If there is a recession coming, you would not know it driving through the Sturgeon Bay Industrial Park. NEW Industries and Hatco are just some of the manufacturers in Sturgeon Bay in full-out hiring mode to meet the demands of their customers. Logistics Management magazine says manufacturing grew in the United States for a 26th straight month, with some orders being placed for as far out as 2024. Supply chain issues, in some ways, have helped keep things manageable for companies as orders are not getting canceled but merely moved. Manufacturing component parts for several different industries has kept NEW Industries owner Chris Moore and his company busy.

Moore added that the diversity allows them to stay steady even when other industries are not. He referred back to the recession in 2008, where their business only softened for approximately three months before they regained their stride and started to grow again. The Door County Economic Development Corporation shows dozens of manufacturing job openings across several different businesses in the county.