In 2012, the National Association of Manufacturers proclaimed the first Friday in October to be recognized as Manufacturing Day. On Friday, October 6th, Virginia's Gateway Region joined communities nationwide to celebrate modern manufacturing.
Manufacturing in Virginia alone employs roughly 230,000 members of our workforce and accounts for 8.95% of the Commonwealth's total output. On a national scale, manufacturers contributed over $2 trillion to the U.S. economy last year. Manufacturing also boasts the highest multiplier effect of any economic sector with $1.81 injected into the economy for every dollar spent.
