Key Industries | Advanced Materials & Manufacturing

Today's manufacturing companies are generally small companies that produce highly specialized products. They employ highly skilled workers and utilize advanced technology to manufacture high value-added, precision products. Although this cluster is identified as a supercluster and consists of primary metal; fabricated metal product; machinery; computer and electronic product; electrical equipment, appliance and component; and transportation manufacturing, advanced manufacturing as a whole can be seen throughout almost all of the identified clusters, including defense, biomedical/life sciences, and advanced materials, three of the top clusters by employment in the region.