Jay Timmons is the president and chief executive officer of the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), 733 10th Street NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC 20001, 202-637-3000, Fax: 202-637-3182, manufacturing@nam.org, www.nam.org.
Manufacturing employment can grow by more than 300,000 jobs every year and the economy can grow by an additional $1.5 trillion. It all comes down to products, people and policy.