Nebraska’s manufacturing industry spotlighted as job count hits 20-year high

Nebraska’s manufacturing industry spotlighted as job count hits 20-year high Main Photo

24 Oct 2024


Photo: Megan Skiles, President & CEO, GFDC,  Governor Jim Pillen, Diane Mallette, Director of HR, Structural Components, & Mayor Joey Spellerberg

Gov. Jim Pillen and other state and local officials on Wednesday spotlighted a growing Nebraska industry — manufacturing — whose job count has hit its highest point in more than 20 years.

But the stars of the event held at Structural Component Systems, a Fremont-based building supply manufacturer, were a dozen local high schoolers who are dual-enrolled in trades-focused college courses.

The Fremont teens, who learn construction, welding and other skills at their high school’s newly opened Career Technical Education Center, represent a growing number of talent pipelines helping to fuel manufacturing. 

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