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Connecticut manufacturing office credits coordinated programs for recent job and GDP gains
Summary
Connecticut Chief Manufacturing Officer Paul Lavoie told the Commerce Committee the state's Office of Manufacturing and Manufacturing Innovation Fund programs have helped add jobs and GDP while focusing on workforce, energy efficiency and supply-chain resilience.
Paul Lavoie, Connecticut’s chief manufacturing officer, told the Commerce Committee and the Manufacturing Caucus that the Office of Manufacturing has used a mix of workforce initiatives, business supports and innovation programs to stabilize and grow the state’s manufacturing sector.
Lavoie said the office’s three strategic pillars are “to develop talent, build sustainable companies, and drive innovation.” He told lawmakers the state has invested through the Manufacturing Innovation Fund and related efforts and credited those programs with recent employment and output gains in the sector. “Since February of 2022, we’ve added 38,100 jobs to the manufacturing sector, and we’ve added over $2,000,000,000 in GDP growth in the manufacturing sector over the last two years,” Lavoie said.
The nut graf: Lavoie’s presentation framed the Office of Manufacturing as a coordination hub that connects…
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