Our five focus areas
Image, Innovation, Workforce, Logistics & Borders, and Manufacturing Policy are our key areas of focus. Find out more about each initiative by clicking below.
Hot topics
Making the Case
How best to change the image of manufacturing? By stressing the importance of manufacturing to the U.S. and Canadian future. Image will follow. Join the discussion.
Getting the Facts
How we see ourselves is critical to how others perceive us. Let’s identify as many “Did you know” facts about our region, our states and our provinces, and let’s share them. Join the discussion.
FACT: Growing the Economy
Growing manufacturing is the best way to grow an economy. That’s because manufacturing generally produces the highest multipliers. Manufacturing requires more intermediate goods and capital equipment and pays good wages. According to the Economic Policy Institute, manufacturing employment multipliers range from 175 in apparel to 464 in automobile production to 904 in computer equipment and office machinery. Many of the Great Lakes manufacturing sectors are among the higher manufacturing multipliers.
Our Members
Manufacturing is who we are.
Manufacturing makes the Great Lakes home to the world’s fourth largest economy, with a combined GDP of $4.7 trillion among the eight states and two provinces. Manufacturing with all its advantages is intrinsic and essential to our region’s success. We make things together.
Bi-National Collaboration
The Great Lakes Manufacturing Council works to promote, preserve and enhance manufacturing in the Great Lakes Region. We foster innovative partnerships, identify best practices, enhance resources and increase exposure to new ideas. Collaborating among council members, we will help manufacturers and their communities compete.
Recent News:
Minister of Finance Jim Flaherty to Keynote First Annual MIN Manufacturing Summit
Submitted by admin on March 29, 2012MARKETWIRE, via marketwatch.com:
The Manufacturing Innovation Network, along with sponsoring partners Cowan Insurance, Gowlings, KPMG and TD Bank, and community partners is pleased to announce its first annual MIN Manufacturing Summit. The half-day event, scheduled to take place on May 1, 2102 is expected to attract up to 1,000 leaders from Ontario's manufacturing sector. The Honourable Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance will deliver the keynote address.
Why Does Manufacturing Matter? Which Manufacturing Matters?
Submitted by admin on March 21, 2012Editor's Note: On February 22, the Metropolitan Policy Program hosted a forum exploring the type of manufacturing the nation is most likely to retain and build, as well as a policy framework for strengthening high-wage, export-intensive production in America. You can follow the discussion on Twitter using the hashtag #usmfg.
Introducing the Canadian Manufacturing Network
Submitted by admin on March 13, 2012
(Owen Sound / Ottawa, ON) Today Excellence in Manufacturing Consortium of Canada (EMC) and Textiles Human Resources Council (THRC) announced the launch of the Canadian Manufacturing Network: www.CanadianManufacturingNetwork.ca
Chevy Volt Teardown - Timelapse
Submitted by admin on February 10, 2012TROY, Mich. — Ever seen a car come apart really fast? Check out our time-lapse video of the Chevy Volt teardown Drive for Innovation did several weeks ago here.
Great Lakes Manufacturing Council (GLMC) Launches a Virtual Workspace to Engage Manufacturers
Submitted by admin on February 6, 2012Detroit, MI - February 6, 2012 The new website of the Great Lakes Manufacturing Council (GLMC), a 501-C-3 non-profit organization that works to promote, preserve and enhance manufacturing in the Great Lakes Region, went live on Monday, February 6, 2012. The site touts an updated brand image for the GLMC and can be found at: www.greatlakesmanufacturingcouncil.org
Singing the Song of Manufacturing
Submitted by admin on February 3, 2012Capping off the growing awareness of the importance of manufacturing to the U.S. economy (the Canadians have known it all along), President Obama's State of the Union message began to call for a soft breeze behind the sector's sails. This New York Times piece summarizes the President's points and draws out some commentary from well-versed people on the economy and manufacturing.
Great Lakes Manufacturing Council Celebrates Future Impact of Newly Formed Partnership: The Joyce Foundation and Manufacturing Institute
Submitted by admin on February 3, 2012
Joyce Foundation Teams with Manufacturing Institute
Submitted by admin on February 2, 2012
PRESS RELEASE: Joyce Foundation Teams with Manufacturing Institute to Educate Employers About Industry-Based Certifications That Verify Worker Skills
Initiative will help match employer HR practices to education movement of using industry certifications to develop a technically skills manufacturing workforce
