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Melissa Hughes: “We make things like crazy. I thought we mostly grew things…”

Featuring: Melissa Hughes, Secretary and CEO of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation

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Newsmakers: Melissa Hughes - CEO, Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation

Published | Video Starts at 19:37

5,000 on a base of 475,000. Thank you. And I think what I've been looking at, first of all, is learning about the amazing manufacturing industry in Wisconsin. We make things like crazy. I thought we mostly grew things, but we actually build a lot also. And so getting the chance to go and visit, I visited three or four different manufacturing plants while I was on my trip. One of them in particular, Metal Era in Waukesha. (19:37–19:43)

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Asserts that Wisconsin has a significant manufacturing industry in addition to agriculture.

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