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Page 1 of 3 <br />Mehelich, Catherine <br />From: Enterprise Minnesota [reply@enterpriseminnesota.org] <br />Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 9:35 AM <br />To: Mehelich, Catherine <br />Subject: December 2008 eTrends <br />e <br />~~~~~~t. <br />~~~~ <br />MII~iNESCt"rA <br />A F+UBLIC.~TIC)N C)F <br />December 2008 <br />Helping. f'A~nuf~oturir7~ raterprlsr~s C3row ~rofit~bty <br />Enterprise Minnesota Set to Release State of Industry News <br /> <br />M <br />f <br />i <br />t <br />P <br />ll R <br />lt New Hirino: Richard Lunsford has <br />anu <br />ur <br />ng <br />ac <br />a <br />esu <br />s been named President and Chief <br /> Executive Officer at Anulex <br />.. ... . ............... <br /> <br />In early February, Enterprise Minnesota will Techrlo.loges, aMinnetonka- <br />based medical device <br />release findings from the first ever State of manufacturer. Lunsford <br />Manufacturing Poll, a statewide survey previously served as Senior Vice <br />research project that includes more than 400 <br />~~TE~~~ President and President of US <br />Commercial Operations at ev3, <br />hone curve s with manufaCturin <br />P Y 9 1~11NhJE~~-1-~ Inc., a medical device <br />executives, and nine focus groups. manufacturer in Plymouth. <br />"This is a critical time far many Minnesota employers, says Bab Kill, Top Area for Business: For the <br />second straight year, the <br />president & CEO of Enterprise Minnesota. "Our goal is to Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan <br />understand what is important to small and midsize manufacturers, area was named the best metro <br />where they see opportunities, and where they see challenges. area for business by <br /> Ma_r...k..ett!Vatch. Boston ranked <br /> <br />"I think this will really be an interesting eye opener," he added. second and the top five rounded <br />out witn Denver, Washington <br /> D.C., and Richmond, VA. <br />Kill expects the survey results to be very valuable because Rankings are based on data <br />manufacturing is such a large part of Minnesota's eCOnomy. <br /> <br />" available in eight categories, <br />ranging from numbers of <br />Manufacturing is significant to the health and well being of establishments to job growth. <br />Minnesota's economy, and these poll results will give an indicator of <br />where we're at in the industry's progress," Kill Said. MnTAP Intern Program: The <br /> Minnesota Technical Assistance <br /> <br />A recent study by the Minnesota Department of Employment and (MnTAP) at the University of <br />Minnesota is accepting <br />Economic_Developn~enk (DEED}, found that more than one in ten applications for companies to <br />Minnesota jobs are in manufacturing. Each one of these jobs participate in the MnTAP intern <br />supports another 1.3 related jobs -meaning that nearly 800,000 program. Companies interested <br />in participating in the MnTAP <br />jobs in Minnesota are associated with the manufacturing industry. intern program are encouraged to <br />That equals 29 percent of the state's workforce. visit the MnTAP web site <br /> (www.mntap.umn.,ed....u..) and <br />These manufacturing jobs pay higher than average salaries submit a project proposal before <br />February 1, 2009. <br />according to DEED. In 2007, a manufacturing employee in <br />Minnesota received an average $1005 weekly wage, compared In The Headlines <br />with $853 for all industries combined. <br /> GAP Gran..t Helps. F!_OE <br />TAnd the state's manufacturing exports continued to grow through International (Voyageur Press of <br />the third quarter 2008, up 8.6 percent from the same period a year McGregor, 12/2/2008) <br />ago to $4.5 billion according to DEED. Through the third quarter, Growing_UP in a Down Economy <br />Minnesota exports have grown 9.5 percent to $13.1 billon. The (Star Tribune, 12/29/2008) <br />1 /6/2009 <br />