UM: Manufacturing

On his blog Wake Up, Washtenaw!, Larry Krieg – an Ypsilanti Township planning commissioner – gives his impressions of “Changing Gears: The Future of Low Carbon Manufacturing in the Midwest,” a conference held Thursday at UM featuring Gov. Jennifer Granholm, among others. He describes the event as informative and inspiring, but also notes that a few things were left out: “Realism about Michigan’s manufacturing acumen was in short supply. Manufacturing was touted by a number of speakers as one of Michigan’s true strengths, yet Michigan has been surpassed in quality standards by the Japanese, in agility by China, and in the number of engineers coming out of universities by both India and China.” [Source]