Today, five years after the U.S. economy stumbled and nearly collapsed, American manufacturing continues to usher new products and innovations into the marketplace. From February of 2010 to now, 865,000 new manufacturing jobs have been added—the first sustained job growth in the sector since the 1990s. New manufacturing establishments are created as entrepreneurship unlocks opportunities. The need is to build on this progress, and there’s a long way to go.

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