The North Carolina Rural Economic Development Center today releases the results of an expansive, yearlong study of the state of manufacturing in North Carolina.
The report cites growing reasons for optimism about the future of manufacturing — in 2011, for example, the sector experienced the first net increase in jobs in 16 years — and recommends establishment of the North Carolina Manufacturing Council to capitalize on this momentum. A second report, with further recommendations, is to be released in March.
Click here to read the report.