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Steve Campbell

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Steve Campbell is an economist in the Manufacturing Research and Program Evaluation group with the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) program at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).  Prior to this position, Steve served as an economist in NIST’s Technology Partnership Office, the Advanced Technology Program (ATP) where he also served as the senior advisor to the Director of the program, and the Technology Innovation Program (TIP) where he served as the Group Leader for the Impact Analysis Group.

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INFOGRAPHIC: The Facts About Manufacturing

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