DES MOINES – Advanced manufacturing has been a “powerhouse” of economic growth and good-paying jobs in Iowa in recent years even while global recession and competition have posed significant challenges, according to a research consultant who assessed innovation strategies state officials adopted in 2005. Agriculture-based bioscience and biomedical advancements also have been growth areas but could become a key worldwide engine if north-central U.S. states could devise a one-stop process that could nurture business opportunities in a region that is home to a mix of big U.S. and multi-national manufacturing companies, top-notch research universities and the most productive farm land in the world, said Simon Tripp, senior director at the Pennsylvania-based Battelle Memorial Institute.
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