Industry Resources

• The Chicago Manufacturing Center   Use proven methods to help manufacturers better compete and grow their businesses.
• The Manufacturing Modernization Loan Program Provides access to adequate and affordable financing for upgrading and moderizing manufacturing equipment and operations.
• The Illinois Manufacturing Extension Center (IMEC)   Provides assessment, benchmark, and project assistance to Illinois manufacturers outside of Chicago.
• ManufacturingWorks  a centralized service center for employers that responds to the growing concern over the insufficient number of skilled workers in the Chicago manufacturing industry.
• NIST Small Business Innovation Research
• Technology Development Account (DA) The purpose of the DA is to assist, and retrain technology businesses in Illinois. To receive more information from the Illinois State Treasurer's Office, contact the Technology Development Account Administrator.

ASSOCIATIONS

• Materials Handling Industry of America (IMHA)  - This is the largest U.S. material handling & logistics association representing the leading providers of material handling & logistics solutions. Solutions that make the supply chain work.  Click here to view the IMHA "Introducing the Material Handling & Logistics Industry" video .
   
• National Association of Manufacturers
   
• National Electrical Manufacturing Association
   
• Association of Equipment Manufacturers
   
• The International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations
  

• Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA)

• The Tooling & Manufacturing Association (TMA) Represents 1,300 Chicago-area manufacturers. Website features the ability to search the job board, post a job opening, and find education and workforce assistance.

DATA

• Manufacturing, Mining, and Construction Statistics  (U.S. Census Bureau)
• U.S. Manufacturing and Trade Inventories and Sales (U.S. Census Bureau)