MMEC report shows Montana has increased its manufacturing base

Montana State University’s Montana Manufacturing Extension Center recently released the 2016 version of their annual State of Montana Manufacturing report, showing that Montana has increased its manufacturing base.

This report was produced by a partnership between MSU’s Montana Manufacturing Extension Center and the University of Montana’s Bureau of Business and Economic Research.

Highlights from the report include the fact that Montana has risen from the 1997 ranking of 41st in manufacturing as a percentage of the economic base to 36th in 2012. And, manufacturing in Montana currently accounts for 22.4 percent of the state’s base gross product.

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