Mission

CLCR's mission is to rediscover, reinvent, and rebuild advanced manufacturing in the knowledge economy. Advanced manufacturing is the development and production of high-tech, complex products. An economy based on advanced manufacturing holds the greatest potential to create sustainable, long-term economic growth; rebuild the American middle class; and solve the global environmental crisis.

Advanced manufacturing is the single most important sector in our economy.

• Manufacturing creates the highest possible fusion of public and private interests, providing high-paying jobs to strengthen our middle class; generating concrete wealth for investors and owners; and driving U.S. competitiveness at the cutting edge of global innovation.
• Manufacturing strong, vibrant industry that generates nearly 12% of our national GDP and employs nearly 12 million Americans. By itself, U.S. manufacturing would represent the 9th largest economy in the world.
• Growth in manufacturing spills over to other sectors, with every new manufacturing job creating three more jobs in related industries like retail and distribution. Manufacturing accounts for 70% of all American research and development, as well as half of all exports from the United States.
• Leadership in the emerging industries of the future -- renewable energy, nanotechnology, biotechology.-- requires the advanced technologies, processes and capabilities necessary to drive innovation. Expanding advanced manufacturing is the surest way to cement our position in these areas.
• Lasting solutions to the global environmental crisis can only emerge from advanced manufacturing. Regulation and litigation are not enough. We must create new products, processes, and technologies to restore and maintain the health of our planet.
• Advanced manufacturing careers are individually transformative, representing a shift away from toiling, repetitive, and unfulfilling work and toward careers that involve teamwork, creativity, and ample opportunities for career advancement.