Commercial Aircraft Trends

by Jeff Vedders Last month I looked at trends within the food industry. Another target for a lot of communities is aerospace and defense. Often the industry is defined as commercial aircraft, the defense industry, and the space industry. This month I will look at the...

Defense Trends

by Jeff Vedders Continuing from the commercial aerospace trends I shared last month, this month I will focus on trends within the defense and space industry. Defense Industry. As the U.S. is no longer in a cold war with the Soviet Union, there is no longer a need for...

Manufacturing and Rural America

By Jeff Vedders Many small towns across America have been decimated over the past few years by large, single manufacturing employers closing facilities and laying off thousands of employees.  For many of these communities, the manufacturing employer is the single...

Why is Biotechnology a Hot Topic?

By Katie Terpstra The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) defines biotechnology as “the use of the cellular and molecular processes to solve problems or make products.” Applications of biotechnology include healthcare, agriculture, food processing,...