Waukesha County's Industries2018

Sentry Equipment Corp, Oconomowoc

Acieta LLC, Pewaukee

DEFINING WAUKESHA COUNTY'S STRENGTHSClusters can be defined as a geographic concentration of interconnected businesses, suppliers and institutions all working in the same industry, including services and providers, which work together to increase the competetive advantage of the industry itself.

In Waukesha County, the foundation of our economy is manufacturing. From 1975 to 2015, Waukesha County was ranked 13th in the nation out of 3,000 counties for the largest amount of manufacturing jobs gained, nearly 19,000 jobs.

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One in five jobs in Waukesha County is in the manufacturing sector.

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More recently there has been a decline in manufacturing sector employment, from 52,000 in 2000 to 44,000 in 2015; however, it is important to keep in mind that job gains as a measure of success in the manufacturing industry can be misleading due to automation and other factors. There were almost 2,000 manufacturing jobs available in Waukesha County as of August 2017, and the greater metro area's productivity per capita has remained consistently ahead of the nation's.

We know one of our greatest strengths in Waukesha County is manufacturing. However, there are many different types, each with their own specific needs and requirements. We broke down the broad sector of manufacturing into different industries, so we can really see where our strengths lie.

HIGH-CONCENTRATION INDUSTRIESTwo of Waukesha County’s highest manufacturing industry concentrations are in electrical equipment manufacturing and electronic instrument manufacturing based on their location quotients, being 16.85 and 5.09 respectively. The location quotient is the ratio of a specific industry concentration in a region as compared to those same industries nationally, with 1 being the average. This means that we have 16 times the employment in electrical equipment manufacturing and five times the employment in electronic instrument manufacturing than the national average.

Acieta LLC, Pewaukee Glenroy, Inc., Menomonee Falls H.O. Bostrom, Co., Waukesha Advantech Manufacturing Inc., New Berlin

The machinery manufacturing group has the highest employment and number of establishments in Waukesha County out of all other groups. More than 350 firms in this group employ more than 10,000 people. Five out of six machinery manufacturing industries are in the 95th percentile for concentration among all other counties nationally. The computer and electronic product manufacturing sector is in the 96th percentile for concentration among all other counties nationally.

HIGH-GROWTH INDUSTRIESIn our analysis, information technology was also identified as a service industry with a strong concentration. The concentration of information technology companies has grown by nearly 70 percent over the last 10 years and employment has risen by more than 2,000 since 1990. That growth in concentration is more than double the growth rate of any other group.

0.93 FOOD AND BEVERAGE

ELECTRICAL MANUFACTURING 7.92

MACHINERY MANUFACTURING 5.00

PRINTING AND PAPER 4.18

ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENTS 5.09

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY* 3.02

METAL MANUFACTURING 2.48

PLASTICS MANUFACTURING 3.00 LOCATION QUOTIENTS FOR MANUFACTURING AND IT SECTOR

GROUPS*Service industry

Now that we know where our strengths are in Waukesha County, we can focus on making sure those industries

have the tools they need to succeed. Waukesha County is a vibrant place for business to grow and expand. Still don't

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Acieta LLC, PewaukeeGlenroy, Inc., Menomonee FallsMidwest Engineered

Systems Inc, Waukesha

Sentry Equipment Corp, Oconomowoc

Machinery manufacturing 27%

Printing and paper manufacturing 20%

Electrical manufacturing 14%

Metal manufacturing 12%10,073

7,405

5,1114,659

3,340

2,852

1,4212,292

SHARE OF EMPLOYMENT BY HIGH IMPACT INDUSTRY GROUPS

Manufacturing accounts for nearly 20% of employment in Waukesha County. These industry groups (excluding IT) account for 79% of total manufacturing employment in Waukesha County.

OCCUPATIONS IN THOSE INDUSTRIESBased on national estimates, 73 percent of the 30 highest concentrated occupations in the manufacturing sector are expected to experience declining employment in the next 10 years of at an average rate of -8.94 percent. Much of this is due to continuing advancements in automation.

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However, certain skilled positions in the manufacturing industry will be in high demand.

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There are currently 1,500 open engineering positions in Waukesha County and the Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis area has a high concentration in managerial and financial services occupations. It is in the 97th percentile among all other counties nationally. In addition...

