Manufacturing News

Here are the Arizona startup finalists for the 2024 AZ Inno Fire Awards
We know how much time startup founders spend hunkered down and uber-focused on cash flow, R&D, capital raising and just rolling up their sleeves to get the job done. With that in mind, the Phoenix Business Journal and its affiliate publication AZ Inno present the 2024 finalists for the AZ Inno Fire Awards, a chance for these hard-working startup founders to be recognized for their contributions to the state's innovation economy. The third annual Fire Awards will honor startups and founders in four…
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How this Leilehua High teacher combines tech and agriculture
The winner of the Hawaii Department of Education's Teacher of the Year award is helping students combine farming and technology.
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Portland makers discuss establishing Portland as a knife making hub
Portland produces half of all domestically made specialty knives, according to the co-founder of Steelport Knife Co.
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Solar company opts for North Carolina over Phoenix for $300M project
Phoenix was in the running for a nearly $300 million investment from a Vietnamese solar company, but North Carolina ended up landing the economic development deal.
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‘Opportunities are boundless’: Arizona pushes space sector’s growth through education, collaboration, economy
“Our opportunities are boundless, just like space,” Gov. Katie Hobbs told an audience at the second annual Arizona Space Summit in Tempe last month. Arizona is the fifth-largest employer in aerospace and defense manufacturing, home to over 1,250 supply chain contributors, according to the Arizona Commerce Authority. Sandra Watson, the authority’s president and CEO, said Arizona has become the “global hot spot for emerging technologies and advanced manufacturing.” Major industry players…
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U.S. energy secretary, NM officials break ground on Array Technologies $50M expansion
U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm, alongside New Mexico senators and local elected leaders, joined Array Technologies on April 26 to break ground on the solar company's $50 million Albuquerque manufacturing and headquarters facility.
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