Think-Tank Report

This report lays out the findings from each key step in this project’s progression. Overall, the process moved from background analysis and exploration, through to building a range of future possible directions for the manufacturing sector in Illinois.

This work represents robust ‘future gazing’ where industry stakeholders considered possible directions and the impactions and consequences of those directions. The process, and the report, then move into drilling down deeper into what people saw as the optimal or preferred future. This understanding helps lay the groundwork for figuring our ‘how we get there’. This report lays out the logic about the future, that developed throughout the process. The result is a rather compelling and enticing vision for how manufacturing sector could evolve in Illinois over the next decade.

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For more information about IMEC’s Future of Manufacturing in Illinois Project, please contact:

David Boulay, Ph.D., President
Illinois Manufacturing Excellence Center (IMEC)
Phone: 309-677-3766
dboulay@imec.org