Letter to the editor: Pa. leaders must act to win manufacturing's future

Manufacturing is the economic engine of Pennsylvania, fueling growth and prosperity across communities.

Manufacturing provides family-sustaining jobs for more than a half-million Pennsylvanians, making it our third largest employer. And manufacturing is Pennsylvania’s greatest economic sector in terms of statewide economic output, with more than $110 billion annually.

But manufacturing isn’t easy. Manufacturers need to invest in their people to build the workforce of tomorrow and are eager to pair their highly skilled workforce with cutting-edge technologies to create the next-generation facilities of the future. But they need resources to help them achieve that goal.

“Pennsylvania’s Manufacturing Competitiveness Playbook” (www.pamanufacturingcouncil.com/play book) gives state leaders a playbook for winning the future of manufacturing, laying out the issues manufacturers face and offering game-changing recommendations.

By implementing these commonsense recommendations, Pennsylvania can be recognized for our industrial might for generations to come.

Gus Schroeder

Leetsdale

Chad Zwigart

Freeport

Gus Schroeder is president of Schroeder Industries. Chad Zwigart is business development engineer at Dynamic Manufacturing.