W Industries adds 50 people, plans to hire 100 more
Manufacturing is taking on a new definition in Detroit, thanks to growing firms like W Industries, who saw the automotive decline on the wall and adjusted their focus.Excerpt:When politicians talk about moving Detroit’s manufacturing base from solely automotive-oriented to a combination of auto, alternative energy, aerospace and defense, they probably have W Industries in mind.The Detroit-based manufacturer depended on the automotive sector for about 100 percent of its work in 2005. Today automotive only accounts for 10 percent. The rest is in aerospace and defense, and W industries is planning to grow into the alternative energy manufacturing sector. It’s all part of an aggressive manufacturing growth plan.”We’re very optimistic about future and hopeful other businesses in the city can do the same,” says Edward Walker, president and CEO of W industries.Read the rest of the story here.
Manufacturing is taking on a new definition in Detroit, thanks to growing firms like W Industries, who saw the automotive decline on the wall and adjusted their focus.
Excerpt:
When politicians talk about moving Detroit’s manufacturing base from solely automotive-oriented to a combination of auto, alternative energy, aerospace and defense, they probably have W Industries in mind.
The Detroit-based manufacturer depended on the automotive sector for about 100 percent of its work in 2005. Today automotive only accounts for 10 percent. The rest is in aerospace and defense, and W industries is planning to grow into the alternative energy manufacturing sector. It’s all part of an aggressive manufacturing growth plan.
“We’re very optimistic about future and hopeful other businesses in the city can do the same,” says Edward Walker, president and CEO of W industries.
Read the rest of the story here.
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