Electric motor expertise sold Spanish firm on Milwaukee
By the Journal Sentinel
In the race to attract green jobs, it turns out that Milwaukee's old-economy legacy of manufacturing is more plus than minus.
The strengths of a region once known as the "machine shop to the world" helped set it apart from nearly 80 other cities considered by Spain's Ingeteam, which announced Tuesday it will open its first U.S. factory in Milwaukee's Menomonee Valley.
Ingeteam expects to begin construction in April on a factory that it hopes to open in January with about 50 to 60 employee....
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What do you think about Green jobs? How do you think Milwaukee will benefit from this new factory?
Feel free to comment on this Blog, or discuss in class on Thursday.
Peter
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