across diverse industries. What we lack in large […]
Colorado Springs is a city in search of a new economic brand. As solid as its bedrock industries are, there’s growing sentiment that defense and tourism alone shouldn’t define the city’s economic prospects, that there’s more here, and if Colorado Springs is to attract new industry, compete for skilled labor, and keep it’s best and […]
Elon Musk’s very public recruiting pitch this week for manufacturing talent was a call to arms, not only for Tesla but for U.S. manufacturing. Let’s hope Musk not only finds the talent to replace his two recent high-profile departures, but that good things come from the publicity. As more innovators of Musk’s ilk run headlong […]
Colorado’s largest company was a finalist as were other signature manufacturing and supply-chain brands, but middle-market companies flashing process and product innovation stole the show at the inaugural Colorado Manufacturing Awards April 6 at Denver’s brilliant ART Hotel. The awards were organized and presented by CompanyWeek and Manufacturer’s Edge with help from CACI, the Colorado […]
The quiet food revolution that began in Colorado and places like Portland, Oregon, a couple decades ago ain’t so quiet anymore. As the Boulder Daily Camera surmised earlier this year, “Food is the new tech, and Boulder is its Silicon Valley.” At the center of Colorado’s nationally renowned ecosystem is Naturally Boulder, a trade group […]