Business Facilities magazine, has ranked Fond du Lac County ninth in the nation for advanced manufacturing specialization. No other Wisconsin metro was ranked in the top 10. FCEDC president Steve Jenkins says this was a new category for the 11th annual ranking by Business Facilities because of the growing importance of advanced manufacturing to the national economy. The data source was the Brookings Institute and reflects the presence of advanced manufacturing processes, workforce, and equipment. The Milken Institute ranked the Fond du Lac metro 34th out of 179 small metros for the five- year high-tech sector output growth and 14th for one-year growth. The County also ranked 7th for the concentration of high-tech operations.
