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