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 | | The universe of manufacturing includes the galaxies of aerospace and defense, automobile and transportation, chemicals and metals, consumer goods, electronics and high tech, industrial and farm equipment, and medical and biotech. |
 | | While manufacturing has gotten short shrift in recent years with the rise of the service economy and the information economy, it still occupies an undeniably large piece of the American psyche and a very real place in the heart of American business. |
 | | Within each manufacturing segment—motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts, aerospace and defense, electronics and scientific equipment, medical equipment, industrial and farm equipment, consumer durable goods, chemicals, and good old-fashioned conglomerates—are handfuls of Fortune 500 companies, making the final tally of companies within the industry a large one. |
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