Electronic instruments manufacturing 9%

Plastics manufacturing 8%

Information technology 6%

Food and beverage 4%

Eaton, Cooper Power Systems Division

Gearbox Express, LLC

Hydro-Thermal Corp.

Precision Cable Assemblies, LLC

SPX Transformer Solutions, Inc.

Storage Battery Systems, LLC

Wenthe-Davidson Engineering, Co.

EXAMPLES OF COMPANIES IN WAUKESHA COUNTY

ELECTRICAL MANUFACTURING

Industries:

Electrical equipment manufacturing

Turbine & power transmission equipment manufacturing

Other electrical equipment and component manufacturing

EMPLOYMENT:

NUMBER OF ESTABLISHMENTS:

LOCATION QUOTIENT:

GROWTH IN CONCENTRATION OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS:

TOTAL EMPLOYMENT:

TOTAL NUMBER OF ESTABLISHMENTS:

AVERAGE LOCATION QUOTIENT:

AVERAGE GROWTH IN CONCENTRATION OVER 10 YEARS:

3,855

29

16.85

700

8

4.37

556

14

2.55

5,11151

7.92

6.46%

0%

100%

50%

10.71%

-33.79%

42.46%

Criticare Systems, Inc.

GE Healthcare

Invivo, Inc.

Mixer Systems Inc.

Power Test, Inc.

Quest Technologies, Inc.

Telkonet, Inc.

EXAMPLES OF COMPANIES IN WAUKESHA COUNTY

ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENTS

Industries:

Electronic instrument manufacturing

EMPLOYMENT:

NUMBER OF ESTABLISHMENTS:

LOCATION QUOTIENT:

GROWTH IN CONCENTRATION OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS:

TOTAL EMPLOYMENT:

TOTAL NUMBER OF ESTABLISHMENTS:

AVERAGE LOCATION QUOTIENT:

AVERAGE GROWTH IN CONCENTRATION OVER 10 YEARS:

3,340

40

5.09

3,34040

5.09

-19.33%

0%

100%

50%

-19.33%

EXAMPLES OF COMPANIES IN WAUKESHA COUNTY

FOOD AND BEVERAGE

Industries:

Bakeries & tortilla manufacturing

Dairy product manufacturing

Beverage manufacturing

Other food manufacturing

EMPLOYMENT:

NUMBER OF ESTABLISHMENTS:

LOCATION QUOTIENT:

GROWTH IN CONCENTRATION OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS:

TOTAL EMPLOYMENT:

TOTAL NUMBER OF ESTABLISHMENTS:

AVERAGE LOCATION QUOTIENT:

AVERAGE GROWTH IN CONCENTRATION OVER 10 YEARS:

551

16

1.08

161

4

0.68

185 524

11 11

0.45 1.49

1,42142

0.93

25.43%

0%

100%

50%

77.05%

-45.16%

-17.68%

87.50%

A.L. Schutzman Company Inc.

Biosource Flavors Inc.

Denali Ingredients LLC

DreamPak

First Choice Ingredients

Lifeway Foods

Concurrency, Inc.

Connecture

International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans, Inc.

JDA Software

Paragon Development Systems, Inc.

Skyline Technologies

SysLogic

TEKsystems

Waukesha Health Care, Inc.

EXAMPLES OF COMPANIES IN WAUKESHA COUNTY

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Industries:

Data processing, hosting & related services

Business, computer & management training

EMPLOYMENT:

NUMBER OF ESTABLISHMENTS:

LOCATION QUOTIENT:

GROWTH IN CONCENTRATION OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS:

TOTAL EMPLOYMENT:

TOTAL NUMBER OF ESTABLISHMENTS:

AVERAGE LOCATION QUOTIENT:

AVERAGE GROWTH IN CONCENTRATION OVER 10 YEARS:

2,078 214

34 17

4.12 1.91

2,29251

3.02

67.46%

0%

100%

50%

62.85%72.07%

MACHINERY MANUFACTURING

Bruno Independent Living Aids, Inc.

Dorner Mfg. Corp.

Entrust Manufacturing Technologies, Inc.

Guhring, Inc.

Milwaukee Tool

Trace-A-Matic Corp.

