Making the Future

Issue 8.03

January 21, 2022

SAVE THE DATE

Manufacturing & Policy Conference

The biopharmaceutical industry produces medicines that save, sustain, and improve lives. The industry is a significant driver of the U.S. economy, contributing more than $1 trillion annually in economic activity and directly or indirectly employing more than four million people. The United States has long been a biotechnology leader and with the onset of a global pandemic, the U.S. proved its competitive edge when manufacturers produced highly effective vaccines in record time.

Much of this innovation occurs in Delaware—a biopharmaceutical hub that employs Delawareans who are leading the world in the development, testing, and production of medicines of the future.

Hosted by the Delaware Manufacturing Association and presented by DEMEP, we invite you to join us on March 16 >

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

Dr. Kelvin Lee

Institute Director

NIIMBL

John Carney

Governor

State of Delaware (invited)

WHERE MANUFACTURERS WILL LEAD IN 2022

AFTER A CHALLENGING 2021, MANUFACTURERS

SET THEIR GOALS FOR THE NEW YEAR

Looking back at the challenges manufacturers faced in 2021—a raging pandemic, vaccine distribution, attacks on our democracy, unprecedented supply chain disruptions, a worker shortage, threats of a return to archaic tax policies—any one of them could have been a year-defining challenge.

Yet our industry faced all of them down as we always do: head on, and with a commitment to provide solutions for our country and our world. ... And as we begin 2022, though challenges persist, there is plenty of reason to be hopeful for the future. Read more >

MAKING THE FUTURE

DELAWARE MANUFACTURING ASSOCIATION

The [manufacturing] sector employs more than 27,000 Delawareans, offering an average annual compensation of $77,000. Manufacturers are not only making the future, their providing a future for Delawareans and their families—and the Delaware Manufacturing Association (DMA) serves to support them. ... The group strives to enhance the competitiveness of Delaware manufacturers, serves as an advocate to manufacturers at the state and local government level, and advises the State Chamber on topics that are important to the sector. Read more >

DELAWARE'S FISCAL PICTURE

SMOOTH NAVIGATION THROUGH UNCHARTED WATERS

Staring into the COVID-19 abyss in April 2020, members of the Delaware Economic and Financial Advisory Council (DEFAC) could not have predicted the strength and speed of the State’s fiscal recovery. Yet just 15 months later, Governor Carney signed a Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 budget that included landmark investments in education, health, safety, transportation, and clean water infrastructure.

Whichever way the wind blows, Delaware is well-positioned fiscally to navigate these uncharted waters. Read more >