After a miserable, gut wrenching, stress-filled year courtesy of the 2009 economy and job market, nothing warms the cockles of my heart more than a positive story coming out of the U.S. manufacturing sector.
Ahhh, manufacturing. Where real people make real things that consumers and businesses will buy in this country and abroad. I’m not against outsourcing labor but preservation of this sector in some relevant form must be present in order to create the jobs that will allow this country to rev its economic engine again and then purr peacefully like a classic car down the highway of opportunity. Cheesy statement – oh yeah. But I am genuinely happy for the prospects in places like burgeoning data corridor resident Catawba County, NC with their new Target Distribution Center, Google server farm, and soon to be home to Apple Incs East Coast Data Center and Elkhart County, IN where after severe layoffs last year in the RV industry, one employer recalled or hired 200 laid off workers over the summer to meet an unexpected sales boom that overwhelmed inventories and left producers unable to meet demand. Baby steps people.
Author Bio:
Anne Hillman, formally known as a Senior Account Executive, is equal parts advisor, drummer, mom and movie-theme-song-karaoke champion. Willing to help clients at the drop of an Eagles' hat, Anne, who's been with Alstin for 12 years and sounds exactly like Jodie Foster, is over-the-top dedicated. 
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