Manufacturing Cluster Report: Key Findings and Recommendations
Lane County’s key industrial clusters are Food and Beverage (manufacturing and agricultural production), Advanced Materials (construction materials, materials science), and EduTech (software publishing, social and behavioral research). Clustering of closely related business is known to promote and catalyze innovation as different disciplines, thinking, and professional networks collide.
Manufacturing
- Manufacturing's share of the region's total employment is declining; the closure of the Hynix plant and decline in electronics means there is little diversification from the region's heritage industries
- Prevailing wages in manufacturing sectors are not only greater than all other industries, but increasing their lead—especially for manufacturing occupations requiring higher education
- Eugene has concentrations of manufacturing employment in Wood Products and Heavy Machinery , but lags the rest of the state in its total employment in computer and electronics fabrication
- The state has invested heavily in advanced research and material sciences through Significant Research Centers like ONAMI, CAMCOR, and SNNI—all of which offer partnerships with private industry. Eugene-Springfield hosts many of the most important scientific assets at Lorey I. Lokey labs
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The state has invested heavily in advanced research and material sciences through the Oregon Innovation Council and at Significant Research Centers like ONAMI, CAMCOR, and BEST—all of which offer partnerships with private industry. Eugene-Springfield hosts many of the most important scientific assets at Lorey I. Lokey labs, while other facilities, like those of the Wood-Based Composite Center, are nearby at Oregon State University campus.