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Latitude Episode 32: The Next Wave Of Buffalo Manufacturing

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The manufacturing sector still employs 60,000 people in Western New York – but all cities are looking at the next generation of manufacturing and how it will impact communities.

That’s where Buffalo Manufacturing Works steps in. With state of the art, even one of a kind equipment, at their Main St. facility. Buffalo Manufacturing Works helps businesses with R&D prototyping and helps introduce additive manufacturing to their production workflow.

This week on the podcast we talk with Michael Ulbrich, President of Buffalo Manufacturing Works, about the next wave of manufacturing in Buffalo and how the future will be printed.


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