Metal Manufacturing

TARGETED COMPANIES

• Agriculture Product Manufacturing
• Light Machinery Manufacturing
• Aero-Space Manufacturing
• Medical Device Manufacturing
• Production Equipment/Machinery Manufacturing
• Motor-Driven Product Manufacturing
• Commercial & Home Kitchen Appliance Manufacturing
• Custom Metal Fabrication and Foundry Shops
• Metal Stamping & Rolling

ABOUT THE AREA’S METAL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY
Sheboygan County’s largest employer is involved in metal manufacturing.  It is no secret that metal manufacturing has played, and will continue to play, a large part of Wisconsin’s economy.   Sheboygan County’s workforce is dependent on this type of industry, and Sheboygan County has the training programs available to continue to expand and attract businesses involved in metal manufacturing.

LOCATION QUOTENT (LQ)
The LQ for primary metal manufacturing is 6.18 and the LQ for fabricated metal product manufacturing was 11.39.  This means that there is over 6x the metal manufacturing and over 11x the fabricated metal products made in Sheboygan County than the national average.   

MAJOR EXISTING COMPANIES

All companies listed were in the top 100 employers in the county in 2009

WAGES FOR METAL MANUFACTURING: 

Data From 2008 Harvard Business School, Cluster Mapping Project

WORKFORCE EMPLOYED IN INDUSTRY
20% of the County’s workforce is employed directly in metal fabrication. 

PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT INDUSTRY
Apprenticeships from Lakeshore Technical College in:

• Machinist
• Maintenance Mechanic/Millwright
• Tool and Die

Associate Programs from Lakeshore Technical College in:

• Welding
• Fabrication
• Electro-Mechanical Technology
• Mechanical Design Technology
• Machine Tool Operation
• Industrial Maintenance

WORKER'S COMPENSATION RATES

RATES REPRESENT ACTUAL COST PER $100 OF PAYROLL