[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 148 (Thursday, September 29, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S6262]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       NATIONAL MANUFACTURING DAY

  Mr. BENNET. Madam President, in honor of National Manufacturing Day 
on October 7, I would like to recognize the nearly 150,000 Coloradans 
who work for the 6,000 manufacturers across the State and contribute 
$20 billion annually to the State's economy.
  Colorado manufacturers contribute their ingenuity and talent to 
support growth in the aerospace, energy, bioscience, defense, food and 
beverage, agriculture, apparel and many other industries. In 2015, they 
exported over $8 billion worth of U.S.-made goods overseas.
  Manufacturing leaders in Colorado are continually looking for 
innovative ways to produce high-quality products. They have developed 
strong public-private-university partnerships through the Alliance for 
the Development of Additive Processing Technologies, ADAPT, Center at 
Colorado School of Mines, led by the Manufacturer's Edge--Colorado's 
NIST Manufacturing Extension Partnership--and the Digital Manufacturing 
and Design Innovation Institute National Research Initiative at the 
University of Colorado-Boulder.
  From Oliver Manufacturing in La Junta to Woodward in Fort Collins to 
Lockheed Martin in Littleton to Reynolds Polymer in Grand Junction, 
manufacturers play a significant role in our local communities, 
providing high-skilled jobs and opportunities for suppliers and service 
providers.
  That is why I look forward to celebrate the contributions of 
Colorado's manufacturers throughout the month of October with my 
colleagues in the Colorado congressional delegation, Governor John 
Hickenlooper, and Manufacturer's Edge.

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