Measuring Middle-Skills Gaps within the Finger Lakes Regional Economy

ADVANCED MANUFACTURING

The Rochester area is regarded for its technologically advanced and diverse collection of machining and manufacturing corporations. Xerox, Kodak, Bausch & Lomb, Johnson & Johnson, Harris and ITT are some examples. Advanced manufacturing companies specialize in high-volume parts production, short-run assemblies, complicated engineering designs, and/or automated manufacturing process jobs. The Advanced Manufacturing occupational groupings include: Tooling & Machining, Applied Integrated Technologies/Mechatronics, Mechanical Engineering Technologies, Electrical Engineering Technologies, and Optical Systems Technology. Advanced Manufacturing centers upon improving the performance of industry through the innovative application of technologies, processes and methods to product design and production.

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