Versevo Inc.

EXAMPLES OF COMPANIES IN WAUKESHA COUNTY

Industries:

Metalworking machinery manufacturing

Commercial & service industry machinery

Machine shops & threaded product manufacturing

Commercial machinery repair & maintenance

Industrial machinery manufacturing

Other general purpose machinery manufacturing

EMPLOYMENT:

NUMBER OF ESTABLISHMENTS:

LOCATION QUOTIENT:

EMPLOYMENT:

NUMBER OF ESTABLISHMENTS:

LOCATION QUOTIENT:

GROWTH IN CONCENTRATION OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS:

TOTAL EMPLOYMENT:

TOTAL NUMBER OF ESTABLISHMENTS:

AVERAGE LOCATION QUOTIENT:

AVERAGE GROWTH IN CONCENTRATION OVER 10 YEARS:

1,995

683

82

14

6.71

4.57

2,836

783

122

61

4.91

2.33

885

2,891

28

49

4.75

6.74

10,0733565.00

28.08%

0%

100%

50%

22.67%

-0.61%

38.91% 38.69%

7.95%

60.86%

EXAMPLES OF COMPANIES IN WAUKESHA COUNTY

METAL MANUFACTURING

Industries:

GROWTH IN CONCENTRATION OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS:

TOTAL EMPLOYMENT:

TOTAL NUMBER OF ESTABLISHMENTS:

AVERAGE LOCATION QUOTIENT:

AVERAGE GROWTH IN CONCENTRATION OVER 10 YEARS:

4,3701212.48

-1.21%

0%

100%

50%30.33%

-18.39%

51.45%

-25.38%

-45.29%

Forging & stamping

Architectural & structural metals manufacturing

Coating, engraving & heat treating metals

Other fabricated metal product manufacturing

Boiler, tank & shipping container manufacturing

EMPLOYMENT:

NUMBER OF ESTABLISHMENTS:

LOCATION QUOTIENT:

EMPLOYMENT:

NUMBER OF ESTABLISHMENTS:

LOCATION QUOTIENT:

699

1,288

15

33

4.34

2.09

710

1,317

29

38

3.15

2.94

3566

2.38

Alloy Products Corp.

Bradley Corporation

HUSCO International, Inc.

Metal-Era, Inc.

W. M. Sprinkman

Wildeck, Inc.

Aptar Mukwonago

Inpro Corporation

Midland Plastics Inc.

Schoeneck Containers, Inc.

Sharp Packaging Systems, LLC

Sussex IM, Inc.

The Prestwick Group, Inc.

EXAMPLES OF COMPANIES IN WAUKESHA COUNTY

PLASTICS MANUFACTURING

Industries:

Plastics product manufacturing

EMPLOYMENT:

NUMBER OF ESTABLISHMENTS:

LOCATION QUOTIENT:

GROWTH IN CONCENTRATION OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS:

TOTAL EMPLOYMENT:

TOTAL NUMBER OF ESTABLISHMENTS:

AVERAGE LOCATION QUOTIENT:

AVERAGE GROWTH IN CONCENTRATION OVER 10 YEARS:

2,852

42

3.00

2,85242

3.00

9.09%

0%

100%

50%

9.09%

PRINTING AND PAPER

Arandell Corporation

Color Ink, Inc.

Delzer Lithograph Co.

Flexo-Graphics, LLC

Quad/Graphics, Inc.

Tailored Label Products, Inc.

Western States Envelope & Label

EXAMPLES OF COMPANIES IN WAUKESHA COUNTY

Industries:

Printing & related support activites

Paper & paper product merchant wholesalers

Converted paper product manufacturing

EMPLOYMENT:

NUMBER OF ESTABLISHMENTS:

LOCATION QUOTIENT:

GROWTH IN CONCENTRATION OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS:

TOTAL EMPLOYMENT:

TOTAL NUMBER OF ESTABLISHMENTS:

AVERAGE LOCATION QUOTIENT:

AVERAGE GROWTH IN CONCENTRATION OVER 10 YEARS:

6,032

103

8.1

508

30

2.52

865

11

1.92

7,4051444.18

8.53%

0%

100%

50%

27.36%

7.23%

-9.00%

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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