After previewing the finalists for Technology Manufacturing and Industrial & Equipment Manufacturing at the upcoming 2023 Colorado Manufacturing Awards, the spotlight is on the contenders for trophies in the Consumer Product Manufacturing and Craft Food & Beverage Manufacturing categories. Consumer Product Manufacturer of the Year Buena Vista’s Fading West is modeling growth by meeting the […]
One measure of manufacturing’s improbable decade-long comeback is the list of Colorado Manufacturing Awards (CMA) past finalists and winners, from the inaugural event in 2016 to last year. Today it’s a roster of recognizable companies and brands that collectively, has become a national model for manufacturing’s new industrial mix. Colorado companies and people continue to […]
America’s defense supply chain is at a crossroads. On one hand, business is booming for defense contractors. On the other, U.S. manufacturing is straining to meet current demands in a trillion-dollar industry that’s certain to ask more and more from domestic suppliers. We’re on the cusp of a new golden age of advanced manufacturing — […]
By most any measure, 2022 was a transformational year for manufacturing. Here’s an early look at storylines shaping the coming year. 1. 2023 is the year of the semiconductor supply chain — who builds a roadmap that wins? Arizona and Texas were among big winners in the semiconductor factory sweepstakes. But manufacturing communities across the […]
I’ve argued, along with Harry Moser and others, for a new industrial policy that picks U.S. manufacturing “to win.” As contrarian a view this was a decade ago, there’s consensus today that we should do just that. The list of desired outcomes reads like an economic manifesto: Protecting key domestic manufacturing industries and nurturing new […]
President Biden’s enthusiasm for U.S. manufacturing in the final days of the election belied a simple truth for Democrats: As important the message, it constitutes much of what passes for the party’s economic agenda. Biden’s Dems rode a mix of issues to a surprising outcome last night; one can imagine a far different result if […]
Machinists, fabricators, and brokers fueling a manufacturing boom along Colorado’s Front Range gathered in Denver last week wasted no time getting to the topic du jour — workforce development. Speakers at the 2022 Rocky Mountain Machining & Tooling Association (RMTMA) Fall Conference parsed workforce topics throughout the day, from retention to recruitment to change management, […]
I’m excited to follow up on Bart Taylor’s column last month and formally introduce CompanyWeek’s new partner, Sustainment. It’s a treat to speak directly to a community I’ve known only eight or nine short months but value so much that we, like Bart, bet our future on it. Sustainment is a technology platform built to […]