Q&A talks to Eric Brown, the vice president of manufacturing policy and outreach at the Connecticut Business & Industry Association, about the various issues impacting the state's manufacturing sector.
A new partnership has been formed to create the Connecticut Supplier Connection, an initiative designed to connect dozens of large corporations with suppliers that have under $50 million in revenues and fewer than 500 employees.
Despite increasing their sales and employment levels, more than three out of four Connecticut manufacturers rated the state's economic conditions as fair or poor, according to a survey study released Tuesday by the Manufacturing Alliance of Connecticut.
Mark Burzynski doesn't hold back when he talks about the impact his 69-year old, automated assembly equipment manufacturing company has had on the medical device industry.