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Forbes names Milwaukee one of U.S.'s "Top 10 Up-And-Coming Tech Cities"
Published March 18, 2008 - BizTimes Daily
Forbes magazine has named Milwaukee to its list of Top 10 Up-And Coming Tech Cities.
The magazine reports that, "globalization and poor training may have gutted America's manufacturing base, but stalwart metal-bender Milwaukee is not backing down. 'Some places believe that manufacturing is dead or dying. We don't,' says Jim Paetsch, director of corporate relocation, expansion and attraction at Milwaukee 7, an economic development organization. 'Manufacturing is certainly different today than it was even 10 years ago. Our strategy is to become the leading global center for the technology-intensive manufacturing enterprises of the future.' Rather than just crank out widgets, local companies are attacking bottlenecks in the manufacturing process itself. For example, Rockwell Automation makes snazzy sensors and controls that boost assembly-line productivity. Johnson Controls, inventor of the thermostat in 1883, has produced energy-efficient heating, air-conditioning and lighting systems running throughout 1 billion square feet of commercial real estate. Chief Executive Stephen Roell plans to expand Johnson's workforce 35 percent, to 190,000 employees, in the next three to four years."
The complete Forbes list of Top 10 Up-And-Coming Tech Cities:
1. Columbus, Ohio
2. Santa Fe, N.M.
3. Palm Beach County, Fla.
4. Houston
5. Milwaukee
6. Pittsburgh
7. Boise, Idaho
8. Iowa City, Iowa
9. Lake Charles, La.
10. Yuma, Ariz.
