You will see approximately 400 students touring various businesses on Thursday as a part of the Manufacturing Month event hosted by the Door County Economic Development Corporation. Students from Sturgeon Bay, Sevastopol, Gibraltar, Southern Door and Algoma will tour manufacturing businesses: Marine Travelift, ExacTech, Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding, N.E.W. Industries, Therma-Tron-X, Hatco, Pro Products, Midwest Wire Products, Renard’s Artisan Cheese, Itasca Automation Systems, Door County Candle Company and Door County Coffee as a part of the event to give them an inside look at the work that they do. With over 60 manufacturing businesses in Door County, Korey Mallien from DCEDC says it is just a matter of showing students the path that is available to them.
Manufacturing is a major economic driver for Door County, accounting for more than 2,100 jobs and $300 million of the peninsula’s gross domestic product.
