Other than GM/Chrysler? (Detroit, Holland: appliances, home, movies)

[noimidwife]

We know that there are so many Detroiters that have been devastated by job losses because they had jobs directly or closely related to the auto industry. Considering the instability in the car industry, housing market, and financial market, what is the next largest industry and/or employer in Detroit?

[zthatzmanz28]

Medical and bullet extraction?

[Shrewsbury Road]

Originally Posted by noimidwife

We know that there are so many Detroiters that have been devastated by job losses because they had jobs directly or closely related to the auto industry. Considering the instability in the car industry, housing market, and financial market, what is the next largest industry and/or employer in Detroit?

I think it's either the steel industry or city services. I'm waiting to see when are we supposed to get these green jobs. Also if the state improves taxes to attract more of he film industry here, that could also become a growing industry.

[zthatzmanz28]

I believe Great Lakes and a Galvanized plant on Miller road at the Rouge plant are the only steel plants left in/around Detroit? Both of which are FOREIGN owned?

I thought Cyclops and Castle Steel were closed?
There was a Castle Steel in Woodhaven, but I was told it was a processing / warehouse facility?

McLouth had the stainless division on Livernois that was sold to J & L in 1982(?), but has since closed.

McLouth's other plants in Trenton and Gibraltar (south of Detroit) are also closed.

[Dexterguy]

Medical is a big one, the DMC, Henry Ford, and Wayne State.

Also, like others have mentioned, the City of Detroit itself, services, etc.

[Shrewsbury Road]

Originally Posted by zthatzmanz28

I believe Great Lakes and a Galvanized plant on Miller road at the Rouge plant are the only steel plants left in/around Detroit? Both of which are FOREIGN owned?

I thought Cyclops and Castle Steel were closed?
There was a Castle Steel in Woodhaven, but I was told it was a processing / warehouse facility?

McLouth had the stainless division on Livernois that was sold to J & L in 1982(?), but has since closed.

McLouth's other plants in Trenton and Gibraltar (south of Detroit) are also closed.

Doesn't Bing have a steel plant in detroit?

[zthatzmanz28]

He does something steel related..not sure if its made there or if he has those box anneals that reheat the steel to roll it? Thought it might be like a stamping type plant? They operate a few slitters and presses I believe....but it is STEEL...

http://www.fundinguniverse.com/compa...y-History.html

http://www.binggroup.com/AboutUs/tabid/55/Default.aspx

When I think of Steel manufacturing I think of blast furnaces and hot mills for rolling the steel into coils...

[Coldjensens]

Medical research and treatment as well as support.

Education (colleges and universities).

Tourism (especially hunting).

I think that tourism is actually the next biggest after cars.

Michigan is also known for agriculture (especially apples and cherries); dog sleds; furniture. However none of these are huge industries.

Green power and entertainment (movies) are supposed ot be up and comming businesses here, but I see more growth in medical reseearch and education than in those areas.

One big advantage that S.E> Michigan has is that there are dozens of small machine and coating shops. It is said that if something can be done with a piece of metal, you can find a place to do it in the metro Detroit area. That is a huge advantage that they are not promoting or marketing. There are a lot non-automotive of businesses who need things done with metal. We shold be able to attract those buseinsses but cannot. Not sure why. Some people say unions; others say taxes; others say government/regulation; still others say the weather is the culprit.

[mogo]

Originally Posted by Coldjensens

Tourism (especially hunting).

I think that tourism is actually the next biggest after cars.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the tourism thing is a little overblown in the sense that it's generally people from the southern LP going to the northern LP and the UP. In other words, it's not generating new money, just recycling existing money throughout the State.

Like I said, I could be wrong. I'm not an economist. Just a thought/observation.

[mogo]

From the State of Michigan's History, Arts & Libraries website:

The three largest income-producing industries in Michigan are manufacturing, tourism and agriculture. The total workers in the Michigan labor force number 5,686,180 (State Profile, 2005).

Manufacturing
Michigan leads the nation in automobile manufacturing and is the home of the Big Three automakers: General Motors Corp., DaimlerChrysler AG and Ford Motor Company. Michigan also manufactures a wide variety of other products. These include non-electric machinery, furniture and appliances, cereal, baby food, chemicals, pharmaceuticals and lumber. The number of workers in manufacturing jobs totals 885,040 (State Profile, 2005).

Tourism
The tourist business is one of Michigan's largest income producers. Travelers to and in Michigan spent about $17.5 billion in 2004, generating $971 million in state and local taxes and accounting for 193,000 jobs statewide (Travel Michigan). At one time, tourism was primarily a summer season activity, along with several weeks of bird and deer hunting in the fall. Winter brings skiing, skating, ice fishing, small game hunting and snowmobiling. Spring still means trout and bass fishing, and getting the boat ready for summer and its traditional sports.

Sightseeing at both historic and natural landmarks continues to increase. Among the best known tourist attractions are:

• Cranbrook Educational Community.
• Detroit's auto plants.
• Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village.
• Holland's Tulip Festival and Windmill Island.
• Isle Royale.
• Pictured Rocks.
• Porcupine Mountains.
• Sleeping Bear Dunes.
• Soo Locks.
• State Capitol.
• Straits area, which features Fort Michilimackinac, the Mackinac Bridge and Mackinac Island.
• Tahquamenon Falls.

Agriculture
In spite of urban expansion into farm acres, the state still has about 52,800 farms with a total of 10 million acres (Michigan Agricultural Statistics 2006-2007). The state ranks first nationally in the production of:

• Three types of dry beans: black, cranberry, and small red.
• Blueberries.
• Tart cherries.
• Pickling cucumbers.
• Flowering hanging baskets, impatiens and geraniums.

In addition to beans and wheat, principal field crops are oats, hay, corn, rye, potatoes, soybeans and sugarbeets. The state is a major producer of apples, plums, grapes, carrots, sweet cherries, fresh-market and processing vegetables, and it long has been a major supplier of spearmint.

Michigan ranked 8th nationally in milk production in 2004, with 3.7 percent of U.S. production. This was Michigan's highest-ranking agricultural commodity in cash receipts for the year, at $1.03 billion.


Livestock in Michigan in 2005 totaled 1 million cattle, 83,000 sheep and lambs, and 960,000 swine. In 2005, the state's sheep yielded 480,000 pounds of wool. In 2004, the value of poultry production from eggs, turkeys and other chickens was $164 million.