The key to the American South’s future economic prosperity may lie with advance manufacturing, according to a report issued by the Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation. The report was commissioned by the Southern Governor’s Association.
That organizations president, Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear, said Southern states should band together to support a common goal of creating more advanced manufacturing facilities there.
“For years the states in the American South have competed with each other, but we have moved into a new era where we not only compete with each other and other states in our United States, we’re competing with the world,” Governor Beshear said in a news release. “We can compete better if the region comes together on advanced manufacturing and presents a united front. This report provides us with an important tool to begin the process.