It’s Official
Enterprise Minnesota kickoff a huge success
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une 16 saw more than 300 friends and clients of Minnesota Technology, Inc. gathered on the campus of the University of St. Thomas inSt. Paul to help re inaugurate the company as Enterprise Minnesota. Bob Kill, president andCEO of Enterprise Minnesota, told attendees that the name change reflected the company’s sharpened focus on helping manufacturers compete and grow profitably.
“Today’s manufacturers compete on a landscape that requires innovation,” he said. “Enterprise Minnesota helps them develop and apply strategies to keep competitive—and further position themselves for growth.”
Minnesota’s manufacturers have never been more essential to a prosperous state economy, Kill said, adding that Enterprise Minnesota is committed to helping them grow. Since 1991, the company has advised more than 6,700 Minnesota manufacturers, adding $232.7 million to their bottom lines and helping to add or retain more than 10,000 jobs.
“It is inevitable that manufacturing will continue to change, but we hope to be in front providing the resources to help them adapt and grow,” he said.
Minnesota Technology was chartered by the state Legislature in 1987 to help companies in greater Minnesota apply and commercialize technology products. But today’s hyper-competitive, global marketplace requires manufacturers statewide to have access to high-level information and sophisticated training that goes well beyond technology, Kill said. Enterprise Minnesota provides manufacturers with training to meet their needs, which extend from adapting lean operations to improving supply chain relationships and methods, workforce planning and other strategic guidance.