When most people think of Wisconsin industry, manufacturing comes immediately to mind. And while we have a proud heritage there, and in fact still employ more than 16 percent of our workers in manufacturing jobs, that number only tells part of the story.
With a fast-growing water sector, a still-substantial stake in lumber and mining and one of the nation’s finest research universities, Wisconsin is also an important player in both renewable resource management and bioscience. The pages that follow cover our state’s top seven vertical industries, and tell the stories of some of the companies making their mark on Wisconsin’s economic landscape.
