Workforce is both an opportunity and challenge for NH manufacturers

Annual summit scheduled as NH welcomes company from Massachusetts

By: Paul Briand

Outlets: NH Business Review

Published: September 17, 2026

Words: 1,404

Last Updated: 19 hours, 59 minutes ago

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As manufacturers in the state prepare to gather for their annual summit, they face both opportunities and challenges ahead.

According to Tony Fernandez, president of the N.H. Manufacturing Extension Partnership, those opportunities and challenges are wrapped up in the same issue — growing the workforce.

New Hampshire has what Fernandez called “a great resource” in young Granite Staters, whose manufacturing skills can be nurtured starting in middle school, right through the state’s community college or …

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